That’s funny, I don’t like The Shining either. I’ve never watched it all the way through. Find a lot of Kubrick rather ponderous actually. But that’s the classic thing, though isn’t it, when a writer is so good, the way their mind works so compelling, it’s not really relevant whether you actually like the thing they’re enthused about, they’ve created this sort of surplus value - not quite the right term - but (from your point of view as still unconvinced or unmoved by the spur to the writing you’re reading), they’ve created something out of nothing. 

Same, actually, when they attack something dear to you - the critique is so well done, so provocative, that it creates a supplementary value - you don’t resent it, it’s a challenge to argue the defence.