Avoid this movie
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omega_21 — 19 years ago(October 28, 2006 09:02 AM)
shining is one of the most boring thing i saw in my life and i am polite here never looked it until the end possession is one of my favourite movie. It's not about frightening it's about atmospher i think that you didn't catch it, but stop saying stupidities
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dep1353 — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 12:36 AM)
.I'm just now waiting for the uncut release I bought at Half.com.. I picked up the old VESTRON 80min. version
at a Video store liquidation. Andrzej Zulawski must have been greatly relieved to get that out of his system when
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dep1353 — 19 years ago(March 16, 2007 05:29 PM)
.It's the Anchor Bay 2000 VHS widescreen clamshell release. It clocks in at 123 min.
Picked it up for $5. You're right, the DVD is out of print. People are asking $40 at amazon.com -
scvido — 19 years ago(March 25, 2007 06:47 AM)
just purchased the dvd and it rocks!
this movie is great, Isabelle Adjani besides being the most sensual and sweetest woman on earth, scared the fffff out of me during the metro station scene when she started getting "possessed". wow!
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post4deantje — 18 years ago(May 16, 2007 10:36 AM)
I just saw it again yesterday and I love it as much as the first time. It's a difficult movie, sure, but personally that's how I like my movies. Challenging, mentally exhausting but extremely fulfilling. Adjani went very far with her role and I'm not surprised one bit she didn't came out unscathed. One of my all-time faves. The washed-out colors of the whole thing make for an eerie, yet recognisable scenery.
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Memories-Of-Murder — 18 years ago(May 20, 2007 01:20 AM)
Yes, this movie will not be found very good for the idiotic Michael Bay mindless brainless fanboy crowd. For those that actually like cinema and don't mind a bit of a mind challenge one and a while, this movie has much to entertain.
And the OP, i'm sure he likes The Shining for the wrong reasons! This type of people typically do. They like good movies by mistake.
"This are Nice shoes! Couldn't you afford some real Nike?" -
GeorgeNewman — 18 years ago(September 23, 2007 11:39 PM)
This film is superb.
My impression from the thread-creator's review is that he/she did not watch the entire film: "and so bad that I turned off the video"
Do not post a review unless you have watched the entire film. This thread is absolutely pathetic, and HALLSTEN should be very embarrassed at his display of idiocy. -
JessePomeroy — 18 years ago(January 24, 2008 05:13 AM)
What this film suffers agonizingly from, is over wrought angst filled dialog and screaming ad nauseum. The story is great, the script, most specifically the dialog, is dreadful. How many times can you watch actors pontificate over their miserable lives?
For those that have the high and mighty attitude that one must be "enlightened" to "get" this film, you are off your nut. I've seen and enjoyed scores of truly artful films that were of the esoteric variety. The problem here is that you have a scream-fest of two people in a failed marriage and it's just plain tiresome.
I saw this in the theatre in 1981 and had memories of it being strange so I bought the DVD when it came out about 6 or so years ago. I watched when I bought it, and wondered what the heck I remembered. I watched it again last night, and while there are very disturbing moments and some highly nihilistic scenes, it remains difficult to watch because of sheer boredom during long stretches of the same old beep again and again.
Adjani is a beautiful woman and a fine actress, but I wanted to smack her into unconciousness if I had to listen to her scream anymore.
Try Polanski's REPULSION if you are looking for a woman's trip into madness. In fact I wish Dear Roman had gotten his hands on this script and did the story justice. -
largo2032 — 17 years ago(October 28, 2008 01:57 PM)
I watched this movie 3 times and tried to understand wtf is going on, I understands Sam Neill's character is a 'James Bond' type of spy. And I also understand that his wife is tired of being alone and finds a lover (that is debatable) but until you see the 'creature' everything goes weird. What is up with the end and all of the bomb sirens and everything going to hell?