Scatman Crothers evil? No. No way.

You might be surprised to know that Stephen King hated this movie. He despised Kubrick's adaption so much he called it “a maddening, perverse, and disappointing film,” likening it to “a great big beautiful Cadillac with no motor inside.” I'm glad to see most audiences don't feel the same way. He later did his own retelling, a different adaption of the movie version, but to me it felt shallow and empty compared to the original.

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

I did read about that!

@TRWilley

28 күн бұрын

You almost have to view them as two different pieces of work and judge them separately.

@chromegnats

13 күн бұрын

His adaption was laughable at best. Watching it now it’s almost tough to believe it isn’t satire… like he was bitter and wanted to make it as bad as possible. An absolute mess of a “series” or whatever it was supposed to be. Kubrick took that book and truly made an absolute masterpiece of film/horror. Still blows me away just how incredible it actually is. Not many films truly in its “league” in my opinion. Also, actually hearing/seeing King’s comments about the film are embarrassing but I’m a little biased considering I’m not much of a fan.

@brockhampton3078

8 күн бұрын

​@@chromegnats I think what Stephen King didn't quite realize is that just because something works well in a novel doesn't mean it's going to translate well into film. As demonstrated by King's mini-series, a totally faithful adaptation of his novel can't really be pulled off without being super cheesy.

RIP Shelley Duvall. 7 Jul 49 - 11 Jul 24. You were incredible in "The Shining."

@noahzynski

4 күн бұрын

RIP

The scene where it changes is when Jack is locked in the dry goods storage room - up until that point you can rationalize it and say everything is in their imagination. But when you hear the door unlock from the OUTSIDE - aw crap, it IS real... 😬

@LittleBlueOwl318

25 күн бұрын

Danny let Jack out so he could lure him into the hedge maze. He didn't stay hidden in the cart in the hallway - he jumped out right in front of Jack to bait him. He also paused by the snow cat outside to make sure Jack caught up to him and saw him run into the maze. That kid learned a lot watching Road Runner ruin Wile E Coyote.

Always love a good Shining reaction! Loved your style of just letting the movie flow and adding bits of commentary here and there, it was good! New sub :)

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Appreciate that!

The woman in the bathtub is Mrs Massey. She was an old woman who dated younger guys. When one jilted her, she self deleted in the tub and wasn't found for awhile.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Interesting!

@bbutc

29 күн бұрын

I'm assuming that was from the book?

@thjonez

27 күн бұрын

good point 👉 but how multiple times?

Trust me when I tell you, youll be watching this movie over and over and each time you will see something you missed or make a connection you didn't before. It came out when I was 12, and I'm 55 now. I've lost track of how many times I've seen it. In the novel, Tony is actually Danny's future self (his middle name is Anthony). I don't tjink its about reincarnation, but time travel. I think the family was murdered, just like Grady's family. Danny's future self came and warned him, which prevented the murders from actually happening. This is the ONLY movie I've ever seen that is actually better than the book (Sorry, Stephen King). Kubrick was a genius, though he was a bastard to Shelly Duval. 😢

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

Well definitely enjoy a rewatch!

@jtoland2333

Ай бұрын

Cool​@@noahzynski

Yess! One of my most favourite movies of all time. It's Stanley Kubrick, baby 🥹

“Dude has interesting decor”. 😂😂😂

@noahzynski

15 күн бұрын

lol

The intro was filmed on the "Going to the sun road" in Glacier National Park in Montana. Not just a horror masterpiece this was Kubrick's masterpiece. There's so much meat left on the bone in this one you really need to dig a lot deeper to uncover everything you missed, of which there is so much that entire documentaries have been made on the subject. A good one is "Room 237". There's also a fascinating fan theory out there called the "Wendy theory". Kubrick took so many liberties with this story that King actually despised this movie but he did love the sequel "Doctor Sleep" which followed his book much more closely and was also directed by a very talented director in Mike Flanagan, I'd also recommend that as a follow up reaction.

