The most credible detailed film review I've seen

Armando 2021-10-13 13:05:49

Many people didn’t understand The Shining, so they said it was a junk movie. I felt very sad. Although I didn’t dare to say that I understood him thoroughly, when I watched this movie for the second time, I already told director Kubri Ke is very admired. The Shining is really a classic psychological horror
movie. I watched this movie twice. The first time I felt confused, I wanted to find some interpretation on the Internet. I found that I didn't say anything about it, so I read it again. The second time the movie made me discover a lot of things that I lost for the first time, some clues left by the director.
When I saw more and more clues and finally summed up my own point of view, I sincerely felt the director Kubry Ke’s wisdom and his perfect use of film language, but that’s it, there are still one or two plots that are puzzled, and the explanation is a bit reluctant. And I know that there must be something the director wants to express more than the plot left on the surface!
People who have not watched this movie should still not read my interpretation, it will reduce your fun when watching this movie. This is definitely a movie worth watching 3 times or even more times. Let’s talk about my explanations for what we don’t understand. If possible, I can compare movies. I don’t have a movie map, so I just said: 1. Various images in the house that shouldn’t appear, such as bartenders, women, Was the last administrator and so on a ghost or something? I think they are not ghosts, but the products of JACK’s subconscious mind. The following analysis: When JACK was wronged and wanted to have a drink, he came to the bar. He said that he wanted to drink and even traded with his soul. This is a bar with a lot of The wine appeared, and JJACK was not surprised when he saw him, but called out his name! Why? This is an unreal character created in JACK's subconscious, and it can also be understood as an illusion he saw (but this illusion was created in his subconscious), so he is not surprised, he called out a name he thinks is reasonable, please Note that when the heroine came to the bar to look for JACK, you could see that there was no bartender in the bar. The heroine slapped JACK, and JACK had an obvious rejuvenating action! Here, the director told us with a delicate film technique: this is JACK's subconsciousness. Some people may say that I have seen it a long time ago, but understanding this point is very helpful for the subsequent interpretation!
2. The second time in the bar. At this time, there are many gatherings of people. It is undoubtedly the spiritual realm of JACK, so he is not surprised. If the gathering is understood as JACK's previous life gathering, then JACK should feel strange! , But it can also be understood that it is not contradictory that JACK subconsciously pulled the party of his previous life into his mind. At this time, JACK met a waiter. Who is this waiter? Nine out of 10 people who have seen the Shining will say that it was the last administrator, I tell you he is not! The waiter is called Delbert~Grady, and the real steward is called Charles~Grady! (The manager told JACK at the beginning of the film), JACK said to this Gray: "I know you, I saw you in the newspaper! You cut your woman and daughter into pieces!" But in fact it is not so! The real custodian killed his daughter and wife with an axe, and then piled the corpses in the west room! (It was also said by the manager at the opening of the movie) And JACK hadn't seen this in any newspaper before! (When meeting with the manager, JACK had already shown that he didn't know anything about the murder.) Why did the waiter not admit that he killed his wife and children at first, and then admit it again later? What does this show? This waiter was created by Jack subconsciously! He used his subconscious mind to create what he thought was the last administrator who killed his own woman and child! He hopes to understand and figure out the administrator's motivation and psychology for killing his wife and children! Hope to find a man to communicate! Especially the last administrator who is in a similar situation to himself. (The people created in the subconscious mind I am talking about here are to be understood as a part of JACK, a part of JACK’s inner world, a part of the spiritual realm rather than being outside of JACK, that is to say they (bartender, fake Grady, etc.) It is part of JACK.) His subconscious tried his best to create this more "perfect" reasonable administrator, but if you watch the movie carefully, you will find loopholes in JACK's subconscious! JACK didn’t remember the real administrator’s full name, only the name Graydi; he didn’t remember the whole process of killing the administrator, only that he killed the whole family. You can find out and think about why JACK treats the fake administrator. Say you cut your wife and children into pieces? Remember that nightmare that Jack had? Yes, the nightmare that he himself cut his wife and children into pieces. JACK's subconscious has added the plot of his nightmare into the creation of this Gray Die. In a word: this fake administrator was created by JACK subconsciously! Speaking of this, do you feel the director’s ingenuity
3. Do you think the title of this movie is relevant? Who is the Shining talking about? Well, naturally Danny and the black chef are indispensable. But how much does the movie have to do with the Shining? Let's take a look. In the toilet, the fake Graydi said to Jack: Do you know that your son has the shining ability? You don't even know how good that ability is! Your son is entering us with a nigger! According to the analysis made above, think down: The fake Grady is the product of JACK's subconscious creation, that is, part of JACK, so in the subconscious, JACK himself knows the news! Why would he know about his son and nigga? ? ? Let's recall what the black chef said to Danny, "When I was a kid, I only thought that my grandmother and I had the shining. We used to communicate without mouth." What do you think of? The inheritance of the Shining! ! "Some people don't know they have the Shining, don't know its usefulness" What do you think of? right! JACK HAS THE SHINNING! ! ! Danny’s Shining comes from JACK’s inheritance, but Danny was able to use and recognize the Shining earlier (using his other personality to drag Ni). Jack didn’t know that he had the Shining, but he was subconsciously. The Shining has been used many times! (JACK uses the shining subconsciously and Danny uses the shining in a state of dragging! This means that the fake administrators in JACK's subconscious mind are similar to Danny’s dragging.) JACK is in Subconsciously using the Shining to get the news! With this understanding, we can solve a strange problem in the movie. Why would the jack locked in the warehouse door come out? (It's well locked, the iron gate has no possibility of being broken by an axe). At that time, the fake Grady appeared again, which means that this is JACK's subconscious time!

