Just watch The Other Two.  It was a good show.

a lot of people also try and fail. sometimes the mechanisms are pretty weird.

Right.  Because everyone who does something wrong (or stands to make a lot of money from someone who did) immediately confirms all allegations against them.  Just ask Harvey Weinstein, P. Diddy, Donald Trump...

I don’t think that’s a flaw, just an intentional choice. The movie exists in conversation with the novel rather than just being the novel on screen, and while King clearly puts at least some of the blame for Jack’s behavior on external forces (be they alcohol or an evil hotel), Kubrick clearly believes that this lets…

IDK, there’s talk about the dad breaking the kid’s arm in a drunken rage, plus the kid is talking to his finger. Wendy seems checked out, and this all before ever leaving for the hotel. I might say there is some optimism that this hotel caretaker job might be an opportunity to fix the family dynamics, but I wasn’t…

I’ve heard a great review that says the book is what it’s like to BE an alcoholic and the movie is what it’s like to be MARRIED to an alcoholic. 

Pro-tip: the people who tend to dissect and deny the claims of potential victims in order to protect celebrities ARE USUALLY THE SAME PEOPLE. The fact you didn’t notice that this happens in every single thread regardless of gender is probably a red flag for your confirmation bias.

That’s one of my criticisms of the movie. Novel!Jack is a decent guy in the beginning (albeit a recovering alcoholic very much struggling to stay dry). He didn’t sit there in the car glowering like an obvious psycho like Nicholson did. Jack’s descent into insanity is supposed to be a tragedy—the hotel finds his weak…

Yeah. Boring actor tracks were a huge bummer for me, because I watched them be entertaining and charming on screen. Plus they were there. They should know better than anyone how something was really done! And instead, a lot of actors aren’t “on” for the commentary and/or completely forget the day they shot a cool…

I said this when the P Diddy video game out a few months ago, and it remains true:

I don’t think I like the experience tied to watching a movie, myself; but I’d totally listen to a commentary in podcast form.

Milla Jovovich should do a “Drunk With Milla” podcast and invite a co-star to watch one of her movies each week. She and Michelle Rodriguez seemed completely hammered for Resident Evil 1 and it was funny listening to sober Paul W. S. Anderson’s commentary get derailed over and over.

The Futurama commentaries are pretty good too. IMO it has everything to do with the fact that the voice actors and writers are genuinely funny and want to entertain whoever is listening. Like I said, there are good commentaries, but no one remembers how many meh commentaries there really are.

I found it tough to do with whole movies, but watching The Simpsons commentaries was great. Shorter sessions and having generally funny people probably helped a lot.

I’m guessing you weren’t around when the movie came out? There was a lot of negative reaction to her Wendy Torrance. Interestingly, the reaction often seemed to be one of anger and violence.

That is one aspect of the movie’s brilliance though. In a novel, there’s time to make the reader identify with Jack, and with Wendy. The movie makes you identify with Jack quickly, but in the worst way. Duvall’s Wendy is annoying, intentionally, and their marriage is WRONG from the get-go.

I don’t care for the man’s work but I do respect them for these. I don’t care what anyone thinks about physical media, DVDs during their heyday were just treasure troves for movie lovers.

I was thinking this as well. The only acting criticism I’ve EVER heard about ‘The Shining’ was about Jack Nicholson - that he’s so menacing from the start that his slide into insanity doesn’t feel enough like a descent. I’ve never heard anything bad about Duvall’s performance!

Sure they would.

I’ll be frank that this also seems off to me, but “they keep getting work so they’re probably not a toxic asshole” doesn’t strike me as all the way consistent with Hollywood.