Montrovant
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As I understand it, King didn't like the diversion the movie took from the book. The movie was great, though, so changing the story worked. Many of the adaptations of King's horror have been fairly crappy, so I'll take a divergent good film over a bad one that sticks to the novel.
I had serious problems with the climax, and with Shelly Duvall as Wendy. Nicholson was perfect, as was Scatman Crothers. The adaptation worked up to the point Scatman returned to the hotel, then it completely collapsed.
That said, Kubrick was a bonafide genius. He's entitled to a screw-up or two.
I thought Duvall added to the creepiness of the movie. Those wide, bugged-out eyes just made things that much scarier.
did you know that the scene when he was axing the door & said 'here's johnny' was ad libbed?
I think I have read that at some point or another.
I sometimes get sucked into those lists that pop up on Facebook, like "10 scenes that were unscripted, but too good to cut!" One of those told me that in Guardians of the Galaxy, when Peter Quill is handing the orb with the Infinity Stone to the Collector and drops it, that was accidental. It worked well in the movie, though.
From what I have read, a good deal of Thor: Ragnarok was ad-libbed. Apparently, the director likes that kind of movie making.