@7n154

28 күн бұрын

Flanagan is doing another King adaptation to be released later this year. 'The Life of Chuck'. It's already generating A LOT of positive buzz.

The woman in the bathtub was a suicide. Both naked ghosts are the same person

Tony is the coping mechanism and alter of Danny. Monarch programming mind-control split personality.

This movie is based off an actual famously haunted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The Stanley Hotel. The movie itself was not filmed there but the tv mini-series was. I've stayed there a few times and it's actually a very beautiful location. Spooky but beautiful. I was just there last Halloween for a concert in the ballroom.

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

That would be cool to visit!

@7n154

28 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski It is. Just be careful not to get snowed in during the winter. Which does happen. It's what happened to Stephen King and inspired the novel. It's right at the foot of the Rocky Mountains so it has great hiking trails nearby. No hedge maze unfortunately. But the town of Estes Park is a character on it's own.

The sound design is its own character in the movie. It acts along side every scene.

@noahzynski

27 күн бұрын

It’s great!

@stevetheduck1425

25 күн бұрын

The Music, for instance, already existed, so Kubrick shot scenes times to match music he'd chosen. In a way, it's like a cartoon: sudden stings and so on when events occur, like Jack pulling paper out of the typewriter.

The acting on this film is insane. Kubrick was a perfectionist, sure. Credits for his directing even though it was a bit abusive sometimes, especially with the women. However, directing aside, the actors still get the credit for the performance. This is peak film acting.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

True!

@pixiesyay

28 күн бұрын

​@@noahzynski The "abuse" is hugely overstated. Shelly Duvall has denied abuse from Kubrick in many interviews. A lie that lives online.

@kylerokeh1089

15 күн бұрын

Yes. Watching it back, everybody is up to an 11. Usually, it doesn’t work, but with jack, Shelly, and Kubrick, the best can make it near perfect. And they did. People give Shelly a lot of shit for the way she acted during the ax scene and my response is always: “really? Then how come I’ve seen the scene a million times and it still disturbs the shit out of me” this is as close to a perfect horror movie as you’ll Get. Everything was near perfect

Your next Kubrick should be his movie about the Vietnam War called Full Metal Jacket

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

I am definitely interested in watching that one!

@kylewestlake982

Ай бұрын

Best war movie ever!

@bustercolin7507

28 күн бұрын

"A Clockwork Orange" also

Fun to see this first time reaction to such an iconic movie. I saw it when it first opened. I still wish the two minutes cut from the end existed.

If you notice in the store room scenes, there's always a can of Calumet (with the Native American logo) right behind someone. It was behind both Jack and Halloran. It's eerie.

In the scene where Wendy tells Jack it's gonna snow and she offers to bring him some sandwiches, if you look in the background against the wall behind Jack, you can see a brown chair magically "appear." 😳🪑

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

Magic 🪄

@lindseyswift3435

26 күн бұрын

watch The Wendy Theory for an explanation of that!

I’ve never been into horror as a genre , but this movie is amazing. I love the psychological horror of it, it’s truly a masterpiece!

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

I’m in the same boat!

@super_arcane_boy

29 күн бұрын

*psychological

@spencergadoury

29 күн бұрын

@@super_arcane_boy why thank you good sir , spell correct got the better of me it seems

Ok, I know I am dating myself but I watched this movie as a young child in the 80s and 90s and it has ALWAYS stuck with me. It's brilliant! But you gotta watch something called the Wendy Theory. It is incredible and makes ya think!!!

Continue this Kubrick Odyssey; Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, and Eyes Wide Shut for starters.

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

Will do!

Danny's full name is "Daniel Anthony Torrence", that's where "Tony" comes from. Tony is a by-product of Danny's clairvoyance & ability to shine... a coping mechanism, for sure.

My favorite horror film the psychological aspect is unreal so scary. Highly recommend Dr Sleep the sequel it's really good!!!

