- #The shining twins mini series movie
- #The shining twins mini series series
- #The shining twins mini series tv
The Shining is presented in Dolby Digital Stereo. The film is presented in "Matted" anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1).
#The shining twins mini series tv
I understand this was a TV presentation, but I don't think that is a good excuse. I noticed a few spots here and there and for a fairly new movie, I don't find this acceptable. I was a little disappointed in the picture quality.
Also, keep an eye out for a very cool Evil Dead cameo! Watch it with an open mind.įinally, watch (and listen) for stars from Stephen King's The Stand. These are not only two different presentations, but they are two different styles and (almost) two different stories.
#The shining twins mini series movie
Do not watch the miniseries version expecting the same movie Kubrick did. If, however, you are a casual King fan, or a fan of Kubrick's Shining, your best bet is to rent the miniseries version first. If you are a Stephen King fan, I highly recommend buying Stephen King's The Shining. Also, there are a few scenes during the ballroom sequence in King's Shining that are downright chilling.
#The shining twins mini series series
However, it's not incredibly heartbreaking because the tv series has the wonderful topiary scenes and did a better job with the lady in room 217. The maze finale, the twin girls and the elevator o' blood are just a few.
There are definitely things I miss from Kubricks version. It's unfortunate too, because it was a bit distracting from the film. Even when there were scenes of just De Mornay and Mead or Mead and Weber, I could never see these people related. I found myself wishing Scatman Crothers, who played Dick Halloran in Kubrick's version, had reprised his role.Īs for Weber, De Mornay and Mead, they lived up to my expectations individually. Peebles may be able to direct, but the man cannot act. That's how it was in the book and that's how it is in the series.Įach actor did a pretty good job individually, with the exception of Melvin Van Peebles. The television version is about a man who is driven to insanity by the hotel. He said, and I'm paraphrasing here, Kubrick's version was about a man who started out crazy and went crazier. Stephen King said it best in the commentary. The miniseries, however, is King's version. While I enjoyed Kubrick's version as well, I felt it (Kubrick's version) was just loosely based on the book. Mick Garris ( Stephen King's The Stand, Sleepwalkers) and Stephen King made this version for the King fans. And it won't stop until it gets the prize. Because, you see, the Overlook just isn't haunted, it wants something. So, the Torrance family embarks on a hell filled adventure of madness, mayhem, ghouls and ghost at the fabulously haunted Overlook Hotel. Rebecca De Mornay ( Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) stars as Wendy. But Wendy is giving Jack one final chance and she thinks the Overlook job will bring all of them together. Wendy has put up with too much of Jack's drinking problems and lack of anger management, including his breaking of Danny's arm in a drunken rage. All throughout the movie, I wanted to scream at Wendy. Although she tries to be strong, she is not as strong as she would like to be. Jack's wife, Wendy, completes this dysfunctional family circus. Tony (Wil Horneff) is Danny's 'imaginery' friend who only seems to tell Danny of incoming doom instead of cool things like the winning lottery numbers. Some of the warnings come in the form of bloody visions and some of the warnings come from Tony. From the moment Jack agrees to the job at the Overlook, which Danny knew well in advance of being told, he starts getting warnings. Jack believes the job at the Overlook will not only bring his struggling family closer together, but give him a chance to write the play he's always wanted to write.Ĭourtland Mead ( Hellraiser: Bloodline) stars as Danny Torrance, Jack's son. Not that the student didn't deserve it, but I imagine the school staff frowns upon such things. Seems Jack used to have a pretty good teaching job, but lost it when he beat up a student for slashing his tires. This job is Jack's last chance to keep his family together. Steven Weber (TV's Wings) plays Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic who needs to take a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. You get one hell of a "What I did on my Christmas Vacation" story. What do you get when you put a dysfunctional family in a haunted hotel for the winter? Stanley Anderson as Delbert Charles Grady 1997, Region 1 (NTSC), 273 minutes, Not Rated
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