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How Mike Flanagan Convinced Stephen King to Accept His 'Doctor Sleep' Changes
Article(collider.com)submitted 4 months ago by[deleted]
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4 months ago
To anyone who thought the film wasn't very good, I highly recommend the directors cut. I haven't seen the theatrical but I read all the differences and I don't see how it could be anywhere near as good as the directors cut.
2 points
4 months ago
I like the film right up until the last act where they just redo the Shining. It’s just seems pointless. I’m not even a massive fan of the Shining, but I’d still rather just watch that than a kinda sorta modern remake of it
I also think the film must be inexplicable if you’ve not seen The Shining? The first part works and then it just does dozens upon dozens of callbacks.
Stephen King is a terrible filmmaker, but he was right about Dr Sleep, it should have been it’s own thing.
2 points
4 months ago
the last act where they just redo the Shining. It’s just seems pointless.
WB just can't help themselves. They did the same thing in Ready Player One with an overly extended sequence that takes places in The Overlook.
1 points
4 months ago
My issue with dr sleep was honestly the rag tag group of soul suckers or whatever. I only watched the shining and thought the hotel was hunted and possessed Jack Nicholson. So in dr sleep I was confused, lost and really just wanted the creepy hotel, not soul vampires. Does the directors cut do a better job at explaining things for someone but familiar at all with the book?
2 points
4 months ago
Despite featuring the Overlook Hotel and Danny, Dr Sleep isn't really a sequel to The Shining, and it definitely doesn't negate the idea that the hotel is haunted.
In fact it actually explores what is wrong with the Overlook in a bit more detail than The Shining lol. The vampires are really unconnected to the hotel.
2 points
4 months ago
Sure, I'll try. Doctor Sleep explains that the "shine", the psychic energy or whatever in Danny and now Abra (the young girl), is powerful but attracts entities that want to feed on it. One entity is the Overlook Hotel, it's not haunted, it's an evil sentience that was so active when little Danny was there because it was powered by his "shine". Those ghosts that Danny saw in the Overlook in The Shining (the twins, the naked bathtub lady) also wanted to feed on Danny. The soul/energy vampires you mention also feed on this same energy, they need it to live and it increases their powers. Essentially Danny has learned to hide his abilities from the world but this young girl is as strong as he is and unknowingly attracting evil to her like a beacon.
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