This is far from the best Stephen King adaptation. What about “The Green Mile”, “The Shining”, or the “Shawshank Redemption”? Those are all better adaptations. This movie is a mixture of two books Doctor Sleep and The Shining, mixed in with a movie by Stanley Kubrick. The hotel actually blows up at the end of The Shining (the novel) because of the boiler over heating (as Jack Torrence is no longer tending to it), not at the end of Doctor Sleep (the novel). There is no hotel in Doctor Sleep as it no longer exists. The ending of the book is much better and totally different. Therefore I cannot cede that this is the best adaptation of SK’s novels.
Regardless, thanks for the Critic.
Hey there Joelle. Thanks for the comment! I never said I thought this was the best adaptation of King’s work in totality, just for 2019. I was comparing Doctor Sleep more so to It Chapter Two and In the Tall Grass, both of which came out this year and didn’t meet the expectations I had for them.
No problem, thanks for putting in all the work to review the movie!
I am really looking forward to the TV adaptation of “The Stand”, I just heard that Whoopie Goldberg is going to be Mother Abigale. Fingers crossed that they do it justice!
I look forward to seeing what you have to say…
This is far from the best Stephen King adaptation. What about “The Green Mile”, “The Shining”, or the “Shawshank Redemption”? Those are all better adaptations. This movie is a mixture of two books Doctor Sleep and The Shining, mixed in with a movie by Stanley Kubrick. The hotel actually blows up at the end of The Shining (the novel) because of the boiler over heating (as Jack Torrence is no longer tending to it), not at the end of Doctor Sleep (the novel). There is no hotel in Doctor Sleep as it no longer exists. The ending of the book is much better and totally different. Therefore I cannot cede that this is the best adaptation of SK’s novels.
Regardless, thanks for the Critic.
Hey there Joelle. Thanks for the comment! I never said I thought this was the best adaptation of King’s work in totality, just for 2019. I was comparing Doctor Sleep more so to It Chapter Two and In the Tall Grass, both of which came out this year and didn’t meet the expectations I had for them.
No problem, thanks for putting in all the work to review the movie!
I am really looking forward to the TV adaptation of “The Stand”, I just heard that Whoopie Goldberg is going to be Mother Abigale. Fingers crossed that they do it justice!
I look forward to seeing what you have to say…
Thanks! I wasn’t aware of the adaptation before but now I’m looking forward to its release.