Hooray! I finally watched this almost a year after watching The Shining! (Whoops 😅) Here's my The Shining reaction if you need! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zxs109GaiYY.html Just a few things for y'all: This is the DIRECTORS CUT!! Also, I took extra precautions on this video, which is why the audio for the movie isn't the very best; so sorry for the inconvenience! It's just (unfortunately) another WB movie like Contact was last Friday so I really just wanted to be careful, and it worked out!! Thanks for watching!
Watch what and when you want. I’ll watch you watch anything anytime. You’re so emotional. You can’t always feel so much so fast right? Is my heart turned to stone? I can see you think and feel you jitter, sooooo….maybe I’m dulled with shock?
The director's cut adds a half-hour's worth of scenes, the most significant being the ones that move Jack Torrance further towards the tragic figure that King created rather than the more simplistic monster from the Kubrick film. And it's a real treat to see Henry Thomas pull off the seemingly impossible in providing a worthy imitation of Nicholson's legendary performance.
@@AbsoluteAprilI think that cutting the mini series from 4 and half hours to the same length as the Kubrick film would have helped it. King isn’t a visual storyteller so the glacial pacing works in The Shining novel but less-so on TV.
The fact that Danny sees his dad at the Overlook proves that his dad wasn't actually bad by choice in the first movie. Danny trapped all of the spirits who came after him after the Overlook, but his dad never came for him. His dad stayed in the hotel.
Interesting tidbit. In this movie Abra starts calling Danny "Uncle Dan" to cover for a grown man hanging around a teenage girl and then she just keeps referring to him as such. This is kind of a toss back to the book - but done differently/explained with a different reason. In the book, it turns out that Dan discovers that he is actually her uncle. Jack had a tryst with Abra's grandmother that produced Abra's mother - who is therefore Dan's half sister. So in the book version he really is Uncle Dan.
Mike Flanagan was tasked with an extremely tricky job of adapting a sequel to a book and a movie when the books and movies have different plots points yet he managed to absolutely pull it off flawlessly. I even think he improved on the Dr Sleep novel. He’s an absolute master of horror/drama. Strongly encourage going through what he’s done so far.
This film makes a truly remarkable achievement in not only greatly improving the story of Stephen King's book (which has its moments but is very much on the lower end of his work), but successfully bridging the original Shining novel and the notorious liberties that the Kubrick film took with it. Even King himself, who'd hated the Kubrick film for nearly four decades for that reason, said that watching this movie caused him to finally ease up on those feelings.
Fun fact: the guy telling his friend about the little league player 17:20 is played by Danny Lloyd, the original Danny Torrance. My strongest recommendation for another of Mike Flanigan's films, Hush(2016), which he co-wrote with the lead Kate Siegel.
The “baseball boy” scene traumatized me. I have a son that age and it was so hard to watch. Aside from that! Lol; I looooved this movie! But I love all things Mike Flanagan🤣
The actor who played the baseball kid was so great. For his death scene, the Knot actors were mockingly teasing the actor, saying things like, "That's right, kid, we're gonna torture ya. We're gonna eat ya!" But after watching how good his performance of being tormented was, they all felt so terrible a buncha them needed a break in order to get their minds back into the place of, "Oh yeah, we're supposed to be playing awful characters.."
"Doctor Sleep", "1408" and "The Mist" are my favorite "hard to watch" adaptations of King's work; favorite because I feel they do better service to the story than even the one King wrote in all three cases, but "hard to watch" because there are scenes in each one of them that are just positively heartrending. In "Doctor Sleep", the torturous death of Bradley Trevor (the Baseball Boy) is that scene. It absolutely twists my guts every time I encounter this movie to hear that child's screams of terror and pain. Apparently, the young actor in question managed to pull that off so effectively it practically traumatized the rest of the cast and crew during filming, but then he hopped up and basically did a victory lap over how moved everyone was around him. I mean, fair play to him...he did the job.
One rather odd change is that in the book Abra takes the form of Daenerys from Game of Thrones to give her extra confidence and strength, which the film changes to Emerald from RWBY. This was actually just because the actress was a huge fan of the show and that character in particular, but given how both characters ended up it now actually seems a lot more fitting too.
