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A lot of reactors have overlooked the beauty of Barry Lyndon. It's also hard to overstate the groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey. If there is a chance for a retrospective or classic festival screening near you it is well worth the experience in theaters. It is thrilling.
Besides his latest movie "Eyes Wide Shut" (not a bad movie, but IMO not that good compared to his other stuff), all Kubrick movies are worth a watch. What's great about his work is, that more or less every single one of his movies have a different "feel" and style (compared for example to Scorsese, a fantastic director, but with a quite unique "trademark" style that you get in most of his movies). Besides Shining, my favorites are "2001 - A Space Odyssey" (be aware, it's quite an experience), "Dr. Strangelove" and "Full Metal Jacket". But as mentioned, all his movies are worth a watch. "Paths of Glory", "Clockwork Orange" - well, really all of them.
One thing I like about this film is that it leaves so many questions unanswered. However it does answer a few. For instance, now we know TUESDAY to be the most terrifying day of the week.
It wasn't until I started watching reaction videos to this movie that I realized just how awesome Tony is in this story. He might actually be the story's "hero". He tried to warn Danny not to go to the hotel. He was the one who Danny ran to for comfort when he was terrified of the girls. He reassured Danny that what he was seeing wasn’t real. He was the one who used the Shining to call out to Hallorann for help. He helped keep Danny sane and functional after his seizure. He went massively out of his way to make sure Wendy was awake and also insured that she was armed with a knife when Jack was coming with the axe. And, finally, he was the one who led Jack out into the hedge maze and left him there. Let's have a round of applause for Tony.... a real MVP!
I think, if I remember the full movie as well, it was also because the gut who hired Jack wanted to go over all the responsibilities he needs to take care of for maintenance. But yes, also 1980s.
One thing I think everyone forgets or misses is that at the beginning when they're giving the tour, the manager clearly states it was built on "an old indian burial ground." So all of the supernatural kind of stuff I presumed was because the hotel/land was now cursed and being haunted by spirits.
Alcoholism is a b*tch, the idea of getting away from it completely without temptation sounds like a dream, it's so easy to slip up. I went 423 days and then one little moment reset my clock, currently on day 318 but the community of recovering alcoholics is extremely helpful! If anyone needs help, don't be afraid to ask for it! That aside, great reaction as always, such an amazing film!
It's definitely not easy to get away from. I'm cheering for you, and am glad that you got help!! It's a difficult thing to do, and 318 days is amazing. I'm happy that you're part of a community that can help.
@@VerowakReacts One day at a time is sort of a slogan but thankyou deeply, I know a few people who've gone 12 and 17 years sober who still say one day at a time. I didn't mean to turn it into a recovery topic lol, can I recommend Room 237, it's a 2012 documentary about the Shining and various people's interpretations of the film definately worth a watch if you have the time free. Then I'd love to see you react to Dr Sleep which is the sequel. All the best, keep up the great content
The torture of Shelly Duvall is always sensationalized. She said it was rough, but she does not regret the experience. That being said, I'm sure Kubrick could have been kinder.
One thing from the book (fantastic novel, way better than the movie IMO), Danny's middle name is Anthony. In the end of the book, it's revealed that Tony is Danny when he's older.
The part when Danny starts mumbling "Danny's not here, mrs. Torrance" is one of the most creepy scenes in the whole movie, in my opinion; it makes it feel as if Danny's soul has vanished, and that Tony has occupied it.
@@VerowakReacts That might be what he is doing; I just meant that the scene gives off the impression that Danny has "disappeared", and that is super-unsettling, especially when he continues to act weird like that for a large part of the rest of the movie.
When a day of the week, or time of day, text card is a jump scare, it has to be good. This puts so many other "horror" movies to shame. I think her reading what Jack had typed is one of the best madness reveal scenes in movie history. Great reaction. Thanks, for ever, and ever, and ever, and...
I'm in New Hampshire in the US and I worked on top of a mountain here at a weather research station for almost 2 years in my late twenties. Summer there are a lot of people up there, but winter you've got a crew of three at the weather station and a crew of two at a TV transmitter on the other side of the summit. Isolation was definitely interesting, and I explored it thoroughly by volunteering to do night shifts for most of my stay up there. One thing the book mentions that the movie leaves out is that Jack definitely head a touch of the shining ... not as strong as Danny, but It played a part in his decline. The book also stressed a greater decline, as Jack was kind of a better father until they get to the hotel. If you liked this movie I would suggest watching Dr Sleep (2019) which continues the story, and kind of reconciles the changes they made in this movie with King's original book. Something of a polarizing movie, but this is my suggestion dammit and other people can make their own 😂
Honestly he did a great job but the original jack has a dark past, gets much better, then slowly transforms into a maniac. Nicholson was a schmuck from beginning to end.
Hell yeah! My favorite film. This movie blew me away as an 11 year old. I watched it a milion times. It single handedly sparked a lifelong love of cinema in me.
@@brodjefferson3513No, it's true. Even the director himself confirmed it in an interview. Michel Ciment: "So you don't regard the apparitions as merely a projection of his mental state?" Stanley Kubrick: "For the purposes of telling the story, my view is that the paranormal is genuine. Jack's mental state serves only to prepare him for the murder, and to temporarily mislead the audience."
@@CMinorOp67The theory I've heard is that Danny let him out of the freezer and if you believe that all the other stuff was in Jack's head, combined with Danny's overactive imagination from being abused. It's a plausible theory.
You didn’t miss anything. You were actually clever enough to notice the time discrepancies. Also, Wendy said that before they moved to the hotel. A month after they move in, Jack tells Lloyd 5 months.
@@VerowakReacts Kubrick was very meticulous about everything that made it into his films down to the finest of details. I would be surprised to find anything in one of his movies what wasn't intentional.
@@VerowakReacts Hello! Yes, the idea was that she's too forgiving to Jack because the abuse happened 3 years ago and the 5 months math = he kept going back to alcohol and she stayed anyway.
Delbert Grady was there in the 1930s, guessed by the music when he's around, but Charles Grady stacked them neatly in one of the rooms of the West wing. I wonder which. But the ghost in 237 is a woman who kept coming back tom the Overlook from her youth as a beauty, to when she was an old woman with a young man in tow, and she died in that bathtub shortly after he left her. I wonder if that was one 'Mister Torrance'?
A Twin Peaks reaction would also be great, it's kind of like The Shining but even better. You just have to stop when the killer is revealed (halfway through season 2).
I remember the Simpson's treehouse of horror episode parodied the Shining but hadn't actually gotten around to watching the movie. Thanks for finally getting me to watch it
I'd like to suggest a few movies for consideration: Logan's Run (1976) - Michael York Next (2007) - Nickolas Cage Crocodile Dundee I (1986) - Paul Hogan Down Periscope (1996) - Kelsey Grammer Ordeal (1973) (which you've probably never heard of or can locate) - Arthur Hill
The Shelley Duvall 'being tortured' thing with Kubrick has been overblown, and made too much of.... Later on, especially after the Premiere, she came to terms with and understood what Kubrick was doing and why. She's referred to this film as "A work of Art" and a "Ballet."