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Might have to check that out!

A complex classic film. Although I don't often subscribe to his themes, I do recognize Kubrick as a great filmmaker, and "The Shining" (TS) is certainly a masterpiece of cinema. I like it very much even though I'm not a fan of Stephen King or his books. This must be due solely to Kubrick. Well, let's also give credit to the actors and the production crew, too. As great as Nicholson and Duvall were in the film, that little boy, Danny Lloyd, really made the movie for me. I think he was five when he started filming TS. For a child that age, he was just outstanding. He himself came up with the finger puppet for Tony, his alter ego. Kudos, also, to Philip Stone and Joe Turkel for being quietly sinister and menacing. I don't want to forget good-guy Scatman Crothers, either. Well-done Scatman. Then there's the Overlook. Not only is it alive, but it is the personification of evil. TS has all the Kubrick touches. All those long hallway and hedge maze shots are one-point-perspective. That's a Kubrick trademark. Also, don't some of those nighttime hedge maze shots remind you of HAL's "eye" in 2001 a bit? They do me. Another characteristic of Kubrick is his focus on intense person-to-person interactions. Yeah, TS has just a little bit of that. By the way, isn't it weird HAL in 2001 acts like a person, and the people act like computers/robots? Those long tracking-shots as people move about the hotel are another Kubrick trait. The musical score as an integral part of the narrative of TS is also textbook Kubrick. Kubrick was a perfectionist, and that is reflected in his films. For example, background is as significant as foreground. Why does Jack's typewriter change color? Is it because Jack has been transformed? Oh, "All work and no play" goes back to at least 1659. It didn't originate with TS although it certainly fits. Why do bits of the hotel, like the furniture, for example, appear, disappear or move about? Is it because the hotel is alive? The answer is yes by the way. It's definitely not due to continuity problems. Finally, Kubrick always forces the viewer to think about and dissect his films. That certainly happens in TS. As a result, we and Kubrick share in a common creative impulse when watching TS. The film becomes a living thing. Here are a few of the other things I've noticed about TS. The film is replete with mirrors. They're everywhere. Watch how they affect Jack. Are they how the hotel projects its power? A portal of sorts? Do they also absorb power? Are they its eyes as well? Likewise, there are mazes everywhere. There's the obvious hedge maze, but the hotel itself is a maze, and so is the hallway carpet. Early on, Wendy remarks on the need for breadcrumbs, a reference to Hansel and Gretel and the maze-like quality of the hotel. TS is a variation of Theseus and the Minotaur with Danny as Theseus, Tony as Ariadne etc. Wendy also says the hotel is like a ghostship. The hotel feeds off Danny and Jack's shining power and gets more powerful as time passes. The hotel wants Danny dead so it can absorb him and his power. Did you notice all the knives pointed at Danny's head on several occasions in the film? When Hallorann and Danny are talking in the kitchen bits of the conversation were telepathic. Numbers seem to come up a lot in the film. For example, Danny wears a shirt with 42 on the sleeve, the tv with no power cord is showing "Summer of 42," and room 237 is 2x3x7=42. I think Kubrick's wife said "Summer of 42" was one of his favourite movies along with "The Bank Dick." The latter is a great movie with W. C. Fields. I love it when Danny asks Jack if he feels bad. That can be taken two ways as in do you feel evil or do you feel unwell. And, of course, Jack repeats the girls saying forever and ever, meaning I want to join with the hotel in death. Jack does, of course, sell his soul for a drink. Is that why Lloyd the bartender won't take his money? Jack's already paid in-full? The people and things Danny and Jack see are real, but only people with shining can see them at first. When Jack returns to the ballroom where the 1920s party is going on, a woman walks by him with a bloody handprint on her backside. This is about the time the advocaat is spilled on him. Jack also wipes some advocaat on Grady's back. In