Jessica Huang from Fresh off the Boat TV series, said this in response to Honey quoting the movie. I totally feel the same way.
Implying that Kubrick isn’t a genius in his own right.
Stephen King wrote a lot of stories. Not saying that a lot of them aren’t good. But it feels, to me, like he’s been throwing a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks with a lot of years even releasing multiple books in a year. The man is a machine, with some good stories sometimes.
Kubrick’s movies on the other hand have been classics for the most part. And yes, that includes the Shining.
If Kubrick were a REAL auteur, he wouldn’t have needed to adapt other works into films.
With the exception of one of his very early films, all of them were based on pre-existing material.
Even 2001 was based on Arthur C. Clarke short stories that were merged and expanded into 2001 with the cooperation of Clarke.
Kubrik is an arsehole who literally destroyed duvall’s psyche. For a fucking movie. I don’t respect him.
The Kubricking extends beyond The Shining. A. I. is a horrible travesty of the original short story. The author begged him not to do that idiotic retelling of Pinocchio, but Kubrick didn’t listen.
You mean the Stephen Spielberg movie: “A. I. Artificial intelligence”? Because the Kubrick version was unrealized. And the unrealized pinnoccio movie?
So you’re angry at a director for movies that were not made?
Just my opinion, but Stephen King will never be remembered as a genius in this timeline. I really can’t even believe I have to say that.
I get that you like his books. But com’on. He’s a popular pulp fiction writer. King is a good writer. He isn’t a genius.
Kubrick however, may well be remembered as a genius.
Depends on how you define genius. If you expect high intellectual definitions, no. If you’re talking a specific uncanny ability, yes. The dude has a way of getting to you.
The fact you reduced him to a ‘pulp writer’ is rather a tell, to which i say ‘let them fuckin’ trees fall’
