Still don't like bullshit

9/20/25: 

As mentioned before, the movie is divided into three parts, but is presented all together as one on Tubi.  So, I've now watched all three parts.  The two movies are basically the same with some differences.  One of these I will note here.  Perhaps it is too much of a spoiler to write too much about it.

The Overlook Hotel is actually a character in the story.  The Hotel is after Jack in the Kubrick version.  In the King version, it was after Danny, the little boy.  Also, the Hotel got Jack in the Kubrick version, but didn't exactly get Jack in the King version.  Also, the King version has a "happy" ending.  Or to put it another way, a "happier" ending.

I suppose that is enough to write about it.  I don't like either version, to tell the truth.

9/19/25:

There's a mention of the movie "The Shining" recently, and that I watched the author's version of it. Or part of it. I wrote that King's version is too long. It seems to be divided into 3 parts, each of which is an hour and a half long. That's a long time to sit through a movie.

I lost my patience with it, and turned it off. But curiosity got the better of me. I watched part of the rest. There's a third left to watch.

So, "upon further review", I'll still say that I don't like it. But I don't like Kubrick's version, either. The trouble with making movies is that there's a part to it that isn't plausible, and that part you have to accept, or you won't like the movie. There's too many of those in either version.

So, I'm not likely to approve of either of these movie versions.

If I ever made a movie, it would be too much like a documentary. People like lies, apparently.