Yet another franchise, though this one only contains two films. So make sure to watch the incredible sequel, Doctor Sleep, preferrably in the Director's Cut version. There's also a 1997 remake of The Shining that's closer to the novel.
And it's incredibly boring. The only good thing about it is the Nostalgia Critic's parody of it. But it goes to show that when it comes to novel adaptations, fidelity to the original is detrimental to the resulting adaptation.
During the pandemic, Stephen King was asked (I believe by Stephen Colbert, but I could be wrong) which of his characters would deal the worst with quarantine. Immediatly, he answered Jack Torrance.
Shelley conveyed absolute gut wrenching terror like few if any actress I've ever seen, those big eyes added a lot. A century ago Rene Falconetti was similarly tortured and put through the physical and emotional hell that Shelley Duval went through, however it produced "The Passion of Joan of Arch" one of the greatest performances in film history. Sometimes you have to suffer for your art to take it to the next level, but Shelley will be remembered for this role long after she's gone.
17:15: also Lloyd the bartender(in one of his last roles) was played by Joe Turkel-- who played Dr. Eldon Tyrell, in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner(1982).
I would only stay isolated for 6 months if I could have my German Shepherd with me. ;-) I'll repeat my recommendation for The Others. No pre-research! A blind reaction is best and your blind reaction would be amazing.
Thank you Vero for reacting this masterpiece very classic The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick starring by Jack Nicholson. The iconic line "Here's Johnny". Next time reacts the sequel Doctor Sleep
when you see Jack staring off into space with that psychotic look on his face you said you heard the high pitch noise and asked was it the shining? Yes. Jack was the one Shining.
28:55 -- fun fact, Jack Nicholson had actually been a firefighter, so he was able to wield the axe so skillfully that he splintered the door more quickly than he was supposed to. Hence the leisurely pace he's using while smashing down the door.
I’m not sure about the timeline in the movie. In the book there were multiple incidents that culminated in Jack stopping drinking. There was a drunk driving crash while driving home from a bar with a friend where they thought they hit a kid in the middle of the night but it was just a bicycle left outside, and he was fired from his teaching job for attacking a student that was damaging his car after being kicked off a debate team. I can’t remember where Danny’s injury falls in the timeline. But losing his job at the school did lead to him taking the caretaker job at the hotel since he needed the money and could focus on finishing what he was writing.
Jack Nicholson is one of my favourite actors of all time, the man was terrifying in this movie. You gotta watch doctor sleep after this, its great as well and obi wan is in it.
I wanted to watch Dr. Sleep since Obi-Wan is in it, then I found out it was a sequel to this, so I made sure to wait! :D I need to see more Jack Nicholson movies
@@VerowakReacts Yes please. Absolutely watch whatever you can with Jack Nicholson in it. Personally, he is my favorite actor. He excels as an actor in every movie genre whether it be drama, comedy, horror, fantasy, tragedy, romance, you name it. Nicholson goes beyond just acting by improving scenes with suggestions and ad lib. He has done this with every movie he acted in, even as a side character. He tends to steal every scene and make them memorable.
the house is using drink to corrupt jack, then sex, but it couldnt resist torturing, since jack arrived the house has worked on him, and wendy to create the situation were they could kill danny for his power, wendy and jack has a smaller version of the power. thats why their personalities are changing. Jack isnt really himself he is being possessed by the hotel.
Kubrick used many tricks targeted at your subconscious to ramp up the tension. During innocuous 2-camera conversation scenes in the Overlook Hotel, background furniture would move or disappear between camera takes. The layout of the hotel itself...is impossible. A RUclips guy 'Collative Learning' has done many deep-dive explorations on this and other Kubrick movies.
Jack looks directly into the camera at all the worst moments... Wendy does it once, over her shoulder like a scared animal... Danny is looking into the camera quite often...
The road he is driving on during the opening credits, is the 'Going to the sun' highway that crosses Glacier National Park east to west. It's called that because when driving it, it just keeps going up and up, into the sun at many points. The hotel is not in that park, only the opening scene was filmed there.
The Timberline Hotel stood in for the Overlook, and among many other inconsistencies, the outside matches nothing of the inside, which is decorated like the Ahwanee Lodge far away.
All of Stephen King's books are connected in some way, especially since the Dark Tower series. But in a more direct connection, Dick Halloran gets mentioned in IT. He was friends with Mike's father, and they'd both seen some shit together before Mike's parents moved to Derry.
Somehow the producers were able to convince censors for trailer that the blood out of elevator was just rust. Thus, this preview was played on network tv.
I was a winter caretaker at a summer camp/outdoor recreation facility. It was in the mountains 15 minutes drive from a town of 150 people and the closest store was 45 minutes away. I would get really stoned and walk at night, the moon was so bright you didn’t need a flashlight but I did have a lot of audio hallucinations like cop sirens and people laughing. I did that 3 winters in a row and it was really hard
I could now talk a bit about the movie like I would always do when commenting a rection video. But... your last words about Kubrik and what the actors said and how working for Kubrik would be... made me think a while. I have a really normal and average job. Customer service. Most of the times on phone or eMail. And I have a boss of course. And a boss above my boss. And I try to think... what if my boss would demand my "very best" every day so intense that he would play mindgames all the day. How would I think about him as a boss? I would despise him - maybe even leave the job. I know I am rather good in my job. Most customer service agents have a hard time. They often have anxiety and huge issues cause if you have to spontanious react to an unknown person this in most people causes a lot negative stress. People like to be in control. On a service phone control is the last thing you have. I am quite different here. I like it to react. I like to go to the phone. I like talking to people especially when they are angry and demand something. I dont know why... but I am almost a perfect match for this kind of job. But still... the wrong boss could make this job a nightmare. I like the Kubrik movies but I heard several times that he was a director that was very demanding. And yes - he created masterpieces. But is it worth it? I am really thinking about the million of people who work for bosses who are too demanding. OK - a movie is a very narrow project - lasts only a few months. But there are bosses who demand very much over years. For very normal and average jobs. If you perform only average... its still good enough most of the times. In average jobs you dont need to be a world champion. I struggle a bit. I benefit from Kubrik being maybe a bad boss. Do I want this? Of course I cant change anything at all - Kubrik is dead and the movies are there. But I think how often I benefit from someone is doing a job who has a really shitty day because the work environment is very bad. Thank you for your response. In the end... I am thinking something completely different that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie content. But why not. Wish you all the best for you and your channel 🙂
I've never understood why some people think this was all in Jack's mind. So much else happened that tells you it was supernatural, like Grady opening the pantry etc. The book leans way much more into the supernatural and so I understand why King hates this version. Highly recommended the sequel, Doctor Sleep, good movie and a good introduction to the Flanoververse.
Exactly. Grady is proof. He let Jack out of the pantry and even knew that Danny was telepathically calling Dick for help. If he was Jack's imaginary friend, then he wouldn't have been able to let Jack out or even know that Danny telepathically called Dick Hallorann over. Besides, even Kubrick himself confirmed that the ghosts were real.
