Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2020)

Jack has taken the job and now he is the caretaker of The Overlook Hotel. His wife and their little son are going to be here with him. The location itself is beautiful but remote and isolated.
What exacrly is his job? What duties does he have here? What if he fails to do his job properly? Is there any danger in that? Pay no attention to that.
What's wrong with his wife? Why does she treat him as a child that needs to have its meals brought to it at an exact time? Alright, alright, calm down. She may have reasons to behave like that. After all, this is a married couple. Who knows what they've been through?
What's wrong with their son? Alright, the movie sort of explains it. Speaking of the boy. Go watch Looper and you will probably understand why I think this boy might have inspired Rian Johnson. Just saying.
Why does Jack go insane? Because he hates his wife and cannot get any inspiration for his writing? He's a writer, by the way. Sure, things happen in this hotel but seriously, is what we see in the movie enough to drive a man insane? Do not think about it.
Also, the one and only Kubrick directed it, so you either like it or you're too dumb to understand the greatness of art! Sure. Seems like whoever was in charge of production had plenty of ideas and got lost in thier own maze. Hints, things, whatever.
Jack's wife is a miscast, say what you will. She's annoying for the wrong reason. The story is raw, it is not well paced. It is a mess. The music is misplaced and does not stop. Annoying.
The movie looks good, that is for sure. Most of the time, anyway. Jack Nickolson is great. That little boy's acting was impressive. That old woman in the room where nobody should go, well, that was disgusting. Being repulsive edges on being scary in that scene. There is blood, a lot of it. Looks impressive. That's about it.
Also, go read the book. Way better! No wander King did not like this mess that keeps fooling people into thinking it is a great horror movie.