Tayreads608 t1_j6n2idb wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:33 PM

The Haunting of Hill House

The first five episodes of that could have worked really good as a film and still maintained a better connection to the book. There’s just not enough there to extend it to ten episodes. It also just drops quality considerable after the fifth/sixth episode and becomes weirdly saccharine and soft.

SatanIsMyUsername t1_j6nedle wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:52 PM

Totally agree. Half of that show felt like overly drawn out monologues. Scene. Scene. Monologue. Scene. Scene. Monologue. I couldn't stand it after a while.

Tayreads608 t1_j6nwm1r wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM

I kind of like the way he sets up his monologues, but most of them end up contributing nothing to the story and are just there as either his self insert or to make sure the audience understands what he had just shown them.

SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6n6br4 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:00 PM

One of the worst posts I’ve seen on this site

Tayreads608 t1_j6nbobo wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:35 PM

I could be upset about this or I could double down.

Most of Mike Flanagan’s work is just an unimaginative riff on other peoples work.

SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6njms9 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:25 PM

I’d say that’s true for Ti West

Flanagan is actually talented though

Tayreads608 t1_j6nw68t wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:42 PM

I mean, sure there’s some talent there, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not jump pumping out unimaginative riffs of other peoples work. His last 5 out of 6 shows/films have been adaptations, not great ones at that, and his next 3 projects are adaptations. Most of those adaptations just turn into a Stephen King flick. His one original work amongst those is a relatively weak look at religious fanaticism that provides little new to the conversation. Most of his monologues either don’t contribute anything further to the story or are just a regurgitation of what’s already happened. And let’s not forget that in every one of his series, except for the fake out in Midnight Club, a major character dies in episode five.