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The Shining (1980) film

Discussed in 16 episodes · 14 film takes
PKA Score 8.1/10
Kyle
8.8/10
10 takes
Taylor
6.3🦉/7
3 takes
Woody
9.2/10
1 take
IMDb 8.4 RT 84% Metacritic 68
PKA and critics roughly agree

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 401 @ 10:00 — PKN 401
Discussion of The Shining as Stephen King adaptation and how King changed it from the book
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the shining is understood best one right uh the shining is like well we'll see the thing about the shining is like um he changed it completely from the book”
▶ PKN 391 @ 55:24 — PKN 391
Discussion of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining film versus Stephen King's book, comparison of endings
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The Shining is one that jumps out to me that did have a good ending i liked the ending to the shining”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i like the movie yeah because the book's terrible well because stanley kubrick yeah i guess you're right because stanley kubrick fixed the ending”
▶ PKN 543 @ 20:16 — PKN 543
Discussion of Stanley Kubrick's celebrated horror film as part of his varied filmography
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i love the shining i love i love it”
▶ PKN 510 @ 1:42 — PKN 510
Deep discussion of Stanley Kubrick's attention to detail, hidden symbolism, Abbey Road sync-up, hotel layout impossibilities, and a 27-part documentary analysis
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the introduction to his 27 part series on the shining and i'm like fuck yeah dude this is my kind of guy”
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“I just can't imagine a 27-part breakdown”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“i don't want to believe that that mr torrance was molesting his son”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the shiny i think the shiny is my favorite and then godfather two after that”
▶ PKA 617 @ 1:56:55 — PKA 617 W/ The Lore Lodge: Supernatural Events, Alex Jones Trial
Stanley Kubrick film; mentioned as film Taylor has seen
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I've seen the shining I've seen you know a space odyssey but I'd never seen uh like i think his his last film eyes wide shut”
▶ PKA 773 @ 3:16:50 — PKA 773: The Long Lost Weiner
Jack Nicholson film; discussion of ending and comparison to The Strangers.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“Every time they that Nicholson kills that guy with the axe and the shining I like fuck. Because he just spent the entire hour and 40 minutes or something, planes, trains, and automobiling, literally snowmobiling or snowc”
▶ PKN 347 @ 40:57 — PKN 347
Kyle identifies as his all-time favorite horror movie
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“obviously the shining um uh is is my all-time favorite horror movie”
▶ PKA 783 @ 1:57:51 — PKA 783: Kyle’s PRESENT OF ALL TIME
Taylor lists Kubrick films and mentions The Shining as his favorite
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The Shining is my favorite one and 2001 of Space Odyssey probably after that. I I rewatch those maybe once a year or something.”
▶ PKA 783 @ 4:03:00 — PKA 783: Kyle’s PRESENT OF ALL TIME
Taylor mentions that an actor from The Shining appears in Derry
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The character in The Shining, the old black man who's like, Hey there, Doc. Want some ice cream? You shine. Some people shine.”
▶ PKA 725 @ 2:21:07 — PKA 725: PKA Reacts To Trump’s Presidential Win
Taylor lists The Shining as one of his top three horror films due to its quality and memorability.
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“The Shining before you said it and so I guess I have to stay consistent”
▶ PKA 719 @ 1:29:10 — Woody Snaps? AITAH Reddit Story : PKA 719 W/ Harley
Discussion comparing The Shining to Face/Off as a legitimately good film
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's not a good movie like The Shining is is a good movie”
▶ PKA 620 @ 3:49:29 — PKA 620: Kyle Gets Robbed, What is Acceptable Cheating, Jackie L
Discussion of Kubrick horror masterpiece, final scenes, and ranking among best films
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“that movie does such a great job making you feel unsettled the bar scene is a classic for a reason like that dialogue is perfect”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's either the best movie that's ever been made or the second best it's one of the other... it's very [ __ ] good one of the best horror movies of all time yeah probably second best horror movie Behind the thing”
▶ PKA 602 @ 34:05 — PKA 602 W/ Matt Farah: Kyle Moves, Matt's Mental Health
Woody discusses Jack Nicholson's performance and iconic scenes from the film
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“i love that scene i i i'm not gonna hurt you i'm gonna bash your brains in and like just trying to spook her and terrorize her as much as he can because he's crazed love that scene that's what i'm gonna keep that is my f”
▶ PKA 585 @ 49:42 — PKA 585 W/ Adi Shankar: Patreon Questions, How to Open up the Ba
Adi mentions The Shining as an example of horror directed by Kubrick later in his career
Taylor · likely● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“but then like um like the shining is another example for horror film and that was you know kubrick and he was like an older he was an older man at that point”
▶ PKA 567 @ 1:06:25 — PKA 567 W/ Anthony Cumia - Costume Episode, Blackhawk Drama, Tig
Discussion comparing Kubrick's version with Stephen King's TV remake
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“he hated the one kubrick did of course oh yeah yeah the one kubrick did is is meant to be a slap in the face to king”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“the overlook hotel in kubrick's movie was amazingly scary this one's like what is this a motel six”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“yeah i just thought it was a great movie”
▶ PKA 564 @ 2:58:04 — PKA 564 w BlameTruth - Lock and Load, Penguin Facts, Woody's Inj
Comparison of Stephen King book adaptations versus original books
Taylor · unverified▼ negative
“the shining i prefer the movie over the book”
Woody · unverified● neutral
“books good but the movies better yeah all of like stephen kings books are all so overwritten”
▶ PKA 558 @ 14:09 — PKA 558 W/ Harley: Woodys Acting Class, How to be Good Looking,
Extended discussion of Kubrick's The Shining, Woody's favorite film, with analysis of Jack Nicholson's performance and film theories
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“there's a lot of film theories about that the one that i i buy into the most is that jack nicholson is molesting his son”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“my favorite movies are the ones that like make me feel something and godfather one and two there will be blood the shining stuff like that”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“stupid cooper was like your character is reading a playgirl magazine here you go”
Harley · unverified▲ positive
“my number one favorite movie um my number one is the shining um i feel like um that's just like not only do i think it's just a perfect film”