DarkKnight88
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We both agreed that the actor they got to play/portray Jack Nicholson/Jack Torrence was just bad though...
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We both agreed that the actor they got to play/portray Jack Nicholson/Jack Torrence was just bad though...
That he was able to pull of a sequel to both the book and the movie simultaneously AND found a way to include the ending of the first novel is nothing short of miraculous. It's one of those cinematic tasks like making a sequel to Blade Runner that should be cinematic suicide, and yet here we are, with sequels so much better than they have any right to be, nay, GREAT movies in their own right.Also, can I say that Flanagan is dang smart as a screenwriter and how he adapted the book. He is very faithful to the text in a lot of ways but he knew precisely what sub-plots to cut, what things to focus on, and what to tweak or add. And his delivery of what he wrote in how he and his team crafted the film is very effective. Incredible triple threat work from him on this as writer, director, and editor. (And I was pretty impressed with what this movie got out of a $45 million budget).
Flanagan is truly one of the best and most well-rounded creatives in the horror genre right now and I can't wait to binge Bly Manor and Midnight Mass.