The Shining: Book vs. Movie

[Jack_Torrence_Kills]

well yeah even so, there was no way for the shining to be done without some supernatural events. jack went crazy in the book, but the supernatural hotel drove him to it

[Kemal]

I thought the movie was actually better than the book... if you explain everything you make it less frightening.

[Jack_Torrence_Kills]

yeah i guess you've got a point there. but they did replace stuff in the book that would've made a great movie with things that weren't as great, like the hedge animals and the ending.

[tonemeister]

steven king did his version which was much closer to the book but kubrik's version kicks ass. not everything translates well on film and then there are time constraints. you have to cut them a little slack.

[missmacabre]

I saw the movie first and I thought it made perfect sense. Then I read the book and enjoyed reading it, aswell as it made me enjoy the movie more. Just cleared up a few things that bugged me otherwise. The book was still better IMO cause I loove little nuances and tons of detail.

[Jack_Torrence_Kills]

haha yeah, you guys are right. dont get me wrong i love the movie, i just wish they didnt take out the hedge animals or change the ending

[alkytrio666]

Originally Posted by tonemeister

steven king did his version which was much closer to the book but kubrik's version kicks ass. not everything translates well on film and then there are time constraints. you have to cut them a little slack.

No, no, no. Time constraints have nothing to do with this. Kubrick's film was three hours long, and much of it is empty space. King's complete narrative could have been done well in the same three hour period.

And to clear things up, I don't believe the movie is confusing in any way- just a complete misfire of what Stephen King originally intended- something that would have translated exquisitely on film.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by Jack_Torrence_Kills

and i miss the hedge animals T.T

They left that out of the movie because of the fact that they had no way to actually make it look good, and be justice to the book.

[Jack_Torrence_Kills]

haha ok the animals i understand. but they still couldve gone with jack using a roque mallet, halloran survivng, and the overlook exploding

[Elvis_Christ]

Kubrick's film kills the TV adaption that was more faithful to King's novel.

Grady busting Jack out of the meat locker was part of his madness to me. Trippin' out delusional as fuck he realized you can open it from the inside (well all the lockers I've had the displeasure to be in workin' for the man and his killmachine) he just needed the white wabbit to show him the way.

The majority of SK adaptions leave a lot out of the books... it's a good or a bad thing depending on which version of the story you prefer.

At least Kubrick didn't dilute The Shining as much as Mary Harron did with American Psycho. It still has power and is faithful to the original text unlike Harron's take on Pyscho (people always bring up "you couldn't put that on film"...but thats just bullshit Kubrick left out some pervo twisted trademark King moments but did it subtely leaving it to the viewers imagination rather than ditching it completely).

I dig this Christine, Misery and The Dark Half a lot. Pet Semetary is dope too but it's nice to see directors given some freedom with his original texts rather than a 100% adaption.