They literally explain that other people can shine and don’t know it or don’t believe it. Then Hallorann said that the Overlook itself, can shine. It’s not rocket science 😂
@@realitywins9020 most people don’t watch people talking about a film before watching it. The point was, if you can see supernatural events occurring with other characters, why do people immediately try to ignore Jack’s supernatural event as “His imagination.”
The original 'The Hills Have Eyes' 1977, would be a good reaction. Even though I saw The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a real little kid, that film scared me just as much even though I was a little older. It was filmed in the high desert Victorville CA area. Family friends had a lake house with jet ski's and motorcycles where we'd spend weeks during the Summer. After the film came out I couldn't help picturing the horrors of the film while out there.
The moon is closer to 240,000 miles from Earth, and that sweater would be over ten years older than Danny. Bought from a thrift store in Denver, probably.
24:16: also… the house was trying to make them all lose their minds, with Jack as the most susceptible… Danny less so, because of his “Shining” being so strong, while Wendy being in the middle… the house equally tries to make Wendy go insane with fear and doubt, especially.
Notice the bear pillow in Danny's room at the beginning? This is a clue with the bear scene at the end of the movie. When Jack is sitting in the lobby awaiting his interview, pause the movie and notice which magazine he's reading. It's a Playgirl magazine. It's implied Jack was molesting Danny, and this is most likely what caused Danny to interact with Tony.
No complaints, but I expected the premier at 7 PM central time FYI. By the way the exterior of the lodge in The Shining is Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood in Oregon. I've been there in the winter for skiing. It was rebuilt for exterior shots in the UK. The actual lodge is tiny inside, no such haunting can take place there!!
Jack Nicholson was a volunteer fireman, so when he's chopping through the doors, they're real doors. They tried balsa wood doors at first, but Nicholson would tear through them like tissue paper.
In the 1920s, a beautiful young Starlet of Silent film vacationed at the Overlook. She was gorgeous, well-known and rich. .....When she retired, she ended up living at the Overlook, every May through October. When she grew old, one day her longtime Boytoy/Companion left her.....for a younger lady. Despondent and broken, the elderly Starlet drowned herself in her bathtub....in Room 237. She.....wasn't found for awhile. Both naked ghosts are the same person
I do consider this a masterpiece and yes I do credit the acting that helped carry it. I read something long ago regarding working for Kubrick on this film. What I read stated that Kubrick directed with an "iron fist". Almost everyone on the production team were treated poorly but were afraid to confront him - almost. Only two of the team were treated by Kubrick with kindness & respect. 1) The boy actor Danny Lloyd , whom Kubrick was extra careful not to scare in any way. Danny had no idea what the movie was about. Extra care was taken to isolate him from anything frightening. 2) Jack Nicholson. Nicholson was a very respected actor who, according to the production team, "could say and do whatever the hell he wanted around Kubrick". Jack Nicholson even altered a few scenes which included him bouncing the ball & his dialog while breaking down the doors. This is normal for Nicholson who has a great reputation for improving the films he is in through ad libs and scene change suggestions.
There is an interesting theory going around that may or may not be accurate, but a fun twist to think about is that it is actually Wendy dealing with schizophrenia and the wild stuff we see is her fully breaking. The person builds some pretty decent evidence, but it’s mostly a neat theory
It doesn't get enough recognition, but Doctor Sleep is the sequel following an adult (and now alcoholic) Danny still haunted by what happened there. Ewan McGregor plays adult Danny. Personally, I liked it more than the Shining. Probably because it expands on what The Shine is. Though I think some people liked it better being more vague.
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in the original "Bladerunner" 😇 2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson. 3. It took 117 takes for Jack to chop through the doors. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes. 4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more in line with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good at this one. 5. Two of the changes he didn't like were Jack's decent into madness was too rapid, and Wendy wasn't such a patsy in the book. 6. Shelley Duval said making this film was the worst thing she ever experienced in her life. She said she would never do it again. 7. Jack Nicholson and Scatman worked together in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". 8. The real villain here is the hotel itself. 9. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends will be cleared up.
Oh nice I'll be sure to watch it lol, and yes it is indeed a quiet amazing horror film, ahead of its time too if you ask me!@@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions
Yes theres a theory that Jack has the shining as well, but while he was an alcoholic it was supressed. Now that he is fully sober, it starts to surface. And as the chef said, some places have stronger energy or easier to see thepast events, or something like that. So unlucky for jack he came to a place which would definitely jumpstart his shining.
This has always made sense to me. Jack may have felt it when he was as young as Danny, which may have caused his dependence on alcohol in the first place. The shining runs in families, after all, just like Dick and his grandmother.
The hotel for the interior shots is in Estes Park Colorado. I have been there. I took photos of the outside!! That was more than sufficient to satisfy me. There are some reference that say the those shots were done in Elstree Studios in England. Some smaller shots probably were, however, the shots like hallways and the giant room where he was typing in are all shot at Estes Park. One interesting thing I recently learned is that when Jack is having the psycho scenes, where he is looking side to side he momentarily looks right at the camera. I've gone back and looked at some of those scenes and it is freaky. Your reactions were terrific. You have a new subscriber!! LOL As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
The Ahwanee Lodge is smaller than that hotel shown on screen, but it IS the prototype for the sets built in Britain. The outside, the Timberline Hotel, is too small and the wrong shape to be anything like the sets we see. Some of the Overlook's back corridors, the kitchen and so on, are the actual film studio in England, just with signs changed. There was a near-complete copy of the outside of the Timberline built for the film, with a maze that is not visible in the helicopter shots of the Timberline. This Overlook / maze set was built outside in England, just next to the standing London street set that has been used in many movies, which was later rebuilt as Gotham city for the late 1980s Batman movie.
Love your reaction as always! Really hoping to see the Doctor Sleep reaction too. Also since the shining already differs from the book, they made the sequel (doctor sleep) as a continuation of this movie, not the books.
Nice reaction; my first time checking out your channel. Love this movie; one of my all-time favorites, especially to watch during a blizzard. Stephen King felt that Kubrick left a lot of information and story lines out of this masterpiece (he's right - - Kubrick did; yet it is still a masterpiece in its own right). However; due to King's dissatisfaction with Kubrick's film, he produced his own, as a very well-made TV miniseries (I think it was sometime around the mid-1990s); anyway, as much as I love Kubrick's The Shining, the miniseries version is definitely worth watching. It's super creepy, very well acted and much closer to King's novel (which I have read). I think it's about 5.5 hours of watch time. In it are back stories of the hotel, some of its big players over the decades, as well as about Jack's family and so on. And the transition from loving, devoted and level-headed father to raving maniac is a gradual and interesting progression. So, maybe do a reaction to that. I haven't seen any other reactors do it.
"Tortured" Lol, no. She's actress. Kubrick was perfectionist. Shelly Duvall was very sensitive and later on she did become crazy and weird. Mental illness. Nothing to do with Kubrick. Kubrick always wanted to do perfect art. And he was the all time best.
