Sunday, February 9, 2014

"The Shining" Movie Review

Hello!
After watching this wonderful movie by Stanley Kubrick, I would like you to write a short review about it. Remember you were given a couple of steps and some examples.
Go on!
Write your name, your grade and your review.

125 comments:

  1. I like this movie because it has all the character of Stephen King films and the director of the film plays with the mind of one making it think that it has an awaited end in addition it plays with the time of the movie giving him another perspective of this one. It is one of my favorite horror films because it contains blood, mystery, horror, a good argument and a good picture and good locations, This film was made in the 80's and that makes it look more mysterious because the hotel is isolated from today's technology and it was preserving many of the furniture of the previous decades I loved Jack's role because it was a role of a complete lunatic. In the film it is necessary to improve some aspects because sometimes it becomes very slow and bores.

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    1. Good work! you got 141 words and I got lost at the second line a little, but it's o.k.
      Grade: A

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    2. For me this movie has its good and bad things.
      The story of this film may at first seem a bit boring , but when you go along you realize how you're wrapping , then you do not feel like stopping and you want to continue what is happening until the final, one of the things that I liked of this movie was the last scene where the boy runs into the maze and then left it manages to escape with her mom , also the background music when was going to happen something suspenseful or scary , but sometimes was more afraid the music than what it was going to happen .Something that I really didn`t like was that sometimes there were fictitious scenes, such as when she started dating the alleged 'blood' seemed aniline .
      Nevertheless, and given that the film was the 80's I think it is a good film, besides it would be a good example for you to see the difference between the films from before an from now and I recommend it for you to see.
      Natalia Ramirez Saa
      9-5

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    3. Good work Natalia!
      It is a shame it was too long.
      Grade: A

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  2. The Shining was a good movie, but what i liked the most was the last part when Mr.Torrance when crazy and he searched his family to kill them, I liked when the father goes inside the labyrinth to search his son to kill him, I liked because this movie its about horror,I liked the part when he is trapped in the pantry and ghost appears to tell him to kill his family, the mother and the son were smarter than Mr. Torrance because they were able to avoid him, all the actors did a good job thats what I really liked.

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    1. Remember that I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS. There is a difference between when: cuando and went: fué, fuimos, fueron, (pasado del verbo go).
      You had 101 words. Good work.
      Grade: A

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    2. Good work!
      You just needed some commas or periods, especially at the end.
      Grade: A

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  3. For me The Shining was a great movie because, it’s about horror and thriller constantly, also was a good movie because it’s an original idea, I’ve never seen anything like this movie what i liked the most was the scene in which the wife of Mr Torrance was locked in the bathroom. Also I loved when Mr Torrance killed the nigger because it was a bloody murder and the last scenes when the kid was running in the labyrinth and Mr Torrance freezes to death, In conclusion is a good horror and suspense movie, it managed to keep me entertained, I really liked it.

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    1. You got 104 words. Remember that I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS. Nigger is not a good word, try to avoid it. The thing is that is doesn't look like your writing, I wonder if you has some help...
      So,, to get your grade, I need you to write a comment on one of your classmates' posts.

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  4. The Shining is by far one of the greatest horror movies of all time, and one of my favorites, because is not the typical constant screamer horror movie, but it has a really complex history behind it, but, to be honest, I love this movie because the great work Jack Nicholson did in it, the way he goes from being a really normal guy, with a normal family, from going to this crazy guy because of solitude, its just perfect, and my favorite part of course is the first time he hallucinates with the bartender, this shows how much he needed a drink, and the way our mind can act to get what we want even if its not real.

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    1. It i a great review. I like that you like the movie and I found the review almost perfect.
      Just remember history: Historia del mundo, universal, de la guerra mundial..
      story: historia de una película, de un cuento, etc..
      Grade: S

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  5. The movie is really bad. Its supposed to be scary?, well it didn't achievement, also the actors are so bad they over exaggerate there character, their performance looks ridiculous and made me laugh, the opposite of a horror movie, also some of her scenes do not make sense and doesn't have nothing to do with the movie, the movie is very predictable like you know whats going to happend there's not any suspense no need to say that is really boring and slow the only thing that makes suspense was the music, it shouldn’t be classified as a horror movie.

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    1. Very good review, I could feel what you think about the movie. You just need to pay attention to some stuff.
      Is it supposed to be scary?, achieve: lograr, achievement:logro (no logró que sería un verbo), what's no whats, happen y si es el pasado es happened (pero en este caso no es pasado)
      Grade: A

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  6. I liked this movie so much, it's one of my favorite movies because the story is bizzarre and it's very well directed.
    This movie is quite stange because it's Kubrick's version of the story and it is totally different from the book.
    You can truly see some Kubrick magic on this film.
    The shots on this film are great and unique, i hated wendy's wardrobe, she looked like a fruit during the whole movie.
    My favorite scene is when Jack is destroying the bathroom door with an axe, the way the camera moves with the axe is amazing. I liked Jack because he's getting mad and he doesn't notice at all.
    Wendy screams a lot and it's kind of uncomfortable and awkward, she is not supposed to be a drama queen. Danny's role is great, it is well played and Jack Nicholson's performance is shocking, i mean, it is difficult to be on screen as the principal character and having people scared, confused and exited.
    Honestly, the secondary characters are not that strong, but it was Torrance's insanity and Nicholson's faces and lines that keeps you biting your nails.
    Camila Franco 9-3

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    1. It is an excellent review. it has just a couple of things I would like to remark on:
      You got 164 words. next time try to stick to the original statement (100)
      Remember that I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS.
      You don't say principal character (principal means rector) it's main character.
      Grade: A

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  7. The movie was excellent; it has a wraparound frame, even come to feel part of the movie.
    Jack Nicholson is a great performer; his role was well played, fresh without apparently overreacted, I think they could have chosen a more beautiful actress and adapt better the book history.
    Alejandro Henao Gutierrez 9-1

