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Kylink posted:Here's a subtle possible coincidence in The Shining: whenever Jack talks to the bartender, Lloyd, there is a bright, shining light behind him. The reason I think it was intentional was because there is a major contrast between Jack and the Bartender; it's very dark behind Jack, but almost blindingly bright behind the bartender. I think it was a neat cinematic choice on the behalf of Kubrick, even if it didn't have a deep meaning to it. All right you want to get into Kubrick's The Shining? There's so many subtle things in that movie that I'm sure I know of just a fraction of them. I'll list what I do know: Mirrors and imperfect symmetry: The very first scene in the movie has these with the lake reflecting the surface above. Rooms like the bathroom where Jack meets Grady is symmetrical, though not perfectly so. The twins in the hallway look almost identical, but aren't perfectly so. A scene shows Jack reflected in a mirror, talking sarcastically, but when the shot changes to him not reflected in the mirror, he honestly opens up to his wife. Indians verses the white man: It's said in the movie the hotel was built on an Indian burial ground. Later in the movie Jack is throwing a tennis ball against the Indian paintings on the wall, sort of attacking them, and near the end when he goes totally nuts, Wendy's hair is down giving her the appearance of an Indian squaw. The numbers 1 and 2: Referenced in various ways throughout the movie "Two ten's and two twenties" The numbers on the blood elevator, "KDK 1 calling KDK 12" Mazes: Not just the hedge maze, it starts getting maze like as soon as Jack enters the hotel with directions for finding the manager's office. E: A couple more I remember: Jack visually shows how he's mentally unraveling: Keep track of his beard growth throughout the movie. This has all happened before: By the end of the movie we definitely know Jack has been there before. The ballroom scene played out much like it did in Jack's past life. There are hints that the cycle has played out more then twice. Jack represents the past, Danny represents the present/future: Jack references the settlers stranded in the mountains on the way to the hotel. Once there he spends time reading about the hotel's past while Danny learns to navigate the maze of corridors and the hedge maze. Near the end, Danny navigates his way out of the maze and out of the cycle that Jack is stuck in. Landerig has a new favorite as of 03:22 on May 30, 2012 |
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Old James posted:http://www.geekosystem.com/impossible-shining/ Holy poo poo I never even noticed that. I knew for years that mazes played a big role in the movie, but leave it to Kubrick to make a movie where 30 years later we're still finding new details.
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May 30, 2012 15:58
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mr. stefan posted:In the I'm gonna look for that next time I watch it. It's been awhile but I don't think that applies in the first movie, or at least not in all scenes.
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Jun 5, 2012 23:02
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Whipstickagostop posted:In Terminator: Salvation, Connor sets up a portable stereo playing "You Could Be Mine" by Guns N Roses to trap and re-purpose a motorbike terminator to use in a final assault on skynet. Maybe not so subtle but near the end when John Connor gets scratched, the scratch pattern matches the scarring seen on the 45 year old John Connor at the beginning of T2.
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