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AVGN: The Shining Review

CineMassacre's James Rolfe runs through Stanley Kubrick's hedge maze with a twisted take on The Shining.

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ChrissyChiChi : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

ChrissyChiChi

12 votes NegativePositive

388 days 7 hours ago...

Im suprised he did not touch on the sound of the film. The creepy noises which at the beginning are barely noticable yet by the end of the movie are pretty hectic, but yah amazing film.

It deserves all the praise it gets...although i do think it could have done without the whole `little kid with special powers` sub plot that didnt really go anywhere and seemed kind of pointless.

DoctorRandomercam : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

DoctorRandomercam

5 votes NegativePositive

388 days 5 hours ago...

Okay, okay, timeout. AVGN`s downplayed style, the whole "kid-handing-in-his-first-media-studies-paper" bit, it`s all well and good for cheesy comic book films, but when he does it with ground-breaking classics like the Shining, it`s frankly insulting. Imagine him reviewing 2001. "There`s these weird black boxes and it never tells you what they are, I guess it`s supposed to be symbolic or something, I dunno. It`s really long and has the same shots like forever, but Kubrick`s just like that, whatever."

Why is he even doing this? Who hasn`t already seen the Shining? And how is this review going to make people WANT to watch it? Don`t get me wrong, normally I like AVGN, because of the way he takes dumb things and dumbs them down. But the Shining doesn`t need dumbing down. Enough is enough.

Sev : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Sev

-5 votes NegativePositive

388 days 3 hours ago...

^Yeah but 2001 a space odyssey wasn`t that good. It just had ground breaking special effects, which in my opinion are some of the best I`ve ever seen even with all the cgi today. Kubrich is a nut. The monoliths had no purpose they were just there to tie the story together, sort of. Its purpose is actually for people to analyze it and for it to be lost in obscurity. Kubrich`s films are overrated. Still awesome, but 2001 especially, he just puts shit in the films which just are frustratingly meaningless. Please if anyone thinks differently, tell me why the monoliths are in 2001, and support your thesis. And make sure its double spaced and in MLA format.

Infinitemonkeys : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

Infinitemonkeys

9 votes NegativePositive

388 days 2 hours ago...

I think the problem here is he expects The Shining to be horrific, and it`s not supposed to be horrific, it`s supposed to be disturbing and creepy. By that criteria, this movie hit a home run.

totalGORE : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

totalGORE

2 votes NegativePositive

387 days 16 hours ago...

i agree with DoctorRandomercam. i love avgn but this review is 20 years overdue. i haven`t met anyone that hasn`t seen this movie, and if they haven`t, i`ve given them a verbal beat down for not seeing it. this movie is one of my favorites of all time because it does what it was supposed to. classify it under horror or thriller, who gives a shit. it is the shining no matter what. he picks at everything shitty there is in an already perfect movie, which is nonsense

Onisama : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Onisama

-6 votes NegativePositive

387 days 15 hours ago...

Never saw it and by the looks of it, I`d be bored to death. But heck, everyone to his own.

Edit: O_o Well, since I tried to hold back on my comment and tried to respect all of your opinions. I now say fuck`em and fuck the Shining!

You`re all pretty much fucktards with no taste for watching 2 hours about 1 retard, a fugly lesbian and a brat stuck in some empty fuckshit hotel caught in a sorry ass excuse for a snow storm.

I would pretty much guess that most you are self-centered cunts that likes to smell their own farts and would jack themselves everytime you see Jack Nicholson. When I think about it, that`s how jack`ing came to be. You make me sick.

damage : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

damage

11 votes NegativePositive

387 days 15 hours ago...

Oh no, not Tuesday!

Marvecko : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Marvecko

6 votes NegativePositive

387 days 14 hours ago...

Many young people watch his videos, so I guess that`s his way to make them youngsters interested in classic stuff that have influenced him so much

Anyway... nice clip :)

djkoz78 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

djkoz78

3 votes NegativePositive

387 days 11 hours ago...

The Shining one of Jacks best films ever. He plays the perfect psycho. "Im not gonna hurt ya! Wendy you didn`t let me finish. I`m not gonna hurt ya. I`m just going to bash your brains right the fuck in!!"

massucre : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

massucre

0 votes NegativePositive

387 days 2 hours ago...

oh noes its polysemic and yes i think he should stick to reviewing shallow films.

th3d00d : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

th3d00d

3 votes NegativePositive

387 days 2 hours ago...

"You`ve had your WHOLE FUCKING LIFE to think things over... what good`s a few minutes more gonna do you now?"

EckJerome : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

EckJerome

Hidden (Show Comment) -8 votes

387 days 1 hour ago...

Oh please, anybody who raves about this movie is obviously an illiterate who never read the book.

Sure, taken by itself, I can see how people might get off on Jack`s performance, but the entire movie was an abomination of one of the greatest horror stories ever written.

Do yourselves a favor: get away from the internet for a few days and read the book.

massucre : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

massucre

7 votes NegativePositive

387 days ago...

^Do yourself a favor: get your head out your ass for a few days and you might just realise that youre just another Stephen King fanboy.

EckJerome : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

EckJerome

-4 votes NegativePositive

386 days 21 hours ago...

^ And your point is?

Yeah, Stephen King did some great writing back in the day. I`m proud for some illiterate on the internet to attempt to insult me for it. And here`s a clue for you Jack Nicholson fanboys: the guy is overrated. God what a downer it must be for him personally to be most widely recognized for screaming "Heeere`s Johnny!!"

totalGORE : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

totalGORE

1 votes NegativePositive

386 days 15 hours ago...

you`re fuckin` retarded ^^ he said in the beginning of the video that the movie is kubricks vision, and only the premise of the book is the same, dumbass

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