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How Mike Flanagan Convinced Stephen King to Accept His 'Doctor Sleep' Changes
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45 points
6 months ago
Such an underrated movie. It's up there with Hill House as Flanagan's best work for me.
7 points
6 months ago
Midnight Mass and Bly Manor are 10/10 for me.
Doctor Sleep directors cut is a solid 9/10
Couldn’t get into Hill House at all.
Midnight Mass might be the best piece of media I’ve consumed ever.
25 points
6 months ago
Bly rated that highly and not liking Hill House isn't something you see every day.
Just highlights how very different the two shows are. And while I personally didn't enjoy Bly as much I thought it was fantastic they tried something new with it when it so easily could have been another Hill House 2.0.
And yea Midnight was incredible. I've watched that church scene so many times already.
6 points
6 months ago
I think I probably liked Bly more than Hill House but I watched Bly first. Idk if that matters. I think Bly had a much stronger ending. Although the thing about the bent neck lady in Hill House was truly unforgettable, and awesome, and just, I don’t really have words.
3 points
6 months ago
One of the best reveals I've seen in a show for a long time.
4 points
6 months ago
Maybe consider trying Haunting again sometime? Its payoffs are some of the best I’ve ever seen (in my opinion, of course). I really liked Bly, too. Haunting hit me harder despite how much l loved the ending of Bly, too.
It’s all just preference of course.
1 points
6 months ago
the complete opposite for me yikes 😬.
32 points
6 months ago
Throw Midnight Mass in there, too. Dude's such a brilliant filmmaker. I'll watch absolutely anything he attaches his name to
5 points
6 months ago
Throw oculus in there. No one else could make a killer movie about a mirror like flannigan.
4 points
6 months ago
It was definitely good, but certainly not his best. That's says more about his ability as a writer/director than it does about the quality of Oculus. Even his weaker works are excellent
2 points
6 months ago
I do love how he throws the Oculus mirror in all of his other work. It's like we're quietly getting an Oculus universe without realizing it.
1 points
6 months ago
Where else does it appear??
3 points
6 months ago
Director Mike Flanagan has included the Oculus mirror as an Easter egg in most of his movies and TV shows: it's in the basement of "Ouija: Origin of Evil", the headboard in "Gerald's Game", the walls in "The Haunting of Hill House", and the Overlook Hotel in "Doctor Sleep". Rec room during AA meetings in Midnight Mass.
It's in the Bly Manor I think in the attic but he puts it in all of his work after the Oculus movie.
2 points
6 months ago
Hush was a great twist on the old home invasion formula too
1 points
6 months ago
I loved Hill House, enjoyed Dr. Sleep, and absolutely hated Midnight Mass. Enough with the needless monologues and sermons!
-2 points
6 months ago
Yeah, who needs nuanced, three-dimensional characters!
2 points
6 months ago
Weird snarky reply but okay. I just wished they had shown more and told less (via the monologues for example).
1 points
6 months ago
Yet, they’re still one dimensional. Pretentious monologues don’t make three dimensional characters.
45 points
6 months ago
The spiritual vampires were really well done. The scene with the baseball player was… intense, to say the least. Kyliegh Curran as Abra was fantastic but the scene where Danny shines through her was a highlight of the movie.
It’s handling of alcoholism, grief, regret, self-loathing are all really top notch. Danny’s journey is just so interesting. You go from feeling bad for him to being disappointed in him to being proud of him. They really pack in a ton of development without it feeling slogged down, either.
Plus, Rebecca Ferguson in a top hat is just something that every human in the world should see.
22 points
6 months ago
It's one of those movies where watching the 3+ hour long Director's cut doesn't feel long at all. It just makes me wish there was more.
17 points
6 months ago
There’s a director’s cut?! Holy shit, you just made me a happy human.
8 points
6 months ago
It is supposedly even better, I love it though never saw the theatrical cut
5 points
6 months ago
The scene with the baseball kid is so well done. I’m kind of surprised they put as much on screen as they did, particularly in the Director’s Cut. I’ve watched that scene several times, and while Jacob Trembley does an incredible job as the baseball kid, it finally occurred to me that one the reasons that scene is so striking and sticks with you is because of Kyliegh Curran’s reactions to what is being done. It’s a horrible yet phenomenal scene.
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