Doctor Sleep (Blu-Ray)

settle in with a hot cup of coffee, a blanket and read through the weekend!
I loved this book. I am a King fan from wayyyy back. Some of his books I loved and some I could not get through but this one gives all the feels. It is spooky, engaging, so well written with those details I love. I literally could not tear myself away from this story. Danny Torrence all grown up and still “shining.” Wht is not to love?

The Shining 2: Doctor Sleepaloo
Why doesn’t this movie get talked about more? I was originally hesitant to watch Doctor Sleep when I first heard that it was coming to the big screen, mainly because I assumed that the people behind it were going to make it connect to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, even though we all know how much Stephen King himself hated that movie. But I decided to give it a chance…and thank goodness I did! I never got to read the book so I don’t know how much the movie remained faithful to King’s story while also trying to be a continuation of Kubrick’s movie. Taking place years after The Shining, the movie is about a now grownup Danny Torrance who is trying to move on with his life after the nightmarish stay at the Overlook Hotel drove his father insane and traumatized him more than he was before. Now he must protect a little girl who has similar powers like his from a Manson Family-like group who hunt down kids with Shining abilities and literally suck the life out of them. This movie was amazing! I could tell how much effort was put to try and copy Kubrick’s filming style while also using it’s own thing. The characters were great, especially the girl Abra Stone and the villain Rose the Hat. Ewan McGregor did a great job as Danny Torrance, although I’m disappointed that he never does the Tony voice at least once. No offense to Ewan himself, but I wished that they could’ve gotten the guy who played Danny from The Shining to play him instead, but I guess they wanted more star power. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And I know they couldn’t get Scatman Crothers to play Dick Hallorann again since he’s been gone for quite some time, but they couldn’t at least get Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall to reprise their roles from the first movie, or even reuse clips from the movie to help tie it all in? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The set designs and visuals were very impressive, and I really loved the return to the Overlook for the final showdown and Danny confronting the ghost of his father, who is know the new Lloyd the Bartender. However the real problem I had with the movie was the pacing, with scenes and dialogue between characters taking longer than they should’ve, which would probably explain why the movie is 2 hours long. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Overall this movie was really good, and a lot better than I originally expected. As a sequel to Kubrick’s horror masterpiece it’s pretty good, as an adaptation of King’s book it’s questionable since, again, I never read it. But still its a well made movie, and all I’ve got left to say is All work no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. No beer and no tv make Homer something somethi…I mean all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Amazingly overlooked film that brings Kubrick’s Shining to a more-than-satisfying conclusion
This is an amazingly good film. Personally, I found it superior, and certainly more substantive, than Kubrick’s classic – even if by the film’s rousing finale the emotional heaviness of the role was starting to weigh visibly on the range of the young lead. (Don’t get me wrong – she was solid and impressive for most of the film, certainly one of the best performances by a young actor I’ve seen in a while.) Fans of the Kubrick original will find this a more-than-satisfying bookend to the 1980 classic – the film would’ve been perfectly enjoyable as a standalone modern-day vampire hunter story, although familiarity with the original film would have much enriched the appreciation.The Director’s Cut is about 30 minutes longer but I think the extra footage is worth it. You won’t miss any crucial plot points with the truncated version, but the extra material fills ou the characterization nicely.

Dr. Sleep
Nothing could ever touch the shining but not a bad movie

Un classique à avoir dans sa bibliothèque, à côté des shinning !

Aún no he podido verla pero he oído que está muy bien. Espero hacerlo pronto a un precio correcto. Entiendo que el soporte Blu-ray 4K puede ser algo más caro que un Blu-ray normal, pero no entiendo que tengan las películas unos precios tan desorbitados. Así que cuando hay ofertas de películas que me pueden gustar las compro, aunque tenga que hacerlo en ediciones extranjeras. En mi opinión el DVD como formato debería desaparecer para siempre y los Blu-ray 4K convertirse en estándar ya que la mayoría incluyen la edición Blu-ray 1080P. La película seguro que me gusta y en UHD más aún y con precio asequible aún más.