THE ORIGINAL SHINING WAS A MODERN HORROR MASTERPIECE, THE REMAKE OF THE MIDDLE 90�S WAS SO BAD, IT DOESN�T BEAR DESCRIBING.
KUBRICK�S SHINING WAS FAR FROM THE ORIGINAL STORY, BUT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED. IT WAS DUE TO HIS NEED TO EXPERIMENT THAT KUBRICK SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED THE WHOLE EMPHASIS OF THE SHINING. THIS WAS ALSO HELPED BY THE CASTING OF THE ALREADY LOOPY JACK NICHOLSON, WHICH SHIFTED THE NICE-GUY DAD IMAGE INTO UNCERTAINTY.
THE FILM CENTRES AROUND A FAMILY OF THREE, THE HEAD OF WHICH TAKES A JOB AS CARETAKER IN THE OVERLOOK HOTEL OVER THE WINTER. WARNED OF CABIN FEAVER, JACK TAKES THIS AS A GOOD OPORTUNITY TO FINISH HIS NOVEL, WHICH SOON DESCENDS INTO HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF THE IMFAMOUS LINE �ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKE JACK A DULL BOY.� AFTER INITIALLY BEING TOLD OF �THE SHINING,� A STATE OF MIND THAT DANNY, JACK�S SON HAS, HE SOON BECOMES AWARE OF A STRANGE FORCE IN THE HOTEL, SOMETHING HE SEES IN BIZARRE CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE GHOST OF THE HOTEL�S PAST. SLOWLY, JACK DIVES INTO INSANITY AND GOES ON AN AXE WIELDING RAMPAGE THROUGH THE HOTEL, CHASING HIS FAMILY, AND WHILE DOING SO, DELIVERS THE MOST FAMOUS LINE IN MOVIE HISTORY, APART FROM �I�LL BE BACK�. �HERE�S�..JOHNNY!� |
