Movies: Stephen King's Doctor Sleep
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Don't judge a book by its cover. Why does it look like crap to you? I own but haven't read the book so it's hard to judge the trailer. Mike Flanagan does do great work though.
I will say basically all of Kings adaptions are hit or miss. Recently Mr. Mercedes was great, The Dark Tower was crap and I'm still reserving judgment on It until I see the sequel.
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I had to check who that was and can't say I agree. I've seen Oculus and Gerald's Game and they both were completely forgetable. The trailer proposes this as a sequel to the Kubrick film, that Flanagan guy can't follow Kubrick - just won't work.
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Well Stephen King wasn't happy with Kubrick's adaption of The Shining and unless you're a horror buff, you won't appreciate Flanagan's work.
The trailer proposes this as a sequel to The Shining novel, which Doctor Sleep is.
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Oh I'm a horror buff. Used to teach a Horror film class, most fun I've had.
And the trailer uses images from Kubrick's Shining, so it clearly implies it's in continuity to this version of the story.
Edit: after reading a little about the movie, the only images taken directly from Kubrick's film would be the blood river scene, that's pretty impressive. I felt like something was off from the old lady and the twins, but the shots of Danny had me convinced... Well, doesn't change anything to my point though.
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Doctor Sleep [2019] :
First there was The Shining...
I'm not a Stephen King fan, nor am I a fan of Stanley Kubrick. So, while I found The Shining deeply stylistic and REALLY cool, I never found it scary. Not one time. Just a lot of fun when Jack Nicholson was on the screen. He stole the movie.
Then came Doctor Sleep...
While still not a fan of Stephen King (the book is good but, like all his work, it's too long), I am a BIG fan of Mike Flanagan. So, while I found Doctor Sleep deeply stylistic and REALLY cool, I never found it scary. Not one time. Just a lot of fun when Rebecca Ferguson was on the screen. She stole the movie.
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Movie Trailer :
First there was The Shining...
I'm not a Stephen King fan, nor am I a fan of Stanley Kubrick. So, while I found The Shining deeply stylistic and REALLY cool, I never found it scary. Not one time. Just a lot of fun when Jack Nicholson was on the screen. He stole the movie.
Then came Doctor Sleep...
While still not a fan of Stephen King (the book is good but, like all his work, it's too long), I am a BIG fan of Mike Flanagan. So, while I found Doctor Sleep deeply stylistic and REALLY cool, I never found it scary. Not one time. Just a lot of fun when Rebecca Ferguson was on the screen. She stole the movie.
7.5/10
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As long as you don't expect to be scared, you will enjoy yourself.
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Awesome. I enjoy a good drama with elements of horror. A thriller, really.
Gerald's game was a great niche movie, imo. Haven't seen Oculus yet, but I'm all-in on the new King adaptations (IT was great, Pet Sematary was good too) - very excited for Doctor Sleep.
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What I remember from Oculus...
The red hair protagonist walking away with her hair flipping back and forth early in the movie. Not sure why that stands out in my mind.
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Redheads are God’s gift to suckers for punishment such as myself. Guess I’m watching Oculus tonight.
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I really liked Oculus. One of my favorite horror movies of the 2010's.
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Oculus scared the crap out of me.I really liked Oculus. One of my favorite horror movies of the 2010's.
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Karen Gillam. My jaw is still on the floor from Jumanji. Fantastic talent. Oculus is the perfect type of horror movie, where no one is safe, and the viewer is genuinely uncomfortable through the whole thing, trying to grasp a plot that is swerving all over the road towards an uncertain fate.
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Film disappointed at box office
Opened at #2 with $14.1M
Studio was anticipating a $25M opening and gave film a wide release (3,855 locations)
I think studio thought with success of It and modest success of Pet Sematary (Remake) that the King name would bring in more of an audience
Film is tracking behind the PS remake and with its larger budget both in production and advertisement film really will end up being seen as a flop by studio
Opened at #2 with $14.1M
Studio was anticipating a $25M opening and gave film a wide release (3,855 locations)
I think studio thought with success of It and modest success of Pet Sematary (Remake) that the King name would bring in more of an audience
Film is tracking behind the PS remake and with its larger budget both in production and advertisement film really will end up being seen as a flop by studio
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I haven't seen this but Flanagan is an interesting director. His scripts are pretty generic horror scripts but he's found a way to elevate his movies through his direction. I think he writes most of his own stuff, so I'd like to see him direct something with another writer.
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Finally got to see this today. I haven’t read The Shining or Doctor Sleep the novels, so I can’t comment on adaptations or anything.
First, Ewan McGregor is like Linus’s blanket. Any movie he’s in, I’m going to enjoy. Every bit of his performance rocked.
Rebecca Ferguson stole the movie from him, though. She is a mesmerizing presence, dominating the movie, yet not campy or hokey in the least.
Doctor Sleep ties in as a sequel to The Shining the movie so well that I’d never know there was any difficulty writing the screenplay. It flows smoothly.
The plot is coherent yet not all that predictable, which is refreshing.
An easy 9/10 from me, probably the best time I’ve had as a classic horror fan in a long time.
First, Ewan McGregor is like Linus’s blanket. Any movie he’s in, I’m going to enjoy. Every bit of his performance rocked.
Rebecca Ferguson stole the movie from him, though. She is a mesmerizing presence, dominating the movie, yet not campy or hokey in the least.
Doctor Sleep ties in as a sequel to The Shining the movie so well that I’d never know there was any difficulty writing the screenplay. It flows smoothly.
The plot is coherent yet not all that predictable, which is refreshing.
An easy 9/10 from me, probably the best time I’ve had as a classic horror fan in a long time.
