The Movie Thread

I don't watch too many foreign films, since the only place I go to get movies is Blockbuster, and they have horrible selection of a) foreign films and b) anything over ten years old. But after reading about Kurosawa both in here and in the controversial opinions thread, I'm quite interested in seeing some of his movies.In keeping with the theme of old foreign films, my mother has been recommending I watch some Ingmar Bergman, especially the Seventh Seal (but, alas, Blockbuster has not a one). Does anyone here like/dislike any of his movies?One of my favorites at the moment is Pulp Fiction. I'm rather dissatisfied with the current state of film (Borat being an exception), so I might try the online rental thing to get some older, better films.

Maybe it helps if you read the novel (or maybe it doesn't). Jack Nicholson's character was possessed not by a ghost of the hotel but by the hotel itself. Kinda like The Haunting of Hill House if you've ever read/seen that (probably where Stephen King got the inspiration). The photo at the end, I believe, is meant to show that Jack Nicholson's character is now apart of the hotel. I'm guessing the picture just sort of supernaturally changed to add him in once he was fully possessed by the hotel. Hope this helps.

Well, I haven't seen the movie or read the book in a few years, so I'm not sure if I can think of any specific examples, but I do remember that it was pretty clear in the novel that the hotel was the antagonist. In fact, IIRC, the hotel is actually only possessing Jack to acquire the boy's gift (i.e. the Shining). It's funny that the two little girls are one of the most memorable things about that movie because they weren't even in the novel. Nor was the blood rushing from the elevator, and a few other 'hauntings'. Still I found the novel much scarier. Yeah, we have power. Everything's pretty fine here now. I got out of school two days last week due to the snow and ice, but most of it's melted by now. It's still really cold, though.