One of the greatest films ever made!

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2017)

The Shining is a very special movie. It's one of those movies that make you think for weeks. A way that Kubrick made you think is that he incorporated "easter eggs", more like hidden plot points, that give this movie a lot more meaning than just a man going crazy and trying to kill his family. Every little detail in this movie has a meaning, like Jack throwing the ball at the native American artwork, the bear-man giving oral sex to another man and blood coming out of an elevator. There are many theories to these "easter eggs", specifically The Native American Genocide and the incest between Jack and Danny. Throughout the hotel there are native American artworks, and it's saying that there is a connection between the story and the Native American Genocide. Delbert Grady referring to Hallorann as a racial slur like there is a hate between these two sides just like the Americans and the Natives when they first settled in the USA. The hotel is also located on an Indian burial ground, and that during construction they encountered attacks by Natives. Wendy and Hallorann are like the Native Americans. Wendy wears a yellow jacket with native American artwork on it and her hair is completely black, no one else in the movie has completely black hair. There is a shot where Hallorann's head is facing the same way as a native American chief on a food can, and then he gets killed by Jack and his body lands on top of native American artwork. Then there is the incest between Jack and Danny, although it is not very clear. Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony. He developed Tony after he had an "accident" with his father where Jack pulled Danny and dislocated his shoulder. Then in the movie Jack always gives Danny weird looks at him, long creepy looks. There is still no final answer to this movie, and sometimes its best to leave things unanswered. As a movie, I think it's a masterpiece. The cinematography is amazing with the tracking shots, the acting is phenomenal, especially Jack Nicholson, and the ending is one of the creepiest endings to a movie. It is definitely a classic and it still stands the test of time. The fact that this movie, a 37 year old movie, still hasn't been fully answered blows my mind.