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The Shining (1980)

Review of the movie The Shining (1980)

Every movie blogger has a list of classic movies they have not seen yet. You carry them on your back like Atlas did the globe, hoping to one day be able to throw it off and make the load less. Even though that might happen, we keep discovering other movies we should also see, so the reality is that the weight remains the same. The Shining was the one movie out of the top 100 movies on IMDB I had not seen yet and kept delaying on seeing. The reason for it was a simple one, it is classified as a horror movie and I’m not a fan of them. In my mind I had built up the movie as something I would not be enjoying, but eventually I knew I had to watch it. I’m happy that I finally did so as it turns out to be my favorite Kubrick movie. Continue reading →

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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Another movie in the IMDB top 250 I’ve hadn’t watched yet and it was time I did. I’m now slowly getting to my goal of having seen 200 out of 250 movies by the end of the year (currently only 9 to go so I’m sure I’ll be able to make it).

Knowing this is a Stanley Kubrick movie I had high expectations of it, have seen several of his other ones (most of them I loved), so was looking forward to it. The only scene I had ever seen was the iconic opening scene where the drill instructor (R. Lee Ermey) is screaming against all the new recruits. It’s such an amazing scene to watch, especially knowing that a lot of it was improvised. When watching it you can’t help but laugh. Continue reading →

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Paths of Glory (1957)

France, the first world war. Both the Germans and the French have dug themselves trenches and are in fierce fights to conquer just a few metres. With so little changing it’s bound to be a long trench war. Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) of the French army receive order from his superiors to attack the “Ant Hill” and take it. Although Dax makes it clear that it is a suicide mission as more than half the soldiers will be killed before they are even near their target, his concerns are noted, but the attack still has to take place. Continue reading →