After watching Room 237 I felt I needed to watch The Shining again, since it’s been a while. My first impression was that it really, really looks like a movie made in the 1970s-and not in a good way. While I liked Jack Nicholson and Scatman Crothers, I have never understood the popularity of Shelley Duvall. And that kid who played Danny, well, the fact that he only has one other acting credit says all that needs to be said about his skills. Of course, the real star of The Shining was it’s Director, Stanley Kubrick. Long shots and panning…
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Room 237
What is Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining really about? The Holocaust? Injustice to Native Americans? The faking of the Moon Landing? Countless hidden sexual jokes? Room 237 is a film where a number of people with way too much time on their hands spend endless hours watching and re-watching The Shining looking for clues as to it’s real meaning. When I grew up I pretty much liked all movies. An Abbott & Costello feature was right up there with Gone With The Wind as far as I was concerned. At some point I read a book called The Key by James…