——Chicago Sun Times
This is a one-sentence review of the movie "The Shining" by the Chicago Times at the time. For Kubrick's adaptation, many people depreciate it and think that it is not loyal to the original work. Of course, I have not read Stephen King's original work, so I have no right to say on the issue of adaptation. Simply commenting on this movie is really brilliant. , such a film can indeed be called a classic masterpiece of contemporary horror films.
The first thing I want to talk about is Stephen King. The first impression of this person was because of the movie "Miracle in the Green Mile" (or "The Green Mile"). Later, I learned that "The Shawshank Redemption", "1408 The Phantom of the Dead", " The Mist, etc. are all adapted from his novels, and he said his ultimate goal is to frighten the viewer's soul.
Back to the film itself, there is a brief introduction to the film at the front, but it is worth mentioning that the music of this film should be applauded, there are a lot of tinnitus hissing in the film, the symphony ensemble, son Danny's mouth Every time Tony appears, the music effect adds a lot to the film.
One thing that I didn't explain in the introduction is the Tony in the mouth of my son Danny. This is a character in Danny's imagination, and his existence is worth scrutinizing.
Some people simply lead Jack's madness to the ghost, saying that Jack is a ghost, and he was looking at the hotel in 1921, and all this is just the return of Jack's ghost - the soul returns to his hometown, and Danny's Shining ability Its existence is caused by the mixed blood of humans and ghosts. This statement makes sense. Some people think that this film is just a psychological suspense, a distortion under the suppression of human nature. I like the third statement: it is the effect of human distortion and spiritual pull.
I agree with the comment of the Chicago Times, that this film is not a ghost film in the pure sense, but a tragedy caused by the distortion of human nature in a long-term closed state, but it is not a simple psychological suspense, there must be supernatural things, such as The existence of the Shining.
First analyze the existence of the character Jack. Jack is a teacher, and later became a writer. The most troublesome problem for writers is that they can't write anything. This kind of thing happened to Jack. Staying at home in the hotel, venting while practicing the ball, and pacing all the time, all suggest that such a neurotic character will break out. There is a constant reminder in the movie that the time, you can see that in the movie the time points to a month later, things have changed, jack is no longer normal, start the sissy, and those ghosts can be seen as deep in their own hearts A hint, of course, such a hint has a traction drive, this drive is very important, and I will talk about it later.
Besides Wendy, this is just an ordinary woman. I think this introduction is enough, Wendy's existence is a testimony.
Below is another protagonist of the film, son Danny. Jack has used violence against his son before, which is a kind of harm to each other. At the beginning of the film, the dialogue between Life and Wendy is a bit lengthy, which slows down the pace, but when it comes to the development of the later plot, it can be found that the whole story There is a thread that is pulling the nerves of the family of three in the film, the violence of the past. Such an incident made Danny's young heart suffer a heavy blow and injury. Another secret beyond these blows is Danny's Shining ability, which he can foresee, so he asks his father Jack: Will you kill me and my mother? Danny, who has special abilities, had a foreboding of what was going to happen.
Finally, I will introduce the fourth person in this big house: Tony. In fact, I have been considering whether it is correct to call Tony this way, whether his existence is simply Danny's imagination or the existence of spiritual power, or that Danny's Shining is Tony! It can be considered that Danny was injured when he was a child, and Danny, who didn't like campus life very much, stayed at home completely. At this time, Tony appeared, and Tony's appearance was just a child-like play with him. The way to spend time, but at the same time revealed a message, Danny is a child, he is a little withdrawn, such play can easily cause a split in a child's personality, that is, one body, two selves, and Danny's Shining Spirit The ability most likely exists because of Danny. Under such circumstances, Danny had nothing to say to Tony, and Tony began to gradually become Danny's dark side, a child with Shining ability, and Tony who had a dark side, the two combined. For one, the result is a conspiracy.
What follows is the whole process of this conspiracy: First, shortly after the family arrived at the Yaowang Hotel, Danny felt that there was something supernatural here, and predicted Jack's madness, and the focus was on room 237.
What was originally a good life changed after a month. Jack began to lose control of his madness. The long-term depression of life and the lack of articles made him have fantasies. I always thought that everything that appeared in the ballroom was Jack's own imagination. He needed to communicate and believe, and he needed inspiration, but there was no such thing. The turning point came when Jack moaned and Danny came out of room 237 with bruises all over his neck. So Wendy became suspicious of her husband with a violent past.
The first doubt goes back to Room 237. What is there? Why on earth did Danny get hurt? There are two theories: the soul in Room 237 is haunted, and Danny's own scars. But both point to one point: Danny wants to frame his father, Jack. First of all, Danny has the ability of Shining, he knows there is a problem but still wants to enter 237, and he himself knows that Jack will explode in the hall next, and he goes in to create scars.
Continuing down, Jack personally went to 237 to investigate. What he found was a soul, a very terrible and disgusting soul. The existence of this soul is a catalyst: it makes Jack completely crazy. Then Jack went to the ballroom, the first time he imagined a bartender, when the ballroom was full.
The real madness begins, and Wendy knocks Jack out and locks him in the storage room. Who opened the door? Soul? A statement I agree with is Jack's son: Danny. A chase follows, in which the black chef is killed, Jack freezes to death, and Danny and Wendy flee.
Going back to Danny, all of this would be impossible if it was Danny's plan, so these are the actions of the fourth person here: Tony. Tony used Danny's body to carry out all these murders, and the dominant factor in the success was The Shining. Because of the ability to meet and perceive, Danny or Tony can plan all this, and the psychic ability between the Shining people can help Wendy mother and son escape from here.
REDRUM, red wine; MURDER, murder. Near the end of the film, Danny said that Tony was swallowed by himself because Tony was disobedient; later, Tony always appeared, saying that there was no more Danny, and wrote REDRUM on the door. It can be thought that Danny still loves his father very much. He found out what Danny had done with his body, so he began to suppress Tony, but Tony could no longer be suppressed. He needed revenge, so Danny Relying on his little consciousness, he wrote REDRUN on the door, telling his mother that all this was a murder, that the victim would be his father, and the murderer was the refined letters in the word: ME.
There are two more questions. At the end of the film, what are all the terrible things Wendy sees on the run. Imagine, because of fear, she lived between her husband and son for a period of time, and a sudden change caused everything. There is also a saying that there are souls who do appear, and they no longer live in 237, and these souls are also lonely.
Photo. What's up with the last photo. I can't figure this out. There are two opinions I agree with: one, Kubrick's joke; two, Jack himself is a ghost, or a ghost upper body. I myself have a conclusion that I can't quite convince myself: this is where Jack's past life was. The kindness and attraction of those souls to Jack are actually Jack's former colleagues and friends. They are lonely and want to make their former partners. Back, so he joined Tony's conspiracy. In the toilet, Greedy said to Jack: I'm sorry, I'm not the administrator, you are, you have always been... So, those banquets are not only Jack's imagination, but also ghosts... ..It
is worth mentioning that there are a lot of remarks and sayings about Indians in the movie, maybe it is the director's sympathy, maybe it is also the spiritual power of the hotel, and the Indians are also a mysterious race...
This It's a thriller, but still the same sentence, it's not the ethereal souls that really make us terrified, it's more about ourselves
. , a good movie.
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