I got the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre in poundland the other day
I did like Wolf Creek, well made and effective, it just didn't stick in the mind.

There was a decent zombie without zombies film recently set in a radio station where certain sound waves had turned people into zombies or something. That was alright.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 22:53, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

The Shining pisses all over just about every horror film from a very great height

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 22:55, Reply)

The shining is shit

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 22:58, Reply)

It really isn't

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:00, Reply)

Long, boring and pretentious
Also nothing happens
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:04, Reply)

away tae fuck 1p ghost man
your opinion is as valid as your face (in that you're welcome to it but I find nothing of value in either)
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:06, Reply)

Tell me why it's good?
Apart from the granny fanny
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:08, Reply)

I always try not to fall into this trap but I got fucken flippant or summat
if you've seen The Shining and not liked it, well, like, that's totally your opinion maaan. I ent gonna ice skate uphill.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:12, Reply)

It's beautifully composed.
It's thematically rich.

The photography is breathtaking.

It's sinister.

Those long tracking shots of Danny in his trike were innovative at the time.

It's cold. It's clinical. It's typically Kubrick in the colour palette and the pacing.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:14, Reply)

None of that means shit if you don't come away entertained
but I agree with everything you've said, its just people are strange innit
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:17, Reply)

There's a difference between liking something at a visceral, enjoyment level
And liking it at an interpretive, critical level.

But I don't apply my standards equally.

And se'sly, films don't need to be entertaining to be enjoyable.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:20, Reply)

I'd have thought 'enjoyable' was more limited than 'entertained'
but i dont wanna get all chuckle brothers here
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:25, Reply)

it's narrower, but that isn't a bad thing

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:26, Reply)

Yeah but nothing happens

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:18, Reply)

See, you're doing an Al here and levelling accusations of pretension against cultural content entirely deserving of its praise.
The Shining is arguably Kubrick's best film. Techincally and thematically he was pretty much untouchable.

Maybe you should stick to Tarantino and Michael Bay.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:08, Reply)

NOTHING HAPPENS

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 23:10, Reply)