Pretty good, not to the caliber of top 250 though

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2017)

I liked the shining, I just didn't agree that it was a perfect 10/10 horror film. Yes, Jack Nicholson was wonderful in the leading role, he just seemed like a normal father and husband. Shelley Duvall is good too, why she was nominated for a Razzie I will never know. She engaged very well with Nicholson and handled the intense scenes realistically. The writing works pretty well, especially the dialogue between Duvall and Nicholson, when his character begins to go mad and get violent, that's when the best acting and writing is. The filming and scenery is great, I loved the opening shots, and the eerie score makes it one hundred percent better. The music is great here, it has a very creepy/eerie feeling to it. Little Danny is great too, especially for the age he was when this was made. Kubrick is a masterful director and he does so well with this movie, he knows how to film it in just the right way to ensure a scary effect. The bathtub scene is one of the creepiest and best scene in the whole movie. The full frontal nudity was necessary for the scene, hardly ever is full frontal nudity in a movie, but it is for this one, when she turns into an old creepy deformed woman it has the perfect effect! And of course the CLASSIC here's Johnny scene is wonderfully done. From jacks mad as hell behavior to Shelley's wonderful scared out of her wits reaction. All in all an interesting film that's definitely worth a watch. A very thought provoking ending too, leaves the viewer with questions. Have to watch to find out what i mean ;). Yes, some of the scenes have a slight cheesiness to them, but that's my only complaint. 7/10.