the bathroom scene, it's clear Grady's girls also had "the shine" and wanted to destroy the hotel, but they were killed instead and absorbed. Grady himself, probably like Jack, also had "the shine." In the conversation between Jack and Grady, Grady switches between Grady and the entity of the hotel. Jack may also switch with the "caretaker." When Jack and Wendy are being shown their apartment, Jack eyes the two departing young ladies. A sign of his lechery? Ditto the girlie magazine he's reading in the lobby early on. He definitely has a wandering eye. Even early on, he doesn't seem to hold Wendy in high regard. When Jack enters room 237, the carpet there is obviously suggestive of the sex act. Very phallic etc. Sex, in one way or other, features in many Kubrick films. Room 237 is the heart of the hotel. The nude woman represents the hotel seducing Jack. The heartbeat we hear is the hotel's and signals the hotel's malevolent activity and increasing power. We hear it overtly later in the film but weakly earlier when Danny is riding the trike on/off the carpet and when Jack is bouncing the ball. The high-pitched tone indicates "shining" is happening. So, Jack clearly shines, too. He's one of those who doesn't realize he has it. Jack several times in the film exhibits the Kubrick glare or stare, a shot of a man glowering up at the camera from beneath lowered brows, an indicator of danger or madness. You see it in "Full Metal Jacket." And I think HAL in 2001 also shows it. Doesn't HAL's red pupil change size? When Jack goes on his rant about his obligations to the hotel before Wendy conks him, he's not talking about Ullmann and co. He's talking about "the hotel," the thing that's alive. That's who he's made the contract and sold his soul to. Remember Lloyd the bartender's ominous hotel remarks. REDRUM is MURDER backwards, and it signifies anti-murder. It's a totem that protects against murder. That's why Danny writes it on the bathroom door. Jack can batter the door, but he won't get in. Danny is also warning Wendy and arming her as a result of his REDRUM recital. The photos are part of the hotel like the typewriter and furniture. When Jack dies, he's absorbed by the hotel and winds up in the 1920s photo. Towards the end, the hotel's evil spirit, the caretaker, may have abandoned Jack to die in the maze. He did fail in his task. That ball in the photo was the same one where the advocaat was spilled. So, he was there in 1921 and he wasn't. Kubrick deleted a final scene from TS. Wendy was in hospital and Ullman was visiting. He told her all was normal (except for Hallorann, I suppose) at the hotel. No Jack. At least, I think that's what I read once. Might be wrong about that. I've watched several reactions to TS, and I'm amazed at some of the observations. Got some beefs. A lot of people don't make a connection between Danny's first vision of the blood elevator, which signifies all the death at the hotel, and his passing out. They disassociate these two events when clearly they go together as the image of Danny's horrified face shows. From the get-go, it's clear Danny can see past events and future events. He knows Jack got the job and is going to call Wendy. He knows he doesn't want them to go to the hotel. He knows the hotel signifies danger. Why don't people notice that Danny's shirt and jumper are torn when he come to the Colorado Lounge after being strangled? Danny's clearly in shock, too. When Danny is foaming at the mouth and Hallorann is having his mini-fit, Danny is clearly communicating with Hallorann there is danger, come and help. How can Wendy be so sound asleep before Danny wakes her? Come on, the poor woman has been on edge for weeks. She hasn't been sleeping well. Now that she's locked crazy Jack up, she literally passes out, thinking they're safe. After Danny slides down from the bathroom window, why are people surprised he comes back into the hotel? It's freakin' cold outside. Do you live at the equator or something? After Jack kills Hallorann and Danny screams, why are people surprised when Danny bolts his hiding place? It's not a hiding place anymore, Jack knows where he is. Anyway, the hotel will lead him to Danny. Danny runs outside because he's actually luring Jack into the maze to meet his fate. Danny is the hero of TS, he's Theseus, who killed the monster in the maze.

