Badwolf_131 t1_iu7otj7 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:46 AM

Reply to comment by bacardiwynn in What novel to movie remakes were subject to legal controversies because of content of the movie? by Hardy289

I thought his issues with The Shinning was that Kubrick started to depart from the source material. Am I remembering it wrong or missing information?

tregorman t1_iuaoaxq wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:35 PM

Kubrick kind of completely missed the point of Kings story and wrote his own shit instead with the shining as like the base outline. The point of the book was seeing the decline of Jack's mental state, and hiring jack Nicholson kind of went against that because he seemed kinda nuts to begin with.

I believe he also didn't like the way the stripped Wendy of most of her humanity and charecterizarion to make her the scared frail screaming lady

Kubrick version is a classic in it's own right but it's entirely understandable why King would be upset with it.

Badwolf_131 t1_iuawaqa wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:36 PM

Ok. I can see why he didn’t like it. Especially since it was a departure of his baby. Thank you.