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Old 01-13-2007, 04:03 PM
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which version of The Shining do you all like better?

I personally like Stephen King's The Shining ('97) better than the 1980 Jack Nicholson version.
Everyone thinks i'm crazy!
I haven't seen every second of the 1980 version, but I found it kind of...boring.
Maybe i wasn't paying enough attention.
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:12 PM
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You weren't paying enough attention.

Stanley Kubrick's version (1980) is much better, although much farther from the book. It's a good example, though, of a movie that strayed away from the book and worked well.

Jack Nicholson is outstanding!
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:16 PM
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I'll give it another try.
It was a long time ago.
What did you think of the 1997 version?
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:26 PM
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Not bad, but something didn't quite click with me.
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:04 PM
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I prefer the cast of the orignal, but the location of the latter version

But both versions were nowhere near as good as the book
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:08 PM
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Gotta go with the Kubrick version.
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:09 PM
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never read it.
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:22 PM
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Ending is so much better.... Alot more violent......

He caves his own face in with a roque mallet.... then chases his son around without a face.....

Wendy get the hell beat out of her and the other guy gets it aswell.....
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Old 01-13-2007, 08:13 PM
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Kubrick's is alot better,but I do like the new one.
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Old 01-13-2007, 09:22 PM
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I have only seen the Kubrick version:o ...and that was awsome.
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