The Rewatchables: ‘The Shining’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

Published 2019-10-31; 1:47:29 by the feed.

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Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The opening credits, the long helicopter tracking shot over the drive up to the hotel
    “I gotta put the opening credits in.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:33
  2. pick Jack snapping at Wendy for interrupting him while he writes
    “Next thing, Jack yelling at Wendy not to disturb him when he's writing.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:39:11
  3. pick Jack having a drink with Lloyd (white man's burden)
    “Jack having a drink with Lloyd.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:27
  4. pick Wendy discovers Jack's manuscript on the stairs sequence
    “Most of my most rewatchables are toward the end of the movie.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:43:48
  5. pick The bathroom scene: the axe through the door and Here's Johnny
    “Next scene, the bathroom scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:48:43
  6. pick Dick Hallorann killed with the axe in the lobby
    “Scatman Crother's getting killed is out of control.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:28
  7. pick The ending in the hedge maze, with Danny retracing his steps
    “The ending. The maze?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:52:35
  8. pick The second Gold Room scene, Jack in the bathroom with Grady
    “I really like the 2nd gold room, uh,”
    unknown · 0:54:12
  9. pick The tour of the hotel at the start
    “I think that one of the more rewatchable scenes is the tour that they get in the beginning of the entire hotel”
    unknown · 0:54:52
  10. pick Hallorann explaining the shining to Danny over ice cream
    “I think the 1st scene between Scatman Crothers and Danny, which is explaining the shining to him a little bit.”
    unknown · 0:55:13
  11. floated Wendy's job interview scene at the start, Ullman telling Jack about the last caretaker
    “I mean, like, the best part about this movie to me is how even in the interview scene in the beginning is so weird.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:40:35
  12. floated Wendy talking to the doctor after Danny passes out
    “I didn't put this in most rewatchable scene, but when she's talking to the therapist, or whoever that person is after Danny passes out”
    Bill Simmons · 0:41:02

Oscar picks (best actor 1980) · Who should have been nominated for the 1980 best actor Oscar.

  1. pick Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance: Bill says Nicholson should have been nominated for The Shining.
    “He wasn't even nominated for best actor, which seems crazy.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:07:22
  2. pick Al Pacino as Cruising: Bill wants Pacino for Cruising alongside Nicholson.
    “Second thing, we almost had one of the great best actor categories of all time, if they had done the right thing, and nominated Nicholson and Pacino for cruising.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:14

What Aged the Best · The element of the film that has aged best.

  1. winner Dick Hallorann's bedroom with the nude paintings: Bill's gold medalist; the steadicam is silver and the big wheel is bronze.
    “Dick Halloran's bedroom.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:04
  2. pick The Steadicam work: Bill gave Sean the steadicam; Bill ranks it silver.
    “It's the invention of a technology that changed movies forever.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:02:42
  3. pick Danny riding the big wheel through the hallways: Bill's bronze medalist.
    “I have Dick Halloran's bedroom as my gold medalist, and then the steady cam is silver medalist, and then the big wheel as a bronze medalist.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:04:17
  4. pick Red rum in the mirror: The fast cut and loud music make the reveal shocking.
    “Red rum and the mirror has aged the best.”
    unknown · 0:57:48
  5. pick Grady explaining that he had to correct his family: Grady's matter-of-fact way of describing killing his family.
    “The whole concept of correcting?”
    unknown · 0:58:49
  6. pick The hedge maze: One of their favorite man-built things in a movie.
    “The maze's age, the best.”
    unknown · 0:59:13
  7. pick The creepy twin sisters
    “The scary twin sisters have age the best.”
    unknown · 1:00:03
  8. pick Nicholson's drool after Wendy wakes him from the nightmare
    “Um, Nicholson's drool after Wendy wakes him up from the nightmare?”
    unknown · 1:00:16
  9. pick The Overlook Hotel itself
    “I was just going to say the overlook.”
    unknown · 1:00:41

What Aged the Worst · The element of the film that has aged worst.

