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Film:The Shining

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:10:17 GMT

Title: The Shining
Year: 1980
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Plot: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. Before the Overlook is vacated for the Torrances, the manager (Barry Nelson) informs Jack that a previous caretaker went crazy and slaughtered his family; Jack thinks it's no problem, but Danny's "shining" hints otherwise. Settling into their routine, Danny cruises through the empty corridors on his Big Wheel and plays in the topiary maze with Wendy, while Jack sets up shop in a cavernous lounge with strict orders not to be disturbed. Danny's alter ego, "Tony," however, starts warning of "redrum" as Danny is plagued by more blood-soaked visions of the past, and a blocked Jack starts visiting the hotel bar for a few visions of his own. Frightened by her husband's behavior and Danny's visit to the forbidding Room 237, Wendy soon discovers what Jack has really been doing in his study all day, and what the hotel has done to Jack. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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Spout Post: Re:Which of these movies directed by Stanley Kubrick is your favorite?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:19:24 GMT

Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 9/30/2009 11:19:24 AM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] [quote user="laurabot"] DON'T MAKE ME DECIDE!!! ;) Lolita. Big ups to the ladies! One of my favorite books as well. [/quote] I really need to read that! Did you know that every one of Kubrick's films after Killer's Kiss was based on a novel? Except for 2001 which he wrote with Arthur C. Clarke, but was also made into a short story. [/quote] All I know is that "The Shining" is one of the best and most terrifying stories that I have ever read. Perhaps second only to "The Stand" ... I feel that Kubrick's vision of this novel is altered a bit but it IS a VERY good Horror Movie and quite effective (mostly due to the saving graces of Jack Nicholson...) ... To be honest, I thought that Shelley "Olive-Oyle" Duvall and the kid who played "Danny" were pretty annoying at times. That is one of the reasons why I liked the TV "mini-series" better... But Kubrick's "The Shining" is a VERY good and respectable Horror Movie and it will be remembered for many years to come... < GOR > [/quote] I don't know that Kubrick was trying to be entirely faithful to the book. If you look at his adaptations, he likes to take the material and put his own spin and ideas on things. His version of The Shining is certainly a horror film, but a little more expansive in some themes than your typical horror film.

Spout Post: Re:Which of these movies directed by Stanley Kubrick is your favorite?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:47:44 GMT

Post By: pippin06
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Post Date: 9/22/2009 7:47:44 PM
Body: Of these Kubrick films listed, I've seen: 2001: A Space OdysseyA Clockwork OrangeDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombThe Shining (part)Spartacus (part) I don't really count the partial ones. And, after a few gos at viewing, as it's one of my favorite movies, I feel like I completely understand 2001, so that one's my favorite hands down. A Clockwork Orange was powerful but too disturbing for my sensitive palette, and Dr. Strangelove was darkly funny and funnily dark, but 2001 is just an amazing film to me on every level.

Spout Post: Which of these movies directed by Stanley Kubrick is your favorite?

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:12:36 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 9/22/2009 2:12:36 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:2001: A Space OdysseyBarry LyndonA Clockwork OrangeDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombEyes Wid ShutFull Metal JacketKiller's KissThe KillingLolitaPaths of GloryThe ShiningSpartacus

Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for March 23: Hotels, Motels, Inns and Lodges

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:01:25 GMT

Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/25/2009 2:01:25 PM
Body: The first movie I thought of was a movie I've only seen about five minutes of, Wim Wenders' The Million Dollar Hotel. Has anyone here seen all of it? [quote user="leeroy711"] Barton Fink and Dirty Pretty Things are a couple of my faves that I think everyone should take a gander at. The hotel in Barton Fink is pretty much a character itself.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick.[/quote] [quote user="mercurial"] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition.[/quote] These are some of my favorites as well! Good selections! Fear and Loathing really allows me to live out my vicarious experience of totally trashing a hotel room along with the fear accompanying such manic behavior without actually putting myself in danger. Has anyone seen. I would also like to mention Mystery Train from the great Jim Jarmusch! Several different stories all taking place around the same time in a hotel. Another funny one with multiple stories in different rooms in the same hotel, each story done by a different director is Four Rooms. It gets better as it goes. Hotel Rwanda is another obvious one with the name in the title. Hotels often being ominous places in movies I've found, this one is actually a sort of sactuary (although still dangerous) Although if you really want to get away and relax, take a trip with Monsieur Hulot on his holiday with a resort hotel full of quirky people. Or just scam your way into a luxery New York hotel with a tape recorded and some of your dad's credit cards like Kevin McCallister did in Home Alone 2. Bergman's The Silence takes place entirely within a hotel as well I believe. Hotels in movies are often interesting little microcosms. Sometimes these microcosms are seen in apartment complexes as well. Has anyone seen The Decalogue?

Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for March 23: Hotels, Motels, Inns and Lodges

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:11:47 GMT

Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 3/25/2009 2:11:47 AM
Body: Undoubtedly my favorite film taking place in a hotel is The Shining. From beginning to end I love every frame of this flick. Another film based on a Stephen King story that also takes place in a hotel is 1408. The first time around the film kinda lost me during its uproarious second act, but after watching it again the other night, I was surprised at how amazingly chilling it actually was. A significant portion of Some Like It Hot takes place at a posh Florida resort. Lost in Translation was another film that mostly took place in a hotel. Actually most of the memorable scenes took place in the hotel: the fire alarm, the pool aerobics, the maniacal exercise equipment, the amazingly short shower spout, the karaoke bar, the flower arranging class, etc. As implied by its name, Grand Hotel is all about the misadventures of a group of guests at a swanky hotel. At the hotel to escape, we get that great line from Greta Garbo, "I want to be alone!" Last Holiday (I have only seen the remake with Queen Latifah) takes place in an insanely luxurious hotel in the Czech Republic. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a non-stop romp from hotel to hotel, trashing each room beyond all recognition. Forgetting Sarah Marshall featured yet another luxury resort, this time in Hawaii and occupied by the lovely Mila Kunis (Kristen Bell isn't that bad either). And of course Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Thirteen (I barely remember Twelve) showed us the in's and out's of pulling a fast one on a Vegas casino - and just how insane those penthouse rooms that most of us will never get a chance to stay in look like.

