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Not a film, a series, Max Headroom.
I think it's a fantastic film, I watched it on Netflix a little while ago and was sorry to see that the film had been cut in at least one place!The Shining (1980)
Okay, I'm going to say it....I hate this film. I think that it is vastly over-rated, and I don't think that Jack Nicholson's "performance" in it is anything special. I actually thought that he was better in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Batman. I am fully aware that my opinion may be controversial, as I know that a lot of people like this film, but sadly I don't. I just think it's a typically weird Stanley Kubrick film, where hardly anything that makes sense happens, and nothing really exciting happens until the film is nearly over. Someone gave me a copy of the film on DVD, as they didn't want it anymore, and I watched it last night. I wish that I hadn't. I am going to have some stern words with that person when I see them again. I thought that this film was about as scary as Elton John's wig. Sorry, but no rating.
I think it's a fantastic film, I watched it on Netflix a little while ago and was sorry to se that the film had been cut in at least one place!
Horse's for course's, we can't all rate the same films!
The book is better than the film, as is nearly always the case.
Paul.
The Stand was a fantastic read, may have to read it again!Gosh I read The Stand probably maybe 5 years after it came out and I can remember a lot of it decades later, it made quite an impression on me at the time. I never saw the film, but I agree its rare a film is better than the 'movie in your mind' that you create when you read a decent book. Especially if you read the book first, as you have already created your perfect version and the film director with all the temporal, financial and casting constraints doesn't stand a chance!