Comments on: The Shining – Loneliness and Isolation http://filminsight.net/2009/12/12/the-shining-loneliness-and-isolation/ You will never look at Movies the same way again! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh Lipovetsky http://filminsight.net/2009/12/12/the-shining-loneliness-and-isolation/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Josh Lipovetsky Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:27:08 +0000 http://filminsight.net/?p=315#comment-2713 I guess I did make a good argument, huh? Didn't even realize it! I did my best to make this a bright review. Some folks over at IMDB didn't particularly like it, but I really do believe that the isolation drove him crazy. I also enjoyed this movie very much. Apart from some of the disgusting scenes (I didn't really see a point in some of them). Thanks, Josh Lipovetsky. I guess I did make a good argument, huh? Didn’t even realize it! I did my best to make this a bright review. Some folks over at IMDB didn’t particularly like it, but I really do believe that the isolation drove him crazy. I also enjoyed this movie very much. Apart from some of the disgusting scenes (I didn’t really see a point in some of them).

Thanks,
Josh Lipovetsky.

]]> By: Steve http://filminsight.net/2009/12/12/the-shining-loneliness-and-isolation/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 Steve Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:58:13 +0000 http://filminsight.net/?p=315#comment-2695 Wow, you make a surprisingly strong argument against joining the Navy. Well done! My sociology professor used The Beach as another example of how anomie can twist the brain into doing crazy things.  When Leo is cast out from the Island dwellers he becomes something more like an animal than a man. I suppose The Shining's use of the supernatural exempted it from being taken seriously. Myself, I rather enjoyed Stephen King's ability to tie in fantasy with the darker aspects of our souls, it made things all the more creepily plausible. Wow, you make a surprisingly strong argument against joining the Navy. Well done!

My sociology professor used The Beach as another example of how anomie can twist the brain into doing crazy things.  When Leo is cast out from the Island dwellers he becomes something more like an animal than a man. I suppose The Shining’s use of the supernatural exempted it from being taken seriously. Myself, I rather enjoyed Stephen King’s ability to tie in fantasy with the darker aspects of our souls, it made things all the more creepily plausible.

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