{"id":43124,"date":"2024-03-12T00:27:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T04:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=43124"},"modified":"2024-03-11T22:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T02:33:34","slug":"stephen-kings-the-shining-1997-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/stephen-kings-the-shining-1997-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King\u2019s The Shining (1997) [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Available on Physical Media<\/a> from Scream Factory while the Original Novel is Also Available<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that Stephen King did not like Stanley Kubrick\u2019s 1980 version of \u201cThe Shining.\u201d He\u2019s gone on about it. And on. And on. And on. I\u2019m sure he even brings it up whenever someone uses the word hotel, or Jack Nicholson, or axe, or twins. In either case, in 1997 Stephen King teamed up with long time collaborator Mick Garris to deliver a faithful, more epic version of \u201cThe Shining\u201d and well\u2014it\u2019s fine. It\u2019s an okay movie. It\u2019s not a gem like Kubrick\u2019s version but it\u2019s not boring. And it has its supporters, if anything. And it\u2019s aged pretty well, all things considered.<\/p>\n

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Writer Jack Torrance and his family move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack\u2019s writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack\u2019s past. But Jack\u2019s young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called the shining \u2014 a gift the hotel\u2019s vile spirits desperately want.<\/p>\n

Director Garris who gave us the wonderful \u201cThe Stand\u201d and to a much lesser extent, \u201cSleepwalkers,\u201d approaches King\u2019s material with every intent to separate itself from Kubrick\u2019s film. The dread is side stepped, the unnerving silence and long moments of sheer spooky stillness are all gone in favor of a two part movie that has every intent to push the story forward. Garris makes an almost conscious effort to push away from Kubrick\u2019s aesthetic, never once paying lip service to Kubrick\u2019s film at all. The hotel does garner the massive scope and unusual heartbeat that the novel is known for.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The mystery is also interesting as the emphasis is placed on Torrance\u2019s struggle to resist the urge of alcohol which unleashes his own demons. Weber is very good in the role of Torrance and has humongous shoes to fill. He is memorable nonetheless, as is the gorgeous Rebecca DeMornay as Wendy. As for Courtland Mead, his brand of \u201cGolly gee\u201d cutesiness is distracting but thankfully doesn\u2019t hinder the film\u2019s tone, in the end. You might end up enjoying a lot more what Mick Garris and Stephen King have to offer, or you may not. Almost thirty years later it\u2019s still just a mediocre horror mini-series, albeit a good adaptation.<\/p>\n

The Blu-ray release of \u2018Stephen King\u2019s The Shining\u2019 includes a few decent supplements, but don\u2019t expect anything too detailed or exhaustive. The release includes an Audio Commentary by Author Stephen King, Director Mick Garris, Cast Member Steven Weber, Cynthia Garris, and other various Crew. There\u2019s also a collection of Deleted Scenes from the mini-series with optional audio commentary. It runs approximately seventeen minutes altogether. Finally, there\u2019s the vintage (yes, vintage) Trailer for the TV mini-series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Available on Physical Media from Scream Factory while the Original Novel is Also Available. It\u2019s no surprise that Stephen King did not like Stanley Kubrick\u2019s 1980 version of \u201cThe Shining.\u201d He\u2019s gone on about it. And on. And on. And on. I\u2019m sure he even brings it up whenever someone uses the word hotel, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,477,703,982,1008,1087,1130],"class_list":["post-43124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-adaptation","tag-horror","tag-mystery","tag-stephen-king","tag-supernatural","tag-thriller","tag-tv-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43127,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43124\/revisions\/43127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}