What else but a classic (could there be spoilers after 24 years?)

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2004)

After 24 years we are still watching and commenting on Kubrick's The Shining. Like the Godfather, and The Talented Mr Ripley, the last 20 min of The Last of the Mohicans, I have to watch The Shining at least once a year.
The movie was so far ahead of King's version, King should have been ashamed to even try it. In 1980 there was not the technical ability to make topiaries that move. I think the maze was more effective when compared with King's version of moving topiaries.
The other actors are so sinister too; such at the bartender and Brady, the former caretaker. Loved those scenes with Brady. Kubrick was roundly critisized for making the scene in the men's room too drawn out, but I loved it as I watched Jack's wheels turning, trying to comprehend what is being said. I also loved the end of the closeups of the pictures on the wall and there is Jack the caretaker.
Great, scary film. Kubrick's films always bear much discussion. That is why he is great even if you don't like all of his work.