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    1. Excuse me? 48 words? really?
      I expected more from you.
      Your review is short, but at least it kind of well written.
      Grade: B

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  9. I like so much this movie because is one of the most significative in the genre of horror, also the movie have a great history based in the book written by Stephen King a great writer of horror books like for example Carrie, It and Misery. This movie is really catchy and exciting, I like when Jack Torrance begins to slowly go insane to the point of madness. But my favorite part is when Jack Torrance is totally crazy and pursues his family with an ax, his wife locks herself in the bathroom and he breaks the door with his ax and says the famous phrase “Here’s Johnny”

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    1. Good work!
      Remember movie is a thing, so you say it has not the movie have..
      Just remember history: Historia del mundo, universal, de la guerra mundial..
      story: historia de una película, de un cuento, etc..
      based on: basada en
      based in: localizada en http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=based
      Grade: A

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  11. I love the movie because is a history different and original, is a movie that envelops and is little conventional, actually all the movies now are similar and don't have nothing new,sometimes bored a little.
    The role of Jack Nicholson is amazing, in all the aspects,although the role of Shelley i didn't like,because was overreacted,my favorites parts were when Danny was talk with you finger, was fun,but was scary,also when he says "Redrum",looks as other person,is very interesting your role.


    Melissa Agudelo Agudelo 9-1

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    1. Good work, I just want you to think of this:
      Just remember history: Historia del mundo, universal, de la guerra mundial..
      story: historia de una película, de un cuento, etc..
      80 words? not enough.
      Remember that I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS.
      In English we don't have double negations: I don't have nothing is not correct
      Correct: I don't have anything.
      Who is shelley? ahhhh she's Wendy.
      Danny was talk: Danny fue hablar
      quieres decir Danny fué a hablar? Danny went to talk
      quieres decir Danny habló? Danny talked
      his: su (posesivo persona masculina) your: tu
      Grade: B

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  12. Sara Lucia Piedrahita - 9-1
    “The shining” is a horror film from the 80’s, in which Jack Nicholson stars as man who gets a job for the winter in a hotel. He moves to the hotel with his wife and son, but during the time they are there, the Jack’s character turns in a crazy man who wants to kill all his family. The son has problems because of the ghosts that live at the hotel and the mom is a very nervous woman that screams a lot. This story is based on a book written by Stephen King. Frankly the movie is a little weird and violent, I just can’t stand all that blood, and when I’m searching for a horror film I want it to scare me, this film just made me feel disgusted. But anyway isn’t so bad.

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    1. Great work!
      I just want you to stick more to the statement and write a review more than retelling the story (check out some of your classmates' reviews). I liked the last three lines.
      Besides, you say Besides, it isn't so bad. It refers to the movie, remember we always need a pronoun or noun before the verb.
      Grade: A

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  13. "The shining", for me, In general the movie was a little boring, I just like the last part where I can watch more emotion, sometimes it was unreal, but I think it is because the movie is very antique, the movie don't have good efects, for example: blood seemed blackberry juice. Also, the movie is difficult to understand. On the other hand, the actors were nice, they achieve to transmit me emotions. The most prominent emotionts were: despair, confusion, uncertainty, preoccupation. It would be good if they record one more time the movie and improve somethings.

    Julián David Chavarro
    9-1

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    1. Good work:
      You did it very good. just try to improve some details.
      You don't say the movie is very antique, the correct is the movie is very old.
      The movie is a thing. You say the movie is, so you say the movie doesn't have....
      achieved
      lol
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  14. My point of view of “The shining” is that it’s a great movie, but it’s a little boring, when I was seeing it I just don’t felt thrilled with it. On the one hand it has a good story with amazing actors and characters, but on the other hand it’s a little unreal, it doesn’t have good effects and I think that it could have more aspects from the book by Stephen King, for example the end, because some people told me that he’s an excellent writer; for something the people say that the books are better than the movies.

    Diana Carolina Viafara lópez 9-1

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    1. Very good work!
      Just work on some details:
      I just don't felt... this does not EXIST.
      Yo no sentí: I just didn't feel.
      Good use of connectors.
      Grade: A

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  15. "The Shining"
    Jack has a new job. The Job is looking after a Hotel. He goes to the Hotel with his family and he wants to write a novel while he is in the hotel.
    When Jack’s family is in the Hotel, weird things happen. Jack’s son is called Danny and He has something strange and he thinks this weird thing lives in his mouth and his parents think that is an imaginary friend. This strange thing is the shining. Danny can survive because the shining shows what happen in the hotel.
    The movie has suspense scenes and mysterious situations. I like this movie.

    Laura Irene Barona Ibarra 9-1

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    1. Good work.
      But your real view of the movie just came a the end. The rest is more you retelling the story.
      Don't use CAPITAL LETTERS in the middle of a sentence. (use of google translator? can't prove it)
      Grade: A

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  16. Dear teacher
    The film the shinig found me interesting but very unrealistic given that, as it is normal in many films there are times that do not use logic, as by the fact that Miss Wendy didn't fit through the window knowing how is your body, or when fell Mulberry juice by the elevator; the plot seemed to me to be excellent, I really liked the story that claimed. But as you can see, is also very confused by that eats many parts making that do not understand very well your end already to finish I would like to say that my favorite character is tony

    Camilo montealegre
    9-1

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    1. Good work Camilo.
      Just work on some stuff:
      the film found me...(were you lost and the film found you?) I don't understand this sentence. I would say, in case I'm right, I found it interesting to see the movie.
      Miss: señorita Mrs.:señora look http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/11/what-are-mrs-and-ms-short-for/
      your: posesivo de tú: your car: tu carro
      his: su de él his car: su carro
      her: su de ella her car: su carro
      You don't say that a story eats parts of something, better, you say a story misses some parts or so.
      mulberry-flavoured: con sabor a mora, mora es blackberry. (like the cellphone)
      The plot seemed excellent to me..
      I don't understand: I really liked the story that claimed
      ...making that I don't understand.... remember we always need a pronoun or noun before the verb. I don't understand this either: very well your end already to finish
      Also, Tonny is a proper name, so it has CAPITAL LEETER at the beginning.
      Grade: B


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  17. I think the movie was a so-so movie because it had a good story that is interesting. Also because it has a pychological horror genre and this makes you think several personalities of the main characters themselves. But it is a bad movie because it goes very slow because of all the suspense they put to each scene and this makes the movie last longer based on the same in different scenes. It is a movie which doesn't have a very scary scenario according to it is gender, besides it is so different from the book. I didn't like the movie at all.

