The Shining: Tony scene

[Blondiechickie1972]

one time i was watching this movie with my cousin and everytime Danny talked to his finger, me and my cousin would laugh our asses off :D it is like "Tony" is Danny's little finger puppet

[zombiefreak31]

I like the book a lot better, but the movie was ok.

[MrKUBRICKIAN]

Lloyd was so great in this.Imagine if you were cursed with that ability?And Lloyd conveyed it perfectly.Not the kid in the mini-series,who acted as if he was a normal boy,and showed no sense of dread or fear.He looked like he was about to laugh all the time,which ruined all of his scenes.

[MrTiki7690]

@MrKUBRICKIAN i know! that little kid pissed me off. first of all he looked a whole lot older than five, and he always sounded congested, and his teeth stuck out like a horse. ARGHH! If Stephen King's movie had had better actors and a bigger budget it would have matched up to Kubrick's Shining, but, well let's just say if I'm in the mood for King's Shining I'll read the book, which by the way you can't compare to the movie, they're too different.

[MrKUBRICKIAN]

@MrTiki7690 I think kubrick created more realistic versions of the characters.Nicholson truly looked like he would kill anyone in his way.That face he makes as he turns the axe in a certain someone's chest,is damn creepy.Weber just doesn't have a creepy edge,he's like a frat boy playing a joke.Danny Lloyd was really good,he looked truly disturbed.Mead never looked scared,he seemed to barely keep a straight face.Duvall seemed to act more realistic than demornay,and scatman destroys peebles.

[Blondiechickie1972]

@MrTiki7690 and the kid looked like Bugs Bunny :D

[RaptorRoll]

tony in the book was actually a boy waving in the distance, not his finger.

[ThaCharger]

Forever alone...

[MissChantii15]

weird boy :/

[Blondiechickie1972]

@MissChantii15 yeah but i like him alot more than the Danny in the remake, the one in the remake is like a retard with those big ol teeth and annoying nasally voice

[CutHardstylez]

Omfg he's got split personality!

[TheTKPictures]

The book was great, and hella scary

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

Shining twins

[jeremxy]

book is way better then the movie



[nose766]

Didint nobody read the book??? Tony is the imaginary friend of Danny that shows him all.... book is better than the movie.

[lindseydevins]

@nose766 I knowww! The book makes the movie seem so dumb.

[tobiasaurusrex]

"I'm not talking to my finger! That would be crazy! I'm talking to Mr. Bimbo, the little man who lives inside my finger." - Frank Oz

[hunky4ever]

Oookaaay that's................creepy  :D

[slash1543197]

najbolji film ikad!

[suporjustin]

redrum....



[CaptMARNEY]

Apparently Kubrick was very protective of the actor for Danny, and didn't let him know that "The Shining" was a horror; instead, he told him it was a drama.

[1969Fever]

So cuuuuute!!!

[DanNZ4]

I don't get this tony crap. It's like manhunt 2.

Danny but instead of Tony it's Leo and instead of a boy living in Danny's mouth

it's a pyschopath living in his head

[Molasses90]

Awww this is a cute scene...I wish I had a Tony when I was little, lol.

[emokiller907]

@Molasses90 me too lol

[curtithird]

i say that a lot to myself when I'm alone in a room...it works surprisingly well

[dolotsofacid]

@bladeshaven That kind of makes me want to read the book.

[sweetsheepo]

I like how this is from the czech version of mtv....

[kingt34]

Whe the director was choosing the cast and the kid came up with this he must have thought ".... Jackpot"

[estdes1]

Tony might wanna ditch danny when he starts masterbating...

[dankerer]

@estdes1 -- tentacles

[AdamPinnapplechunk]

What?

[gravyhouse]

what a brilliant child actor!

[wanabebacanruserious]

you bastards are you conjuring my name up well look for jesus in the sky thankyou bye

[lanja33]

Why's Tony called "Tony"?

[eleonnoreTV]

@lanja33: Who knows :)

[lanja33]

@eleonnoreTV in the book, a doctor who examines Danny tells the parents that they should know why their son calls his imaginery friend "Tony" and not "Dick" or "Harry"...and Jack and Wendy agree. I finished the book but I didnt find any reason

[RacketaE]

@eleonnoreTV named after Tony Danza.

[JohnnyMarsan]

@eleonnoreTV Tony is actually Eric The Midget

[wallofvideo]

@lanja33 tony is ynot ("why not") spelled backwards

[lanja33]

@wallofvideo Thanks for your answer. But why not what?

[wallofvideo]

@lanja33 i sought to suggest that tony's name (spelled backwards) holds the answer to the question "why's tony called 'tony'?" i.e., "why not?" but according to wikipedia's entry on the novel, tony's name derives from danny's middle name, anthony. i never read the novel though, so i can't vouch for that.

[beekneed]

@lanja33 I've wondered the same thing myself. I just finished reading the book though, and yeah, Danny's middle name is Anthony. Tony's probably part of Danny's own subconscious identity, so it stands to reason that he'd have his own nickname based on Danny's name. Something like that!

[lanja33]

@beekneed That's probable. At the beginning of the book, Danny never really sees Tonys face. When he first does so, he notices that Tony looks quite like a teenage version of himself.

[ImaPsychoKilla]

@lanja33 Tony was given that nickname by Jack and Wendy because Danny's middle name is "Anthony", or "Tony" for short. It says so in the book.

[33FreddyKrueger33]

@lanja33 danny's middle name is anthony also called tony

[33FreddyKrueger33]

@lanja33 dannys middle name is anthony which also means tony

[tobi240988]

@lanja33 For no reason

[StuntPilotin]

@lanja33 In the book Tony is grown up version of Danny, whose full name is Daniel Anthony Torrance

[ufinc]

@lanja33 Tony is from Danny's middle name Anthony.

[btrissler]

@lanja33 In the book, Danny's middle name is "anthony"--tony is danny at about age 12.

[krazykool1313]

@lanja33 because the parents thought it was just an imaginary friend so they told danny to call him tony

[gpooj]

@lanja33 It's his middle name.

[DontStepInThatPuddle]

@lanja33

Because Danny's full name is Daniel Anthony Torrance. Tony was a part of Danny, Tony WAS Danny. But instead of being called Danny, he was Tony, or a shortened version of Anthony.

[WhiteSilverKusanagi]

@lanja33 It's taken from Danny's middle name "anthony". They make Tony SEEM really creepy, and scary (like a demon/ghost spirit or something communicating through Danny), but Tony is actually Danny's self from the future talking to his past self due to Danny's "shining" ability to see the past, and future of what's in front of him (the shiny ability also makes him able to see spirits. You would know this if you've read the book. :)

[PrivateAckbar]

@lanja33 His middle name is Tony.

[grkpektis]

@lanja33 because it might be danny from the future or his son

[catone82]

Tony: the friend we all wish we had :-)