KnockBack, Episode 243 | The Shining (film) (Video)
Added 2022-10-03 19:13:42 +0000 UTCFor your viewing pleasure
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Hey, I’d take more than one crack at The Shining! And if you guys wanna run swimming pools back for a third time, I work on them for a living and would be happy to consult 😉
John Gaines
2022-10-07 17:09:31 +0000 UTCThank you for your kind words.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:45:15 +0000 UTCI didn't know that, no.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:45:10 +0000 UTCThank you.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:45:06 +0000 UTCI'd like to read it myself.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:45:02 +0000 UTCWe didn't!
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:44:55 +0000 UTCAwesome. Enjoy.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:44:52 +0000 UTCYeah, it's interesting. I need to read the book.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:44:44 +0000 UTCIt's so good. It draws your eyes to the negative spaces.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:44:37 +0000 UTCWe were always gonna get to it.
Colin Moriarty
2022-10-07 16:44:30 +0000 UTCDagan’s on fire this episode. Two hours of excellence from both of you! Listening alone Thank you. Listening to you talk about the seemingly transcendental evil that emits from the great works of horror had chills running down my spine. I’m reminded of P.T. … Never will I forget the sensation of feeling as though my PlayStation was haunted by the unspeakably depraved energy contained in that game. There is a perverse beauty in our ability to create art so fucking damned that it’s entirely palpable long after it’s been experienced
Jacob R.
2022-10-05 04:19:57 +0000 UTCDon't if you all know that Shelly was at the height of a addiction to white stuff. And this is why Kubrick was so hard in her and told her that she had a great opportunity in this movie and she was using during filming of the movie.
RU46N2 (REY)
2022-10-04 20:56:10 +0000 UTCYeah I would have casted Michael Keaton if it was more like the book Jack
Michael Thew
2022-10-04 17:52:58 +0000 UTCThis was a really good episode. Y’all killed it
Caleb Greer
2022-10-04 17:45:01 +0000 UTCThanks for this! King is my favorite author. King's main issue was that Jack Torrance was portrayed as someone who couldn't stand his family from the initial drive to the hotel, and who OBVIOUSLY was going to end up doing awful things. Jack in the novel is a deeply flawed man with anger and alcohol issues who did some terrible things, but he wasn't outright hostile to his family. In the book Jack tries to fight his worst inner demons but eventually succumbs to them via the hotel. There is an attempt at redemption that the movie essentially scoffs at. In that sense the movie misses the point of the book. King said “That's what's wrong with [Stanley Kubrick's] The Shining, basically…the movie has no heart; there's no centre to the picture. I wrote the book as a tragedy, and if it was a tragedy, it was because all the people loved each other." The 1997 miniseries is not as good because Mick Garris is no Kubrick and Steven Webber is no Nicholson, and while Nicholson has immortalized the portrayal of Jack Torrance the monster, Weber does a better job of showing us Jack Torrance the man.
Jose Cantu
2022-10-04 14:47:07 +0000 UTCMan… Could’ve sworn they already did this, lol.
John Gaines
2022-10-03 22:31:41 +0000 UTCI had no idea this was coming and it's one of my favorite films. HYPED.
Hidari Shotaro
2022-10-03 22:21:54 +0000 UTCKing’s main beef was from the fundamental difference of Jack’s character. He had a redemption arc in the book and the bad guy is the hotel. He was truly sorry for breaking Doc’s arm, from inner monolog, and that is why he quit drinking. I don’t think Jack Nicholson would of made a good book Jack tbh, not saying he was anything less than entrancing. I’d prolly say a Michael Keaton if you were going to do a faithful adaptation of the book. I’m sorry if you think King isn’t an amazing author and it’s quantity over quality with him. I get the dig but he’s made more masterpieces than most authors could even dream of. In real life he’s a goof, no doubt. But he’s the greatest living writer in my opinion. I think the movie is ok, if you can make it through the first 1hr and 45 mins without falling asleep. It’s hella boring because nothing happens. To each their own, but I think the pacing of the book is way better with less dead air. Even though that silence adds to the creepiness of it all and the last 45 min of the movie is crazy. One of the Jack best performance that is only beat by Joker and Costello in the departed. Doing good work, take it easy guys
Michael Thew
2022-10-03 21:19:27 +0000 UTCMy favorite movie. Few things actually "never get old" but I've seen The Shining over 50 times in my life and there's always something new to take away with each viewing.
Otrant
2022-10-03 20:04:31 +0000 UTClmao I guess I just wasted my vote in the Primary election. Oh well. LFG!!!
Josh Gamez
2022-10-03 19:17:34 +0000 UTC