The interpretation of the Shining, people who didn't understand the plot or didn't know where the good people came
in, what did you think of? right! JACK opened the door with the power of the shining subconsciously! "You don't even know how powerful the Shining is." Who knows? Is predicting the future and seeing the past really the full power of the Shining? who knows?
4. I think the power of the Shining is related to desire. JACK wants to maintain control of his family, so the Shining let him get the news that the black man is coming. Jack wants to escape the warehouse, so the Shining opens the door and pay attention to JACK , Is the axe you got? It looks exactly like the one where the administrator killed his family before! (Danny saw the bodies of the twins, we can see that the ax) think it could be the creation of The Shining
5, the bathroom for a woman, can be understood as the desire for sexual JACK, but why later turned into a corpse Some people think that it symbolizes the bondage of JACK’s inner morals, and I have no other thoughts.
6. Who opened the door? The door of room 237 was closed well and locked. The movie said, who opened the door afterwards? Based on the previous speculation, it is not difficult to guess: Danny's shining opened the door! Because Danny had always been curious about that room and wanted to go in. As mentioned earlier, the Shining is related to desire, so. . . A ball rolled out of the door.
7. What did Danny see in room 237? Obviously, what I saw was different from JACK. Just like Danny used to see blood surges before, the Shining let Danny see the murders in the future time and time again, this time with a woman choking her neck!
8. Let me talk about some more noteworthy details: Room 237 symbolizes the 237-day massacre of the Indians by the United States; the blood wave that Danny sees is different every time, the blood wave extends step by step, until the last blood wave extends Going to the screen shot, it shows that the murder is approaching step by step; after JACK's insanity, the paper is filled with ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MADE JACK A DULL BOY, and he actually used the style of the novel and divided the paragraphs. JACK is really crazy and scary. After he walked over, he flipped through his own "works". Well, he wrote very well! what do you think? (Subtext--#) This scene is very classic
9. The remaining question remains unsolved: Why did the heroine later see some strange things and also see the blood wave. When I discussed with my friend, he said that it was probably because Jack’s murderous thoughts were too strong, so that the heroine was also affected and had hallucinations. I said to him: It seems to be Silent Hill--#, but I can’t predict that the Shining might have this ability; and that bear man and a man in a mask (transliteration) read an interpretation yesterday, expressing the director’s view of white people. Of contempt. The bear man leaked his butt, and he seemed to be a white man--! The last one: the last photo, JACK’s previous life was in this hotel, that’s for sure, but why did the director tell us this in the end? Looking at this picture, JACK is standing in the middle and front row. I think he must have a very high status. The owner of the hotel and the like. The hotel used to be an Indian cemetery, the owner of the hotel, and Jack’s. In the previous life, he was cursed: cursed that he would return to the hotel in the next life to kill his relatives. Fairly reasonable, do
n't you know what other opinions do you have? I also hope that the last two questions can be explained by an expert.
As for those who have not watched this movie, in other words, I suggest you go and run.
Last time, I just said the explanation on the plot, and I didn't have time to say what was good. I don’t know the professional knowledge of movies, so I can only give an example. I hope everyone can understand: Only a master like Master Ku can produce such a psychological horror. The idea is too clever! Think about the clues he gave the audience: deliberately let JACK say the wrong name, the wrong killing process (actually a pile of corpses, not broken corpses). Smart viewers can discover these clues after thinking. But what's even more powerful is that these seemingly loopholes in JACK's subconscious are very reasonable, even perfect! (JACK has no reason to remember the full name of the last administrator, and there is no reason to remember where the administrator put the dead person, so he adds his nightmare to him.) Think about what JACK created in the subconscious mind. This Grady looks "perfect" on the surface, just like the last administrator, but in fact there are many loopholes, and these loopholes, these clues are not blunt, not imposed by the film director, not dispensable, not It is purely to serve the final conclusion, but so reasonable! Even indispensable! It's really flavorful! Shimizu Takashi's rare person this year is very shining, mixing the real world of the protagonist with illusion, which is indistinguishable, but it does not have the shocking power of the Shining, nor is it like Delbert Grady. A stroke of magic! In contrast to some other psychological shocking movies such as Cry Kojima, the sixth sense. These movies tell you the answer at the end, and the answer will definitely exceed your imagination. The director will also leave some clues to echo the final answer. These two psychological shocking movies are indeed classic enough. The final answer is indeed a subversive shock, but thinking about the clues they provided before, there are a lot of clues that pile up for the final answer, and the feeling of serving the answer is dispensable for the plot. And these movies are the most gimmicky, and the best places are also with the final reveal. Compare the Shining again. The design of the suspense of the scene of fake Grady has surpassed Kojima He, the sixth sense, and the director never stops, leading the audience, leading the audience to think, contrasting with the previous plot, leading the audience to draw new ideas The conclusion. Then there are more questions, which puzzle the audience. I can say that if you watch this movie with your heart, there is absolutely no minute in this movie that can stop you from thinking and stop your nervousness, because step by step closer to the facts, you will Feeling happy will also be horrified by the facts. The fun of watching the Shining is here! The Shining is not like Kojima and No. 6, who treats the audience as a bystander and tells his own story. The director does not want the audience to understand it halfway through. The Shining is not like that. The director allowed the audience to interact with the movie, only If you are smart enough and careful enough, you can see the mystery inside! And there is absolutely no difficulty for you, deliberately shooting incomprehensible, the meaning of selling off! But in fact, the director just thinks of him. It's just normal and reasonable things that were photographed. Jack thought it was real, so it looked like real. It’s just that we don’t have enough IQ to see it. In the end, what is thrown out is not the “answer” like the two movies above, but the reason: cause and effect. Finish. It's fascinating. This movie incorporates too much words from the director, too much thinking and understanding of human beings. I think it’s hard to see so many in the Shining at my age. I made a horror film so classic and at the same time added my understanding of humans and society. Really rare! This also makes me admire the director even more!

