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Wdnesday · 12-03-2003, 01:56 PM

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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.

Nanny · 12-03-2003, 02:02 PM

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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.

I'll have to rent it. Does it follow the book closely? I hate movies that stray too much.

Yes. Stephen King directed it himself, so he did it right. Wendy was made to be MUCH stronger than she originally was, and its just all around a better movie. And its 6 hours long, so they didnt really need to cut anything out either. It's much better IMO.

And Wendy in Stanley Kubrik's version, OH MY GOD, that scene with the bat as she slowly walked up the stairs, OH I wanted to SHOOT that scene.

Wdnesday · 12-03-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by Swany
Yes. Stephen King directed it himself, so he did it right. Wendy was made to be MUCH stronger than she originally was, and its just all around a better movie. And its 6 hours long, so they didnt really need to cut anything out either. It's much better IMO.

And Wendy in Stanley Kubrik's version, OH MY GOD, that scene with the bat as she slowly walked up the stairs, OH I wanted to SHOOT that scene.

Damn, 6 hours? That will have to wait til after finals.

And I hated Wendy, throughout the whole first film, I wanted her to be killed off!

Nanny · 12-03-2003, 02:11 PM

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Damn, 6 hours? That will have to wait til after finals.

And I hated Wendy, throughout the whole first film, I wanted her to be killed off!

I hated all of them in the first one. I dont care what anybody says Jack Nickolson did not do a very good job.

Wdnesday · 12-03-2003, 02:25 PM

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I hated all of them in the first one. I dont care what anybody says Jack Nickolson did not do a very good job.

There's the one famous scene where he sticks his head through the door and says "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!!" and that part is good, but the rest... bleh...

People kept telling me what a scary movie it was, but I was laughing at the damn thing.

Nanny · 12-03-2003, 02:32 PM

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There's the one famous scene where he sticks his head through the door and says "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!!" and that part is good, but the rest... bleh...

People kept telling me what a scary movie it was, but I was laughing at the damn thing.

I dont think I've ever watched the whole thing... too bored. And if I did, I was probably crying.

fairandcold · 12-03-2003, 05:45 PM

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...again.

mcklein · 12-04-2003, 07:50 PM

Ultimate guide to dvd!

CrAZyBeAuTiFuL4 · 12-04-2003, 08:07 PM

I'm reading "The Country of Pointed Firs" for my Lit. class and then on my own time I'm STILL in the process of reading "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" *lol* My summer was crazy and it led into an even crazier fall, so I haven't really had much time to devote to Harry

fairandcold · 12-05-2003, 06:20 PM

I just finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban.