Important spoiler: The most important male and female characters in the film finally went to the hotel together.
A long, long time ago, in a distant galaxy... the young protagonist Danny followed his parents to the Yuanwang Hotel in Colorado to stay temporarily. The father Jack, who lives by writing, suffered a nervous breakdown and was swallowed by the evil spirits of the hotel. With the help of the hotel chef Hallorann, Danny and his mother desperately escaped from their father's clutches.
Danny is actually a force sensitive person, his Jedi name is Obi-Wan Kenobi. In his dimension, the Force is called the Shining. Hallorann is like other Jedi masters. After he died, he was still lingering, and he appeared in front of Obi-Wan and said something unpredictable. After leaving the Yuanwang Hotel, Obi-Wan was often scared to pee by the monsters in his nightmares. Only by awakening his own force can he overcome fear.
The catalyst for the first act is that the protagonist Danny learns to seal evil spirits with boxes in the mind world. He has gained superpowers, and it seems that life should start to go smoothly. However, as a growing protagonist, his shortcomings are also accompanied by this superpower: he is afraid of showing a different side, so for most of his life, he is too low-key, or even mediocre.
When he grew up, Obi-Wan was completely reduced to a wasteful uncle, drinking, fighting, dating [beep], knocking [beep] all day long, and often woke up with his head in the toilet and vomited quickly. Sometimes bad luck, the medicine falls into the toilet, and you have to get into the most disgusting toilet in Scotland to pick up the medicine.
The film is divided into three clues in the first act. The male protagonist Danny is just one of them, and the other two lines are about the heroine Abra and the villain Rose. In fact, it is the villain line that plays a major role in promoting the story. This group of people appeared earlier than the two protagonists. The opening scene of the film showed the evil side of cruelty to children. By the second half of the first act, the disputes and debates, all three forces have surfaced. The protagonist is entangled in whether he should continue to live such a degenerate life; the heroine shows a supernatural talent that is obviously not appreciated by her parents; the argument of the villain mainly revolves around the recruitment of newcomers.
What Rose and the team want to win over is a "fruit hard candy" that uses hypnosis to punish pedophiles and perverted uncles. I once thought that the girl who said she would sleep is the "Dream Doctor" in the title. As a result, she was reserved and got on the villain’s thief ship. From the treatment of pedophiles Xia became a key member of the kidnapping and killing gang. The big villain Rose gave her the price tag for eternal youth. With her admission ceremony, the story entered the second act.
Obi-Want traveled far away to participate in the Alcohol Relief Mutual Aid Association, and also became a hospice care worker in the hospital. He used his own power to help the dying elderly people overcome the fear of death. He partnered with a cat. This cat is basically the same as Conan, wherever it goes, it makes people die.
The game and entertainment part of the second act is that the protagonist and the villain use their super powers to help and hurt others. The B story of the film is about the friendship between the male protagonist Danny and the female protagonist Abra, and the two will overcome their own personality defects in this interaction. Shortly after the start of the second act, Danny found Abra's message on the blackboard. This was the first intersection of A and B stories. After that, the two became pen pals.
The story advances to near the midpoint, and the miracle boy who has a rough love road makes a surprise appearance. Since he was banned because he used his father's drone to spy on others, he worked hard at home and finally became an excellent baseball player. It is a pity that even if he has a strong physique, he is still no match for abductors who are good at hypnotism. If he was wearing a predator glove instead of a plain baseball glove, the odds of winning would have been higher. The way for the villains to keep their youth is to absorb the shining breath of the child's fear. This reminds me of the urban legends that have been clamoring in recent years about the rich and the young to extend their lives by exchanging blood with young people.
The process of the miracle boy being tortured was sensed by the "three-eyed crow" Abra. The reason she is said to be a three-eyed crow is that she also likes to sneak into the consciousness of others, roll her eyes when she is doing power, and her old enemy is also a group of monsters with blue eyes. However, compared to the three-eyed crow we are more familiar with and who lie down in the Game of Thrones, she has the most important advantage, that is, her legs and feet are more flexible. Just leaving a message on the blackboard was not enough to express her concern, and she simply ran to Obi-Wan herself. At the midpoint of the film, stories A and B have a deeper intersection.
