koyel karmakar

Love love love… just finished Midnight Mass in Netflix.. and i am in awe of the director who has weaved this beautiful story… This is not a simply horror story.. like there are no jumpscare and ghost like conventional horror stories are. This story is so much more.. we can interpret as however we want. Corruption of morality, how same faith that nourishes us can result in something catastrophic if followed blindly, brainwashing of an entire comminty which ultimatly led to their downfall only.. how ironical is it when the “being” perceived as Angel has quickly become some Demonic entity.. two sides of coin…ironic thing is that the villian of the story is not the winged creature which father Pruitt brought from Damascus, but the people of the Crockett island itself , who led themselves to be brainwashed by the misinterpretation of the Biblical verses quoted by Beverly so frequently.. if we want to search for evil we just need a mirror, its within us.. just as goodness is…as even in that small island full of close minded people there were few who did not get swayed even after their ‘resurrection’ like Ali Hassan, Riley’s parents and Riley himself who sacrificed himself in order to give rest of them a chance for survival..unfortunatly misguided faith of the ‘mass’ lead the few good people to their ultimate demise.. The story is powerful, we can interpret as religious, as well as political and there lies its relevance. Story is slowburn and there are few long monologues , it is definitly not for everybody… the story seems almost personal to the director.. i have seen most of his works. For me this preceeds even the Hill House. It has such a wider range and depth. At the end dawn approaches, most islanders found peace and accept their faith singing hymns, they might have ultimatly found the follies in their ways. Father Pruitt throws away his collar , which he intended to do all along, waiting for the inevitable beside the love of his life and his daughter, oh what a waste it was..Apart from Bev who still claws and tries to find shelter to avoid immolation.. the sun rises, destroying every bit of the nightmare that the island endured, only two souls survive in a boat wading towards the unknown. A male and female, in Noah’s ark. After the devastation which wrecked havoc in the island and flood of sunshine coming through, we the humanity can still hope.. hope in the goodness in himan being, hope for the future, and mainly hope in the fact that no matter how many times we will fall from grace for our own greed there will always be handful of people who will pull us back, making the balance of good and evil in the world. The repitition of the same order. Occuring from the dawn of time and in all probability will continue till the end of it.

An absolutely stunning movie Doctor Sleep. The director payed homage to both Kubrick’s movie and ofcourse Stephen King. Fans of those books will definitely understand. Being a Stephen King fan i did not much like the movie The Shinning. The hotel Overlook was presented in the movie more as a premise for all the wrong doing rather than a character itself. Specially the ending of the film, it was just too much black and white for me. Whereas the book presented the character of Jack a grey one, in the movie he was just plain eccentric, aggravated by the claustrophobic atmosphere of the hotel. There is no depth or development of hid character. Doctor Sleep the movie I think in a way compensates that (again fans who enjoyed the books will understand). Brilliant performances by the actors. The most anticipated final showdown which took place “where it all began”, did not dissapoint at all. Its not exactly as per the book ending. But the twirl given seems very fitting considering the way Kubrick’s movie ended. I was dicey about this movie, just went coz of the amazing director Mike Flanagan. And damn he delivered once again. This movie is one of the best Stephen King adaptation of all time. Massive thumbs up 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