I finally watched *THE SHINING* REACTION | First Time Watching 

Ignore the very end card where it says im gonna re upload this. I intended to upload the video with the outro to RU-vid. I wanted to post just the reaction itself to Patreon asap and thankfully I did because my external hard drive corrupted afterwards and I lost all the original files to the video so I am not able to go back and add the outro to this video so I had to upload this version to RU-vid. Here are my thoughts on the movie Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall gave absolutely amazing performances. The unpredictability of jack made the movie so much fun, never sure what he’s going to do next The MUSIC, SCORING, SOUND DESIGN was my favorite part of this movie. Just the sound got me to flinch! made the suspense great! The ending was interesting, my interpretation is that Jack has been there since at least 1921, it seems he’s forever trapped in this cycle of caretakers within the Hotel. Im sure a lot went over my head during movie so please let me know the parts I didn’t catch :) Thanks for watching! :)

Mad props to the woman who had to type 500 pages worth of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I hope she got a raise, at the very least I hope she was gifted some arthritis gloves afterward.

Jack Nicholson was actually a firefighter and kept demolishing the doors too quickly with the axe lol So they had to make the doors thicker so he busted through them "slower."

The Shining was even referenced in Finding Nemo when Bruce the shark says, “Here’s Brucey!” 🦈🪓

The ghosts at Overlook Hotel are very real, and the hotel itself is an evil entity of its own that feeds on human misery and negative energy. Danny's shining is exceptionally strong, energizing the ghosts becoming more powerful and enabling them to interact with the physical world. Kubrick's adaptation from the novel of Stephen King is very loose, yet impressive masterpiece on it's own right.

Just learned that Breaking Bad had some references to the film too. The axe-murdering Salamanca twins are a visual reference to the axe-murdered Grady twins. In one episode just before the Salamancas kill a cop, the officer is heard saying “KDK-12 to dispatch,” which is exactly what Wendy says multiple times throughout the movie. These are the call letters to the Overlook Hotel.

11:48 “What’s that poking me?” 💀JAIL!

I love The Shining, Jack Nicholson`s performance in this is amazing.

The maze must've been pretty extensive because the actors, crew and even Kubrick would get lost in it.

Shelly Duvall’s cigarette ash should have got the Oscar that year!

I watched it when I was 12 years old...my mom was a horror film freak...gave me nightmares...that was in the mid eighties...

Stephen King was once quoted as saying The Shining is the only adaptation of his novels that he could “remember hating.” He much prefers the sequel Doctor Sleep. Upon reading the script for it, he said, “Everything that I ever disliked about the Kubrick version of The Shining is redeemed for me here.”

loved the spin you did when you got up to turn on the light- little pops of your character and personality from time to time make you that much more enjoyable to watch.

Nicholson's acting in this movie is just off the scale

The number 237 represents the most haunted room at the Overlook Hotel. It also makes several appearances throughout the Toy Story franchise. In the 3rd movie, it’s shown 3 times: on a security camera, on the license plate of the garbage truck Sid drives, & in the username Velocistar237 who Trixie messages online. In the 4th movie, 237 is the house number of the old woman Ducky & Bunny attack in a daydream.

It's a Hotel that actually exists. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado. It does get snowed in. The whole town does.

I enjoyed your reaction, its always good for me to get a new view of these classics 😊

Here's a little documentary about the film. It's about the Elstree studio locations where "The Shining" was filmed. Very interesting! One little fact was that Scatman Crothers had problems remembering his lines and that little Danny Lloyd would mouth them to him. So, little Danny knew more than just what he was supposed to say. That's amazing to me, but then little kids can be like sponges. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ipBpO2C5LTU.htmlsi=LcPSaF2Nryx5jOPm

Great reaction :) the hotel is also like a character in the movie due to all that's happened here. You can watch if you not again other King's adaptations like Misery, the Green Mile, Stand by me, It, Shawshank redemption.

Next film: Incredibles

Thanks, Matty! 😱 I love this one... I read the novel for a school book report... I saw the movie in the cinema when I was 12. Now, that this is fresh your mind, watch the sequel DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) which I think adds a lot to the lore and allows certain characters to develop.

I highly recommend checking out 'Doctor Sleep' if you enjoyed this. Stephen King himself wasn't a fan of Kubrick's interpretation of 'The Shining,' but Mike Flanagan's 'Doctor Sleep' reconciles many of King's issues with the adaptation. It serves as a sequel to both the book and the movie, blending elements from both.

You gotta watch Doctor Sleep. It’s the sequel to The Shining & it was done so well. It paid homage to the original & expanded on the lore. Definitely worth a watch & it got very high ratings!

Thanks Matty! This movie will forever be iconic! This is one movie that traumatized me as a child 😂 lol great reaction my guy!

The song that plays at the end of the movie when Jack is revealed in the black & white photo from 1921 is also played in Toy Story 4 at the antique shop.