Very good movie. You should check out ready player one now. I feel bad for Jack by the end of the movie. The hotel affected him more than anyone and it killed him in the end.
Kubrick didn't just make Duvall do over 100 takes for the baseball bat scene. He didn't give her any direction. So with each take, Duvall became more frantic, "What does Kubrick want? What will it take to satisfy him?" She became more and more frantic and frustrated and exhausted. And that is what Kubrick was looking for. He was looking for a woman on the brink of breaking and of collapsing. It was cruel and torturous but it did get the result for which Kubrick was looking. Shelly Duvall suffered greatly for this film. In addition to the endless takes, Kubrick had the rest of the cast and crew ostracize her and told Nicholson NOT to be sympathetic even when Duvall showed him clumps of her hair which had fallen out due to the stress. Duvall deserved an Academy Award for Best Actress but instead got a nomination for a Razzie as the worst actress of that year. The nomination was later rescinded when it became known just how poorly she was treated during the filming. Looking terrified is probably the hardest thing an actor can do. It's just not easy to maintain which is why most horror films have so many quick cuts. The director will give a signal and the actors will try to look frightened but they cannot maintain it for very long. Try it yourself. Look in a mirror go from happy to sad to terrified. Happy and sad is easy but looking frightened isn't. Shelly Duvall looked terrified for long unbroken takes. I cannot stress how good a performance she gave.
Don't get me wrong, Kubrick is one of my favorite directors. And he was masterful in the way he directed this movie to maximize the horror. But for all he put in to the horror, Kubrick seem to have been a little too stingy in plot continuity. So don't strain too hard trying to make sense of a lot of the scenes. Whatever they were meant to mean you are not going to find it in the movie. Best bet is to look to the book or the sequel where King resolved a lot of Kubrick's plotholes.
There are so many inconsistencies in a film by a famously meticulous director, that I am convinced that it's deliberate. Such as 'does Jack have money in his wallet or not?'
Well, there was a 'Mister Torrance' back in 1921 in that 4th July photo, and Delbert Grady from the 1930s knew that one, and now there's a Jack Torrance talking about Charles Grady and his family from 1970, and now here's another family with the Shining come along in 1980... Perhaps, like Hallorann and his grandmother, the Shining skips generations?
Little fun fact: in this movie, every now and then Jack Nicholson quickly glances directly into the camera and then back to where he was looking before, which normally doesn't happen in other movies! It is believed that this was intentional by Kubrick and Nicholson! 22:02 is an example 😅
Great job! The shoulder timeline stuff is weird lol. Maybe the book provides some clarification. And you are right, the music keeps you on edge the whole movie.
That was tense all the way through!!! What is another great Stanley Kubrick movie?
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Everyone will have a different list. They're all great. For me Dr Strangelove, 2001, Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon, Lolita, The Killing
A lot of reactors have overlooked the beauty of Barry Lyndon. It's also hard to overstate the groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey. If there is a chance for a retrospective or classic festival screening near you it is well worth the experience in theaters. It is thrilling.
2001, Full metal jacket.
Besides his latest movie "Eyes Wide Shut" (not a bad movie, but IMO not that good compared to his other stuff), all Kubrick movies are worth a watch. What's great about his work is, that more or less every single one of his movies have a different "feel" and style (compared for example to Scorsese, a fantastic director, but with a quite unique "trademark" style that you get in most of his movies).
Besides Shining, my favorites are "2001 - A Space Odyssey" (be aware, it's quite an experience), "Dr. Strangelove" and "Full Metal Jacket". But as mentioned, all his movies are worth a watch. "Paths of Glory", "Clockwork Orange" - well, really all of them.
2001! :)
I watched this movie with my girlfriend and she said she didn't like it.....but I corrected her.
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One thing I like about this film is that it leaves so many questions unanswered. However it does answer a few.
For instance, now we know TUESDAY to be the most terrifying day of the week.
For you that was the most terrifying day of the week, but for M. Bison... it was Tuesday.
Just did a reaction to this.. literally said in my video “why did Tuesday scare me like that?” 😂
It's scary because it's the beginning of a count-down to the end of the week... muhwahwa ha...
Movie is NOT wrong about Tuesdays 😬
It wasn't until I started watching reaction videos to this movie that I realized just how awesome Tony is in this story. He might actually be the story's "hero".
He tried to warn Danny not to go to the hotel. He was the one who Danny ran to for comfort when he was terrified of the girls. He reassured Danny that what he was seeing wasn’t real. He was the one who used the Shining to call out to Hallorann for help. He helped keep Danny sane and functional after his seizure. He went massively out of his way to make sure Wendy was awake and also insured that she was armed with a knife when Jack was coming with the axe. And, finally, he was the one who led Jack out into the hedge maze and left him there.
Let's have a round of applause for Tony.... a real MVP!
Tony is really the MVP in this, he really helps Dany. I'm hoping the book gives more information in Tony lol
@@VerowakReactsThere was a TV movie version of The Shining that included Tony appearing as an older Danny Danny's middle name is Anthony, by the way.
6:47 "Why would she be the only one to see the kitchen?"
Because it's 1980
Literally mentioned that in my reaction too 😂
I think, if I remember the full movie as well, it was also because the gut who hired Jack wanted to go over all the responsibilities he needs to take care of for maintenance. But yes, also 1980s.
@@viwererschoice4454 And it is still Wendy who does the maintenance work in the movie
@artificialfreedom well yes but he was an asshole... but the guy who hired Jack didn't know that
One thing I think everyone forgets or misses is that at the beginning when they're giving the tour, the manager clearly states it was built on "an old indian burial ground." So all of the supernatural kind of stuff I presumed was because the hotel/land was now cursed and being haunted by spirits.
A metaphor for America.
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The entire hotel is filled with Native American art, etchings, and designs as part of the decorations.
that's what the hotel wants you to believe
Alcoholism is a b*tch, the idea of getting away from it completely without temptation sounds like a dream, it's so easy to slip up. I went 423 days and then one little moment reset my clock, currently on day 318 but the community of recovering alcoholics is extremely helpful! If anyone needs help, don't be afraid to ask for it!
That aside, great reaction as always, such an amazing film!
It's definitely not easy to get away from. I'm cheering for you, and am glad that you got help!! It's a difficult thing to do, and 318 days is amazing. I'm happy that you're part of a community that can help.
@@VerowakReacts One day at a time is sort of a slogan but thankyou deeply, I know a few people who've gone 12 and 17 years sober who still say one day at a time.
I didn't mean to turn it into a recovery topic lol, can I recommend Room 237, it's a 2012 documentary about the Shining and various people's interpretations of the film definately worth a watch if you have the time free. Then I'd love to see you react to Dr Sleep which is the sequel.
All the best, keep up the great content
The torture of Shelly Duvall is always sensationalized. She said it was rough, but she does not regret the experience. That being said, I'm sure Kubrick could have been kinder.
well, doing 100+ takes of a scene would be rough on you too
"Here's Johnny!" was the intro to The Tonight Show, with Johnny Carson. Every night, Ed McMahon would say "Here's Johnny!"
