On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 6:20:42 AM UTC-10, A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:59:44 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2019-04-09 9:53 a.m., Gary wrote:
> >
> > > Another really good book but a total fail movie was the original,
> > > "The Shining" with Jack Nicholson. They really ruined that story.
> > > I've heard that someone has made a remake of it but I haven't
> > > seen it. No doubt better than that first one. Reading that book
> > > alone at night was very scary. The movie was a joke.
> > >
> >
> > I have never made it through that movie? It was supposed to be scary?
>
> the book was real scary. the movie, perhaps less so, but jack was in it. the bartender scene was pretty scary. the bartender corrected his family.. the maze scene in the book comes to mind. the acting was very good, jack is mostly always on, and scatman was great as was shelly duvall.

I didn't much care for "The Shining." It lacked the claustrophobic atmosphere of the classic horror films of the time and seemed way overblown. In the years since its release, it's seen as a classic. I guess that's a hallmark of a work of art: not appreciated during its time. I was watching this movie last night. This part was pretty funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmd4E3WNg-w