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Old 12-03-2003, 01:56 PM   #31
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Originally posted by Swany
Stanley Kubrik's The Shining (with Jack Nicholson) really is awful. I cant stand to watch it, it just butchered the book.
Yes, THANK you. I hated it. Wendy was made into a ditzy woman who seemed weak when in the book she was strong. And then the ending.. don't even get me started.

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Originally posted by Swany
I dont know if you've seen the more recent version. The STEPHEN KING version. It was a 3 part Mini-series on ABC back in 1997. They just released in on DVD last January. Stephen Weber played the main character, and Rebecca Demornay played Wendy. Anyways, it is a good movie.
I'll have to rent it. Does it follow the book closely? I hate movies that stray too much.
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