the shining is a fucking frightening movie. it's excellent, i think everyone can agree. stanley kubrick is a genius blah blah blah...but WTF with shelley duvall as the role of Wendy? anyone who read the book, knows that she was sexy and bold, not a whiny wuss the way shelley played her. there was barely any way to feel sorry for Wendy when she's being such a pussy. i kind of WANTED jack nicholson to stab her just to stop the incessant sound of her voice. what was stanley thinking?
(another wonderful detail from the book that was left out of the movie was jack's constant chewing of excedrin. anyone who is familiar enough with the taste of excedrin will no doubt retch right now, upon thinking about it for at least 7.2 seconds. this tic more than anything, proves that he was out of his mind.)
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YES! Gawd, I hated her as Wendy! Such a puss! And not attractive. Maybe they just wanted someone with bug eyes so that they'd REALLY look scared! I remember Jack (in the book) standing in the phone booth chewing the Excedrin. I thought he was one twisted dude. Then I tried it. I don't think it's too bad. It takes self control, like pushing a pin into your hand, difficulte, sure...but, it can be done.
correction: it was TRANSPLENDENT that shelley said in Annie Hall.
she described a bob dylan concert as Transplendent.
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