Jessica Huang from Fresh off the Boat TV series, said this in response to Honey quoting the movie. I totally feel the same way.

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    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.

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      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.

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      Kubrik is an arsehole who literally destroyed duvall’s psyche. For a fucking movie. I don’t respect him.

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      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.

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        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?