I am like one in 8 people on this site who saw this movie and love it so I am down to watch a director's cut
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Director's cut of Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep is 180 minutes long, releases Digital (4K streaming) 1/21, and on Blu-ray on Feb 4
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I am like one in 8 people on this site who saw this movie and love it so I am down to watch a director's cut
I saw it, didn't care for it, and don't care to see a longer version unless it fixes the ending.
God if anything the theatrical run needed to be cut DOWN.
God if anything the theatrical run needed to be cut DOWN.
I'm a huge Shining fan but dropped the book out of boredom somewhere midway through and the trailers to this looked...kind of cheesy, like a made-for-TV type flick.
The fact a DC exists kind of makes me more interested in checking that version out.
The fact a DC exists kind of makes me more interested in checking that version out.
I'm reading this book now, the beginning is very solid. Like a mini epilogue to the shining. But now it's getting a little slow
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Rose the Hat is still the most fun antagonist of 2019 by a country mile.
Rebecca Ferguson is a queen
Rebecca Ferguson is a queen
I've only grown to appreciate the movie more and more since seeing it, to the point that it might creep onto my top 10 list. It's a super different thing than the Shining, more of a "new story in the universe of The Shining" than a "sequel", but it's so well acted and well done. I loved it. My only gripe is Rebecca Fergusson, despite being a ton of fun, had long stretches of dialogue where she slipped in and out of her native accent.
Sounds good. Theatrical was not too long by any means, I'll be interested to see what they do with the extra time
I saw it and thought it was great!
If anyone is looking to pick this up Best Buy is running a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale today only and it works on pre-orders.
I saw it, and thought Flanagan did about as well as could be expected with dogshit source material. There is one significant exception though, namely that there is nothing compelling or threatening about Rose as portrayed by Ferguson. She might be a fine actor otherwise, but the role need a level of charisma and intensity that she clearly couldn't tap into.
I don't think any of the film's problems are related to its length. It earned its long runtime in my opinion, unlike It Chapter Two that was just disastrously paced.
This movie is responsible for supplanting Anne Hathaway with Rebecca Ferguson as my #1 celebrity crush. She's just so gorgeous.
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I am not part of the "Please step on me" crowd but Rebecca Ferguson does have that energy in the movie.
She is scary-sexy.
Same here. I really liked the movie (up to the last 20 minutes). But damn that scene already hard to watch as it is.
Funny enough I just saw it a few hours ago at the theater. Found the third act a bit weaker than the first two but I mostly loved it otherwise. Bummed it didn't do too well box-office wise, it's easily in my top five favorite movies this year.
Cool, didn't know it was getting a directors cut. I enjoyed it in the cinema, looking forward to seeing the additional footage.
There is an exceptionally good anecdote regarding the filming of this scene. You should look it up.
Hmm. I think I'd be down to try the Director's Cut, but I don't have a ton of faith that it fixes the movie.
The last act at the Overlook is just a crap climax. It turns The Shining into a Universal Halloween Horror Nights attraction.
The last act at the Overlook is just a crap climax. It turns The Shining into a Universal Halloween Horror Nights attraction.
I guess my first watch will be of the director's cut.
after Midsommar's DC being streaming only and the 4K Blu-ray of this movie missing the DC though, it's starting to feel like studios have declared all-out war on physical media. as if artificially delaying physical releases weeks after digital wasn't sketchy enough.
after Midsommar's DC being streaming only and the 4K Blu-ray of this movie missing the DC though, it's starting to feel like studios have declared all-out war on physical media. as if artificially delaying physical releases weeks after digital wasn't sketchy enough.
I've read the book, but can't think of what they would have cut out.
edit: I don't think that trailer shows anything new.
edit: I don't think that trailer shows anything new.
I liked it a lot until they went back to the Overlook. Having seen The Shining remastered in the theater about a month before really showed how far they fell short of getting the magic of that place right. And having new actors as Jack and Wendy kinda took me out as well, though I totally get why they needed the characters back in. Otherwise, really solid movie. Rebecca Ferguson killed it. And man, the
was really grim and hard to watch, I was surprised they went that far with it.
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Why don't they put the director's cut on the 4k disc? Horrid trend.
Missed this in theaters unfortunately, so I look forward to this release.
Missed this in theaters unfortunately, so I look forward to this release.
Hate to ask, but do you have a link? The listing on Best Buy didn't mention this...