The Shining (1980) UNCOMFORTABLE MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

This one is pretty late to the party but I was rewatching the reaction but I noticed something rather interesting. At the stairs when Jack was talking to Wendy he said ‘ Wendy, darling’ and something clicked for a moment. I might be wrong but I think that one was a reference to Peter Pan. In this way it refers to how Pan never wants to change...I think that is relating to the ending shot. Someone tell me if I’m lookin into this too much lol.

GamerGal8684

The first time I saw this movie was about 20 years ago, and I didn’t get the hype. I watched it again 5 years later, alone, and found it so much better and creepy! It’s definitely my favorite horror movie. I live close to the hotel used for the exterior shots (Timberline Lodge outside of Portland, Oregon), but have never made it up there for pics. It’s open for skiing and snowboarding in the winter. The drive seen in the movie was not filmed here though.

Brittyn Lindsey

Unfortunately there won’t be a full length reaction to The Shining, simply because there was a major syncing issue with our reaction and the DVD when editing, we were able to fix this in the reaction, however won’t be able to fix this in a full length version, we apologise for any inconvenience ☹️

Is there a full length version of this?

Me personally when it comes to breaking down the best horror movies of all time I have it in two categories: The scariest. And the greatest. To me the scariest is the exorcist. Every time I watch it I have to mentally prepare myself because for the rest of the day I'm creeped out. It's so purely disturbing and horrifying not much comes close. The greatest is The Shining. It's one of the few horror movies treated with the artistically serious nature that a major legendary director brings. It's so well rounded from the shots to the soundtrack and plot is probably the most well rounded horror movie ever even though I don't find it very frightening compared to movies like The Exorcist or The Texas chainsaw massacre which I pray you guys review one day.

100% If you look at “The Exorcist,” it’s not just a terrifying movie, but it’s tragic too. Prior to the possession, we see all of the personal interplay between Regan and Chris. There is a great bond between mother and daughter, so by the time the shit hits the fan, we feel the same loss Chris does. I need some of that in “The Shining.” I feel terrified for Shelley’s character, but I don’t feel like there is a loss, emotionally, regarding the relationship with Jack. And as for Jack, you don’t root for him. He’s as much a victim here, but you don’t necessarily want him to beat the forces manipulating him, like you did with Regan. You just want Shelley and Danny to escape him. There’s no sympathy for Jack. Maybe if we had just some better interactions between the family, wed root for Jack a little more. It’s just strange that a performance can be so huge, robust, and emotional, but kind of one-note at the same time. I dunno. I’m just nitpicking Nicholson’s performance. The movie is masterful.

Wow! incredible insight! love it 🙌🏼 I need to read the book now

You could also see it that because he’s already off kilter and a person in general, it makes him more susceptible to getting corrupted by the evil spirits of the overlook hotel 🤷🏼‍♂️

I can understand you comment about ‘where was the decent’ and I’d say that’s not just down to him, but also the editing and not giving him enough scenes where he is a normal chap haha

Favourite scene 🙌🏼

We need to read the book, we’ve only heard incredible things and would love to know what’s different 😊

King hated the book because he did not like Nicholson as Jack Torrence, who he felt was the sympathetic victim of his novel. Nicholson (in King's eyes) is intense and unlikeable from the beginning, whereas the novel's Torrence is a nice guy who succumbs to the stress of his life's failures and is corrupted by the spirits of the hotel. (King realized years later that he was, unknowingly, writing about his own alcoholism when he wrote THE SHINING.) Also, the movie skips over significant plot elements from the novel. The book makes it clear that the spirits of the Overlook are usually harmless, but when someone with a powerful shining is nearby it gives them strength and lets them manifest physically. The ghosts want Jack to murder his son so that Danny's spirit will merge with the hotel and the ghosts will acquire the power to interact with the real world permanently. Another YouTuber, Rob at Collative Learning, actually studied the layout of the Overlook hotel and concluded that it does not make sense - if you pay attention, hallways and rooms appear where they shouldn't be, and he believes that this was deliberately done by detail-obsessed Kubrick to create a subliminal sense of alienation and discomfort with viewers. Here's his analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sUIxXCCFWw Great video as always, keep it up!

Patrick Flanagan

Kubrick is the best man.

Also, “Rosemary’s Baby” is in the same “The Exorcist” and “The Omen” genre. It’s also a movie that relies more on tension than scares. In that, it’s masterful. “The Exorcist” is my favorite movie, so rating movies higher than that is hard. I have an autographed picture of a Linda Blair framed and hanging in my bathroom. When I walk into my bathroom, I always say, “Hello Regan. What a wonderful day for an exorcism.” And then I pee.

I am going to get ripped apart for my one negative about the film. My one negative is Jack Nicholson. I agree with Tom; Shelley Duvall is the best actor in this movie. I love Jack Nicholson, but this was not a nuanced performance. This is a movie about a man’s descent into madness. Where was the descent? Jack was off kilter from scene one. He started the movie at level 7 crazy and we watched him go to level 10- not much of a journey. Don’t get me wrong, watching Nicholson play Jack at the height of madness is a sublime experience. But I need more of a build to get there.

I spent so much time as a kid memorizing the scene in which Wendy confronts Jack because I love it so much.

Not a favorite movie of mine. I always kinda sided with Stephen King and prefer the book version. The acting is incredible and the sets iconic. The story, I guess I prefer the original.

Jeff Ketchledge