@noahzynski

24 күн бұрын

That’s a lot of good insight!

The Mist and The Green Mile are two other excellent Stephen King adaptions by director Frank Darabont.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Will add those to my list!

JN does that anger management type personality so well. 😏

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

First movie I ever saw that had JN in it was Anger Management!

Noah.....your smilely face hat is quite an opposition to Jack's facial expressions. Also, I didn't understand about the guy in the bear suit and the guy sitting on the bed. Also, I was so sad when Mr. Halloran got killed with the axe.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Haha yeah

@7n154

28 күн бұрын

Those figures were a 'hotel memory' of two gay men from the 20's engaging in a sex act. Back in the day when homosexuality was very taboo there was a lot of shame that came with being gay. So the hotel fed off that negative emotion and 'recorded' it. The books better describe how the hotel feeds off negative emotions and then uses that energy to drive people to insanity to create even more negative emotions. It's the hotel's 'feeding' cycle. It also feeds off of psychic impressions (aka the 'shine') and that's the reason it wants both Mr. Halloran and Danny to be killed there. The hotel itself is like a hungry vortex of cursed energy.

@ryanje8147

28 күн бұрын

@@7n154 Thank you for your thoughts and insight. It is interesting that they had "furries" way back in the 1920s.

@7n154

28 күн бұрын

@@ryanje8147 🤣 I'm sure they did have furries back then. But the reason he's wearing the mask is because the tryst happened during a costume party at the hotel and also because he's trying to hide his identity. I could be wrong; but I think one of them is a prominent business man and the other a notorious gangster. Both very powerful in their professions and with reputations to protect. The book gives small snippets about the backstories of some of the 'guests/ghosts'. It's a good read and it's more different from the movie than expected. The film and book have almost completely different endings. The sequel book and movie 'Doctor Sleep' are also really good. Highly recommended.

welcome to “the shining” enjoy the dive, it gets deep 😅

watch "Doctor Sleep" the sequel to the "Shinning"

You HAVE to watch the second film Doctor Sleep- it just came out a few years ago but it is a sequel and continuation of this story

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

👀

Enjoyed your reaction to this. If you ever have time, you should read the book; more of this is explained and there are a lot of differences, so you won't be reading the movie. It was the scariest book I've ever read. New sub and looking forward to more movie reactions.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

I'll check it out! Thanks for subscribing!

Look at the opening VISUALLY. The angle is so weird. It's not just following the car. You're moving into something off-kilter. And the soundtrack by Wendy Carlos, the Moog synthesizer is other worldly. The movie will tell you what it's about, but you have to watch and listen. Kubrick leaves nothing to chance.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Awesome

2 many comments but fun to watch side by side

I hope to see a first time reaction to The Exorcist (1973) and The Exorcist 3 (1990) and Jaws (1975) and Alligator (1980) and Tremors (1990) and Halloween (1978) and Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) and The Thing (1982) and Pumpkinhead (1988) and Child's Play (1988) and The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991) and Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990) when noahzynski is ready to make first time reactions to these movies just for fun as well:).

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

The only movie I’ve seen of these is Halloween and that’s on the channel!

Staying on one side or the other works if it is a simple maze as opposed to a complex maze. A simple maze doesn't have circles/loops.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Ahh that makes sense!

Stephen King says that he likes this adaptation. I read the book and think that, while this is more entertaining, the made for tv version is closer to the novel. But nobody reacts to it. I believe that Jack wasn't inherently evil, just a hapless man, not a bad guy. The hotel turns him evil. This movie infers that he was there since way before and that he WAS evil. Good scary story anyway way you go.

@rantman4521

29 күн бұрын

I didn't know there was another version. Thanks

@LittleBlueOwl318

25 күн бұрын

I'm not sure where you get your information, Mike, but Stephen King notoriously HATED Kubrick's version of The Shining... that's the whole reason why he did the tv miniseries version 17 years later and even gave himself a cameo role as the orchestra conductor.

