Sorry, but these aren’t in depth looks at these films. These are just quick thoughts on three films that I was looking forward to this year.
Doctor Sleep
First off, they could not have found a better young actress to play Abra. Kyliegh Curran is perfect in the role, notwithstanding the racial change in her character. It’s like she jumped out of the book and onto the screen. Rebecca Ferguson is also impressive as Rose the Hat. Changes were made from the book that I could understand and some were rather questionable. But, I was willing to go along with it all. But, there’s a but. That ending killed it for me. That change was FAR too much for me. My guess is, if I hadn’t read the book it all would’ve been just fine with it. In fact, I liked it until that ending. And I didn’t really like the book that much. I would give the book a 3 out of 5. This film gets a lower rating. Rating: one and half stars
The Lighthouse
I think I would have liked it if it wasn’t so repetitious. There’s a lot of arguing. Lots. Not much story dynamics with only two characters. This film is nearly two hours long. There’s an actor from a flashback and an actress playing a mermaid, but I can’t count them; they’re just images, really. If there was about fifteen minutes cut out of it to tighten it up then I’m sure I would’ve liked it. Rating: 2 stars
Midsommar
I knew where the story was headed before it was even in theaters. That’s not a problem for me as long as the events leading up to the story points are interesting. But, I found this mostly tedious. What we get is beautiful photography and next to no character development. Rating: 1 star
–Charles T. Cochran
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