Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019, D: Flanagan) S: McGregor, Ferguson
10-25-19, 04:00 PM
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Some early buzz: https://www.slashfilm.com/doctor-sle...o-the-shining/
11-05-19, 10:16 AM
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Re: Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019, D: Flanagan) S: McGregor, Ferguson
I'm looking forward to seeing this. It opens this week. I liked the book, but agree that it was only loosely connected with the original story.
11-05-19, 11:32 AM
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I'm also looking forward to this since I just read the book last month (and liked it).
I'm also glad I wont have to see the trailers for it anymore, haha
I'm also glad I wont have to see the trailers for it anymore, haha
11-07-19, 08:06 PM
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This was great. Excellent direction by Flanagan. He really knocks it out of the parking connecting it to the original. Fantastic acting. Rebecca Ferugson, wow.
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11-07-19, 10:58 PM
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I didn’t read the book, so I’d say no.
11-08-19, 01:00 AM
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I haven’t read the book, but is there that much fan-service at the end regarding The Overlook? I still liked the film a lot overall, but the thriller-aspect that preceded the climax was is where all my praise is geared towards. Masterfully done.
11-08-19, 10:29 PM
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This one was a total misfire for me, even though I enjoyed one of the director's previous movies, Oculus. This one just felt overblown, formulaic and completely predictable. Couldn't really get into any of this movie's protagonists or their dilemmas. McGregor was the stereotypical drunk loser who has to sober up and face his demons in order to conquer the evil villains. Of course, he gets tempted by the offer of a drink later on, right? The little girl was too cocky and sure of herself for me to ever feel she was in any real danger. Her parents were just a waste of screen time and the little girl didn't even seem to care
.
Storyline had a derivative, simplistic "Good Shiners versus Evil Shiners" plot that brought back memories of the dreadful Sleepwalkers and far superior flicks like Near Dark. Yet, despite the simplicity of the overall plot, this thing was paced like an Antonioni movie -- it was stultifyingly slow and way too drawn out. One third of the movie seemed to be taken up with characters methodically explaining things to each other about what was going on, while another third was scene after scene of characters vaping.
The bad guys were practically immortal and had supernatural powers
And the friggin' musical score almost never seemed to shut up. It got to be thoroughly annoying after awhile how every scene was underlined with obnoxious, ominous music.
The best thing about the movie by far was Rebecca Ferguson, who was sexy as hell.
Was surprised to find out that
.
Spoiler:
Storyline had a derivative, simplistic "Good Shiners versus Evil Shiners" plot that brought back memories of the dreadful Sleepwalkers and far superior flicks like Near Dark. Yet, despite the simplicity of the overall plot, this thing was paced like an Antonioni movie -- it was stultifyingly slow and way too drawn out. One third of the movie seemed to be taken up with characters methodically explaining things to each other about what was going on, while another third was scene after scene of characters vaping.
The bad guys were practically immortal and had supernatural powers
Spoiler:
And the friggin' musical score almost never seemed to shut up. It got to be thoroughly annoying after awhile how every scene was underlined with obnoxious, ominous music.
The best thing about the movie by far was Rebecca Ferguson, who was sexy as hell.
Spoiler:
Was surprised to find out that
Spoiler:
.
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11-08-19, 11:54 PM
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I hope to catch this next week on a relaxed night.
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11-09-19, 09:39 AM
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This one was a total misfire for me, even though I enjoyed one of the director's previous movies, Oculus. This one just felt overblown, formulaic and completely predictable. Couldn't really get into any of this movie's protagonists or their dilemmas. McGregor was the stereotypical drunk loser who has to sober up and face his demons in order to conquer the evil villains. Of course, he gets tempted by the offer of a drink later on, right? The little girl was too cocky and sure of herself for me to ever feel she was in any real danger. Her parents were just a waste of screen time and the little girl didn't even seem to care
.
Storyline had a derivative, simplistic "Good Shiners versus Evil Shiners" plot that brought back memories of the dreadful Sleepwalkers and far superior flicks like Near Dark. Yet, despite the simplicity of the overall plot, this thing was paced like an Antonioni movie -- it was stultifyingly slow and way too drawn out. One third of the movie seemed to be taken up with characters methodically explaining things to each other about what was going on, while another third was scene after scene of characters vaping.
The bad guys were practically immortal and had supernatural powers
And the friggin' musical score almost never seemed to shut up. It got to be thoroughly annoying after awhile how every scene was underlined with obnoxious, ominous music.
The best thing about the movie by far was Rebecca Ferguson, who was sexy as hell.
Was surprised to find out that
.
Spoiler:
Storyline had a derivative, simplistic "Good Shiners versus Evil Shiners" plot that brought back memories of the dreadful Sleepwalkers and far superior flicks like Near Dark. Yet, despite the simplicity of the overall plot, this thing was paced like an Antonioni movie -- it was stultifyingly slow and way too drawn out. One third of the movie seemed to be taken up with characters methodically explaining things to each other about what was going on, while another third was scene after scene of characters vaping.
The bad guys were practically immortal and had supernatural powers
Spoiler:
And the friggin' musical score almost never seemed to shut up. It got to be thoroughly annoying after awhile how every scene was underlined with obnoxious, ominous music.
The best thing about the movie by far was Rebecca Ferguson, who was sexy as hell.
Spoiler:
Was surprised to find out that
Spoiler:
.
I am going this afternoon to see the movie, so I am not reading your spoilers. However, I have read the book and lot of your gripes can be traced to the source material. I am going to presume you didn't read the book, and I'm not going to be a snob who says you should. But all story issues you mention were created by King, not the filmmakers is what it appears.
11-09-19, 02:01 PM
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I don’t see how anyone couldn’t notice that.
11-09-19, 03:34 PM
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Re: Stephen King's Doctor Sleep (2019, D: Flanagan) S: McGregor, Ferguson
I loved the movie, it kept me engaged throughout. Perfect pacing, and it was faithful to King's book. As Dr. DVD said above, any complaints about the plot should be directed to King, not the film makers, but I had no problem wit the plot.
11-09-19, 10:29 PM
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Really enjoyed this - fun to watch them tell the same basic story at the Dr. Sleep novel but tie it into the Kubrick movie. I was often like “oh that’s clever”. Liked it a lot! 
11-10-19, 08:42 AM
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Caught this yesterday. I have to say, in the case of both this and The Shining, I preferred King's version. That said, I feel Flanagan did the best he could given his somewhat interesting situation. The best decision he made was to not try and be Kubrick. Nobody is Kubrick other than Kubrick. The first movie was Kubrick's interpretation, and while I don't agree with its changes, it works very well on its own. Flanagan essentially takes the route of doing a straight forward adaptation of the Doctor Sleep novel for the first two-thirds of the movie, and then takes back to the version of the story with which many are familiar for the final act, and not surprisingly, therein occurred most of the changes with which I did not agree. But, I totally understood why they were made.
That said, it's enjoyable, but a lot of the first two thirds won't make much sense or mean as much if one hasn't read the book, so the adaptation quality is questionable in that regard. Acting was good all around, but unlike others who are gushing over Ferguson's performance, I felt she came across as less an evil cult leader and more like an upset yoga instructor. I am surprised Flanagan didn't try to get Carla Gugino for that role given his work history with her , but Ferguson got the job done.
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That said, it's enjoyable, but a lot of the first two thirds won't make much sense or mean as much if one hasn't read the book, so the adaptation quality is questionable in that regard. Acting was good all around, but unlike others who are gushing over Ferguson's performance, I felt she came across as less an evil cult leader and more like an upset yoga instructor. I am surprised Flanagan didn't try to get Carla Gugino for that role given his work history with her , but Ferguson got the job done.
11-10-19, 11:54 AM
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11-10-19, 12:23 PM
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While the casting was great, I can't help but wonder what kind of approach Rob Zombie would have taken. His wife would have played Rose and Bill Mosley would have probably been Crow Daddy.
Rose: We gotta find that little fucking bitch with the fucking powers
Crow Daddy: How the fuck am I supposed to find her? She keeps bouncing her presence all over the fucking place. Can't we get our fucking steam from some other little bitch?
Rose: We gotta find that little fucking bitch with the fucking powers
Crow Daddy: How the fuck am I supposed to find her? She keeps bouncing her presence all over the fucking place. Can't we get our fucking steam from some other little bitch?
11-10-19, 03:51 PM
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I've always found it strange that Nicholson and Kubrick's interpretation gets criticized for being too unsympathetic. When I read the book, I thought Nicholson was pretty spot-on with that kind of character.
11-10-19, 05:50 PM
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I forgot to mention that the theater was very sparsely filled. One older couple in front of me left with about 30 minutes left and another couple left with about 5 minutes left. I was like...really? You made it this far.
That’s too bad. It deserved to do better.
That’s too bad. It deserved to do better.
11-10-19, 05:57 PM
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