Film Club Meeting #1: The Shining

10  2019-05-29 by Mrtheliger

Perhaps the greatest of Stephen King film adaptations, The Shining is widely considered one of the most iconic horror films of all time. Led by the genius director Stanley Kubrick, and a superb performance from leading man Jack Nicholson, the film takes you on a creepy and terrifying journey through the Overlook Hotel.

Without getting into essay territory, our meeting today will discuss mostly the things you either like or dislike about the movie. The intention of our Club is to create a dialogue amongst friends in our community, uniting us under our love of cinema.

So, let's hear it friends! How do you feel about The Shining? What are some of your favorite scenes in the film? How do you feel about the major differences between the book and movie?

46 comments

3  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

You have no authority to start a film club. You are not even a Patrician.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

Please refrain from non-film negativity while in the clubspace

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

The zoomer cries out in pain as he strikes you.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I am unsure why you continue to be so belittling toward my friendly club. To be perfectly honest with you it's a bit off putting and I am considering not joining yours now

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

You are not prepared to join my club.

You must watch a list of kino films before you can apply.

Edit: here's where you submit your application https://discord.gg/Pr9GUW

2  trappysaruh 2019-05-29

there was a book?

2  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

You're not invited to my club

2  trappysaruh 2019-05-29

😓

2  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

It's ok torpy soroh, you can join my Kino movie club instead.

Even disgusting poutine sipping leafs are welcome.

1  sub2tine 2019-05-29

Even disgusting poutine sipping leafs are welcome.

🤢

2  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

Hi subpoutine. Why haven't you been in Alicecord? Dubs is worried you might have joined a gang of mimes.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

Maybe if you weren't the worst we could talk

2  TaysSecondGussy 2019-05-29

The use of impossible set locations, most of which were constructed to be as such. Basically the dimensions of the building make zero sense in many scenes. I have no idea if this is actually picked up on subconsciously, but it’s some cool effort.

3  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

The entire hotel set is so well constructed I love it. It makes you feel claustrophobic at the same time as it does lost in some huge giant forest, it's pretty brilliant

2  TaysSecondGussy 2019-05-29

It definitely does something. I always had the impression the set was changing with each shot. Sort of disorienting.

2  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I could imagine that.

As a followup, do you have any opinions on possibly why Kubrick changed the room number for 217 to 237?

1  TaysSecondGussy 2019-05-29

Oh. Was it 217 in the book? I’m so bad at remembering numbers I never noticed, even after reading that book a few times. I don’t know if Kubrick had any weird numerology thing, so I would guess just AESTHETICS. It does look more meaningful.

Or you could consult that insane documentary for 500 other possible explanations.

2  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

Personally I doubt he would change something that significant purely for aesthetics, but that is as much of a possibility as any other theory. As far I'm aware the man never told anyone, or at least they haven't spoken up since his death

1  TaysSecondGussy 2019-05-29

Yeah hard to say. I’m not enough of a Kubrick stan to even guess. Possibly just to piss off King.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

True true. Well thank you very much for engaging in conversation with me at this meeting. Sadly many of our number decidedly refused to show up, but I hope to see you at our next one! I'm considering jumping right into The Room, but I'd like more of our fellows to return from vacation first

1  TaysSecondGussy 2019-05-29

Oh that could be fun. I’ll look for it.

1  6odastream 2019-05-29

It was changed because the hotel thought people wouldn’t want the room so Kubrick changed it to a fictional room

2  acidoverbasic 2019-05-29

I like to think it's about the moon landing or the Illuminati or whatever.

2  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

Consider yourself out of the club if this is all you wish to add to our intelligent conversation

1  acidoverbasic 2019-05-29

🐕💨

2  Dildokin 2019-05-29

I like kubrick, thats my entire opinion on this

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

He is the best director of all time in my honest opinion. I'm not sure how you can argue against it

2  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

Pleb director tbh.

You are definitely a zoomer.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

Would you like to debate this with me? Here in the club talking about the director of our current movie is encouraged!

2  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

  1. It deviates from the book.

  2. No boiler room explosion to destroy the hotel.

  3. No creepy hedge sculptures.

  4. Shelley Duvall is so good at her character you actually start thinking Jack is a good guy. Really sells herself as an useless wife.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I'm afraid your points have nothing to do with the quality of the film. This is a film club, not a film adaption club. The merits of the film vs the book are free to be discussed, but when we are debating the matter of Kubrick's skill in the Director's Chair it has little to nothing to do with us

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

Cope

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

To be honest my friend you really don't seem to want to have an intelligent conversation. It's kind of sad that you can't lower your r/Drama user defenses and open up to our club

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

This is how a Patrician (me) acts when dealing with zoomer plebs(you).

Come to my discord and witness true kino.

https://discord.gg/Pr9GUW

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I'm sorry but your hostility has really turned me off from your club.

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

Plebs always fear true enlightenment.

You will never be Patrician like I am.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I feel as if I wouldn't want to be

1  NotoriousChenposter 2019-05-29

Sour grapes.

Literally, cope.

1  Kat_B0T 2019-05-29

as AN useless wife

Translate this to non kino, if you would 🤔

2  THOT-AUDITOR 2019-05-29

The TV miniseries where Jack ran around with a croquet mallet instead of an axe was more entertaining, mostly because the kid actor was utterly terrible.

2  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I couldn't ever have imagined the book ending working on film and that mini series reaffirmed it honestly

1  MzCherryBlossom 2019-05-29

The Typewriter scene. https://youtu.be/4lQ_MjU4QHw

1  Cleverly_Clearly 2019-05-29

I think King resented the movie for being better than his own shit.

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I would agree that he resented it, but not for that reason. Kubrick would routinely attempt to get inside the mind of King in order to subvert the book.

For example it is hypothesized Kubrick saw the redemption of Jack near the end of the book as a bit of a "cop out", so to speak, as he believed King wrote Jack from a far too personal perspective.

So Kubrick opted to make Jack a much more sinister villain from the start. Much less sympathetic than his book counterpart, which I believe works much better for the film than if Kubrick had followed the book more strictly

1  zhcyiD9-png 2019-05-29

wasn't this the one where kubrick basically tortured shelly duvall to get some kind of emotion from her on film

1  Mrtheliger 2019-05-29

I believe that is what has always been recorded, but if I remember properly Ms. Duvall herself claimed she and Kubrick had a fine relationship afterward