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    1. Good work, but you just need to work on some stuff:
      You don't say the movie is so-so, this is so informal. Instead, you can say The movie was fair...
      I also want you to write tis way in class.... because I have not seen such writings there... I have my doubts and if you want your grade, better write a comment of one of your classmates' reviews.

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  18. THE SHINING
    The film is very interesting, I like. But if it is compared with the book, is very incomplete.
    They omitted some important moments in this story. In addition, the book describes much more in-depth thoughts and situations that the reader is much easier to understand the scene.
    I think that it makes no sense the part in which Wendy encloses Jack in the food room and she goes to sleep, After jack escapes with no explanation, Wendy inadvertently has sleeping in the room. I recommend it to teens and older people, because in this film you can see strong scenes.
    Sofía Perlaza A. 9-3

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    1. Great work, but if you remember, Jack is out of the pantry (not food room) because the ghost frees him.
      I don't understand: Wendy inadvertently has sleeping in the room, what did you mean? She was sleeping in the room?
      Great recommendation.
      Grade: A

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  19. The movie "The Shining", in my personal opinion it's very bad, the libretto is very elaborate what makes not seem at all believable, and therefore does not seem that the actors interpreted their part well, except Jack Nicholson that interprets Jack Torrance, was who saved the film and gave the mystery. The theme I think is excellent, the idea of a family locked up for the winter in a hotel with past history the massacres is showy, but is very slow, the suspense that happens when it is finishing the movie. . It is an hour of nothing of action, which is for what one waits on having seen a movie with so good name as “The shining”

    Johana Gonzalez Gomez
    9-5

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    1. Great work!
      Libretto is ok but is better script.
      I don't understand very well the "the" here: in a hotel with past history the massacres is showy,
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  20. The movie "The shinig" is one of the best films of terror than me and was seen, by that I like movies that are ghosts or psychopaths I liked the part where mr torrance is becoming crazy and looking for her family to kill her. what I liked most was the face of mr torrance expressions when this loco.otra part that I also liked was that mr torrance enters the room lady who I hung his son and sees her very cute but when the sight of backs looks it ugly compared to like saw it before

    Cristian david guerrero
    9-1

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    1. Good work! just try to work on these:
      I don't understand: The movie "The shinig" is one of the best films of terror than me and was seen, the name of the movie is "The Shining", then me and was seen? I would say The Shining is one of the best films of terror that I have ever seen.
      Names are written with CAPITAL LETTER in the first.
      Mr. Torrance.
      ...looking for HIS.. his: su de él, her: su de ella
      when this loco? it looks like translator... CUANDO ESTÁ LOCO: WHEN HE IS CRAZY, generalmente los traductores reconocen esa tilde que omitiste.
      Otra part?
      I don't understand: enters the room lady who I hung his son? dama que colgó su hijo? ella no colgó a nadie.
      I think you should try to work more by yourself.
      Grade: BJ, pero si quieres mejorarla, debes dar tu opinion, tuya solamente de uno de los reviews de tus compañeros, me cuentas.

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  21. I think that “The shining” Is a excellent horror film because it has all the pillars that every horror film should have, A good plot , good effects , the indispensable excellent music and excellent cast for example the acting of Jack Nicholson is faultless, this movie goes through the hard process of being filmed in really simple place, this shows that the movie did a lot with a little, Kubrick did a really nice job, maybe the movie is not completely like the book, but is a nice adaptation, let’s say that I give it a 8.5 out of 10.

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    1. Great work!
      Just check this out:
      ...is AN excellent horror film...
      You don't use CAPITAL LETTERS in the middle of a sentence: have, A good plot
      Grade: S

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    2. BTW. You should write like this in class...
      I wonder why not...

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    3. For me also I thought it was an excellent film but found me no terror I believe rather that it is a drama film by the despair that one has when mr. Torrance wants kill to his family and not only that piece is also seen in other parts of the film cristian guerrero 9-1

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  22. “the shining” is a great movie i like the history but when the movie started i thought that the movie was about drama for the title.
    Really is a scary movie ? For me the shining is a drama movie, I don’t felt fear, I believe that the movie need more darkness because is a scary movie; I wait two hours to happen something really scary or maybe something crazy , I have seen many scary movie , but for me this movie is weird and different because is a combination of a crazy man , a naive mother , an especial boy , a ghosts and a big hotel .
    I would read the book only to compare the book with the movie and also is a weird book because I think that the book have a great and original idea .

    veronica agudelo guzman 9-1

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    1. Good work!
      Just remember a few things:
      I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS.
      Is really a scary movie? not Really is a scary movie ?
      I don't felt no existe I didn't feel (please!)
      I waited 2 hours...
      I have seen many scary movieSSSS
      143 words
      Grade: A

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  23. For me this movie is not good, but not bad either. It is good in that ,whiles passing, it becomes somehow "uncomfortable" so to speak, because for me this is not exactly a horror movie, but rather gives us a certain expectation versus what will happen, that's what allows us not lose the thread of the history. I think it was something bad in the sense that I expected maybe something else at the end, there are scenes where you wonder “When did this happen?" Or "Why did this happen?". But in conclusion, the movie seemed to me quite interesting.

