08-12-2018, 04:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-17-2019, 02:52 PM by ZpaceJ0ck0.)
So yesterday I've watched Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining (I should state that I did not read the original book... nor any of Stephen King's books for that matter. Not yet, anyway).
First of all, let's adress the obvious and say that Stanley Kubrick's direction in this film is excellent. He really manages to give the film a cold and atmospheric look, which certainly helps at conveiying terror, and he does this by exercising total control over the filmic environment, manipulating everything down to the tiniest detail, yet at the same time filming with a coldly detatched, objective eye.
Now with that out of the way let's move on to other points.
Jack Nicholson performance as the mad father and husband was excellent, so good in fact that some of his scenes reached pop culture status ("Here's Jhonny!", anyone?). Shelley Duvall, who plays the wife, did a really good job at displaying weakness and vulnerability in a very convincing way. The music choices also helped to set the mood.
And last but not least: did I found this movie to be scary? Well, while I personally didn't found it to be as as scary as most people make it out to be, it was still out there (this may or may not be partly because I watched it on daytime). I can confirm I was at the edge of my seat at some points, so I guess it succeded.
First of all, let's adress the obvious and say that Stanley Kubrick's direction in this film is excellent. He really manages to give the film a cold and atmospheric look, which certainly helps at conveiying terror, and he does this by exercising total control over the filmic environment, manipulating everything down to the tiniest detail, yet at the same time filming with a coldly detatched, objective eye.
Now with that out of the way let's move on to other points.
Jack Nicholson performance as the mad father and husband was excellent, so good in fact that some of his scenes reached pop culture status ("Here's Jhonny!", anyone?). Shelley Duvall, who plays the wife, did a really good job at displaying weakness and vulnerability in a very convincing way. The music choices also helped to set the mood.
And last but not least: did I found this movie to be scary? Well, while I personally didn't found it to be as as scary as most people make it out to be, it was still out there (this may or may not be partly because I watched it on daytime). I can confirm I was at the edge of my seat at some points, so I guess it succeded.