Ahhh, I had no idea why he said that lol
@@VerowakReactsApparently Kubrick had never watched _The Tonight Show_ and had no idea what Nicholson was referencing.
One thing from the book (fantastic novel, way better than the movie IMO), Danny's middle name is Anthony. In the end of the book, it's revealed that Tony is Danny when he's older.
The part when Danny starts mumbling "Danny's not here, mrs. Torrance" is one of the most creepy scenes in the whole movie, in my opinion;
it makes it feel as if Danny's soul has vanished, and that Tony has occupied it.
I took it that Tony was protecting Dany. Perhaps I'm too optimistic lol
@@VerowakReacts That might be what he is doing;
I just meant that the scene gives off the impression that Danny has "disappeared", and that is super-unsettling, especially when he continues to act weird like that for a large part of the rest of the movie.
When a day of the week, or time of day, text card is a jump scare, it has to be good. This puts so many other "horror" movies to shame. I think her reading what Jack had typed is one of the best madness reveal scenes in movie history. Great reaction. Thanks, for ever, and ever, and ever, and...
I'm in New Hampshire in the US and I worked on top of a mountain here at a weather research station for almost 2 years in my late twenties. Summer there are a lot of people up there, but winter you've got a crew of three at the weather station and a crew of two at a TV transmitter on the other side of the summit. Isolation was definitely interesting, and I explored it thoroughly by volunteering to do night shifts for most of my stay up there.
One thing the book mentions that the movie leaves out is that Jack definitely head a touch of the shining ... not as strong as Danny, but It played a part in his decline. The book also stressed a greater decline, as Jack was kind of a better father until they get to the hotel.
If you liked this movie I would suggest watching Dr Sleep (2019) which continues the story, and kind of reconciles the changes they made in this movie with King's original book. Something of a polarizing movie, but this is my suggestion dammit and other people can make their own 😂
I'm not sure anyone could play Jack Torrence as perfectly as Nicholson, it's like he was born to play the role.
Honestly he did a great job but the original jack has a dark past, gets much better, then slowly transforms into a maniac. Nicholson was a schmuck from beginning to end.
The book is quite different from the movie, and I enjoyed it more than the film. It’s also Stephen King’s most hated adaptation of one of his books.
Hell yeah! My favorite film. This movie blew me away as an 11 year old. I watched it a milion times. It single handedly sparked a lifelong love of cinema in me.
That's amazing!! I love how certain movies just draws us into movies!
Some people think this movie is overrated, I can see their point. But I don’t agree… it really is one of the most beloved horror movies ever
It wasn't imaginary. The hotel itself caused Jack to go mad, the visions and ghosts were there.
Exactly! I never understood how there was room for interpretation about that.
That's your opinion
@@brodjefferson3513No, it's true. Even the director himself confirmed it in an interview.
Michel Ciment: "So you don't regard the apparitions as merely a projection of his mental state?"
Stanley Kubrick: "For the purposes of telling the story, my view is that the paranormal is genuine. Jack's mental state serves only to prepare him for the murder, and to temporarily mislead the audience."
@@CMinorOp67The theory I've heard is that Danny let him out of the freezer and if you believe that all the other stuff was in Jack's head, combined with Danny's overactive imagination from being abused. It's a plausible theory.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017What about when Wendy saw all the ghosts, and the elevator flooding with blood?
You didn’t miss anything. You were actually clever enough to notice the time discrepancies. Also, Wendy said that before they moved to the hotel. A month after they move in, Jack tells Lloyd 5 months.
Ok good!!! The timeline of things felt all over the place, but good to know that it's intentional (right?)
@@VerowakReacts Kubrick was very meticulous about everything that made it into his films down to the finest of details. I would be surprised to find anything in one of his movies what wasn't intentional.
@@VerowakReacts even the layout of the hotel is supposed to mess with your head, it makes no sense.
@@VerowakReacts who do you like better, Jack Nicholson or Robert De Niro?
@@VerowakReacts Hello! Yes, the idea was that she's too forgiving to Jack because the abuse happened 3 years ago and the 5 months math = he kept going back to alcohol and she stayed anyway.
Delbert told him in the bathroom, "You have always been the caretaker." Delbert and his family stayed in Rm 237.
Delbert Grady was there in the 1930s, guessed by the music when he's around, but Charles Grady stacked them neatly in one of the rooms of the West wing. I wonder which.
But the ghost in 237 is a woman who kept coming back tom the Overlook from her youth as a beauty, to when she was an old woman with a young man in tow, and she died in that bathtub shortly after he left her. I wonder if that was one 'Mister Torrance'?
My wife didn’t care for this movie at first, but I “corrected” her
😂😂😂
French Fries with mayonnise mixed with black pepper and a litttle Tabasco. Its pretty underrated. 😂
I can't believe how fast you catch on to every upcoming plot twist, hint, disguise, secret and easter egg. You are so bright!😳
You're like the third reactor to fuss at Danny for coming back inside subfreezing temperatures without a coat, hat, or gloves.
People forget that Shelley had a thriving career in the 80's despite her problems with the Shining.
I'm glad to hear, I don't know much about actors in the 80's lol
Kubrick is the best imo. Every single one of his movies is worth a watch.
A Twin Peaks reaction would also be great, it's kind of like The Shining but even better. You just have to stop when the killer is revealed (halfway through season 2).
ABSOLUTELY love your reactions and review. Great insight. So glad you mentioned the music at the end.
I remember the Simpson's treehouse of horror episode parodied the Shining but hadn't actually gotten around to watching the movie. Thanks for finally getting me to watch it
It feels like The Simpsons has covered a little bit of everything by this point 😂
Fun fact: They had to use a real door for the axe scene. Nicholson was a volunteer fire marshal and kept whacking down the prop door way to fast.
He seemed to have either practiced a LOT with the axe, or had previous experience :D
I'd like to suggest a few movies for consideration:
Logan's Run (1976) - Michael York
Next (2007) - Nickolas Cage
Crocodile Dundee I (1986) - Paul Hogan
Down Periscope (1996) - Kelsey Grammer
Ordeal (1973) (which you've probably never heard of or can locate) - Arthur Hill
Looks like I spoke too soon. Ordeal is available here on RUclips. Decent copy of it.
I haven't heard of most of those so a huge bonus to go in with 0 knowledge lol
"This place is just, like... NOT okay." Yes. Most definitely yes.
The Shelley Duvall 'being tortured' thing with Kubrick has been overblown, and made too much of.... Later on, especially after the Premiere, she came to terms with and understood what Kubrick was doing and why. She's referred to this film as "A work of Art" and a "Ballet."
Yet another franchise, though this one only contains two films. So make sure to watch the incredible sequel, Doctor Sleep, preferrably in the Director's Cut version. There's also a 1997 remake of The Shining that's closer to the novel.
And it's incredibly boring. The only good thing about it is the Nostalgia Critic's parody of it. But it goes to show that when it comes to novel adaptations, fidelity to the original is detrimental to the resulting adaptation.