  1. pick The old naked woman in room 237 and the bear costume scene
    “Old scary naked lady and the bear costume blowjob.”
    unknown · 1:05:19
  2. pick Hallorann's long phone call renting a snowcat: One host thinks the three of them could cut 15 minutes from the movie.
    “Dick Caloran renting a snow cap for 5 minutes on the phone calling his buddy.”
    unknown · 1:06:45
  3. pick The stories about how Shelley Duvall was treated on set: She was ill and her hair fell out, and Kubrick may have wanted her to break down.
    “The Shelley Duvall stories are really rough in a wet stage the worst.”
    unknown · 1:08:06
  4. pick The wild conspiracy takes about the movie: A debate about Room 237 and where the theory-spinning leads.
    “I think the takes about the movie, the worst.”
    unknown · 1:10:03

Casting What-Ifs · Who else was considered or could have been cast.

  1. pick Jessica Lange as Wendy: Kubrick talked him out of it.
    “Jack Nicholson wanted Jessica Lang for the role of Wendy.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:14:35
  2. pick Harrison Ford as Jack Torrance
    “According to Stephen King, Kubrick briefly considered Harrison Ford.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:14:55
  3. pick Robert De Niro as Jack Torrance: Robin Williams was also considered.
    “He also considered Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, pretty seriously, decided, um, decided against an era and thought Rob Williams would be too psychotic in the world.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:12
  4. pick Harry Dean Stanton as Lloyd the bartender: Stanton couldn't take it because he was filming Alien.
    “The role of Lloyd the bartender.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:39
  5. pick Meryl Streep as Wendy: The group says it is hard to imagine without Shelley Duvall's off-the-rails energy.
    “Meryl Streep is Wendy.”
    unknown · 1:19:23

Best That Guy (Joey Pants Award) · The best that-guy supporting actor in the movie.

  1. winner Tony Burton as Duke: He is the one Hallorann calls about the snowcat; Apollo Creed's trainer in the Rocky movies.
    “Tony Burton.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:15:58
  2. nominee Barry Nelson as the hotel manager: Floated as the manager but not in contention.
    “Barry Nelson.”
    unknown · 1:16:22

Best Overacting (Saul Rubinek / Linda Partridge Award) · The best over-the-top performance for a scene and movie.

  1. winner Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance: Bill's pick; he yells it out.
    “Nicholson at the tail end. After Danny's gotten out of the maze, and Nicholson, for some reason, has frostbite already”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:59
  2. nominee Shelley Duvall as Wendy: They conclude neither lead is overacting because both play it at 11.
    “I mean, Shelly Duval is like pretty hysterical throughout the whole movie and is it's very on the nose.”
    unknown · 1:17:48

Dion Waiters Award · The small role that made the biggest impact.

  1. pick Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann
    “Scatman. Right?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:18:12
  2. pick Lloyd the bartender: Super creepy with a weird smile.
    “Can I make the case for Lloyd the bartender?”
    unknown · 1:18:15
  3. pick Philip Stone as Delbert Grady: He basically has one scene, and the movie turns evil with it.
    “See, I think that I think it's Philip Stone.”
    unknown · 1:18:35

Apex Mountain · Where a person's career peak sits.

  1. pick Shelley Duvall: The apex is in the 70s, around Nashville and maybe Annie Hall, not The Shining.
    “Apex Mountain. Shelley Duvall?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:25:35
  2. pick Stanley Kubrick: The Shining didn't put his career in a better place; 2001 is his apex.
    “I would say 2001 is.”
    unknown · 1:26:37

Picking Nits · Nitpicks about the film.

