I watched the shinning once and was not impressed. Apparently someone thinks it is a supper film, it seems to be on Direct TV every other week.
Okay, the Shining wasn’t my favorite, but I still like it. I am a big fan of Kubrick. A Clockwork Orange is my favorite movie of all time. Full Metal Jacket. Lolita. 2001. Dr. Stangelove. All unique and superlative. For the longest time I avoided Barry Lyndon because I was afraid I wouldn’t like it. I was blown away. Masterpiece.
“The Shining” was based on a Stephen King novel. The book was fairly interesting, but the adoption of the finger movements by the kid when he was “shining” was totally absurd. Popeye’s wife played the woman lead and Nicholson was over the top. I consider this movie one of Kubrick’s worst. He also tried to do “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” and that was a bomb as well.
In general, Kubrick is a genius and had some really great flicks, but those two are total bombs, IMHO.