Good but missing some key elements

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2015)

This has been called one of the best horrors of all time, I agree that it is rather good but I didn't find it as terrifying and gut wrenching as I had hoped. Although Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duval's acting may have been spectacular, this film may be a disappointment for the more book savvy movie goer since Kubric takes essentially is the name and "basic" plot lines everything else he changes entirely. In my opinion I think he should have stayed closer to the book.I remember being frightened by Steven king's version of the shining but found Kubric's somewhat dull with large plot holes; without such phenomenal acting it would have been difficult to watch. I was fairly disappointed not to hear my favorite line "Take you medicine" anywhere in the movie since that was such a key phrase, in my opinion. Overall it was worth watching but I probably won't see it twice.