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Title: Much better than Kubrick's travesty
Review: I first saw The Shining about ten years ago, and was not impressed. The acting was awful, and it lurched from scene to scene without any transition or even resemblence to a plot. It made me run out and purchase the book, because it had to be better than this lousy excuse for a movie. And I was right. It is, without question, the most terrifying novel I have ever read. No longer did I dismiss the film as just another bad Kubrick film (and let's face it, he made quite a few); I now saw it as an abomination. This mini-series, however, does a much better job of adapting Stephen King's classic tale. It isn't perfect, but it is scarier (and more violent!) than the 1980 turkey that disgraced movie screens.
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