Abra called Obi-Wan Uncle Danny, and she hoped that the two would work together to use superpowers to get justice for the dead boy. Danny refused her invitation and persuaded her to act low-key. Later, his spiritual teacher appeared again and encouraged him to help the little girl. This actor who has been drifting outside the main story finally made up his mind to participate in the confrontation between good and evil, and also dragged his good friends into the water.
The "wicked man approaching" in the second half of the second act is mainly a series of confrontations between Abra and the enemy, and each time the villain who took the initiative to attack is brutally beaten, giving people a feeling of watching "Home Alone". This kind of sling should be a "false victory" in the plot setting, but the overly disparity in strength comparison makes these victories seem completely worthwhile.
The gunfight in the woods where the villains were sent out to capture the heroine and was destroyed by various players. It can be regarded as the culmination of the texture of "Home Alone" mentioned above. If the soundtrack is more cheerful, it can be viewed as a comedy. The main reason why this paragraph makes me feel awkward is that a movie with strong fantasy elements, besides the decisive battle, the most important action scene is actually a fighting style that has nothing to do with the core setting, which is quite a bit of a make up.
With the end of this shootout, the film finally got rid of the visual perception of "Home Alone". When the hypnotized girl was dead, she performed a super power and took away the protagonist's friend-a very typical sorrowful supporting actor of color who was destined to exchange his life for the white protagonist in a horror film. The second figure of the villain group also sneaked into the heroine's house while the gang was sent to death to cover up, killed her father, and kidnapped her. The protagonist is in a situation of "all lost".
After suffering a major setback, Danny, who fell into the "Night of Souls", fled back to his residence in a hurry, almost succumbing to alcohol addiction again. Abra's message on the wall cheered him up again. He mobilized his own shining, communicated with Abra telepathically, and jointly solved the last accomplice of the female villain.
Entering the third act, the two protagonists successfully meet, and the A and B stories meet again. Both the good and the evil are ready to use their best efforts to start the final battle. The villain has absorbed the shining breath that has accumulated for many years, and his skill has greatly increased; the protagonist is ready to launch a "storm assault on the castle." The place Danny chose for the decisive battle was the Yuanwang Hotel, which left his childhood shadow. The first step in the five-point ending is to assemble the team and fight hard. Danny enters the hotel to wake up the evil spirits and set up traps. Here he meets his father again. The latter has become a bartender in the hotel. Not only has his name and career changed. Now, even the actors have changed. By the way, it seems that an old version of the actor is not used in this film. In contrast, the special effects are used to restore the content of the three protagonists more than 20 years ago in "Terminator 6" at least here. The second step is to carry out the plan. The good and evil sides faced off in the lobby of the hotel where Jack Nicholson coded. Danny released the evil spirit trapped in the box, and the female villain was swallowed. Victory is in sight; the third step is the tower accident. After solving the female villain, Danny is also attacked by evil spirits. Like his father back then, he raised the axe to the child; the fourth step is to dig deep again, and Abra wakes Dan. Danny’s only remaining consciousness, the latter bought her time to escape from the hotel; in the end, the dust settled, and Danny was in the ashes with this evil hotel in the fire.
In the final scene, although Danny's body was wiped out, his soul still accompanies Abra from time to time. Both of them no longer hide their true selves, and proudly display their shining abilities.
For me, the most praiseworthy thing about this movie is that it provides viewers who love Miss Rebecca Ferguson with an opportunity to wash their eyes after watching "Men in Black 4"-give up the ridiculous look, Miss Sister Finally, the beauty has returned to its original height. Although the role itself is lackluster, the actor's personal charm can make up for it.
The film begins to squeeze the feelings of "The Shining" from the beginning of the film to the end of the film. However, through the above plot introduction, you should be able to see that the main line of the story has nothing to do with "The Shining". This story can completely allow the little girl to be the first protagonist and change her mentor to any other person, and it is completely true. Of course, the monotony of the film story will be exposed.