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  • Allene 2022-03-25 09:01:02

    #库布里克影展# Three and a half stars. There is no horror that I felt when I was a child! Instead, I saw a movie about loneliness and its inner picture. Some word games: Torrance's surname is close to Minotaurus, the origin of the maze; the mirror image of MURDER and RED RUM (blood).

  • Arden 2022-03-23 09:01:02

    Why didn't his mother smash the glass and run away. . . . . Must open the window. . . .

The Shining quotes

  • Jack Torrance: We don't drink.

  • Dick Hallorann: Do you know how I knew your name was 'Doc'? You know what I'm talking about, don't you? I can remember when I was a little boy your age... my grandmother and I could hold entire conversations without ever opening our mouths. She called it "shining". And for a long time I thought it was only the two of us who had the shine... just like you who thought you was the only one. But there are other folks who don't know it or don't believe it. How long have you been able to do it?

    [Danny does not reply]

    Dick Hallorann: Why don't you want to talk about it?

    Danny Torrance: I'm not supposed to.

    Dick Hallorann: Who says you ain't supposed to?

    Danny Torrance: Tony.

    Dick Hallorann: Who's Tony?

    Danny Torrance: Tony's a little boy who lives in my mouth.

    Dick Hallorann: Does Tony tell you things?

    Danny Torrance: Yes.

    Dick Hallorann: How does he tell you things?

    Danny Torrance: It's like when I go to sleep, he shows me things. But when I wake up, I can't remember everything.

    Dick Hallorann: Does your mom and dad know about Tony?

    Danny Torrance: Yes.

    Dick Hallorann: Do they know that Tony tells you things?

    Danny Torrance: Tony told me never to tell them.

    Dick Hallorann: Has Tony ever told you anything about this place? About the Overlook Hotel?

    Danny Torrance: I don't know. I don't remember.

    Dick Hallorann: Now think hard, Doc. Think real hard and try to remember.