    Marylin Escalante 9-5

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    1. Good work: Just correct some stuff:
      whiles: no existe
      allows us not to lose...
      history: Historia del mundo, universal, de la guerra mundial..
      story: historia de una película, de un cuento, etc..
      I wish you write this way in class...
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  24. Personally I like this movie because is very interesting and very fascinating also is a movie that was a of the movies more representative in your period, at present yet is a movie that is nice for some spectators. is a movie of genre of horror and suspense, a appearance very important is that in the movie don't presented some appearances that was in the book, I recommend read the book and watch the movie and identify the appearances that not seen in the movie because in the book is more easy to understand.

    Manuel medina 9-1

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    1. Good work!
      Just check this out:
      was a of the movies more representative in your period. your: posesivo de tú
      it is better: was one of the most representative movies in its period
      an appearance
      the movie didn't present not the movie don't presented (that's an ouch)
      that not seen in the movie : that are not seen in the movie
      more easy : easier
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  25. I think that the movie is very interesting because i like the suspense and fear that have and there that understand many things, pay attention very well in the end because can tangle a little and i like the actor because, his acting is very good and he is well expressed , the movie have thing that is activity paranomal that i love because its story catches my attention as sample the kid may see people dead and talk with they, and see that happened them and as well as look that they will happen and prevent thing befall. And i they recommend that to look this movie Diana Diaz 9-1

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    1. Good work! Just check:
      I is always with CAPITAL LETTERS.
      I like the suspense and fear that it has
      no entiendo: there that understand many things, pay attention very well in the end
      the movie has...
      with them
      not correct: and see that happened them
      correct: and see what happened to them
      don't get it: as well as look that they will happen and prevent thing befall
      Don't get it: And i they recommend that to look this movie
      You need to write your ideas more organised. I can't understand some parts.
      Try to avoid translators.
      Grade: B

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  26. " The shining" A film very interesting and good, hard to understand necessary have all your five senses in the film to understand and know what happens in the hotel, what happens to the child and to Mr. Torrance, I think it is very exciting and we want to know what happens every minute, cause a sensation of dread, suspended and many emotions. I like this crazy and do not know, all the film is very interesting in same, but my favorite scene was when Jack was following to Danny in the labyrinth and that fear cause us of be trapped and unable to do anything.
    Verónica Dussán 9-1

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    1. Veronica: By this point it is really difficult to believe this was you and not google translator, so please try to write something by yourself and take it to school, if so, you can have a better grade.
      Grade: BJ

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    3. CORRECTION:
      "The shining" The film is good, but is difficult to understand and needs too much attention. Jack Torrance is protagonist, I think he is amazing and I want to know that happens every minute, I like this crazy man. Jack has a son called Danny. Danny is very mysterious, nervous and a little crazy.
      My favorite scene in this movie was when Jack follows Danny in the labyrinth that causes the fear of being caught.
      I think the film has good story and interesting. The movie causes a sensation of dread, mysterious situations and many emotions. I like this movie!

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  27. the movie "the shining" with the interpretation of Jack Nicholson ( Jack Torrance ) and Shelley Duvall ( Wendy Torrance ) as main characters.
    This horror movie subgenre shows exaggeration in wendy 's character and his son dany; is a fighter woman that try to keep a stable marriage in spite of the alcohol problem from her husband but she impend to leave due to an attack violent on to his little son, this character is exaggerated forms of exprecion and interpretation of the feelings of this paper was notorious lack of experience and profecionalizacion of actress shelley duvall , unlike the actor jack nicholson q was little more relaxed in his interpretation and his character was more fluent but his expressions were a little bit exagereted.
    The film loses direction trerror and events suspense are scare there is little attraction for the viewer and actions very monotonous getting boring, is acceptable its outcome focused on your subgenre of horror or at least with this attempt .
    Camila Rivera 9-1

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    1. Really? 334 words and I asked for 100?
      Dear Camila! Thanks for trying but this is not what I asked for. This is not you because you have never written such words in my class and this sentence"paper was notorious lack of experience and profecionalizacion of actress shelley duvall" shows the use of translator.
      Grade: BJ

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      the movie "the shining" with the interpretation of Jack Nicholson ( Jack Torrance ) and Shelley Duvall ( Wendy Torrance ) as main characters.
      This horror movie subgenre shows exaggeration in wendy 's character and his son dany; is a fighter woman that try to keep a stable marriage in spite of the alcohol problem from her husband but she impend to leave due to an attack violent on to his little son, this character is exaggerated forms of exprecion and interpretation of the feelings of this paper was notorious lack of experience and professionalization of actress shelley duvall , unlike the actor jack nicholson that was little more relaxed in his interpretation and his character was more fluent but his expressions were a little bit exagereted.
      The film loses direction trerror and events suspense are scare there is little attraction for the viewer and actions very monotonous getting boring, is acceptable its outcome focused on your subgenre of horror or at least with this attempt .

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  28. I think it is a good movie, because it is a film that caused me fear and a few laughs. It is a film which tells the story of a family where the father wanted to write, and he got the opportunity to write in a hotel during the winter, the hotel was called the Overlook Hotel, I liked parts of the movie when the father went crazy for so long, because he was locked in the hotel during the winter, and he sees that his family doesn’t support him on his work, he gets angry and begins to see things imagined on his mind, his wife and son believe he became another person, a crazy person. This environment makes the film very good.

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    1. Good work!
      I just hope you write this way in my class and more opinions about the movie and less story.
      Grade: A

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  29. "The Shining"

    I think that the movie is entertaining,because has good and bad parts.for example a good part is when the father wants to kill the child and follows him around the house,and a bad part is when the movie starts because nothing interesting happens,but in general the movie is good, because in many parts you want to know what will happen and how it is going to end.I consider that to understand the movie and understand the drama we need to see it from the start ,because since the start the father is a little crazy.