During the pandemic, Stephen King was asked (I believe by Stephen Colbert, but I could be wrong) which of his characters would deal the worst with quarantine. Immediatly, he answered Jack Torrance.
Yeah... yeah no thank you lol I would not want to be quarantined with Jack 😨
Shelley conveyed absolute gut wrenching terror like few if any actress I've ever seen, those big eyes added a lot.
A century ago Rene Falconetti was similarly tortured and put through the physical and emotional hell that Shelley Duval went through, however it produced "The Passion of Joan of Arch" one of the greatest performances in film history. Sometimes you have to suffer for your art to take it to the next level, but Shelley will be remembered for this role long after she's gone.
17:15: also Lloyd the bartender(in one of his last roles) was played by Joe Turkel-- who played Dr. Eldon Tyrell, in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner(1982).
I would only stay isolated for 6 months if I could have my German Shepherd with me. ;-)
I'll repeat my recommendation for The Others. No pre-research! A blind reaction is best and your blind reaction would be amazing.
German Shepherd with you would make it such a great stay!!! And I do 0 research when I watch a movie, usually only see the poster 🤩
Thank you Vero for reacting this masterpiece very classic The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick starring by Jack Nicholson. The iconic line "Here's Johnny". Next time reacts the sequel Doctor Sleep
My pleasure!! Doctor Sleep is high on my list!
when you see Jack staring off into space with that psychotic look on his face you said you heard the high pitch noise and asked was it the shining? Yes. Jack was the one Shining.
Same noise when Hallorann and Danny 'shine'.
28:55 -- fun fact, Jack Nicholson had actually been a firefighter, so he was able to wield the axe so skillfully that he splintered the door more quickly than he was supposed to. Hence the leisurely pace he's using while smashing down the door.
I'm sure others will mention it, but there's a modern sequel, "Doctor Sleep," which is good. I think you'll recognize two of the stars.
@@user-ih5jr8rt5q King's "The Shining" came out in 1977, and "Doctor Sleep," written as a sequel, was published in 2013.
It's definitely a movie that I'll be watching!
I’m not sure about the timeline in the movie. In the book there were multiple incidents that culminated in Jack stopping drinking. There was a drunk driving crash while driving home from a bar with a friend where they thought they hit a kid in the middle of the night but it was just a bicycle left outside, and he was fired from his teaching job for attacking a student that was damaging his car after being kicked off a debate team. I can’t remember where Danny’s injury falls in the timeline. But losing his job at the school did lead to him taking the caretaker job at the hotel since he needed the money and could focus on finishing what he was writing.
I was hoping “You’ve got red on you” was going to be a running gag but we can’t always get what we want! Great job as always Ms. Wak.
I wish I had thought of that!! 😭
Jack Nicholson is one of my favourite actors of all time, the man was terrifying in this movie. You gotta watch doctor sleep after this, its great as well and obi wan is in it.
I wanted to watch Dr. Sleep since Obi-Wan is in it, then I found out it was a sequel to this, so I made sure to wait! :D I need to see more Jack Nicholson movies
@@VerowakReactsin that case doctor sleep is one of the few movies you need to watch the Directors cut for sure
@@VerowakReacts the departed is probably my favourite movie of his and definitely a much watch if you haven't seen it before.
@@ShiftyWolf117Nicholson might not be around much longer, he had to retire due to Alzheimers
@@VerowakReacts Yes please. Absolutely watch whatever you can with Jack Nicholson in it. Personally, he is my favorite actor. He excels as an actor in every movie genre whether it be drama, comedy, horror, fantasy, tragedy, romance, you name it.
Nicholson goes beyond just acting by improving scenes with suggestions and ad lib. He has done this with every movie he acted in, even as a side character. He tends to steal every scene and make them memorable.
the house is using drink to corrupt jack, then sex, but it couldnt resist torturing, since jack arrived the house has worked on him, and wendy to create the situation were they could kill danny for his power, wendy and jack has a smaller version of the power. thats why their personalities are changing. Jack isnt really himself he is being possessed by the hotel.
They did everything right in this movie, what a masterpiece! (2023.10.28)
I love the use of red!
Kubrick used many tricks targeted at your subconscious to ramp up the tension. During innocuous 2-camera conversation scenes in the Overlook Hotel, background furniture would move or disappear between camera takes. The layout of the hotel itself...is impossible. A RUclips guy 'Collative Learning' has done many deep-dive explorations on this and other Kubrick movies.
Jack looks directly into the camera at all the worst moments... Wendy does it once, over her shoulder like a scared animal... Danny is looking into the camera quite often...
This movie was made during1978 and 1979. 😎
The road he is driving on during the opening credits, is the 'Going to the sun' highway that crosses Glacier National Park east to west.
It's called that because when driving it, it just keeps going up and up, into the sun at many points.
The hotel is not in that park, only the opening scene was filmed there.
The Timberline Hotel stood in for the Overlook, and among many other inconsistencies, the outside matches nothing of the inside, which is decorated like the Ahwanee Lodge far away.
All of Stephen King's books are connected in some way, especially since the Dark Tower series. But in a more direct connection, Dick Halloran gets mentioned in IT. He was friends with Mike's father, and they'd both seen some shit together before Mike's parents moved to Derry.
Somehow the producers were able to convince censors for trailer that the blood out of elevator was just rust. Thus, this preview was played on network tv.
I was a winter caretaker at a summer camp/outdoor recreation facility. It was in the mountains 15 minutes drive from a town of 150 people and the closest store was 45 minutes away.
I would get really stoned and walk at night, the moon was so bright you didn’t need a flashlight but I did have a lot of audio hallucinations like cop sirens and people laughing.
I did that 3 winters in a row and it was really hard
I could now talk a bit about the movie like I would always do when commenting a rection video. But... your last words about Kubrik and what the actors said and how working for Kubrik would be... made me think a while.
I have a really normal and average job. Customer service. Most of the times on phone or eMail. And I have a boss of course. And a boss above my boss. And I try to think... what if my boss would demand my "very best" every day so intense that he would play mindgames all the day. How would I think about him as a boss? I would despise him - maybe even leave the job.
I know I am rather good in my job. Most customer service agents have a hard time. They often have anxiety and huge issues cause if you have to spontanious react to an unknown person this in most people causes a lot negative stress. People like to be in control. On a service phone control is the last thing you have. I am quite different here. I like it to react. I like to go to the phone. I like talking to people especially when they are angry and demand something. I dont know why... but I am almost a perfect match for this kind of job.
But still... the wrong boss could make this job a nightmare.
I like the Kubrik movies but I heard several times that he was a director that was very demanding. And yes - he created masterpieces. But is it worth it?
I am really thinking about the million of people who work for bosses who are too demanding. OK - a movie is a very narrow project - lasts only a few months. But there are bosses who demand very much over years. For very normal and average jobs. If you perform only average... its still good enough most of the times. In average jobs you dont need to be a world champion.
I struggle a bit. I benefit from Kubrik being maybe a bad boss. Do I want this? Of course I cant change anything at all - Kubrik is dead and the movies are there. But I think how often I benefit from someone is doing a job who has a really shitty day because the work environment is very bad.
