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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I suppose Seems like with the sequel they are focusing on that though

It was a great film though

It's an incredibly well made and filmed movie (as most Kubrick movies are), I don't think King has ever denied that, he was just frustrated about some of the bigger changes that were made. As some slight back-story... King's father abandonned the family when he was really young so he has some obvious father issues that crop up in his writing. A very specific element of The Shining, was that the father had his personal demons but ultimately was a caring father and only turned psychotic because the hotel, which was legitimately "evil", got into his head over time and corrupted him (which I guess could be considered a metaphor for general mental health struggles). The book ends with him overcoming that briefly, in time to tell his family that he loves them, he gets them out of the hotel, and then he blows up the old boiler and burns the place to the ground sacrificing himself.

In the Kubrick movie he DOESN'T regain his clarity, he freezes to death still trying to murder his son, the hotel remains standing, and also his psychotic nature is harder to pin down (he never seems like a good or loving father from the start).

It's a major shift in tone and the "father-son" message (that deep down he always loved them) and taking King's family life into consideration, I guess the reasons for him not liking the changes are clearer.