Anyone else feel this way about Hallorann?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Shining
WarrenPeace — 4 years ago(November 23, 2021 11:15 PM)
Does anyone else feel bad for Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) getting killed?
And I don't mean just getting murdered.
I mean getting murdered three seconds after he arrives and goes inside the hotel.
There he was away from it all and having himself a nice break or vacay.
Then he spends the money on a plane ticket and has to drive for hours through snow, ice and a freezing outdoors only to go back and get the ax.
The poor guy wasted all that time and money for nothing.
Anyone else see it that way for poor old Hal?
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WarrenPeace — 4 years ago(November 23, 2021 11:22 PM)
Well, I am talking about the movie and not the book.
Since you did bring it up though…
Did he even get at least wounded by the ax in the book?
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Donna Acacia — 4 years ago(November 23, 2021 11:36 PM)
Yeah it was a pretty bad characterization. His character wasn't there to help Danny. He exists only to explain how the haunted house works for the audience. It would have been more useful has Hallorann explained The Shinning to Wendy.
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WarrenPeace — 4 years ago(November 23, 2021 11:46 PM)
He did bring the snowcat which they drove away in.
But still, he should have survived or done more than that after going to all the trouble and time to get there.
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Donna Acacia — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 12:49 AM)
How dare you say my ass is dumb!
Seema to me like you're wasting your valuable brain cells defending these monsters!!! Why the **** do you bother???!!!!!
It knows calculus, geometry and rocket science!
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Joc Spader — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 12:41 AM)
His soul helped save Danny in some way. I'm sure of it.
Agreed. He saved both Wendy and her son.
I first saw this during the day on TV at grandma's when I was about 5 or 6 years old and the way Jack swung that axe into this old man traumatized me.
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WarrenPeace — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 12:52 AM)
"Agreed. He saved both Wendy and her son."
Besides bringing them the Snowcat, how else?
Been awhile since I watched.
Did you find anything else traumatizing?
Like the blood flooding the hallway, the twins or the dead bodies?
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Joc Spader — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 01:03 AM)
Did you find anything else traumatizing?
Like the blood flooding the hallway, the twins or the dead bodies?
I didn't see that at the time. Can't remember what I thought when I saw it as a teenager. I like how it made Rose The Hat smile compared to the horror on Wendy's face when she saw the river of blood. This scene and Jack carrying the ax in the snow are my 2 earliest memories. I initially thought was was flying on that ax like a witch on a broom when he went limping after Danny in the snow.
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