    JULIÁN BAUTISTA ALFONSO
    9-3

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    1. Good work:
      Just try to use better the periods (puntos) and the capital letters (mayúsculas)
      Also the spaces in the comas is very important to understand it.
      Grade: A

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  30. The shining
    When I saw the reaction to a lot of my Friends, when they say that movie is bad and boring, I investigated the film and later I wrote my review:

    The shining, 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, this is Stanley masterpiece, others big movies of Stanley are "2001: a space Odyssey" y "a clockwork orange" famous for put a hidden messages in his movies, for discover this message you should to see the movie again and again, I recommend the documentary "room 237".
    I like the old horror movies, the soundtrack is excellent, and this didn’t scare me but I didn't wait it.
    Talking more about the movie I like the jack’s character, he looks like a real psychopath, but my favorite character is Danny, the kid who have a special power, Danny is the first who experienced the paranormal events when he saw the sisters, I like to see as jack became crazy…
    "All the work and no play makes jack a dull boy".
    I like it so much

    David López 9-5

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    1. Good work, but there are some stuff you need to pay attention:
      1. I asked for 100 words and you gave me 174. That is too much.
      2. You don't say should to see but you should see
      3. Use CAPITAL LETTERS in names.
      What saved you is the last part.
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  31. I liked the movie and yet not as this will divert the central theme that I was supposed terror , truth theme is based on some action , but the movie is very good fault I find him and which bored me and was the monster that ... frightened me most was the wife of the main character which will shrink a sudden shrinking which is said to be caused when a person is isolated from society for a long time , his wife was so ugly that really scared me it was honestly the main monster movie and also did not liked his mannerisms their corporal expression was basically a little bit Neglect and practiced was not panic if you do not talk of inexperience and now basically the child was a great actor no big deal achievement but basically I think my expectations of that child more besides this was the central theme for through the past events and we saw some that were supposed to would pass within your family


    Juan Felipe Ceron

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    1. Good work, but there are some stuff you need to pay attention:
      1. I asked for 100 words and you gave me 173. That is too much.
      2. I can't understand it. You use many weird words (que no usas en clase) and you used only ONE COMMA in a 173 words paragraph!!!!!!!!
      3. The last sentence is completely weird.
      Grade: BJ (it looks like translator to me, if not, you write better stuff in class)

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  33. i think that the movie was really great but the end was so confusing because jack was in the old picure. The movie scared me and caught me, made me cry, laugh and feel scared. When Danny grabbed the knife, i thought that he would kill his moher Wendy, but he didn't do it. The movie is so unpredictable. About the cast, i like jack's character, he acted very good, i don't like Wendy's character because she was very dumb and everything she did was screaming and running all the movie, Danny's character was interesting because the kid really made an effort to play the role



    Laura Cardona

    9-3

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    1. Good work! almost perfect, just remember:
      I is always in CAPITAL LETTERS.
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  34. To my the film I did not like in some parts, but had good parts. At times the film was interesting, but then is returned boring and tedious. I liked Jack and Danny, I didn't like anything as acted Wendy. The effects seemed very fictional, although in some parts were good, but I understand that the film is very old and maybe they had bad effects. Is intrigued with this end, because not what I understood very well. In my personal opinion the movie is very bad, although you much admire the work of the protagonist, and it was very good

    Valentina Muñoz
    9-5

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    1. Good work!
      But check this:
      You don't say to my, you sat to me or for me (para mí)
      Honestly it is difficult for me to believe you did it, and it is difficult to understand, it looks like translator.
      Comment one of your classmates' reviews and I can change your grade.
      Grade: BJ

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  35. the shining
    is a very boring movie because the plot is very long
    the actors are good but the movie is not very interesting
    the movie is about a family who goes to a hotel in the middle of winter and there the father goes mad and tries to kill his family.
    wife escapes with her son and her husband dies on site.
    overall the movie has good story but did not follow the script of the original book
    for me I did not like this movie for its poor development and lack of action but has very good special effects

    sebastian duque
    9-03

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    1. Good work!
      But you need to work on some stuff:
      1. The use of CAPITAL LETTERS (at he beginning of sentences, proper names and after period)
      2. you cannot say "is" you need to say "it is"
      3. the use of COMMAS AND PERIODS IS A MUST
      4. sometimes it has a translator air.
      by the way, you don't say wife... you say his wife, the wife...
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  36. Melissa Agudelo 9-3
    The shining is a predictable but an interesting movie. It is developed in original scenarios with an excellent actor that makes the movie very catchy.
    What I like the most from the movie was the acting of jack Nicholson, it was so good, his crazy look and the psycho smile makes you feel scare.
    I think that the movie could have more scary scenes, and I really liked if the scene of the murder in 1970 was include in the movie.
    The end of the shining was so predictable, the typical killer trying to kill his family. The last scene was so confusing with the photos of years ago with jack on them.

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    1. Good work! Your ideas were clear and well written (in most of the case)
      just pay attention to a few things:
      1. Use of CAPITAL LETTERS for proper names.
      2. you feel scareD, scare is the action
      3. was includeD
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  37. The Shining

    Good, but I expected a bit more from this movie.
    I liked it, but it was not the best. I found the movie a bit boring as it is very long and little terror. The scenario that unfolds is fascinating and their scenes are really disturbing, yet manages very well to convey the feeling of claustrophobia. so considering the extension of the outcome of the film results in boredom and oppression for the looks. I would have liked more if I could have more. a little more excitement and entertainment.
    Alejandro gallego rojas 9-3

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    1. Good work!
      But there are some things I can't understand.
      1. There are several words I have NEVER seen in your writings such as: unfolds, disturbing, yet, outcome, (would have liked)...
      I am extremely sorry but this is enough to disbelieve in your writing. If you want to change your grade, write in your notebook something really yours.
      Grade: BJ

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    3. the movie is very good but the effects specials are not good. the scenery is exellent and I achieved a landscape of terror. also  i like the suspense of the movie and you drama. your characters acted good and also i like the effect of loneliness.  I think what I miss this movie was a little more entertainment and emotions as it is very long. CORRECTION alejandro gallego 9-3

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  38. I think the movie is excellent according to the time it was made. I think that the plot is very complex and it keeps you entertained, because you think it is predictable, which it's not.
    I really liked Jack's role, he acts like a real psycho
    the kid is a great actor, his faces were very expressive. I didn't like Wendy's role, it's very stressful and she didn't know how to respond to Jack's behavior, in most parts of the movie all she did was squeak and squeak.
    The last part was good, it's one of those movies that put your brain to work because it is confusing.

