really, what was the point?

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2005)

i absolutely loved this film, i thought that Jack Nicholson was brilliant but sadly this was not a HORROR movie just a good film. there was no points in this film that made me jump or frightened me. i read the book before i actually watched the film and all i can say is that in a way it was a bit of a let down. i had imagined the whole thing while reading it and then when i sat down to watch it on screen what i was confronted with is a pretty funny film with all the suspense of a soap opera. i would just like to ask, what was the point of Stanley Kubrick doing an adaptation of a book if he isn't really going to use the events from the book? is it because he couldn't think of a story of his own so he simply stole the outline of someone else's? or could he just not be bothered to do the book justice and create a quality film. like i said i thought this film was fab in itself but maybe Mr Kubrick should have omitted the fact that it was 'based' on The Shining and just called it something else.