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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show

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Strax

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imBask said:
Guys i'm watching The Shining

I don't think I like Kubrick movies, i'm bored out of my mind, just like I was when I watched 2001... And i'm really into space stuff and horror movies, that makes it even weirder
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The Shining is one of my fav. movies, top 3 stuff, so I can't understand being bored by it. I get people not liking it but I've never heard people thinking it's boring before. I've never viewed The Shining as horror, to me it's more like a thriller with 1-2 horror scenes/moments. 2001 on the other hand might be the most boring 'mainstream' film ever made unless you're really into filmmaking.
 
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Gozer the Gozerian

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Piston Hyundai said:
they say the best wrestling characters are just the people who portray them turned up to eleven, so I think it goes without saying that Patrick far and away had the best gimmick at the Rumble
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alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
Guys, I will ruin The Shining. When they're outside in the bitter winter cold, no one's breath can be seen. They're all androids.
 
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Fevaweva

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Like all of Kubrick's adaptations, he butcher's the source material for the worse. The Shining, the novel, is at least a million times better than the film.
 
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BreezyLimbo

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Fevaweva said:
Like all of Kubrick's adaptations, he butcher's the source material for the worse. The Shining, the novel, is at least a million times better than the film.
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They both stand by their own merits, tho. If I watch the movie its not because I want to see an adaptation of the book, and if I read the book its not because I want to read the source material of the movie.
 
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Fevaweva

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BreezyLimbo said:
They both stand by their own merits, tho. If I watch the movie its not because I want to see an adaptation of the book, and if I read the book its not because I want to read the source material of the movie.
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There is 'adaptation' and there is casting Jack Nicholson as a character whose descent into madness is supposed to be a shock.
 
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Strax

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Fevaweva said:
Like all of Kubrick's adaptations, he butcher's the source material for the worse. The Shining, the novel, is at least a million times better than the film.
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Given that The Shining is genarally thought of as one of best movies ever made I think most people are willing let that slide the things he changed. I wish more film adaptations would cut out or change things in novels that don't work, are too long or unnecessary. To Kill a Mockingbird and LOTR would've been terrible movies without all the changes and cuts made.
 
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BTA

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Death Metalist said:
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I'm all set.
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Ah, I didn't consider donuts. I just bought a cherry pie and some coffee (well, "caffe macchiato") gelato to have with it.

That combined with the garbage I've already eaten today means it's probably best that I didn't consider buying some mini donuts or something.
 
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Human Trashcan

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Fevaweva said:
Like all of Kubrick's adaptations, he butcher's the source material for the worse. The Shining, the novel, is at least a million times better than the film.
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I have not read the book but The Shining is a fucking brilliant film regardless of how true it is to the novel. The Godfather's not true to the novel either, does that make it bad by default?
 
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ElectronicOldMen

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Fuck reverence to source material tbh, it super rarely works out. Be creative, do your own thing with it. Being overly slavish to material created in another medium is a hindrance way more often than a help.
 
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Zaph

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ElectronicOldMen said:
Fuck reverence to source material tbh, it super rarely works out. Be creative, do your own thing with it. Being overly slavish to material created in another medium is a hindrance way more often than a help.
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Yup. If the source material was always held sacred, we wouldn't have the second best film of all time - Starship Troopers
 
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tryagainlater

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Staying true to The Hobbit book would have made a pretty boring fucking movie. I don't blame Jackson for trying to expand on what reads like a summary of a longer story. I do blame him for a lot of the shit in those movies though.

Still not as bad as sexy Shelob though.
 
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bomma_man

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Human Trashcan said:
I have not read the book but The Shining is a fucking brilliant film regardless of how true it is to the novel. The Godfather's not true to the novel either, does that make it bad by default?
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ElectronicOldMen said:
Fuck reverence to source material tbh, it super rarely works out. Be creative, do your own thing with it. Being overly slavish to material created in another medium is a hindrance way more often than a help.
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Zaph said:
Yup. If the source material was always held sacred, we wouldn't have the second best film of all time - Starship Troopers
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Finally, good opinions in this thread
 
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