As a core selling point, the tribute to "The Shining" is mainly focused on the third act of the film, which is also the main source of the trailer material. On the surface of the film, it seems that the actor has perfected his personality by getting to know the little girl, but in fact, the opposite is also true, and it will even make the plot smoother. So Danny was supposed to be the foil for the little girl, his protagonist identity is only derived from the role, the actor's popularity, and the role of the role and the famous "The Shining". This kind of protagonist brings his own trauma into the crisis of others and successfully steals the limelight of the main story, much like the "Call of Souls 2" in previous years. The core event of that film was supposed to be to solve the British noise, but the final battle was replaced by a battle between the heroine who came from the United States and the ghost nun she carried with her; the same is true for this film, it should have been It was the abilities of the little girl and the hat girl who fought each other, but in the end it was replaced by the grievance between Danny and the hotel evil spirit he carried with him. In the process of watching the movie, everyone is easily bluffed by the visual spectacle, especially the film is full of tribute to "The Shining", and it is easier to make the audience feel more emotional and ignore the narrative of the film.
I first knew that this movie was through a trailer posted before "Joker". In the article about "Joker" I also asserted that whether "The Shining" or "Joker", if you have a sequel, it must be not a species with them. "The Shining" is a thriller with a horror film shell, and this film is a fantasy film with a horror film shell. The reason why both of them are covered in horror film shells is because both movies have ghosts, and the way ghosts appear and their image are quite scary. But the most shocking thing about "The Shining" is not the haunted visual impact, but the process of the protagonist's heart distortion; similarly, the highlight of the film is not the ghost, but the superpower confrontation between good and evil. So of course, this film is not the same film type as "The Shining", the same kind of film is "Harry Potter" and "X-Men".
In fact, "The Shining" also has fantasy elements, but because the overall style is too cold and solid, it lacks a bit of a cartoonish sense of fantasy, and it will cause my smart viewers to selectively ignore the fantasy elements. This time, combined with the sequel, I went back to watch "The Shining", and then I realized that the conversation between the black chef and the little Danny about the superpowers of the "Shining" was not nonsense, and their telepathy was not needed for the plot. coincide. From this perspective, I think "Doctor Sleeper" can still play a positive role for the audience to further understand "The Shining".
Before, I guessed that the project of this film was to form a "Stephen King Cinematic Universe" with "Return to the Clown". Now it seems that I think too much. The film did not form a linkage with "Return to the Clown", even The sequel of "Return to the Clown" has a sense of fatigue to quickly deal with the past, and there is no drive to form the universe at all. As a person who likes to punish the heart, I have now changed my skepticism and decided that this film was a tribute to "The Shining" when Warner Bros. watched last year's "Number One Player". The response was good, so I made a larger scale. pay tribute. With "Number One Player" jewels in front, "large scale" has become the main value of the film's existence that also enjoys the bonus of "The Shining".
In "Ready Player One", the protagonists find that the second key points to "The Shining", mainly through the riddle "creation disgusted by the creator". Behind this is a piece of "The Shining" original novel author Stephen King is dissatisfied with Kubrick Allusions of film adaptations. I guess Mr. Stephen King would be more pleasing to the eye than "The Shining", because the film is more dependent on fantasy settings, which means that the director has to absorb more nutrients from the original, of course it will be more. Respect the original work. However, "respect for the adaptation of the original" and "good adaptation" often cannot exist in a movie at the same time. For example, a movie adapted from a novel by Jin Yong, everyone remembers that it is either a magical change like "Eastern Undefeated", or a style of Mr. Gulong like "Evil East and West Poison". Those who are loyal to the original work are not. What traces are left in the film world. There are also some original works that do not have a high status as literary books, but they have become classics of a generation when they are adapted into movies, such as "A Clockwork Orange" also directed by Kubrick. Of course, these are all examples of movies. If it is a TV series, it is better to be faithful to the original work when adapting, if funds and time permit.
This is not the first time a film directed by Kubrick has been forcibly continued. Previously, his "2001 A Space Odyssey" had a sequel "2010 Megatron Sun God", but it also changed to another director, with a novelist's original work as the base. The movie was of course not bad. It was nominated for a lot of decoration awards at the Oscars that year, but it was too mediocre compared to the previous one. It’s been a long time since both "2001" and "2010", especially "2001". The 50th anniversary of its release last year was a good time to fry cold rice, but it was surprising that Hollywood bigwigs didn't start with it. But it's not too late to start. Since the sequel of "The Shining" can be made into "X-Men", I think the sequel of "2001" in the new century follows the path of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and is made into a sand sculpture comedy. It should be a good choice.
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