Doctor Sleep

I am so fucking tired of this film not getting the love it deserves, i would DEFINITELY consider it one of my favorite films Ive ever seen. Mike Flanagan was given an impossible task: balance two legends, Kubrick and King, and he did it so exceptionally its outdoes both of their work. For the people saying its "boring" or "too long" have you ever even seen the shining?? no shade, but the shining is more boring and feels way longer than this with a way less engaging story, sure the shining may be technically brilliant by a master of his craft, but its story isn't very engaging. Rebecca Ferguson's performance is absolutely hypnotizingly brilliant, not to undermine the great performances from the rest of the cast though. This film just has such a good story that it does with a level of craft we rarely see these days. I feel like this is one of the most intellectually engaging film of King's, not really on a thought provoking level, i don't really know how to describe what i mean. I honestly feel like this movie should be longer, despite being 2.5 hours, it's just such a entertaining, mesmerizing, engaging watch i could watch a 5 hour cut of it. Every time i tell people that i think that this is better than the shining, they look at me like I'm crazy, but i genuinely think they're the crazy ones, cuz this movie is sooooo good. The fact that this film failed at the box office should be a crime, like why did pet semetary and It chapter 2 do better, those films both came out the same year, and are significantly worse in quality, and the reviews agree. Overall, I fucking love this film, and It gives me a feeling unlike any other film on a rewatch.