2019 has been a very fertile year for the adaptations of Stephen King. After seeing Pet Sematary, It Chapter Two and Netflix’s In the Tall Grass, between mediocrity and evil, Doctor Sleep came to me with the least hope but the most curious. Undoubtedly, the reasons for curiosity and hopelessness are common to many of us. Even when the questions that appear in our minds are inconsistent with each other when we first hear that the book will be adapted to cinema, how can the answers to these questions be consistent?
How can we think of Doctor Sleep, written by ignoring all the changes that Stanley Kubrick made in the story, as a direct continuation of Kubrick’s classic? How is our approach to the film shaped when we assume that the film is not completely rejected and that both texts are fed together with the logic of ‘what a shish burn or a kebab birbirine? Doesn’t the fact that the original film is known more massively than the original novel, and that the marketing strategy as a result of this, is devalued by both of King’s books?
At this point, we need something to unravel the spiral that needs to be released. He is sin a filmmaker who is capable of conveying the sequel of an iconic film that is subjectively adapted from a classic novel, written by the author himself! Zat. Mike Flanagan, is that the name? Here’s another question I don’t think we can ever get a clear answer to, including this movie!
‘Active horror cinema directors mayan Flanagan is a name that does not have any difficulty in translating the phrase‘ quite active ’. Although he began with Absentia (2011), his feature film career, which gained momentum after Oculus (2013), proves this with at least one film fit every year. It must be acknowledged that even the smallest of crumbs of interest are able to add touch to the films that are not fed.
The point is, this touch is not magic. Although the definition of ‘officer barındır contains a lot of cruelty, Flanagan does not seem to be able to deserve the title of an author who is not underestimated. When we leave The Haunting of Hill House, which I don’t watch because of the distance between me and the series, ‘I can’t keep my mind secret, bir there is a filmmaker who is swimming in safe waters and refusing to try new things.
However, whether he was crushed under this heavy Sleep Doctor Sleep ’burden, he said,… I have good news and bad news for you. The good news: There is no such thing! The bad news is: there is nothing changing on the West Coast!
Stephen King’s book, over 40 years later in that traumatic winter at the Overlook Hotel, has a multi-layered and temporal hopping plot. Under the influence of terrible events, Dan chose to follow in his father’s footsteps and turned into an invaluable alcoholic. Even though the glow continues, it does not shine. Although he sees the benefit of attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to return to a normal life, his friendship with Abra, whom he communicates mentally, leads to a series of events in which he can come to terms with his past.
I wish we could summarize the subject of the film in this way. The True Knot cult, headed by Rose, is in pursuit of Abra. Not just Abra, but almost all the glittering people on radar. They are on their way to live, not to enjoy, as the steam they achieve by killing people with special powers extends their life. There are three main characters who do not cross paths until almost half of the film, and we will travel around America to understand their motivation.
Even on a busy agenda, 152 minutes doesn’t help you. Flanagan, sitting on the fiction table himself as if his troubles were not enough, cannot answer the questions that remain unanswered, even if he does his best, and cannot allow us to adopt his characters. In some moments, the blood pressure it succeeds in is dependent on technical success, not on our care. The biggest plus is the fact that he didn’t accustom his hand to leaning on Dan, who made a connection with the first film, even though it was messy.
Flanagan, whose main theme is as far away from the pitfalls of non-addictive films as possible, makes The Shining feel that father problems that are not cliché are more important than empty bottles. What happened in the Jack Torrance / Dan Torrance / alcohol triangle depends on cause and effect relationships that are clinging to each other, but the character’s rehabilitation is far from the usual memorization. With the completion of the circle, our commitment to a relatively satisfying father-son settlement brings about purification, albeit with limited impact.
In the novel, Dan’s nursing days are the most emotional moments of the film, explaining where the title gel Doctor Sleep gel comes from. Dan, who allows people close to dying to pass peacefully to the other world, shouts that a dark King fantasy is a masterful character.
The parallel True Knot-Abra pairing is the action source of the film. Nevertheless, the superhero sauce that joins the Shining universe leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. Flanagan, who made the summit of this part of the astral travel scene, which I immediately cried out as one of the most enjoyable fantastic film sequences of recent times, clings to the branch of edil tested and approved yakın near the disintegration of his film which tries to manage 10 different places at the same time: Nostalgia!
The return to the Overlook Hotel, where King’s novel was eventually destroyed and Kubrick left standing, brings to mind the analogy Scorsese made for Marvel movies. Fortunately, we are in a Shining Amusement Park and we have no complaints about it. Our toilet door is torn with an ax. The room 237 is waiting to be entered, the corridor is covered with blood, the labyrinth is explored, the golden hall is waiting for the rhythm of music, and the ghosts are waiting for action.
The sensation of nostalgia is covering us, our hairs are ready to be goose bumps, but something is missing. The aftershocks of the balance, which is disrupted by the excess parts of the story, keep our emotions under control. ‘I wish’ I wish King hadn’t written down everything he had in mind, but Flanagan could have kept moving forward over Dan. Perhaps the last, dramatic end, would have led us to an enthusiasm mixed with sadness…’
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor, Jacob Tremblay, Cliff Curtis, Bruce Greenwood, Emily Alyn Lind, Carel Struycken, Chelsea Talmadge, Violet McGraw, Catherine Parker, Carl Lumbly
Screenplay by: Mike Flanagan
Production Design by: Maher Ahmad, Patricio M. Farrell
Cinematography by: Michael Fimognari
Film Editing by: Mike Flanagan
Costume Design by: Terry Anderson
Set Decoration by: Gene Serdena
Art Direction by: Richie Bearden, Austin Gorg, Justin O’Neal Miller
Music by: The Newton Brothers
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: October 30, 2019 (Worldwide), November 8, 2019 (United States)
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