The sequel to The Shining that we finally got. There's going to be a prequel film showing how Dick Halloran had the shining in the first place, but has been put on hold. Only time will tell.
Maybe give the writers of Castle Rock some more work in that sense. I really like their King fan-fiction, if you will. The most we know of Dick’s past from King’s own novels involve his abusive grandfather, and he actually appears in a chapter of IT detailing a racially motivated massacre at a black-only bar in Derry during the 1930s I think? But his character is written about from the perspective of Mike Hanlon’s grandfather, as they both escaped the fire that was started together.
In the original novel of The Shining, Jack dies by refusing to release the pressure in the boilers, which burns down the Overlook. That is one of the changes in the movie that made King hate it so much. When Flanagan was offered the movie, he said he wouldn’t do it without King’s blessing. He was able to secure it, in part, by promising to let Danny complete Jack’s sacrifice.
Great reaction Sam. The concepts of passage to the afterlife really touch you. I was surprised you teared up so early in the picture. -------- Similar to "What Dreams may come" this movie evoked very deep emotions. ---- I think a cool movie you should check out is "Constantine" and "Coco" they also handled perspectives of the afterlife but in very different ways. But with great cinematic appeal, I think you will really like them.
I should have advised you to keep tissues on hand, because the hospice scenes still get to me after watching the movie multiple times. When I saw it in the theater I wasn’t prepared. I was a weepy mess.
Hey OGB Reacts,I just wanted to point out that,the True Knot are vampires for shine,which they call steam,not souls and that everybody actually has a little shine to them,like when that guy in the hospice breathed out a little bit,after being comforted by Danny.Also,thank you for reacting to this movie,I really appreciate it.OH,and one more thing,everytime someone did something that seemed abnormal,it was because they were using their shine,so there,you won't be so confused.The blonde girls name was Snakebite Andi,by the way.
The novel ends with the hotel exploding, because Jack hasn't been doing his most important job (letting pressure out of the boiler iirc.) He realizes his mistake and runs down to try to fix it, but it blows up, and he dies as Danny and Wendy escape. That's the relevance of the boiler room. :) There's a 1997 mini-series that is a little hit and miss, but totally worth watching in my opinion. It changes the ending a little (which I think is because Stephen King put a lot of himself into Jack as a character,) and the change isn't great, but overall it's more faithful to the book, and Steven Weber is fantastic as Jack Torrance. Read the book if that's your thing, but if it's not, and you want to know more about the original story, that's overall a good way to check it out.
Yeah, that vision with the lady & little boy were the same ones from the beginning. He left her, and she had OD’d and then her baby died, such a sad scene.I absolutely love this sequel, so good and fits in with the Original so well. Mike Flanagan who did this movie has three series you really must watch, they are outstanding in story, acting & directing. 1) The Haunting of Hill House 2) The Haunting of Bly Manor 3) Midnight Mass
A funny thing is Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan in Star Wars says "Hello there" to Grievous, but it goes even further than that. Grievous said it first, but ultimately the first time it was said is in the original Star Wars. NEVER underestimate a "little" girl!
51:03 I'm with you there. That got to me more watching this reaction than the first time I watched the movie. I'm sure because my father has cancer now. I have my own issues with death, but feeling that through the context of loved ones suffering hits even harder.
Seeing that the ghost of Danny’s father is called Lloyd makes me believe the original Lloyd bartender , from the Shining, is Danny’s grandfather. In the book Danny’s Grandfather was also an alcoholic
This is a rare sequel in that I strongly prefer it to the original movie. I just wish Rose the Hat was more able to show off how scary she is, she's this ancient vampire with psychic powers, why does she go down so easy?