    Laura Maria Padilla
    9-3

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    1. Good work!
      I know you have been improving, I hope this is a way to show that.
      Nice writing, nice ideas.
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  39. The Shining
    I like the movie 'The Shining' because it has an interesting story, the main actor 'Jack Torrance' played by Jack Nicholson made an excellent performing, especially in the drastic change from a sane person to be a psychopath who wants to kill his family, however the story does not focus so much on the characters but in the hotel where there have been terrible cases, the most distinguished was the case of a man who went crazy and killed his family with an axe in the hotel also moments of suspense are excellent its effects are very well managed I also like the end of the film and the performance of Danny.

    David Ballesteros
    9-3

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    1. Good work.
      I know you have been improving and I hope this was a hard work you DID by YOURSELF.
      There have been? you know this?
      It is well written and understandable
      The things is way too perfect.
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  40. The Shining .I liked the movie because is scary & interesting. my favorite part bit was when Jack entered to the bathroom,and saw the CRAZY nude woman,who doesn't talks!,doesn't that seems even normal?,whatever,he is seduced by the crazy woman,and cheats his wife in,but then she becomes a horrible witch with putrid flesh.And then he runs like a crybaby.In general is a very well directed movie,and I knew a lot of Kubrick’s style,the movie is full of tension,,ghosts,blood,death and blood,,Personally I screamed a lot during the movie,what makes it more amusing!.It has a plethora of terrific things like that darn hedge maze or ROOM 237 or THE SHINING between Doc. and Dick Halloran,the bad thing,they kill Dick first.
    Valentina Cortez G.
    9-3

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    1. Great work!
      You organized your ideas and gave your point of view. You just need to focus on some stuff:
      1. Use of CAPITAL LETTERS after a period and also use of spaces.
      2. who doesn't talk we drop off the s because of the doesn't
      3. runs like a crying baby
      4. he cheats On his wife.
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  41. The Shining. Is a very regular movie because the characters for example Mr. Thorner was greatly exaggerated , on the other hand if I noticed the last part that I could understand it better.
    I want to emphasize that when investigating movie saw it was a great movie with very good reviews.
    for other hand, if I see the film as a comedy definitely would say that is the best of all, I laughed more danny's mom but again to emphasize that the actress who plays the danny's mom is an excellent actress does anyone what she managed with her role in the movie.
    Finally, I want to say that the only thing that gave me a little scary character were killed as the twins and the old woman.
    Carolina Correa
    9-5

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    1. Good work:
      Good ideas, but you can work on...
      1. regular es regular pero no en terminos de mas o menos si no en lago que se repite de forma regular, constante. You can say it is an average movie.
      2. It is not Mr. Thorner but Mr. Torrance.
      3. For other hand is not god, use ON THE OTHER HAND
      4. I laughed morre at Danny
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  42. JUAN JOSE GARCIA HINCAPIE 9-3The movie is very interesting. I like the characters, the interesting of the movie are the characters and the place where develops. The them of the movie is my favorite, the movie is good because is old and jack the principal character is very good actor and I like work jack on the movie and their faces ugly,wendy does a good character but is very very very ugly.danny is the character more interesting and is very curious thanks to danny the movie is very interesting.in conclusion the movie is excellent but the end is not the best I wanted blood.

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    1. Juan, good work
      Check this:
      1. the interesting of the movie = the most interesting about the movie is...
      2. Use CAPITAL LETTERS at the beginning of proper names and periods, this way I could understand better what you write.
      3. You have good ideas but they need more sentences to pusppport, you repeated some ideas many times.
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  43. For my the movie was really bad, i didn't find the sense, it's really confusing . i dont think that the movie is interesting at all not even that a hotel was damned. They were a normal family but it was really extrange that imaginary friend that Danny have after what happend with the father. I think that a some of the characters leave the history incomplete they just dissapears ando some other appears from nowhere and you never understand why. In my personal opinion i would not recommend this movie not even see it again because i get so bored and i almost fall slept

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    1. Good work!
      Chec this!
      1. For ME! not for my
      2. Yo in Englis is always I con mayuscula!
      3: ando?
      4. I almost fell asleep
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  44. I think that the movie was interesting because it isn´t as commom as the other ones because of its suspence and horror parts. Which are well represented mixed with moments. Of humor that gave a little relaxation to the movie. The actors performed very well their characters and their faces expressed the moments passing by the movie.
    On the other hand, in some excerps from the movie i got bored because it became very monotonus and i think the end remained unfinished, it was not clear to me. I think that something was missing i can conclude that there is a big difference with what is written in the book because it is more complete and gives us a very clear idea of what happens all the time.

