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glencor63
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The best version of “The Shining” was the made for TV movie on TNT. Steven King HATED Kubrick’s version and made his own. Much more true to the novel.
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BartholomewB
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Thank you, yes, that was exactly what I meant. I have a vague recollection of something about a shaving mirror at this point. Does Bruce Willis catch a glimpse of his murderer creeping up behind him in the mirror, or something like that?Do you mean when we/the doctor realizes it? It’s when his wife drops his wedding ring. Then the film employs a flashback for those of us slow on the uptake.
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BartholomewB
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I didn’t know Stephen King shared my opinion of Kubrick’s The Shining! I found both The Others and Sixth Sense to be very much more effective ghost stories than that one. Kubrick wastes far too much of our time with tiresomely repetitive shots of Jack Nicholson baring his teeth while he stomps endlessly up and down the hotel corridors clutching his ax.
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Aulef
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This movie have strong Kardecist influence IMO
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BartholomewB
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I’ve never read anything by Allan Kardec. Could you explain what you saw in the movie that shows his influence?
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JoyToTheWhirled
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I actually spoiled The Sixth Sense for my husband by accident because I’m rather good at guessing twists and hadn’t learned to button my lip at that point. We were outside the cinema and deciding what to see, and the blurb on the movie leaflet described the film as “A young boy can see dead people and Bruce Willis is the psychologist who must help him” I said, “Oh right. Bruce Willis will be dead then.”
We got into the cinema, Willis is shot in the the first five minutes, and my poor husband turned to me and made me promise to never guess a twist out loud again. We now have a system whereby I put the guess in an envelope and he reads it after the movie to see if I got it right.
We got into the cinema, Willis is shot in the the first five minutes, and my poor husband turned to me and made me promise to never guess a twist out loud again. We now have a system whereby I put the guess in an envelope and he reads it after the movie to see if I got it right.
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pensmama87
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That’s right in the beginning of the movie when he is killed (but the viewer doesn’t know, or isn’t supposed to, unless you’re JoyToTheWhirled. 
) I had forgotten about that shot until you mentioned it!
) I had forgotten about that shot until you mentioned it!
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F_Marturana
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In the beginning of the film we see the couple come home from an award ceremony, they go upstairs and find the broken glass, then they find Donnie Wahlberg in his undies in their bathroom.
He says a few things on how Bruce Willis didn’t help him. We see him then shoot Bruce Willis, then move deeper into the bathroom and put the gun to his own head.
The next scene is Bruce Willis meeting with Cole. It says that some time has passed in the screen titles. We assume that Bruce Willis survived the shooting.
He says a few things on how Bruce Willis didn’t help him. We see him then shoot Bruce Willis, then move deeper into the bathroom and put the gun to his own head.
The next scene is Bruce Willis meeting with Cole. It says that some time has passed in the screen titles. We assume that Bruce Willis survived the shooting.
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Aulef
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Spoiler alertAulef:
I’ve never read anything by Allan Kardec. Could you explain what you saw in the movie that shows his influence?
They are souls that got attached, after death, to former material belongins and past life. These souls do not find rest and vague on earth tormenting themselves and the living…Kardec promotes the existence of such things…
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glencor63
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He absolutely hated it. He promised Kubrick
he would stop criticizing the movie.
LOL! In 1997, he released the mini-series. Amazing!
he would stop criticizing the movie.
LOL! In 1997, he released the mini-series. Amazing!
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Pup7
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The book scared me to death.
I was sitting at the dining room table reading it with the china cabinet behind me.
I would NOT look at the china cabinet because I was afraid I’d see something behind me. And I avoided the mirror on the wall over the table like the plague. (I have had a recurring nightmare where I can’t see my reflection in a mirror - no, I’m not nor was I ever a vampire fan, I just have this weird dream. I’m also one of those people who has the dream where her teeth fall out - ironically, I’m looking at my reflection in a mirror when it happens. Go figure.)
The book was terrifying. And I loved it.
I was deployed when that series came out all those years ago and as a result I’ve never seen the thing. Is it around somewhere?
I was sitting at the dining room table reading it with the china cabinet behind me.
I would NOT look at the china cabinet because I was afraid I’d see something behind me. And I avoided the mirror on the wall over the table like the plague. (I have had a recurring nightmare where I can’t see my reflection in a mirror - no, I’m not nor was I ever a vampire fan, I just have this weird dream. I’m also one of those people who has the dream where her teeth fall out - ironically, I’m looking at my reflection in a mirror when it happens. Go figure.)
The book was terrifying. And I loved it.
I was deployed when that series came out all those years ago and as a result I’ve never seen the thing. Is it around somewhere?
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BartholomewB
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Belief in spirits goes back a long way before Allan Kardec’s time. See 1 Sam 28.
bible.usccb.org
1 Samuel, CHAPTER 28
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TheLittleLady
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Devil’s Backbone and Orphanage are on my favorites list! The man knows how to tell a story.
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Aulef
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Yes, I know. I just wanted to make a modern reference.
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Theo520
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Horror movies should be enjoyed for what they can offer - a good scare.
I would just ignore any possible theological implications in ghost movies.
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