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Old 11-20-2006, 05:22 PM
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Stephen Kings The Shining
I seen the other version of the shining the one with Jack N, and everyone says the stephen king version is better is that true?
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Old 11-20-2006, 05:36 PM
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I liked them both a lot to be honest. Stanley's version is very well done but the mini-series brings the book to life very nicely.
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Yes the two stories are told quite differently, with the miniseries being closest to the original novel.

Steven Weber is less psychotic from the outset than Jack Nicholson, though Kubrick's film has some very nice shocks indeed.
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Like others have said the mini series was closer to the book...But the version with Nicholson was way better imo...
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King's version might be closer to his book, but it can't touch the Kubrick movie which is a brilliant adaptation.
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So are you saying Kubrick managed to improve on the book with his lack of haunted topiary animals, death of Halloran, blood-filled lifts, jittery flake of a wife and menacing lead character who was clearly mad from the outset?
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You really have to watch both of these because while some people do truly enjoy the Kubrick version more there are those people who say that anything Kubrick did was a masterpiece.
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You really have to watch both of these because while some people do truly enjoy the Kubrick version more there are those people who say that anything Kubrick did was a masterpiece.
yea...like the 2nd part of Full Metal Jacket...blah!

The Shining on TV is probably the only S. King TV movie I have enjoyed, but it doesn't have quite the dread/darkness you feel from Nicholson in the Kubrick...(and it could be because of the TV restrictions, because I thought the Weber guy was great) both films are well done IMO.
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So are you saying Kubrick managed to improve on the book with his lack of haunted topiary animals, death of Halloran, blood-filled lifts, jittery flake of a wife and menacing lead character who was clearly mad from the outset?
I'm saying that the Kubrick movie is superior to the King movie. There might be parts of the book missing, but the creepiness and atmosphere of the Kubrick version is unparalleled in my opinion. As for the King movie, it might have been more faithful, and an ok movie, but it suffered from a lack of atmosphere and a very bad casting choice. Hell, that kid had "Disney adds" written all over his face!!!
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