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Unfortunately, even though Stephen King himself didn't like the movie of 'The Shining', it was very hard to follow when you remember Jack Nicholson's performance as the crazed, insane Jack Torrance. Here we see Danny all grown up, and he has become Ewan McGregor, battling with an overlong, confused miss mash of a script that doesn't appear to fix together at times. CGI again for the special effects. Sadly no Jack Nicholson running around the snow glazed maze shouting 'Danny!' Stick to the original Shining.

So two gay guys get a kicking at the beginning of the film, then one of them gets eaten by IT. What was the point of this? Overlong, boring at times as you wait for something to happen. Doused in CGI. Just stick with the first one.

Being a big fan of the original trilogy, we had to accept the further trilogy episodes 1, 2 & 3 because they were George Lucas vision. Disney took over. That is the problem. Look what they did with 'The Black Hole' which was supposed to be their 1979 response to trying to keep up with the original Star Wars, and failed with that. This latest Episode IX is a mish-mash of a story, and gives the impression that Disney were trying to fit a 2.5 hour film into 2 hours. It doesn't slow down and give anyone time to breath. Big continuity errors, including C3PO having his memory wiped but remembering the creature that did it. Disney, in my opinion, should have left the franchise well alone. A fitting ending to Star Wars? Sadly no. No real emotion from the actors. They were being paid no matter how they portrayed their characters. Save your money, or wait until it arrives on a streaming service. Or watch the original 1977 masterpiece instead.