  1. pick Danny's neck bruises clearing up so fast: Answered with ghost logic.
    “Boy, Danny's neck bruises sure cleared up fast, didn't they?”
    unknown · 1:26:42
  2. pick Danny not getting cold in the maze
    “Why didn't Danny get cold in the maze?”
    unknown · 1:27:02
  3. pick Two different Gradys: Charles and Delbert: Debated as doubles, reincarnation or just a mistake.
    “So why the 2 Gradys?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:27:44
  4. pick Dopey vanishing from Danny's wall and the chair changing: Likely continuity errors the conspiracy fans read as symbols.
    “There's 2 other weird things that they mentioned in the documentary.”
    unknown · 1:28:54

Ebert Review · Reading of Roger Ebert's take on the film.

  1. pick The Shining: Ebert was initially critical, then rallied and added it to his Great Movies; no star rating is given.
    “Inducted the film into his great movie series saying, quote, Stanley Kubrick's cold and frightening, the shining challenges us to decide who is the reliable observer.”
    unknown · 0:32:41

Best Quotes · Best quotes not yet mentioned.

  1. pick Jack: I would give my goddamn soul for a glass of beer: Jack might have given up his soul right there.
    “I would give my goddamn soul for a glass of beer.”
    unknown · 1:31:15
  2. pick Wendy? I'm home
    “Wendy?”
    unknown · 1:31:37
  3. pick Here's Johnny
    “Here's Johnny was great during an iconic Johnny Carson run.”
    unknown · 1:31:46
  4. pick Some places shine and some don't
    “Some places are like people, some shine and some don't.”
    unknown · 1:32:49
  5. pick Grady: You've had your whole fucking life to think things over
    “You've had your whole fucking life to think things over.”
    unknown · 1:33:23

Remake as Netflix series / sequel · Whether and how they'd remake it as a ten-episode series or a sequel.

  1. pick The lead-up to the week Jack loses it: Show a little drunk Jack and the car wash.
    “I would be fine spending more time in the lead up to him to the week.”
    unknown · 1:33:52
  2. pick Modernized series with internet, tweeting Danny, Googling Wendy: Jack is a Reddit moderator.
    “Here's my case for 10 episode Netflix show for this movie.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:35:39
  3. pick Sequel about a Shining conspiracy fan who takes a caretaker job
    “sequel about a guy who's obsessed with the shining and is like a shining conspiracy guy and is so into it that he takes a caretaker job.”
    unknown · 1:36:07

Unanswered Questions · Open questions about the film.

  1. pick Scarier use of La Boheme: Compared to Sleeping with the Enemy.
    “What was the scarier usage of La Bohame?”
    unknown · 1:36:25
  2. pick The impossible windows: Seen as a continuity error rather than a clue.
    “What's the point of the impossible windows?”
    unknown · 1:36:51
  3. pick Reaction to blood pouring out of the elevators: They would run.
    “What's the proper reaction from me, from you, from you?”
    unknown · 1:38:15
  4. pick Was Danny sexually abused?: They read it as physical abuse.
    “Was Danny sexually abused?”
    unknown · 1:39:35
  5. pick What they'd add when the hotel goes red: Ideas: the termite king, the big wheel driving itself.
    “Was there too much or too little when the hotel turns red at the end”
    unknown · 1:40:10
  6. pick Would you take the caretaker job
    “Was there any point in your life or would you ever consider taking this job?”
    unknown · 1:41:23
  7. pick What the ending means: The hotel absorbs souls; Jack is reincarnated.
    “What the ending mean?”
    unknown · 1:42:40
  8. pick Throwing the 100th anniversary party
    “Do we throw a 100th over the hotel anniversary party?”
    unknown · 1:44:11

Who Won the Movie · Who or what came out on top.

  1. winner Stanley Kubrick: Nicholson was uneven for the first hour; the movie is genre popcorn with disturbing images.
    “Oh, I think it's Kubrick.”
    unknown · 1:44:49
  2. nominee Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance: The speaker says he has been getting voted down.
    “Nicholson.”
    unknown · 1:44:48

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