This video may change your mind.As film buffs you know that Kubrick was OCD when it came to every single shot in his films and no detail was overlooked or too small.
You will also know that Stephen King didn't like the film because it left parts out.
Well, this video has an entirely different take on the film and it's called the Wendy Theory where in fact there was no Shining in the Shining and that Jack was a good guy and in fact, it was Wendy who was batcrap crazy and was suffering from schizophrenia and Munchausen's syndrome.
Unfortunately, the narration is a robot voice style so if you can try to get past that and give it 10 minutes you can begin to see a very strong case for this theory. And that changes the entire film, the perspectives, and hell it changes the entire focus of the film's central character.
It's now a film about a mental disorder and not about supernatural abilities and ghosts in a hotel. There is a solid case to be made that it was Wendy suffering severe mental illness possibly brought on by isolation. Regardless, the analysis is a fun one.
Edits: 05/12/21
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Topic - If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - RGA 07:15:01 05/12/21 (35)
- Left stuff out AND changed the Ending. - oldmkvi 09:09:55 05/23/21 (0)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - halfnote 20:52:24 05/15/21 (1)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - rivervalley817 21:13:34 05/15/21 (0)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - dwill123 06:16:15 05/13/21 (3)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - RGA 06:34:39 05/13/21 (2)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - Sondek 08:19:22 05/13/21 (1)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - RGA 17:52:39 05/13/21 (0)
- "If you are a fan of Kubrick..." I am not - Victor Khomenko 05:40:48 05/13/21 (7)
- Agreed on Barry Lyndon... though I thought.... - TWB 10:09:14 05/13/21 (6)
- Yeah. O'Neal foretold the persona of Josh Hartnett. So bland as to - tinear 05:30:30 05/14/21 (0)
- I love Ryan there - Victor Khomenko 10:19:35 05/13/21 (4)
- The role was originally intended for Richard Harris, but the studio.... - TWB 10:27:04 05/13/21 (3)
- RE: Kubrick's most miscast actor of all ... - halfnote 06:17:12 05/16/21 (0)
- I dislike Radford with passion - Victor Khomenko 10:59:39 05/13/21 (1)
- O'Neal, Redford and Cruise are all fairly adept at.... - TWB 12:19:33 05/13/21 (0)
- I find it incredible a "fan of Kubrick's" wouldn't very much like it. - tinear 05:07:31 05/13/21 (0)
- Quite a few of Kubrick's films involve mental breakdown. - geoffkait 03:31:44 05/13/21 (2)
- On a more subtle level so did "The Killing"...N/T - musetap 13:29:54 05/13/21 (1)
- RE: On a more subtle level so did "The Killing"...N/T - geoffkait 13:53:18 05/13/21 (0)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - rivervalley817 20:13:56 05/12/21 (3)
- RE: If you are a fan of Kubrick but didn't like The Shining - RGA 21:35:56 05/12/21 (2)
- "that lousy made-for TV version of The Shining". . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:39:29 05/13/21 (1)
- RE: "that lousy made-for TV version of The Shining". . . - RGA 15:51:10 05/13/21 (0)
- "it was Wendy who was batcrap crazy" - Chris from Lafayette 13:17:30 05/12/21 (5)
- RE: "it was Wendy who was batcrap crazy" - RGA 19:39:51 05/12/21 (3)
- As expected, Ms. CfL's reaction to the theory (after seeing the video). . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:36:42 05/13/21 (2)
- RE: As expected, Ms. CfL's reaction to the theory (after seeing the video). . . - RGA 15:54:32 05/13/21 (1)
- Look, I'm not saying that the "Wendy Theory" is impossible - Chris from Lafayette 11:40:58 05/14/21 (0)
- "The Shining is one of our favorite movies" .... - TWB 17:55:31 05/12/21 (0)
- Interesting. - Sondek 09:20:42 05/12/21 (3)
- RE: Interesting. - RGA 15:17:44 05/12/21 (2)
- RE: Interesting. - Sondek 15:49:24 05/12/21 (1)
- RE: Interesting. - RGA 19:43:41 05/12/21 (0)
- Not my favorite, either - Jay Buridan 08:15:00 05/12/21 (0)
- I suppose it's your personal freedom to analyze a fantasy.... - violinist3 07:51:48 05/12/21 (0)