Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 856 The Shining Movie
October [-]st is also the day "The Shining" is released.

Although there were some twists and turns in the middle, the movie was successfully released in China.

Xu Zizai held a bucket of popcorn in one hand and a Zibo stick in the other, and said with a smile to the camera, "The movie is about to start, and the live broadcast needs to be temporarily closed. If you want to hear my impressions, You can open my live broadcast room after an hour and a half."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zizai closed the live broadcast room, put away his mobile phone, and ran to the entrance to line up.

Standing in the line, Xu Zizai felt a little awkward, because other people watched the movie one-on-one, and he was the only one alone.

"Is this movie really good?"

Xu Zizai heard a girl's voice from behind, probably asking her boyfriend.

"Of course it's good-looking. I've read the original book."

"The original book is good, but the movie is not necessarily good, right?"

"The director is Kuli Kli. How can it be unsightly if the two join forces?"

"I hope, the promotional poster doesn't seem to be scary, isn't it just two little girls?"

"Well, I'm not too afraid. Don't be afraid."

……

Listening to what the couple behind said, Xu Zizai secretly cursed, I believe you!

This guy must have bad intentions for bringing his girlfriend to watch The Shining.

Isn't that how it works?

In the movie theater, as soon as the horror scene appeared, the girls screamed and got into the arms of the boy...

If Xu Zizai were to choose someone to watch "The Shining" with him, he would probably choose his fourth brother Fang Ya.

It wasn't because he wanted Fang Ya to get into his arms, or because he got into Fang Ya's arms, he was just curious about how a scholar like Fang Ya would behave when he watched a horror movie.

The fourth brother should also watch this movie. After all, it is Zhang Zhong's work. Hasn't the fourth brother been studying Zhang Zhong all the time?This is a very important material.

While thinking wildly, it was his turn to check the ticket.

After entering the theater, after enduring 8 minutes of commercials, the movie started.

The film begins with a long overhead shot, showing people the emptiness of the environment, and then the hero comes on, who is about to interview for a job as a caretaker at a hotel.

This time-honored Yuanwang Hotel will be closed for several months due to the upcoming heavy snow at this time of year. In order to prevent major problems when the hotel is closed, they need to hire a caretaker.

If the male protagonist succeeds in applying, he will bring his family to live in the Yuanwang Hotel for several months.

In the previous part, there is not much difference between the movie and the novel, and the story goes exactly the same.

Whether it is in the novel or the movie, what happened to the hero’s son Daniel at the beginning indicates that this trip is not easy.

Daniel's Shining Tony dissuaded him before they entered the hotel, and showed him the horror picture, namely the two little girls on the poster.

This echoes what the manager said when the hero applied for the job. The manager Ullman told the hero that a guard before him had mental problems and killed the whole family, including his two daughters.

However, the plots of the mid-to-late movies are quite different from those of the novel. For example, the movie does not give a specific account of Room 237, but the book explains the origin of this room at the beginning.

The female zombie in the room is an old lady who took her young lover to the hotel for vacation, but died in the bathtub due to drinking and taking drugs.

The suspense left in the film is more than that, including the absence of some terrifying ghosts, but more use of the screen to give people a psychological hint.

This made Xu Zizai a little disappointed. He felt that other evil spirits in the Yuanwang Hotel could be photographed, such as the three gangsters who were shot dead, the people in the masquerade who died in the fire, and so on.

Especially the gay couple, the guy in the dog suit is Roger and his boyfriend is Harry.

The two were together before Harry got tired of Roger.

And Roger wanted to please Harry, so he made a dog according to what Harry said, "If you can pretend to be a puppy, I can stay."

Xu Zizai was deeply impressed by this point in the book, feeling pitiful and hopeless.

And this was originally a stalk. Readers said that Roger was the highest level of dog licking, and he really became a dog.

But there are also many places in the movie that are eye-catching, such as the photo hanging in the lobby, and there are some hints of typewriters that appear frequently.

Moreover, movies have advantages that text does not have, such as the very depressing sound effects and some dark pictures that echo in the ears.

Lacking such a large number of detailed descriptions in the novel, it also creates a space that attracts people's imagination.

……

Zhang Zhong saw the movie the next day, and he was busy entertaining Zhuang Yu and the others the first day.

The next day, Zhang Zhong took Xu Yuhan to watch "The Shining", while Peng Peng was with her grandparents.

Considering that "The Shining" is not suitable for Pengpeng, Zhang Zhong didn't bring her along.

When watching the movie, Zhang Zhong was relatively calm, but Xu Yuhan didn't hide in Zhang Zhong's arms after being startled.

While she was covering her eyes in fear, she kept a hand slit curiously.

The movie has changed a lot, and it is not only different from the novel version of "The Shining", but also different from Kubrick's movie "The Shining" on Earth.

On Earth, Kubrick's adaptation of "The Shining" reached a point where Stephen King could not bear it. Basically, he only borrowed a framework from "The Shining", and Kubrick himself played the rest.

For example, the evil spirits that appeared in the novel were not released in the two versions of the movie, and the two directors reached a consensus on this point.

But the difference is that Kubrick's "The Shining" has very little description of the supernatural. After watching it, many viewers will even feel that the whole thing is the fantasy of the hero Jack.

And Kuli Kli's "The Shining" does a very good job of rendering in this regard.

And because of the relationship of the times, the current film technology is much more mature, including the lens, lighting, and sound effects, all surpassing Kubrick's era.

At least in terms of sound effects, Zhang Zhong believes that Kuli Klikley's "The Shining" is definitely several grades better than Kubrick's version of "The Shining".

Stephen King once criticized Kubrick for adapting too many "The Shining" and none of the adaptations satisfied him: Kubrick didn't understand what horror is.

Even Stephen King later made a TV version himself, trying to restore the novel, but the response was mediocre.

After watching this version of "The Shining", Zhang Zhong also wondered whether Stephen King would still have such big complaints if he had read Kuli Kli's "The Shining".

　Thanks for the reward of 【Zizhan 2017】
　　
　
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