A technically good snooze fest

Rating: 5/10 (18 December 2014)

Don't believe the hype. This movie is dated and for the most part, very boring. I mean like, really, really boring. Yes, the visuals are great for their time, and there are cool elements here, but it is way to long, and very little actually happens.
I can enjoy old movies, I mostly like newer movies, but there are lots of good old movies too. And I can appreciate visual art, I am a visual artist with a visual brain, so it's not like I am a simpleton who only likes action movies. I like all kinds of movies, if they are entertaining. This is just not, except some parts here and there.
People get very mad when someone criticizes this movie, because everyone thinks it's supposed to be this fantastic classic, and maybe it is, but it is a boring classic. But don't rate this super high just because everyone else does.
On a couple of occasions it's interesting, for a minute or so, then it's straight back to snooze mode. Old movies are not always good just because they were good back in the day.
It racked up some stars from me, because I really liked some of the acting from the main character, and of course the special effects who are incredible considering they are soon to be 50 years old (oh my!), and a couple of things I won't mention any further to not spoil, but all in all I was not entertained by this. Rather watch The Shining again.