    Sofia Isabel Sarmiento Rivas
    9-05

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    1. Good work..
      but remember:
      1. I is always in CAPITAL LETTERS
      2. Try to use those words in class.
      Grade: A

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  45. I like is a very good movie, interesting, because it is not like movie now. Has good special effects. Has good actors Jack Nicholson in my opinion is a great actor does very well the character Jack Torrance and Shelley Duvall in this film I do no like the character of Wendy Torrance in some scene. There were good scenes as when Jack walked arrives at the bar an is empty, then it meets a waiter calling Lloyd, another scene I liked was when Wendy and Danny are in the labyrinth while jack is the hotel and approximates a model of a labyrinth and observes Wendy and Danny walking on labyrinth.
    Valentina Landázury
    9-3

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    1. Good work!
      You had some minos gramar and spelling mistakes.
      Remember using CAPITAL LETTERS FOR PROPER NAMES.
      Grade: A

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  46. alejandro miranda grade 9-5
    Movie review
    This movie I found a very good movie, with a plot and too entertaining story, I think the actor Jack Nicholson who makes the character of Mr. Torrance is very good actor I think his gestures and everything he does is very expressive, and conveys to the people that he want to kill his own family too child, Danny Lloyd in the movie called Danny Torrance I think does a very good job but the actress Shelley Duvall actress seems a bad actress and very exaggerated but in general the movie is so good and the producers did a good work

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    1. Good work!
      it is understandable and you had some minor mistakes.
      Grade: A

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  47. I do not love this movie but not the hate, it is admirable the great work of the actors personally love, is not one of the typical horror movies taking intoaccount the genre of this movie is the subgenre of psychological horror, personally I liked it because it is not one of those horror movies where you know the "mad murderer" you kill them all, and only stay one which kills him on, what I like most is the way as jack torrance is losing his sanity and claustrophobia will attack your mind,ending I didn't like the end but excellent actors ..
     
    PS: sorry teacher but i not found the blog.. thanks

    Laura Martinez 9-5

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    1. Good work!
      Your ideas were nicely written and clear.
      You had some minos mistalkes, especially the use of CAPITAL LETTERS in proper names.
      Grade: A

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  48. From my point of view I really liked the movie because it is interesting, the characters are not overreacted, has a different Thematic all horror movies usually always present with exaggerations and over-acted scenes.
    The main actor JACK NICHOLSON is an excellent actor, because it has that quality to convey to the viewer what he was feeling through the role it had to do, and that's something that an actor can not stop losing.
    To summarize the story, the movie is very good, which deserves repetition.
    Daniela Sarria 9-5

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    1. Good work!
      it is a shame it came too late and I hope you keep writing this way in my class..
      Grade: B

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  49. The film is very entertaining, it is a great classic of Stephen King, is a different and very creative story. As the the movie progresses, we find many surprises, and unpredictable things, which is very important in a horror movie. The characters perform a very good and realistic work and has very good actors. Spite of being a relatively old movie, the effects are not bad and are quite realistic. The end of the film is a little tangled and difficult to understand, but that's what catches the attention.
    In short, a great film, a film that catches all who see it.

    Isabella Rodriguez 9-3

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    1. Good work!
      Your ideas wre clear and well written.
      Grade: A

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  50. The film does not meet all the concepts of a scary movie. The story has a good plot, but during the link just the same suspense and lots of blood is observed. Personally I think that books are better than the movies, and this is no exception. It would have been lovely being able to know a little more about Mr. Grady and his family. Similarly, I compost producer choose the fact excellent scenery and good funds. The film is based on good concepts, but I think that the actors have had a good connexion with his characters, has exception of Mr. Torrance.
    The Shining - Stephanie Peñate
    9-3

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    1. Good work
      but, to he honest, it does not seem a work of yours.
      Grade: B

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  51. The shining, from my point of view is a very good movie, I liked the gore scenes and the gestures from the main character, Jack. Also, I liked how the "imaginary friend", Tony tried to give a warning of what was going to happen there, the way they get trapped and isolated makes this film more interesting...is like you know that something bad is going to happen and then, you can't scape from that. I didn't like when Mr. Halloran went to help them and he couldn’t do anything to help because he was murdered too fast, also I didn’t like how Wendy was interpreted, she was way better on the book and overacted on the movie.

    Luis Felipe Tangua
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  52. I haven’t read the book yet, so I can’t say how well it is adapted. I can personally say it is a good movie because it has the right amount of suspense and also good effects. Jack Nicholson did an excellent job as Mr. Torrence, he's a great actor. Some of the Danny’s gestures seemed to me just a little bit exaggerated. Unlike many movies I've seen, the blood looked so real. It was an excellent movie, but it wasn’t the best I’ve seen. I can say that the performances could be better and sometimes sound effects, according to me, exceeded the volume.

    María José Sánchez Cairazco 9-5

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    1. Great work!
      Great ideas and well written.
      Garde: S

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    2. So, well Teacher.
      My comment is about Maria Jose's comment.
      She says that " The Shining" was a good movie, as it has good effects and the suspense is right for her, she says she liked the work of the actor Jack N , interpretting to Mr Torrance in the movie.
      Says too that ,some aspects of the movie like the costumes and the volume, could be better, but, still be a great movie, and the effects like the blood are very real.

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  53. I liked because is a suspense movie and story is catchy. Although in my tastes aren't the scary movies, I think the horror of 1980 isn’t a horror like now that only produces disgust. Is a good movie, it produces a pleasant fear. I felt part of the movie, because I felt that Jack Torrance was going out of the movie and he was going to kill us. I caused much laughter the Jack face when appeared dead in the snow.
    I didn’t like the movie because had very bloody parts; I didn’t like the end, because I didn’t know what happened with Danny, it had an incomplete end to me. I didn’t understand the end. But overall it is a good movie and I liked
    NATALY PINEDA ARCE 9-3

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    1. great comment!
      You had some minor mistakes but is good in general terms.
      Grade: A

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  54. I like the movie because is it very entertaining, also because the actors express very well and also because it is scary. but I don't like because it has very bloody images and do not look so real, the end is very entertaining but not so thrilling. the movie is good but for the title it was waiting for something better, the expressions of the actors are very real and the music is good ,but what I liked about the film were the scenes of scary

    dayana marcela cuastumal 9-3

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    1. Good work
      Just remember the use od Capital letters when needed.
      Grade: A

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  56. I think the movie is very good because the movie is about ghosts and crazy people. For example in the final, when Jack sees a little girl and he shouts: ¡she is a ghost!, after that he decided to pursue his son (Danny) because Jack was very crazy. And I liked when Danny can see what happened in the hotel, but he was scared because Halloran says that he can see ghosts. For example when they were eating an ice cream and Halloran says that he cannot enter in the room 237 because in that room a lot of people was killed. After that, I liked when Wendy defended her son because Jack wanted to kill them. Finally Wendy gets a knife and hurts Jack and he dies frozen because he can not reach them.