cause she's mostly just talk she was strong mostly because of her team and their help yes she was stronger than them (even if that's not what i think cause she's barely show her power compare to the blonde girl for example) but with all the overlook spirits that was too much for her to handle i mean that was a lot of them craving for someone for years
"Ka is a wheel; its one purpose is to turn. The spin of ka always brings us back to the same place, to face and reface our mistakes and defeats until we can learn from them. When we learn from the past, the wheel continues to move forward, towards growth and evolution. When we don’t, the wheel spins backward, and we are given another chance. If once more we squander the opportunity, the wheel continues its rotation towards devolution, or destruction." - Robin Furth, Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance
"Damn hotel" LOL I don't know I found that so funny! Maybe because I've had so many bad experiences with hotels in the past - Normal kinds of bad mind, not horrible, I'm just an introvert and a light sleeper - We're talking people talking, walking in heels on the other side of a thin wall, generally being loud regardless of the hour, music late into the night, stinks from bad sewage systems. Ugh! -_-
The novel is different in some ways. I just finished it a few days ago. The novel does leave things open for more stories. The True Knot cult was not completely destroyed. There were other members of the cult that remained, they has assets in other parts of the globe as well as contacts. But seems Rose the Hat's group was the core. One thing, I'll never look at RVs on the interstate the same way ever again.
Rose the Hat was a really good villian. I cannot sit through the scene were they tortured the baseball boy it's to much for me if that scene comes up i leave the room
I worked at an old folks home and the women would talk about people that were about to die would see children who would be there to visit and play in there room. No one else saw these children in the room.
I swear, theres a few set of movies that NEED to be watched and played in a movie theater, THIS is one of them, especially with Rose's "flight", the heartbeat rumbling through the entire theater, just seeing the world spin and spin until she lands, CHILLS. I was lucky to see this when it was released, a very much sleeper hit. The Cat? There was an actual cat that would know when a person was going to pass, was very very interesting to see them use it in a movie as well. But those scenes also got to me, it's a very weird... fetish? we have with death, we're scared of it but we continue to push ourselves to be around it.
People are so afraid of their own destiny. I dare say the gates are open for you, and it is a light untold. To know all that is, to find your loved ones again. Home. Be not afraid dear Lady. A year, ten years, a hundred years... It doesn't matter. The car is going to break down and you'll need to re-assess your choices and find a new car to use to retry those things you failed at the last time. It's alright. We LOVE you.
Not since THE GODFATHER, PART II has there been such a satisfying sequel... but unlike GF2, this movie isn't a continuation ... it's actually a very different kind of movie from THE SHINING ... but still incredibly satisfying. DOCTOR SLEEP is definitely more Stephen King than Stanley Kubrick, but director Mike Flanagan was so smart to utilize so much of Kubrick's movie. THE SHINING is one of my all time favorite movies -- and knowing that Stephen King didn't like the movie, and that he was working with Mike Flanagan on this movie version -- made me very worried. I needn't have been... a perfect sequel.
One of the biggest issues I had with this film is how exactly the presence of a powerful place like The Overlook could exist without any of the 'psychic vampires' being aware of its existence. Or know how dangerous it is once in the grounds. I'm sure fans will try to explain it away, but it isn't logical. Edit: also, the idea that someone's essence , or whatever it is, can be stored in a container is just silly
In the book, all the 'psychic vampires' are actually camped out at the Overlook. But they had to change a lot of the ending for the movie, mostly because Kubrick changed the ending of "The Shining" so much
Pittsburgh Steelers eww!!!! Lol jk! I'm from Cleveland so regardless how bad they are it's The Browns all the way! Definitely a fantastic movie and sequel it was well done
Having the villain be a young woman who looks like a model in a top hat was a HORRIBLE decision. She's ridiculous and not the least bit frightening. Nearly kills an otherwise good sequel.
I'm in the smaller group I guess. I didn't really like the movie. Was excited when I heard of a sequel but the whole soul vampires or whatever they are put me off this. You had a great reaction to this. It got better when they returned to the Overlook, especially showing it slowly 'waking up'.
Nice reaction! For me, the girl seemed to be on god mode, cause it never felt like she was in "grave danger". The main hat villian was anything but scary.
I'm only 51 seconds into this but I've got to get one thing off my chest. Your intro sounds like you're doing a Donald Trump impersonation of Donald Trump doing an impersonation of Mr. Peanut. "I love your channel and reactions and will keep watching. I'm sorry and will let you spank me for this comment.' Did that come out creepy? I didn't mean it that way, unless you're into that. I won't ask and you don't have to tell.
