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Movie Night - Part III: The Shining

It's 3 AM and I just finished watching The Shining, which might be the most confusing movies ever made. And also scary.

It is a movie about one woman's descent into madness while stuck out in isolation taking care of a big huge hotel. The hotel is in the middle of Nowhere, Colorado, and she has only her husband and little son to keep her company.

The crazy lady is played by Shelly Duvall and if looks are any indication of mental stability she is perfect for the part.

But the movie is confusing for just that reason. Is anyone surprised she went crazy? She looks like that and all the signs were there from the beginning.

Will any of us forget those fateful lines, "My favorite colors are pink and gold."

Hello. Rule of life numero uno: If someone says their favorite colors are pink and gold or peach and blue or anything like that, they're insane and sooner or later they will leave you to freeze to death out in the snow.

And what happened? She left her husband to freeze to death in the snow.

Perhaps you didn't catch the pink and gold remark. Think back, though. What was she wearing when you first see her in the movie? An outfit that looked like this:

Considering the fact that the movie was made in 1980, the most flattering thing we can say is that Shelly Duvall was a crazy lady ahead of her time.

So, the at the end of movie night, I got my wish: I saw a movie with a psychopathic woman.

I'm going to bed now.