An incredible masterpiece of filmmaking!

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2016)

The Shining is one of the best films ever made. It features fantastic performances by Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. I'm absolutely serious when I say that Jack Nicholson's performance in this movie is the best acting performance ever! When I first watched the movie I really liked it, but I was a little confused on my opinion of the movie because I loved the book by Stephen King so so much, and they changed the story almost completely! But after seeing it three times (I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago)I can conclude that this is one of the best movies I ever saw (and I have seen hundreds of movies!). This movie, while extremely different from the book, is an intense, thought provoking, and masterfully made thriller. Every scene has a purpose. I love how the scenes show the atmosphere of the scene and you can feel how big the hotel actually is! I don't really have a problem with the movie except one thing. And that is: the death of Dick Halloran. I know, I know, I said I loved the movie even though it was different from the book, but the fact that Jack kills Mr. Halloran is very very upsetting and annoying. I can get over the death of Dick, but that shouldn't have happened! Overall though, the movie is absolutely fantastic and it gets better each three times I have seen it! This absolutely gets a 10/10!