Doctor Sleep
Yes, I also read The Shining, and saw the film. Doesn’t make you special, director man. And in case the meaning wasn’t obvious, the Overlook Hotel BURNED DOWN, finito, dead.
Fitting, having the antagonists be a breed of vampires, feeding on shine, a bunch of former people, dead inside, feeding on second hand emotions.
Said vampire coven is dying, since less people seem to have a shine, for some reason (smartphones? Netflix?). They still’ recruit and feed, just a bit less that they used to.
The good girl is the real protagonist, Danny is just there for emotional support.
When flipping through available films, I passed over Gus Van Sant’s shot-for-shot Psycho remake with Anne Heche, and dismissed it for being the kind of cinema-student intellectual masturbation many artists fall prey to. But this is not that different, there seems to be a IP-related mandatory references and reconstructions, but since they don’t fit the film itself (minus the doctor’s interview, on that office), they are shoved into the climax without rhyme or reason.
This hurts deep, I think The Shining is one of the best films ever, and Shelly Duvall is a big part of it. They got a good impression of her, but it’s just not the same. At least it’s no CGI ghoul.
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