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St. Troy
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Hunchback Jack
...hidden references to Native American massacres, the Holocaust, or faking the moon landings.
What do you think - are those references really there in the film? Or are the critics just reading too much into it?
Most of it's bullshit. One of Kubrick's aides said a lot of the stuff they thought had grander meaning was just there for pragmatic reasons -- i.e. the documentary goes on about the symbolism of a German typewriter representing the Holocaust when Kubrick just liked how it looked.
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RichardX
So this one is likely to go the way of The Dark Tower. A resounding dud that is forgotten while it is still in the theatres
I doubt it will go the way of 'The Dark Tower'. That was a misfire on every conceivable level. Something like this they would have to go out of their way to drop the ball like they did there.
This at least has a legitimately talented director behind it. Mike Flanagan took a film based off one of King's least popular novels and turned it into something almost everyone loved.
Worst case scenario I see it doing similar to Pet Sematary. This at least has the buzz of being a Shining sequel to catch mainstream viewers.