In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

But it's boring. It is finally done, so good. There it is. Now, glad it rests, for posterity. Kubrick's version has a timeless quality that this sadly does not. It is a parody of itself, even though it's more faithful to King's book.Kid is awful here. Really bad casting decision. Imo)5 bags of popcorn and a windows 95 boot disk

This remake simply shouldn't have been, there was no need to make it or expand on an already competent original.I'd heard nothing but bad things and I fully understand why. It's not that it's poorly made, it's just so very mundane.Standing at over 4hrs split across 3 episodes this remake misses the point of the original story altogether. Gone are the iconic scenes including the blood filled elevator and creepy twins, gone is the bike down the corridor or dead lady seducing the father. And no there isn't a "Here's Johnny" moment.It's all replaced with lack of originality and mediocrity.The cast do their best but nobody could have turned this around, it simply should never have been.Cliched, boring and I don't mean to be harsh but that kid looks like he ingested the whole ugly tree.Plain and simply bad.The Good:The cast do a decent enough jobThe Bad:Kid is just awfulEnding is far fetchedPoor writingWhole thing is just so unecessaryThings I Learnt From This Movie:The classics need leaving the hell alone

I've been putting off this series for years... and I wish I still did. It may be close to the book in terms of the full story, but the live-action rendition is god awful. The acting is SO bad that I couldn't even get through it all. I actually laughed at some of the scenes where Jack was supposed to be angry, and Danny was supposed to be crying, because both were completely unconvincing. Don't even get me started on the actress who played Wendy...Please, Mr. King, stick to what you do best: writing. Leave the movie-making to those who are trained to do so.

This is an excellent movie. It's very scary and entertaining. I loved the animals carved out of plants coming to life scene. That's one of the scariest and best scenes. I also loved the part with the ghost in the bath tub. That was just wildly intense. It doesn't matter how faithful to the book a movie is. It just matters how good the movie is. Both this and the 1980 version are very good. Jack doesn't use an ax in this one when he has gone completely insane. He uses a croquet mallet but the terror is no less. In fact I would say the terror of that is more intensely done. The music in this is very good too. It's very creepy. Watch this. It's entertaining from beginning to end.