A classy horror movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2001)

I have not read the book. Apparently the mini series is closer to the book. Even so, it's not a good movie. It's supposed to be horror, and not one time during the whole 6 hours was I scared. Steven Weber is a bad actor, and should stick to doing comedy series'. Jack Nicholson is absolutely perfect. Weber doesn't even come close to his performance. Kubrick is a genius. All the changes he made from the book, that I'm aware of, enhanced the whole story. The ending he created had a greater impact. The camera angles he uses are great. No one can do a review on this without mentioning the bath scene - the use of the camera in this scene is great, and the whole scene will freak anyone out. I usually hate horror movies, but Kubrick has managed to turn this into a classy, respectable, clever horror movie. It's scary without being gross, and will completely freak you out.