The Shining

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2020)

The horror of "The Shining" comes from the psychological portrayal and torture of human nature, from the clever design and grasp of the plot, the skillful use of music language, and the portrayal of the two leading actors into the wood three points.
At the beginning of the film, Danny saw the scene of the two girls and had planted the seeds of terror in the audience's hearts; when Jack embraced the rotten corpse in the conjecture of Room 237, the elements of terror gradually surfaced on paper; When filled with the draft of "All work and no play makes jack a dull", everyone knew that terror was about to happen; and when Jack stepped up to Wendy on the stairs, the terror struck! Afterwards, Jack carried his axe to kill his wife and daughter for a period of honor that was worthy of the most horrible episode in film history.
Jack Nicholson 's performance in the film is superb, and his stern face alone is enough to make you creepy. Its facial expression is more distorted than the clown in Batman 1 and its psychological portrayal is better than that of "Flying Over the Madhouse The performance of the heroine, decorated by Dewar, is also commendable. The character 's image is very helpful for portraying helpless, weak, but kind women. The pale face, prominent eyes and cheekbones are painful. The expression is very contagious.
The role of music in horror movies is very important. This movie is no exception. It suddenly stopped at the climax. The date of the black screen was suddenly switched, which fully aroused the emotions of the audience, and the nerves were always in a state of tension.
Especially commendable is the end of the film, Kubrick's end of the film is often tepid, but unique. After Jack froze to death in the snow, the film directly switched to the prom photo of the "Lookout Hotel" when it was built. The waiter in the center of the photo looks like Jack. Why is it "like" instead of "Jack" himself? The date of the photo is 1921.7.4, and at the beginning of the film, the hotel owner once talked to Jack about the tragedy of 1970. It can be seen that there is at least 49 years between them, and Jack can only be around 40 years old at the time, so "waiter" It will not be "Jack"; "Jack" repeatedly mentioned his sense of belonging to the hotel in the film, and it is not difficult to return to the theme of "Spirit" or reincarnation. Why the date is 7.4, American National Day, at the beginning of the story, Wendy talked about Indian decoration, and the hotel owner also talked about the hotel 's site being a Native American cemetery. When it was built, it was attacked by the Indians many times. The ending of Ball's photo may be Kubrick's cynical mocking, and also implicitly explained the reasons for the tragedy.