Spout Post: 5 Film Franchises That Need a Genre Change

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:01:13 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/27/2009 5:01:13 PM
Body: Both are broadly classifiable as science fiction, but Alien is basically a horror flick and Aliens has all the conventions of a war film. That’s a pretty slick transition from one type of movie to another, especially since the switch was so immediate within the series. Most movie franchises don’t play with genre in such a way until they’ve gone through a number of sequels, and even then the series usually just simply takes its characters into outer space, a la Moonraker, Jason X and Leprechaun 4. Genre jumping isn’t that easy, though, unless a franchise inhabits a whole universe in which to expand through. Like Star Wars, for example. Originally a film series, the Star Wars franchise spread out into novels, which has allowed for dips into the romance genre and now horror. That’s right, an upcoming novel by horror author Joe Schreiber, titled Deathtroopers, takes the Star Wars universe into frightening territory described by Schreiber as “in the vein of The Shining and Alien, with a little dose of William Gibson mixed in.” So, if Star Wars can venture into the horror genre, what other movie franchises should attempt a genre jump? To toy with the idea, we’ve selected five film series in need of a change and suggested a possible redirection of genre for each. Franchise: Indiana Jones New Genre: Spy Film With Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the franchise already made a slight genre leap, turning an adventure series with minor fantasy elements into a lame science fiction tale. In a way, George Lucas pretty much did for Indy what past producers did with James Bond, Jason Voorhees and the Leprechaun. Only, this time, the outer space came to the characters instead of the other way around. That installment was quite a disappointment and now the only way to save the series is to head in a more serious direction and cut out all sci-fi/fantasy material altogether. Set in the 1960s, Indiana Jones and the Bay of Pigs will be more C.I.A. thriller than mystical archaeological adventure, but while Harrison Ford will get to bring a piece of his Jack Ryan portrayal into the franchise, it won’t completely abandon the elements that make it an Indiana Jones movie. He’ll still be in search of an ancient object, this one located in the Cuban rain forest, but he’ll also be battling Communists in more of a Jason Bourne and Daniel Craig as 007 style. No flying fridges, no swinging Shias and definitely no aliens. Just pure Cold War-era suspense. Franchise: Harry Potter New Genre: Teen Sex Comedy The Harry Potter series has evolved throughout its novels and films to darker and more mature themes, but the next step, if Warner Bros. decides to continue the franchise after the last J.K. Rowling adaptation, is to regress into a lighter and more immature genre. Along the lines of the teen sex classic Zapped!, as well as the hilarious fantasies/screenplays of actor Patrick Stewart (as depicted on Extras), Harry Potter and the Clothes That Magically Fall Off, would involve Harry’s days at university, during which he uses his powers to see female classmates naked and win basketball games (because it’s an American “Muggle” college and so there’s no Quidditch team). But in the end, he realizes that he doesn’t need to use magic to win the girl of his dreams (really just his college fling since he later settles down with someone else) or the championship game. Franchise: Ocean’s Eleven New Genre: Western There aren’t many places left for Steven Soderbergh to go with this series, which kicked off with a remake of the Rat Pack film Ocean’s 11. So, instead of moving ahead with Ocean’s Fourteen, he should move sideways and do a remake of Sergeants 3. Itself a loose remake of Gunga Din, the western comedy was the only other movie to feature all of the Rat Pack guys. Technically, this new version won’t be another sequel to Ocean’s Eleven, but it would surely be considered part of the franchise, as it will still star Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Affleck, Caan, Jemison, Qin, Gould, Reiner and Cheadle (sadly, Bernie Mac can not join them). Who wouldn’t love to see that cast playing tongue-in-cheek in the old west? In any genre those actors together would make an enjoyable piece of blockbuster fluff. Franchise: Die Hard New Genre: Marital Drama Weren’t you disappointed to learn that John and Holly McClane are divorced by the fourth Die Hard installment, Live Free or Die Hard? After all, the original movie wouldn’t have happened were it not for the main character’s attempt to save their marriage. And the events of Die Hard 2 also pretty much revolve around the status of the relationship. So, let’s go back to the beginning and look into the cracks between the four action flicks. We know John can thwart terrorists in any given scenario, but how does he function on a normal day? How does he deal with the threats of separation and divorce when he doesn’t have the distraction of action and the benefit of coming off a hero? This prequel/concurrent drama, titled Die Slowly, would depict marital dysfunction and collapse similar to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Revolutionary Road, except that in this film, whenever the couple goes at it, the husband gets to shout, “I saved you from terrorists. Twice. Give me a f—ing break!” Franchise: Friday the 13th New Genre: Romantic Comedy We’ve seen Freddy Vs. Jason. Now it’s time for Jason , a romantic pairing of Jason Voorhees, of the Friday the 13th series, and Angela Baker, of Sleepaway Camp. The two meet-cute when they both attempt to kill the same camper, accidentally stabbing each other instead. Rather than uniting to kill more kids, the new lovers realize that they’ve only been slashing people because they’ve never been hit with Cupid’s arrow (Jason actually had encountered the little cherub once, but he mistakenly decapitated him, stole his arrow and used it to impale a naked teen). But the movie isn’t all happy lovey-dovey montages. Like all romantic comedies, this one features a misunderstanding, and here it comes about when Jason and Angela first become intimate and the former discovers that the latter is in fact a boy. The result, though, is tragically more Boys Don’t Cry than The Crying Game, and ends with Jason killing Angela and returning to his old murderous ways. It’s a harsh conclusion, sure, but some genre jumps must be expected to be only temporary. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: An Idiot’s Guide to the Magical Negro