Thank you for your response. In the end... I am thinking something completely different that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie content. But why not.
Wish you all the best for you and your channel 🙂
Stanley Kubrick recommendations: Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange and 2001 A Space Odyssey
The follow up is called doctor sleep. It wasn't until I noticed danny being called "Doc" that finally clicked for me.
I've never understood why some people think this was all in Jack's mind. So much else happened that tells you it was supernatural, like Grady opening the pantry etc. The book leans way much more into the supernatural and so I understand why King hates this version. Highly recommended the sequel, Doctor Sleep, good movie and a good introduction to the Flanoververse.
There's a large handful of idiots out there that make fan theories to desperately act like they aren't as dumb as they really are
Exactly. Grady is proof. He let Jack out of the pantry and even knew that Danny was telepathically calling Dick for help. If he was Jack's imaginary friend, then he wouldn't have been able to let Jack out or even know that Danny telepathically called Dick Hallorann over. Besides, even Kubrick himself confirmed that the ghosts were real.
They literally explain that other people can shine and don’t know it or don’t believe it. Then Hallorann said that the Overlook itself, can shine. It’s not rocket science 😂
Kubrick himself confirmed the supernatural aspect in interviews. The ghosts were real and Jack was a reincarnation of the earlier caretaker
@@realitywins9020 most people don’t watch people talking about a film before watching it. The point was, if you can see supernatural events occurring with other characters, why do people immediately try to ignore Jack’s supernatural event as “His imagination.”
The original 'The Hills Have Eyes' 1977, would be a good reaction. Even though I saw The Exorcist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre as a real little kid, that film scared me just as much even though I was a little older. It was filmed in the high desert Victorville CA area. Family friends had a lake house with jet ski's and motorcycles where we'd spend weeks during the Summer. After the film came out I couldn't help picturing the horrors of the film while out there.
Great pick, Verowak! I just bought a 4K copy of this a couple months ago. It's actually a triple-feature set, with "2001" and "Full Metal Jacket."
I've heard a lot of praise for Full Metal Jacket, I'm hoping to get to it soon
@@VerowakReacts Be ready for a LOT of yelling and swearing, especially from Gunnery Sgt. Hartman!
Fun Fact: Room 237 is about the moon landing. It's 237,000 miles from the Earth to the moon. Also Danny wears an Apollo Mission sweater.
The moon is closer to 240,000 miles from Earth, and that sweater would be over ten years older than Danny. Bought from a thrift store in Denver, probably.
24:16: also… the house was trying to make them all lose their minds, with Jack as the most susceptible… Danny less so, because of his “Shining” being so strong, while Wendy being in the middle… the house equally tries to make Wendy go insane with fear and doubt, especially.
What fear ? Fear of something real ?
What doubts ? Doubts making complete sense seing how her husband behave ?
Notice the bear pillow in Danny's room at the beginning? This is a clue with the bear scene at the end of the movie. When Jack is sitting in the lobby awaiting his interview, pause the movie and notice which magazine he's reading. It's a Playgirl magazine. It's implied Jack was molesting Danny, and this is most likely what caused Danny to interact with Tony.
No complaints, but I expected the premier at 7 PM central time FYI. By the way the exterior of the lodge in The Shining is Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood in Oregon. I've been there in the winter for skiing. It was rebuilt for exterior shots in the UK. The actual lodge is tiny inside, no such haunting can take place there!!
I wouldn't have been there for the Premiere then 🤣 I like how they made the lodge way bigger than it actually is, and did it fantastically
Jack Nicholson was a volunteer fireman, so when he's chopping through the doors, they're real doors. They tried balsa wood doors at first, but Nicholson would tear through them like tissue paper.
In the 1920s, a beautiful young Starlet of Silent film vacationed at the Overlook. She was gorgeous, well-known and rich. .....When she retired, she ended up living at the Overlook, every May through October. When she grew old, one day her longtime Boytoy/Companion left her.....for a younger lady. Despondent and broken, the elderly Starlet drowned herself in her bathtub....in Room 237. She.....wasn't found for awhile. Both naked ghosts are the same person
Maybe she knew a 'Mister Torrance' from back in 1921? Which is why he sees both versions of her?
Awesome reaction!
Thank you!!!
I do consider this a masterpiece and yes I do credit the acting that helped carry it. I read something long ago regarding working for Kubrick on this film. What I read stated that Kubrick directed with an "iron fist". Almost everyone on the production team were treated poorly but were afraid to confront him - almost.
Only two of the team were treated by Kubrick with kindness & respect.
1) The boy actor Danny Lloyd , whom Kubrick was extra careful not to scare in any way. Danny had no idea what the movie was about. Extra care was taken to isolate him from anything frightening.
2) Jack Nicholson. Nicholson was a very respected actor who, according to the production team, "could say and do whatever the hell he wanted around Kubrick".
Jack Nicholson even altered a few scenes which included him bouncing the ball & his dialog while breaking down the doors. This is normal for Nicholson who has a great reputation for improving the films he is in through ad libs and scene change suggestions.
Great reaction. You redrummed it. 😜
The 'Shelley Duvall torture' stuff is an urban legend.
There is an interesting theory going around that may or may not be accurate, but a fun twist to think about is that it is actually Wendy dealing with schizophrenia and the wild stuff we see is her fully breaking. The person builds some pretty decent evidence, but it’s mostly a neat theory
It doesn't get enough recognition, but Doctor Sleep is the sequel following an adult (and now alcoholic) Danny still haunted by what happened there. Ewan McGregor plays adult Danny. Personally, I liked it more than the Shining. Probably because it expands on what The Shine is. Though I think some people liked it better being more vague.
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in the original "Bladerunner" 😇
2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson.
3. It took 117 takes for Jack to chop through the doors. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes.
4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more in line with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good at this one.
5. Two of the changes he didn't like were Jack's decent into madness was too rapid, and Wendy wasn't such a patsy in the book.
6. Shelley Duval said making this film was the worst thing she ever experienced in her life. She said she would never do it again.
7. Jack Nicholson and Scatman worked together in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest".
8. The real villain here is the hotel itself.
9. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends will be cleared up.
I'm so glad to see people still reacting to this classic masterpiece of a film! keep up the great work! and Happy Halloween everyone!
Just did a reaction to this one! Amazing movie!
Oh nice I'll be sure to watch it lol, and yes it is indeed a quiet amazing horror film, ahead of its time too if you ask me!@@SinisterSouthernbelleReactions
So many reactions to The Shining!
It really captures our imagination
Yes theres a theory that Jack has the shining as well, but while he was an alcoholic it was supressed. Now that he is fully sober, it starts to surface. And as the chef said, some places have stronger energy or easier to see thepast events, or something like that. So unlucky for jack he came to a place which would definitely jumpstart his shining.
Wrong place at the wrong time it seems lol
This has always made sense to me. Jack may have felt it when he was as young as Danny, which may have caused his dependence on alcohol in the first place. The shining runs in families, after all, just like Dick and his grandmother.
@@VerowakReacts The story of my life...
