Stephen King Dissed Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING In His Latest Book

There may be some things that will be left unknown about Stephen King when he leaves this Earth, but his hatred for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining will not be one of them. It really says something when nearly 40 years after the film's release King is still slamming the film. King's latest diss towards the adaptation came in his latest book The Outsider (via Indiewire):

King introduces a character in “The Outsider” by noting that she’s watching Kubrick’s Paths of Glory because, in her words, it’s “better than The Shining,” 

I get that he doesn't like the film, but damn. It's not like Kubrick is alive to defend himself anymore, so you're just basically doing this now to shit on his legacy! It comes off as petty to me, and while he's completely entitled to his opinion of how his work was handled, dude needs to accept that Kubrick's version was great to a lot of people. Move on King! You have numerous other adaptations you could pick apart far more than the one made by a legendary director.