During the opening scene of The Shining, Jack, Wendy, & Danny take a long & winding road surrounded by greenery & trees to get to the Overlook Hotel. There’s a similar shot in Toy Story 4 when Bonnie & her parents are traveling in their camper.

Now you gotta watch Doctor Sleep, an amazing sequel, some may say it is better than the original. Personally I don’t favour one over the other, they both have their charm. But hearing about the abuse that Shelley Duval endured onset, really takes but also adds to certain scenes in The Shining. Takes because no one should have to go through that. Adds because her emotions/expressions are so real and raw.

In Toy Story 4, there are multiple ventriloquist dummies named Benson that look very similar to the Overlook Hotel’s bartender Lloyd. Benson wears a black jacket & red bow tie, while Lloyd wears a red jacket & black bow tie. There’s even a scene where one of the dummies makes a similar creepy face to Jack’s when he breaks through a barrier while chasing after Woody & Forky.

The janitor at Sunnyside Daycare in Toy Story 3 is named Tony & spends his only scene looking into a mirror, much like Danny does when speaking to his imaginary friend also named Tony.

i know i have to stop working when i found myself being Jack Nicholson at the scene when gets interrupted while trying to write

In Toy Story 3, on the desk in the control room at Sunnyside where the toy monkey is, there’s an old-fashioned intercom that looks exactly like the one Wendy uses to try to contact the outside at the hotel. There’s also a tissue box with the same design pattern as the hotel’s carpet.

Now you can watch Ready Player One if you haven't already since it heavily 'references" this film.

My favorite horror movie, its so creepy and psychologically messes with my mind, the ending was brilliant, I still have to read the book I know its way different and King hated this film, I think its amazing I highly recommend Dr. Sleep, phenomenal sequel

11:49 BRO WHAT 😭😭

A nice reaction as usual. I enjoy your reactions quite a bit. Here are some of my thoughts on the movie which may clarify things for you. 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? 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. The people and things Danny and Jack see are real. 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. 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 wondering 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.

Apparently Stephen King was inspired to write this book because he had a nightmare of, iirc, a hose chasing his son, while he was staying at the Stanley Hotel.. Also, on set, Shelley Duvall was treated horribly, its honestly quite terrible what she went through.. Doctor Sleep is even 10x better, Mike Flanagan does an incredible job with his movies and tv shows

Dr Sleep Dr Sleep Dr Sleep … Please do that one soon 🙏🏼🙏🏼

I hope you react to Doctor Sleep. Great movie

THANK YOU! Can't wait for your outro!

The 'Shining' is a gift but curse. There is a sequel 'Doctor Sleep'. Scarier.

❤ I love this movie :)

The Shining has been heavily referenced throughout film & TV history. Of course you already know about Family Guy but the movie is also memorably featured in some big blockbuster movies. Won’t say which but hopefully they’re movies you’ll eventually do for the channel 🤐

I hope you watch Doctor Sleep!!!!!!

This movie suffered a lot of problems behind the scenes, but its one of the best psychological horror movies ever made.

The next time you watch Toy Story (hopefully for the channel 😏) pay attention to the carpet in Sid’s house. It’s the same carpet design from the Overlook Hotel.

Best horror movie ever! Doctor Sleep is a worthy sequel you should watch.

good channel good editing we're all gonna make it

Watch dr sleep next plssssssss

Hmmm. I’ll probably watch this with ya tomorrow when I get home from work and eat!

love your reaction to this classic horror

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Love your videos Are you an actor or filmmaker?

21:00 Such an adorable handsome young man, those reactions are so sincere and honest, and he actually seems a bit spooked there yes, in his plain patterned pyjamas pants. Absolutely Fabulous! Such a treat... 🖤😎👍

Now watch The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 5. The Shinning.

Just ignore people here recommending Doctor Sleep. People recommend that who are easily impressed. It's not Stanley Kubrick, and in that sense is not to be connected with this film. Watch this instead on RU-vid, it's only about 20 minutes: The Shining: Danny's ordeal and the bear costume. It's the real deal and lowdown on Stanley Kubrick's Shining and what's going on beyond the veneer of a typical ghost story. A remarkable analysis.

Great reaction 😊

You may “think” you have the gist of the story but wait…

I'll wait for the vid with the outro before posting my full comment to talk about the movie so I can answer any questions you might have

Hot take ig, but I really don’t like this movie. The book is way better and quite a bit more terrifying. Jack Nicholson delivered an incredible and unhinged performance, Shelley Duvall quit acting shortly after this movie due to the harassment she suffered from Kubrick and Nicholson on the set, and had been a recluse up until very recently. Apparently she has a role in a horror movie from 2023 called The Forest Hills. Haven’t seen it but it has a 7.4 on IMDB so maybe it’s worth checking out.

Absolute classic!