Jack was called back to the Overlook as he was the caretaker there in a previous life. Kubrick described it as Jack being reincarnated
18:10 "...No toilet paper..." LOL!!
I can see why Jack went mad 😁
The hotel for the interior shots is in Estes Park Colorado. I have been there. I took photos of the outside!! That was more than sufficient to satisfy me. There are some reference that say the those shots were done in Elstree Studios in England. Some smaller shots probably were, however, the shots like hallways and the giant room where he was typing in are all shot at Estes Park.
One interesting thing I recently learned is that when Jack is having the psycho scenes, where he is looking side to side he momentarily looks right at the camera. I've gone back and looked at some of those scenes and it is freaky.
Your reactions were terrific. You have a new subscriber!! LOL
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
The Ahwanee Lodge is smaller than that hotel shown on screen, but it IS the prototype for the sets built in Britain.
The outside, the Timberline Hotel, is too small and the wrong shape to be anything like the sets we see.
Some of the Overlook's back corridors, the kitchen and so on, are the actual film studio in England, just with signs changed.
There was a near-complete copy of the outside of the Timberline built for the film, with a maze that is not visible in the helicopter shots of the Timberline.
This Overlook / maze set was built outside in England, just next to the standing London street set that has been used in many movies, which was later rebuilt as Gotham city for the late 1980s Batman movie.
Love your reaction as always! Really hoping to see the Doctor Sleep reaction too. Also since the shining already differs from the book, they made the sequel (doctor sleep) as a continuation of this movie, not the books.
Six months taking care of a hotel like that? Yeah, I'd do it. Got the necessary experience to deal with the solitude and boredom.
Seems like a perfect fit!! Basically unlimited food, too!
0:11 Nope in the 70s too.
Filming was from spring '78 til around February '79. Some 'Timberline Lodge' locations maybe later. Greetings 🙂
Nice reaction; my first time checking out your channel. Love this movie; one of my all-time favorites, especially to watch during a blizzard. Stephen King felt that Kubrick left a lot of information and story lines out of this masterpiece (he's right - - Kubrick did; yet it is still a masterpiece in its own right). However; due to King's dissatisfaction with Kubrick's film, he produced his own, as a very well-made TV miniseries (I think it was sometime around the mid-1990s); anyway, as much as I love Kubrick's The Shining, the miniseries version is definitely worth watching. It's super creepy, very well acted and much closer to King's novel (which I have read). I think it's about 5.5 hours of watch time. In it are back stories of the hotel, some of its big players over the decades, as well as about Jack's family and so on. And the transition from loving, devoted and level-headed father to raving maniac is a gradual and interesting progression. So, maybe do a reaction to that. I haven't seen any other reactors do it.
they tortured poor Shelly DuVall to film this. they did the stair scene 127 times.
Kubrick's normal method is a least 30 retakes for every scene. So her being tortured is well off the mark there.
"Tortured" Lol, no. She's actress. Kubrick was perfectionist. Shelly Duvall was very sensitive and later on she did become crazy and weird. Mental illness. Nothing to do with Kubrick. Kubrick always wanted to do perfect art. And he was the all time best.
Classic movie
Dr. Sleep is the sequel...both movies have something in common: a scene I purposefully tried to repress, lol.
“That’s a lot of snow.” ??? What would a Canadian know about snow?!?!?!
It's a lot for overnight 🤣
I highly recommend the sequel to the shining Dr. Sleep, it's Danny as an adult.
Excited to watch you V. Happy Saturday
Happy Saturday and enjoy!!
Yes! I have been waiting for this!
I remember seeing this 3 years ago and enjoying it heaps
It's a really well made and tense movie!
@@VerowakReacts one of the best horror movies aye
Very good movie. You should check out ready player one now. I feel bad for Jack by the end of the movie. The hotel affected him more than anyone and it killed him in the end.
Kubrick didn't just make Duvall do over 100 takes for the baseball bat scene. He didn't give her any direction. So with each take, Duvall became more frantic, "What does Kubrick want? What will it take to satisfy him?" She became more and more frantic and frustrated and exhausted. And that is what Kubrick was looking for. He was looking for a woman on the brink of breaking and of collapsing. It was cruel and torturous but it did get the result for which Kubrick was looking.
Shelly Duvall suffered greatly for this film. In addition to the endless takes, Kubrick had the rest of the cast and crew ostracize her and told Nicholson NOT to be sympathetic even when Duvall showed him clumps of her hair which had fallen out due to the stress.
Duvall deserved an Academy Award for Best Actress but instead got a nomination for a Razzie as the worst actress of that year. The nomination was later rescinded when it became known just how poorly she was treated during the filming.
Looking terrified is probably the hardest thing an actor can do. It's just not easy to maintain which is why most horror films have so many quick cuts. The director will give a signal and the actors will try to look frightened but they cannot maintain it for very long. Try it yourself. Look in a mirror go from happy to sad to terrified. Happy and sad is easy but looking frightened isn't. Shelly Duvall looked terrified for long unbroken takes. I cannot stress how good a performance she gave.
Great classic horror, without too much violence. Had a blast with your reaction :D
Great movie
Don't get me wrong, Kubrick is one of my favorite directors. And he was masterful in the way he directed this movie to maximize the horror. But for all he put in to the horror, Kubrick seem to have been a little too stingy in plot continuity. So don't strain too hard trying to make sense of a lot of the scenes. Whatever they were meant to mean you are not going to find it in the movie. Best bet is to look to the book or the sequel where King resolved a lot of Kubrick's plotholes.
There are so many inconsistencies in a film by a famously meticulous director, that I am convinced that it's deliberate.
Such as 'does Jack have money in his wallet or not?'
I could totally do 6 months by myself, as long as I could bring all my instruments and had access to a computer and video games.
He’s “always been the caretaker”
Well, there was a 'Mister Torrance' back in 1921 in that 4th July photo, and Delbert Grady from the 1930s knew that one, and now there's a Jack Torrance talking about Charles Grady and his family from 1970, and now here's another family with the Shining come along in 1980...
Perhaps, like Hallorann and his grandmother, the Shining skips generations?
I always wish when Wendy looks at Jack's manuscript, & Jack asks her "How do ya like it?", that she answers, "It's a little thin on plot" 😆🤣😂
I feel like the movie would be very different if Wendy was like that 🤣
I probably would have replied, “it’s great.”
😅 Hahaha 🤣😂!!
i first saw this movie when i was about 10, to this day it is to me is the only scary movie out there.
Little fun fact: in this movie, every now and then Jack Nicholson quickly glances directly into the camera and then back to where he was looking before, which normally doesn't happen in other movies! It is believed that this was intentional by Kubrick and Nicholson! 22:02 is an example 😅
The most noticeable time to me is when he gets mad at Wendy and storms out of their room.
He's the caretaker
He's always been the caretaker
Great job! The shoulder timeline stuff is weird lol. Maybe the book provides some clarification. And you are right, the music keeps you on edge the whole movie.
30:00: he runs back inside because it’s freezing outside….and there are no neighbors to run to. They are miles away in isolation.