    Catalina Martinez Díaz 9-5

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      Good ideas, and welll written.
      Grade: S

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  57. I like this movie because it’s very entertaining and that its history is fantastic since it shows you can love your family but you can kill it only by pressure and Distress that exist when you have a monotonous and boring days then this reflect the conditions of everyday life that you get to do disastrous things that do not want just for relieve feelings such as hate and love , reflects also that you can have and live with all the material luxuries of the world but inside not happy, because the basis of happiness is freedom and love - Brenda Mesa 9-3

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    1. Good work!
      Nice ideas, but HISTORY? REALLY?
      Grade: A

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  58. CORRECTION

    The shining, I think this was a good and bad movie at the same time, I liked the movie because it has different themes to focus in, but I did not like because the actress who was the wife of the main character.... was a little ugly and expressions were very bad to be an actress, on the other hand the child seemed a great actor to me because sometimes showed his innocence and also when he changed to Tony he did a great performance, and the main character for his sinister expressions and craziness were very good, and for me it was the one that most stood out in his performance


    JUAN FELIPE CERON


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    1. Good work, better than the other.
      It sounds a little more like you
      Grade: A

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  59. Summary of story Overlook hotel

    1. JOB INTERVIEW
    Ullman is the person receiving Mr. Torrance, Ullman asks about his family and speaks Overlook Hotel where he is going to work, Ullman says “there's no rats in the hotel", but Torrance thinks so. Ullman said the hotel has 110 rooms on that floor is describing each room, showed him a map of hotel. Ullman tells Mr. Torrance the Overlook Hotel was built in 1907 and 1909, the city closest to the hotel is SideWinder, but October and November are closed until April. Ullman said the hotel had a terrible tragedy and a fatal mistake in letting a drunken person in Overlook Hotel, named Mr. Delbert Grady, who was staying at the hotel with his 2 daughters and his wife. Ullman says that in any type of accident occurs, there is a radio to communicate and there is a car for snow, because the site is far from the population, says many people are locked long time can even cause a murder or a discussion, as in the case of Delbert Grady, that murderer his daughters with a hatchet, his wife with a pistol, then killed himself because he was drunk, but Jack was different at the end of the job interview, Torrance had a conversation with Mr. Watson

    2. THE LAND OF SHADOWS Danny was weak, and hugged his mother, ate milk and cookies. Danny thought he was a big boy, he was no longer a baby, was about to enter first grade and was going to be a responsible person and a great person, and stop being a baby, and I thought it was, but Danny was a very lonely person. His mother was very worried look bad to his father , he knew his father was wrong , but all the time Danny sounded in his head with the word the word DIVORCE thought his father could do something bad, just thought his father was going to do something wrong. Tony was a friend of his image, also told him that his father was going to do something wrong, and why Danny had a hallucination, which is what his father said by telephone. Then he thought that the word was not a divorce, but it was a suicide. Danny had a friend, Tony, a friend of his image, began to lose all your friends. For a time, Danny was frightened by the way to be Tony. Danny imagined a room and saw the word written in red , REDRUM then begins to imagine in the hotel , when in the winter , Danny began to smell blood and destruction and only the word REDRUM imagined, but it wasn't until the image had made him see Danny . After Danny was very scared and went to huge his father, the father realized that he was very scared, but said he fell asleep. Then he saw the love of his parents and smiled looking up what his father had bought.

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  60. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK - Catalina Martinez Diaz 9-5

    JOB INTERVIEW

    This chapter begins with a thought about Jack Torrance "officious little prick". Ullman was thinking this about a man called Jack Torrance. Ullman was interviewing Jack for a job as caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. Ullman starts to talk with Jack about his family, and Ullman asks Jack if her wife and his son (Dany) have knowledge about what she is going to live, because of living all winter in the hotel, and Jack tells Ullman that there is no problem because his family is really nice people.

    After this, Ullman starts to show Jack the plans of the hotel and to describe it floor by floor, Ullman was telling Jack about all rooms available on each floor. The hotel has 110 rooms but he said that the basement is the most important floor of all, specially in winter because this is the floor where the action is, the reason he told this is because in the basement is the boiler and that a man called Watson was going to teach Jack all about the basement and its operation.

    After all this, Ullman tells Jack that he is offering the Job to him because a man called Al Shockley recommended him for the job and because he has power in the hotel because he is part of the group of directors. Ullman gives Jack the job, but he thinks Jack is not able to take care about the responsibilities.

    Then, Ullman talks about the history of the hotel. Ullman says that the hotel was built by a man called Townley Watson in 1909. After 6 years the hotel was sold because its owner didn’t know how to manage the hotel. And Ullman told Jack that during World War II the hotel was closed.

    SHADOWLAND

    One day Dany was looking out the window and was thinking about his parents. In the story that a friend had told him, his friend told him that his parents had fought and had divorced. Dany also thought that his parents would do the same, because their parents thought about it frequently. Dany remembered a day when his father was drunk and accidentally shed juice on his work, Jack got so angry and he broke dany's arm, so this is why his parents had thought about getting divorced.

    Another day, while Dany was focused on understanding his parents, Dany heard a voice saying: “Dany come here, Dany come here” it was his imaginary friend Tony, who showed him that under the stairs, there was a trunk that inside it was the work that his father needed.

    After this, his father was looking for the trunk and Dany told him that it was under the stairs, Dany told them that Tony had told him about it, but their parents did not believed him.

    Dany decided to go to his room, but before getting to his bedroom, Dany heard Tony, who wanted to show him a room.
    Signs started to come out of the walls and despite Dany did not know how to read, he was really scared. When Dany entered the room, he could see a strange word and he wondered what did it mean, but in that moment he could not figure it out.

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