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The Shining
DVD - 2007
"I enjoyed the book.
The movie would have been OK, except Jack Nicholson trashed it with his trademark over the board hamming.(Ryan Reynolds did similar damage in Blade 3).
I just could not take Nicholson's leers and jeers and grins seriously. Same..."
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The Shining
DVD - 2001
"Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" has got to be one of the all-time worst big-budget horror films ever made. Everything about The Shining said "expensive", but nothing about it said "scary".
It truly baffles me that such an impressive director as..."
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The Shining
DVD - 2007
"Ho-Hum!.... If you ask me - I thought that Kubrick's "The Shining" was total "Redrum" humdrum, from start to finish.
My argument is this - I cannot believe that a hotel (which obviously housed so many mean and malevolent spirits within its wall..."
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The Shining
Blu-ray Disc - 2007
"I do not understand why this movie is considered one of the best horror films ever made. It's boring! The characters are caricatures, base templates that are a far cry from who they are in the novel. Jack Nicholson is not a man who loves his famil..."
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Stanley Kubrick's the Shining
DVD - 2007
"This was fine, but I rewatched this recently and maybe it's because I watched this the night after watching Stephen King's It (which was fantastic btw), but I kind of just found this very boring. Fine, but boring."
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