I've seen that version. It didn't come across as creepy as the Kubrick version. Steven Weber isn't Jack Nicholson.

yeah people said it wasnt as good?? but did it explain the plot any better?

the critics said it wasn´t a very good movie..but i really , i just think that it was a bad idea to put nicole kidman and tom cruise in that movie.
it was a good move..but cannot be compared with his previous movies..like the shining..a clockwork orange.,paths of glory..
what do u think?....

i think kubrick got sick during making that movie, it was kind of like clockwork orange, but about relationships instead of violence. i don't know..

man i wish that the shining didnt leave out so much from the book. like all the playground stuff freaked me, like when hes in the cement tube thing and theres that deep dark dead thing. and also the point of the book seemed entirely different than the point of the movie, and i just dont really get how you can entirely change the point of somehting..
but who i am i kidding? i fucking love the movie.

I didn't think it was that bad. I bought a used DVD of it.

I just found the book in a garage sale the other day...havent started to read it just yet as im at the end of another book...anyways i've never seen the movie but after I finish the book I intend to...I really dislike Jack Nicholson though,which is mostly why I havent ever watched the film.

I agree with you - I love it to bits, and I understand why psychologically it's scary, and the little girls and old lady are freaky, but I don't actually find it scary. I love Jack Nicholson so much and I think it's a wonderful performance, but then I don't think anyone is less than great in this film.

Actually, thinking about it, I laugh at lots of this film. Once I paused the dvd just as Wendy had hit him with the bat and he was falling backwards, and the look on his face is hilarious. As it his face when he's in the bar and he looks all concerned at her, says "Are you out of your fucking mind?" and then makes another face at her.

I didn't know there was another version of it - I've seen an entirely different sort of HBO version, which scared me lots more, I think because it was more into hallucinations and cheap jump tactics, like having people leap out or just appear.

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Yes, definitely! The funny moments add to its charm and possibly its disturbingness...i don't think that's a word. however.

but you know what i mean, right? those moments make it a little more real and true to life, therefore making it even more frightening.

HAHA, I love that.

By itself, the movie is pretty good. It's scary in a "Holy shit, this guy is crazy!" way; it's not really a horrorfest.

In comparison to the book, I think it falls very, very short. There was a lot more supernatural stuff in the book, it could have been a lot creepier. However, the garden maze > hedge animals.

But I do love Jack Nicholson. "Darling. Light of my life. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm gonna bash your brains in." and... "LITTLE PIGS, LITTLE PIGS, LET ME IN." Awesome.

On a side note... I love It. The movie is awesomely campy and scary at the same time. And I think the kids are adorable. I try to work, "KISS ME, FAT BOY!" into conversation whenever possible.