Kubrick vs. King or: a response to all of those who claim the shining "sucks" because its different from the book

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2011)

I'm a big fan of both Kubrick and king. so i had to read this book before i saw the movie and they have absolutely nothing in common. the basic storyline is the same, (Danny has the shining, he sees dead people and jack goes crazy)but there were a whole bunch of things i saw in the movie I didn't read in the book, and i read a lot of things in the novel that i didn't saw in the movie. does this means The Shining is a bad movie? of course not. does anyone complains because "les fils del homme(look it up at wikipedia)" is different from "The Godfather. NO. and thats because they are different kinds of art. and they are both a masterpiece. Stephen king is a terrific horror narrator, he makes you kept me reading on for hours. Kubrick if probably the best director EVER, he made up a whole different story but HE DID IT RIGHT. he gave his touch to the story and made a masterpiece, the most influential horror movie since psycho. so both the book and the novel are masterpieces in their respective fields. cant we just leave it this way?