Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

The movie was more of a puzzle for me to solve. You find out that Teddy is a John G., which is the murderer’s name. The last initial ‘G’ is all we have, the actual last name is unknown. This is one of the twists the movie had that the book did not and it was done to make the viewer think. But having Teddy be the John G. would be way too easy. Turns out Teddy is a cop, I did not guess that but I did not get a bad vibe from him. Natalie was questionable but I was not sure why. I just really enjoyed having to piece together the mystery that was John G and all of these added characters, on top of trying to follow the backwards storytelling and intertwining

The Shining is about the Torrance family having to stay at the Overlook hotel for five months. Having that said, the family was completely isolated in such a big place over the winter. The hotel had horrific history of a murder done by Charles Grady who had committed suicide after killing his two girls and wife with an axe. The shocking information given to Jack did not bother him at all and he even said that his wife, Wendy would enjoy a good scary story. The film proceeds into a story that would seem calm and full of tranquility but this would not be the case since it soon enough turns out into something more horrifying. After a month has gone by, one can clearly notice the difference between the old Jack to the new Jack. This has to do with his personality and how he is acting by himself and towards others. His attitude changes to wanting to spend more time alone and not caring to do the work for the hotel, which he was hired to do in the first place. Danny is the young son of Jack who has psychic powers which at times confuses him but most of the time frightens the young boy. Danny encounters the two young girls that were killed in the hotel. Danny tries to avoid the girls as much as possible and tries to stay away from room 237 but it attracted Danny’s attention.

Young children are often told by their parents to ’not judge a book by its cover’. The Shining Houses by Alice Munro explores the idea that it is unessential to conform to societal standards especially when they stand in the way of equality. The theme responsibility towards our community is prevalent throughout the story and we see that despite the popular opinion of everyone else we have a responsibility towards the wellbeing of our community members. Through the character of Mary, we see the importance of helping one another. Most of the people who lived on Mrs. Fullerton’s street were not fond of her because of the way he home looked however, Mary overlooked this and enjoyed spending time with her. She befriended Mrs. Fullerton because

Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you

My overall reaction to the movie was that it was a very well done movie and very

Compare the ways Steven King in The Shining and William Friedkin in The Exorcist use techniques to create suspense.

For example, the father started to turn into a psychopath. He started to try to kill his family. A boy named Danny has an ability, which is to have a conversation with someone with the same ability without moving their mouth. The only one he could use the ability with is the hotel chef who is Dick Hallorann. The movie is basically all about a man that turned into a psychotic killer, trying to kill his family due to staying in the hotel but failed.

It made really made me think if what the characters are doing morally wrong. Both cops handle justice a different way and no one taught Jake that the world is cruel, and twisted. This eventually causes the climactic intense ending, and will keep your eyes glued to the screen. Although I enjoy this movie there is somethings that could be better. For instance the movie has a slow start. I’m not going to lie, I did skip a bit to the ride along, for it was boring. I also would make a scene more believable, but I digress because if it was the movie wouldn't be able to continue. Overall this movie contained major keys to make it interesting.

Stephen King’s The Shining has maintained its cult status since its release in 1977. The Shining begins with Jack Torrance receiving a position as the winter caretaker for The Overlook Hotel, an isolated hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Jack hopes the stay will be therapeutic and allow him to focus on writing, family, and less on alcohol. As time progresses, unsettling events begin to transpire for Jack, his son Danny, and his wife Wendy. The intensity of the gothic novel came to life by the legendary Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The book was admired by fans, but Kubrick’s reimagining made it the iconic classic that it is today. Stephen King was not as fond of the movie. Although some of Kubrick’s take on The Shining complements the book, King

I feel like half the time we revel in the death scenes more than anything else. When Jason arrives to New York City he walks through the alleys and sewers. Making me miss the good old days of Camp Crystal Lake. Yet the story didn't feel write, Jason should explore the world in store for him, but what's next putting him in space? Kane Hodder did a superb job at playing Jason once again. He shows Jasons stregthn as well as brutality in the vulgar display of anger. Letting us see how power Jason really is, I embrace Jason in this installment. It's a shame he was put into such a terrible plot. Overall this film had nothing special, no continaution from the past films. While entertaining, but it was by far the worst Friday the 13th. I was sad when the film ended and I hadn't jumped out of my seat once. I asked myself as well if the slow motion sequences were at all relevant to the surrounding. I dig slow motion seqences in the right scenario for a horror film, trying to make the scares more on edge. I was laughing to myself, with that being said I must say how much I enjoyed the murder in the dancing room, colorful, fun and one of my favorite deaths. In ways it reminded me of the scene in "Carrie" where Tommy Ross and Carrie White dancing the night away. Then I realized I was watching pure baloney. Overall if your a fan of Jason you'll enjoy this exciting chapter like me, but you'll be laughing your tail

You should have the time to watch it and I'll assure you, you will not regret. I am giving the movie a score of 5 out of 5 for they showed a serious, tragic and a really dramatic movie but has full of lessons to learn

Wendy’s apparent meekness as well as her eagerness to fulfill the feminine role of the considerate mother and doting wife when juxtaposed with Jack Torrance’s immediately obvious volatility positions the characters to clash, with Wendy being the likely victim. Additionally, this quality the character possesses of a desire to achieve this American ideal stands in immediate opposition to Jack Torrance’s goals. Jack puts his work before his family, and Wendy’s efforts to create the ideals family structure is positioned to annoy

James Dickey’s Deliverance, and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, demonstrate masculine roles in America going through a period of challenge and change brought on by historical social and political movements resulting in the cultural definition of masculinity to be widely questioned and inevitably altered in the United States. Michael Meadows states that Dickey narrativizes the negative and regressive “civil and primitive masculine roles” which were traumatic for American men during the 1970s by using the wilderness and its inhabitants as a gothic convention which antagonizes the group (128). Michael Kimmel solidifies this message of Western cultural damage on men by noting that, female and homosexual rights movements challenged both forms of civil and primitive masculinity (175). These two movements were fought for and accepted by Americans beginning in the 1970s. The rights these movements fought for irreversibly made women working equals to their male counterparts, and offered them shelter from the control, violence, and overall sexual and mental abuse that women and children had put up with since antiquity. In continuity with these changes during the 1970s, Vivian Sobchak argues, “more and more 'families ' no longer partook in behavior and standards set by bourgeois mythology. Therefore, the horror in The Shining plays out the rage of a western masculinity and fatherhood denied the economic and political benefits” of patriarchal authority and domination within the nuclear

Except for the fact that I felt the character Greta felt she had to do this or else her life was in danger. First though I actually don't understand why she didn't run away from the second she saw, she was a governess for a doll she sure did laugh at the idea . As well as for the fact that I felt awful these people thought of such a waste ending. With lack of real scares as well as no deaths in the film really, your in a a rollercoaster ride that will definetly make you feel like you had whiplash after the

The film is sublime. It’s funny and insightful as it creates very different worlds for its two characters, and yet it doesn’t shy away from the harsher aspects of the lives of Mary and Max.