Kubrick's a genius

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 1999)

Hated the book! Hated King's recent film based on his book! But this movie is amazing. It has so many great scenes- The "all work and no play" typing scene, Danny's big wheel rolling through the halls scenes, the "here's Johnny" scene, Jack's bad dream scene, the "lady" in the room scene, the "redrum" scene- and plenty more. The skills of Kubrick along with 2 amazing performances by Nicholson and Duvall (now this woman knows how to convey fear to an audience) make this an amazingly scary film. No moving bushes, no hero dad, no trying to pack complex relationship info into a 90 minute film, no contrived excuses for a character's motivations, -just great scenes- each one meant to effect the audience more than the one before. Mr. Kubrick took a corny, overwrought vehicle and turned it into a masterpiece.