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Title: Painful
Review: Yeah, this one is faithful to the book, but does that mean it's better than the Kubrick version? The answer in this case, is no. I mean, how can Steven Weber's Jack Torrance compare to Jack Nicholson's amazingly over the top performance in the original? And how can those [fake] looking hedge animals compare with the hedge maze from the original, which worked wonders for the first film, being the setting for the climatic chase and the demise of the lead. How much faster can an axe chop down a door than a damned croquet mallet?? If you want Steven King's The Shining, then go and read the book, but if you want a film version, then I would say that Kubrick's version is the only way to go. Steven King isn't that great at getting involved with the film versions of his novels (remember Maximum Overdrive?).Yes, Kubrick's version may not be faithful, but it's better than this made for TV [stuff].
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