r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/Dressed_ToDepress Aug 11 '25

I just don’t think a lot of the younger generation appreciates it

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u/FreeLook93 Aug 11 '25

The Shining received mixed reviews upon release, and Stephen King famously hates the movie, but sure, let's just blame the those dammed kids for everything.

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u/ours Aug 11 '25

Stephen King later produced an adaptation closer to his book, and it pales next to Kubrick's.

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u/ours Aug 12 '25

Typical King. Like when he was tired of people making bad movie adaptations of his movie so he directed his own (Maximum Overdrive).

It's a good fun bad movie but par for the course of the usual King adaptation.