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The movie recommendations thread, son (pg. 144)
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| bananas |
| only now I've realised that The Shining was nominated for two Razzie awards - worst actress, and worst director. ffs. |
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| Vector A |
| Her acting really is abysmal. But worst director? No. |
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| bananas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
Her acting really is abysmal. But worst director? No. |
well yeah, it wasn't a great performance, but didn't deserve a razzie either, and to nominate kubrick? that's just ing ridickulase |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Her acting was horrific. She was horrified and weepy and annoying. Like a scared bitch.
It was perfect. |
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| WittyHandle |
| I hope she won for worst actress. She was annoying as fahk. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Oh you schmucks. How many women have any of you guys chased with an axe? That's what I thought. She was authentic. |
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| Vector A |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Oh you schmucks. How many women have any of you guys chased with an axe? That's what I thought. She was authentic. |
She was bad even before the part where she got chased with an ax. :p |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
BITCH KNEW WHAT WAS COMIN' BECAUSE SHE READ THE SCRIPT!
ACTING!! *dramatic full body gesture to the sky accompanied with a determined glare to some imaginary spectator* |
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Her acting was horrific. She was horrified and weepy and annoying. Like a scared bitch.
It was perfect. |
+1
And worst director is just retarded. Kubrick was brilliant and The Shining is one of the best adaptations of all time. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| It's absolutely true. Many book to movie adaptations neglect the essence of the novel entirely, and that is bad. But people who bitch, in this case, that the movie was bad because it didn't follow the book verbatim are ing idiots who have no grasp of what cinema is. Outrageous! |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by GoSpeedGo!
[possible spoilers for those who haven't seen it]
What exactly wasn't clear there? Do you mean Woodrow's revenge sequence, which then turns out as a hallucination? I think the tragedy of all that is actually stronger if it's first played straight (more or less) and then shown as nothing but a fantasy. It's not like the film doesn't allude to this earlier; in the beginning you see some of the shots from later parts of the film so it's clear it's not going to have a simple linear storyline. |
I thought clarity was lacking in how the movie was all over the place when it came to a timeline - flashes of past and future intermingling with present, at times I was uncertain of the timeline. I didn't necessarily see it as reality/hallucination either. Instead, I felt like the movie was displaying 2 potential realities. |
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