# Anyone else going to see The Shining on the big screen 10/23? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676 "2016-10-16T02:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/1 "2016-10-16T02:12:29Z")
TCM presents [_The Shining_ in theatres October 23rd](http://fathomevents.com/event/stanley-kubricks-the-shining). Mrs L.A. doesn’t want to go, but I have my ticket for the afternoon show. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/2 "2016-10-17T11:44:43Z")
I didn’t expect to find a showing around here but to my surprise there is. Woohoo! I’m definitely going. After having seen it countless times on the small screen, I wonder if it will have the same impact as the first time I saw it all those years ago. I just pray that all the ass hats leave their goddamn electronic devices at home. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/3 "2016-10-17T16:07:05Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I didn’t expect to find a showing around here but to my surprise there is. Woohoo! I’m definitely going. This is one advantage of digital projection. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > After having seen it countless times on the small screen… I think I’ve only seen it once on the big screen, when it was originally released. I have it on DVD, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/4 "2016-10-17T16:21:28Z")
I saw it on the big screen at a college film-club showing a couple of years ago, and it was chillingly good. You might also want to check out this mind-bendingly farfetched documentary: [Room 237 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_237) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/5 "2016-10-17T16:41:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I saw it on the big screen at a college film-club showing a couple of years ago, and it was chillingly good. > > You might also want to check out this mind-bendingly farfetched documentary: [Room 237 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_237) I’ve seen that and in fact thought about it the last time I watched _The Shining_. I’ve never really gotten what the big mystery or hidden message or whatever is supposed to be. I know there’s a whole big deal made about how the interior is physically / architecturally impossible, such as the window in Mr. Ulman’s office and I think there is supposed to be a hidden image in one of the posters in the background of the scene when Danny is playing darts. I couldn’t see it. I think it would be really cool if there were hidden meanings and images to add another layer to this great film but as it stands I see none. Did you (\*\*Elendil \*\*or anyone ) see any of what _Room 237_purports? Sorry if I’m jacking your thread, **Johnny L.A**. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/6 "2016-10-17T16:58:33Z")
No, as I wrote, it was farfetched - just too much so, I thought. Amusing that some people would read that much into a horror movie, though. Obsession can lead one down strange paths. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/7 "2016-10-17T18:28:05Z")
Nah. I saw it when it came out originally. That’s good enough. They got my money. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/8 "2016-10-17T18:32:53Z")
This makes the rounds regularly in the various Bay Area rep cinemas, so I saw it earlier this year in a double feature with the brilliant and wacky documentary on the film **Room 237**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/9 "2016-10-24T01:00:28Z")
Well, that was fun. Especially the opening scenes, which lose a lot of their visual impact when viewed on a television. If you missed it today, it’s playing again on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/10 "2016-10-24T01:31:56Z")
Cool, several theaters in my town have tickets for wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/11 "2016-10-24T03:10:50Z")
Fun fact: With Kubrick’s permission, Ridley Scott used leftover Colorado Rockies footage from _The Shining_ in the final scenes of _Blade Runner_. ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/12 "2016-10-25T06:14:47Z")
Only in the original theatrical cut! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/13 "2016-10-25T13:31:33Z")
> [@Private\_Bin](#): > > Only in the original theatrical cut! The ending that Kubrick had removed a week after the film was released, and that basically nobody say? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/14 "2016-10-25T14:59:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, as I wrote, it was farfetched - just too much so, I thought. Amusing that some people would read that much into a horror movie, though. Obsession can lead one down strange paths. I always felt Kubrick made a strange choice when he decided to make a horror movie. The horror genre is supposed to be emotional and visceral; Kubrick was always cool and intellectual. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/15 "2016-10-25T17:22:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The ending that Kubrick had removed a week after the film was released, and that basically nobody say? I think **Private Bin** means the outtake _Shining_ footage was used only in the original theatrical release of _Blade Runner_, the one with narration and the “Happy” ending. The Rockies footage was left out of the Director’s cut of BR. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/16 "2016-10-27T01:56:19Z")
That was good. I don’t know about $16.50 good, but I’m glad I went. Watching the shining in a movie theater is actually scary at parts. I’ve seen the movie a half dozen times, but when you see it in a theater it feels scary. I can’t remember the last time I felt scared watching a movie. I guess for that it was worth it. AMC has awesome seats in their theaters. Leather recliners with footrests? I’ve never sat in a theater like that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676/17 "2017-02-09T14:18:24Z")
Just saw this _New Yorker_ cartoon: [http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/87-8726-TPIN300Z.jpg?ch=775&cw=775&type=cns](http://imagecache5d.allposters.com/watermarker/87-8726-TPIN300Z.jpg?ch=775&cw=775&type=cns)