@mikelundquist4596

25 күн бұрын

@@LittleBlueOwl318 I had read it somewhere, now I can't find it. There are thousands of articles about how much he hated it though. Obviously you are correct. Maybe I confused it with Carrie.

@LittleBlueOwl318

25 күн бұрын

​@@mikelundquist4596 Possibly. I know he's said many times that he really liked Frank Darabont's screen adaptation of "The Mist" and was very impressed with the final twist that Darabont wrote and wished he'd have thought of it himself.

Fun fact..the above view of the hedge maze is the same pattern on Jack's tie for his interview... good luck with your channel from a fellow "ski"😅.... stick w the classics from the 70's 80's..they all have solid fan bases you can tap into bro👍✌️

@noahzynski

27 күн бұрын

Wow that’s cool! Thanks for the support!

He also directed a movie about Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman tripping balls for 2 hours.

there are no ghosts in this movie...

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

Oh

All replies and no chores makes Adam a....fun boy

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

lol

I think Stephen Kings (apt pupil) had way more suspense. Try that 1 that's some edge of your seat drama 😉 it's not really horror but somehow it's horrifying. It way better than langoliers it was an ok movie but more like a noir than horror

The color of the lettering on the opening credits is the same color as your shirt and the bill of your cap!!??!! 😱 Tony must’ve picked it out for you…muahahahahahaha

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Uh oh…

@jtt6650

29 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski or maybe it was the old zombie woman in the bathtub and she’s going to come visit you tonight ??!! 🫣

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

@@jtt6650 no thank you

People need to read again

I'm subscriber #955... I just found your channel. Five away from 1000... hopefully by the end of the day!

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

*45… but thanks for the support!

@CRAkins1020

28 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski I suck at math!

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

@@CRAkins1020 haha, I make that mistake all the time

Fun fact this film bombed and flopped in theaters when it was released It only became a cult classic years later It is extremely well done though So the next time you hear a movie bomb in 2024 don’t automatically take what people say it. It’s because it’s woke. So many movies back in the past bombed in theaters only to become classics later

Cinamaticly beautiful, King was not thrilled with the adaptation of his novel. Way over the top performance from Nickolson. who deteriorates mentally before our eyes.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, I read about that!

Cute guy! How old is he?

@noahzynski

28 күн бұрын

Haha, I’m 22!

@SeekingHisWill78

28 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski

Good movie. I didn't care for Shelley Duvall's character. Too weak. The boy Danny did an excellent job, as did Scatman Crothers. Jack's best is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's in my top 10 movies all time.

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

I’ll add that movie to my list!

@laurakali6522

29 күн бұрын

She appears weak because she’s been abused. But she takes a bat to his head and stabs him. She saves her son. I’m not sure how that’s weak.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

@@laurakali6522 I agree!

You are between 12 and 27?

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Correct, 22

Rosemary's Baby ia a horror masterpiece. The Shining is interesting.

@noahzynski

Ай бұрын

I’ll add that movie to my list!

Why is your mouth out of sync?

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

I somehow didn’t realize that until after editing and it would have been too much effort to change. All future videos will have synced audio!

@McRick2000

29 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski I'm two thirds of the way through the vid now, I got used to it.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

@@McRick2000 I’m glad it didn’t ruin it for you!

@McRick2000

29 күн бұрын

@@noahzynski No, it's very Kubrickian.

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

@@McRick2000 lol

...why do you look like an animatronic?

@noahzynski

21 күн бұрын

Maybe I am…

@user-bl5yi4uw6j

4 күн бұрын

Actually, he's rather cute. 😉

Far from a masterpiece

@stevesheroan4131

29 күн бұрын

Wrong

Hey man! Great to see you doing this! Watching now!

@noahzynski

29 күн бұрын

Awesome thank you!

See, there were furry conventions way back in the 1920's 🎥 🏨 💓 🪓 🍿

@noahzynski

6 күн бұрын

Haha, that was definitely something…