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Dr. sleep is the sequel of The Shining written and directed by Mike Flanagan it starts Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor plays Dan as in Danny as in doc as in the little kid riding his tricycle through the hallways and the shining guess he's him he's all grown up now now there's another little girl she has shine too and there's this cult out there who feeds off of the life force the energy the shine of people who have that shining so bring on Stephen King horror sequel also Stanley Kubrick when you're watching it it does fundamentally come across as a Stephen King story.
does it come across as a Stanley Kubrick story this movie does have Stanley Kubrick ism's to remind you that yeah this is the sequel to a Stanley Kubrick movie which is funny because it's famous if not a little infamous a Stephen King did not like Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining which I imagine made this a very difficult task to take on adapt this Stephen King book which is also a sequel to a Stanley Kubrick movie that King wasn't really a huge fan of which is also a sequel to a Stanley Kubrick movie you're making a Stanley Kubrick's sequel sequel to a movie there's Stanley Kubrick fans and a lot of film fans consider a modern horror classic good luck.
but hey think of it this way at least you're not making a Star Wars movie because that's where the drama truly lies what a time it's a weird time it's more Stephen King than Stanley Kubrick but does have Kubrick isms in it to remind you yes this is still part of that world that universe and it works you and McGregor was great in this movie you could tell he has a lot of damage from his childhood trauma he still carries it with him.
here he's like I keep your head down don't let anyone know you have this shine because other forces can hear you the same character Arcas Rambo or Jason Bourne or a lot of spy movies out there that were just like right we're gonna lay low up can't anymore Rebecca Ferguson it's perfection I mean that in every way possible I just kind of took to calling Europe evils at 10 and 15 which is funny because her and her cult her crew they're the villains is a very villainous they feed off of people and caused a lot of pain and horror and fear.that's kind of what they do but this movie does a good job of giving you you know their side of things is we see that so much in horror movies out there it's like all the creepy thing it's either the cream good thing under the batter in your closets mentally racking your brain glowing eyes in the dark oh it's all scary and their faceless nameless scary things that are there to scare people because they're just evil right this movies like yeah but what's their side of it well they're scared too they just don't want to die.
I need to feed off of your life force you know it's complicated I do you have to watch the shining if you're gonna watch this movie can you go into this movie being like I've never seen this shining for the thrills on the supernatural horror element with this cult coming after people coming after kids it works fine on its own but when it starts to bring in the shining into it you're not gonna be lost cuz you're gonna get what it's saying it's just not gonna mean much to you you're gonna be like I get it.
why do I care why do I give a shit so I do suggest having watched The Shining before you watch dr. sleep or you know what have a refresher I watched The Shining last night before I watched dr. sleep today having watched The Shining and dr. sleep within a day of each other they're both about two and a half hours long in run time it's me a five hour supernatural epic that really does work well in tandem with each other so dr. sleep stands on its own in its horror element but also serves as a proper sequel to Stanley Kubrick's Shining.I felt that delve deeper into the lore of the shining it actually has its own message about how we live in a less spiritual world these days and what that means for that universe I had a great time with it or if less spiritual world isn't the right phrase right here how to rephrase it.
we live in a more technological and Kippur OH mindset as opposed to the spiritual mindset of old yeah there it is I'll say dr. sleeve was definitely worth watching and worth buying on blu-ray.
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