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT

Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 1/5/2009 5:01:02 PM
Body: Out of all the cinematic staples, the so-called “magical negro” is the worst to define and discuss due to it being the mother of all loaded terms. A catch-all phrase used to describe how African-Americans in film tend to be superhuman physically, spiritually or both, it’s currently in the midst of the pop cultural zeitgeist thanks to a crappy song and New Year’s faux-pas. Anytime someone sees a black character used as a story tool in a film — in the case of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Queenie (Taraji P. Henson) originally didn’t exist in Fitzgerald’s story — there is a mild cry of “There! There! I see a magical negro in the distance! Yes! There!” One should wonder why Eric Roth deemed it necessary to suddenly introduce the character as a framing device for guiding the CGI Man-Child about, but that’s up to anyone who can be assed to sit through that three hour bore. So, we’ve taken it upon ourselves—and in full expectation of the eventual backlash that will come from one friend of ours, Odienator at Big Media Vandalism—to deconstruct the favorite crutch of Stephen King, the Wachowski Brothers and whoever else has a problem understanding just what makes the worst stereotype the worst stereotype. The “Morgan Freeman” As Seen In: Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, The Shawshank Redemption A controversial choice, sure, and quite possibly a lazy choice. But Morgan Freeman has so deeply inserted himself in our culture as the wise, old teacher that him playing a seductively raging pimp in Street Smart seems impossible. Yet his gravely, nurturing voice seems to soothe us into believing whatever he says. And for some reason, he’s now playing into the comfortable role that he’s been typecast as since Driving Miss Daisy–the wiry, coy helper who can do fine on his own, but decides to help the Lead instead. In a way, Freeman became unintentionally responsible for confusing any black actor in any role as falling under the “magic negro” cliché. The Angel As Seen In: The Family Man, The Legend of Bagger Vance, What Dreams May Come, The Preacher’s Wife Every so often, a Successful White Guy finds himself with an overwhelming problem: his girlfriend left him, he’s too rich and successful, he realizes he’s Robin Williams. And lo, a loosely defined but altruistic Black Man will appear with unknown powers to set the S.W.G. straight. Sometimes, he’ll appear as Don Cheadle. Other times, he’ll be Will Smith, emerging from the woods and help you get your (golf) game back. And rarely, he’ll be Cuba Gooding, Jr. (and later Max von Sydow) or Denzel Washington, who’ll help you re-connect with your loved ones. Best shown through the utter ridiculousness from Bagger Vance, The Angel provides a fresh start to our troubled lead character, who must pretend to have his angst quickly fixed by the folksy and whimsical lessons given by their winged friends. Ultimately, there’s a generic life lesson learned (”keep family close, don’t let work get in the way, learn golf”) that benefits both the Angel and the S.W.G. (and in case of Preacher’s Wife, Courtney Vance.) The Innocent As Seen In: The Green Mile, Radio We’re pushing it with Radio here, but hold on. The Innocent is normally portrayed by a large, intimidating figure (Michael Clarke Duncan) or, if you’re Cuba Gooding Jr., a “full retard.” Everything is child-like to them and they’re incapable of controlling their own strength–or knowingly acting as if they have mental problems for critical acclaim. And they posses a great inner spirit that seems almost magical. Not to mention their sympathetic white friends (Tom Hanks, Ed Harris) feel pity for them based on their short-comings, but are won over by their child-like sympathy–and curing their tract infections. The Teacher As Seen In: The Matrix Trilogy, The Secret Life of Bees, The Shining Whether they’re telling Keanu to free his mind, teaching Dakota Fanning about the blues and selling her precious honey, or demonstrating how to talk with your index finger–The Teacher is there. While the role could be played by anyone, here we’re given figures that seem to have all the knowledge in the world, yet all they can be is a foil to pass that onto another character–normally the dopey white guy or gal. As Spike Lee once asked, “How is it that black people have these powers but they use them for the benefit of white people?” Originally posted on:SpoutBlog

Spout Post: Recast THE SHINING (1980)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:28:32 GMT

Post By: SkyPilot
Post To: Filmgaming
Post Date: 12/22/2008 1:28:32 PM
Body: Check out the winners at the bottom of this thread. ________________________________________________ Grand Rapids is filling up with snow, and getting snowed in always makes me think of The Shining (1980). I've read that Stephen King didn't like Kubrick's movie, but the made-for-tv version (1997) that King supervised is nothing to write home about. Maybe the third time's a charm? Recast The Shining. Best recast gets a t-shirt. Winner announced Friday, Jan. 9. Jack Nicholson ... Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall ... Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd ... Danny Torrance Scatman Crothers ... Dick Hallorann (the chef with the shine) Barry Nelson ... Stuart Ullman (general manager of the Overlook) Philip Stone ... Delbert Grady (the ghost of the previous caretaker, who tells Jack to "correct" his family) Joe Turkel ... Lloyd the Bartender (ghost) Tony Burton ... Larry Durkin (ghost who shows Jack visions of murdered girls)

Spout Post: Re:Depressing holidays, dysfunctional families, foreign films you gotta love

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:52:55 GMT

Post By: Risselada
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/11/2008 12:52:55 PM
Body: [quote user="indieabby88"] Top dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns. [/quote] Wow all of the family names start with B or T. Strange.

Spout Post: Re:Depressing holidays, dysfunctional families, foreign films you gotta love

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:12:07 GMT

Post By: indieabby88
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Post Date: 11/10/2008 8:12:07 PM
Body: Top dysfunctional families (in no particular order) The Tenenbaums from The Royal Tenenbaums The Buckmans from Rachel Getting Married The Berkmans (coincidence?) from The Squid and the Whale The Burnhams from American Beauty The Burnses from Pieces of April The Burroughses/the Finches from Running with Scissors The family from Death at a Funeral (no last names were given) Carrie and her mother from Carrie The Torrances from the Shining Weird bit of trivia: Peter Hedges, who wrote and directed "Pieces of April" also wrote and directed "Dan in Real Life," another movie about a dysfunctional family with the last name of Burns.

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