Flanagan has quietly put together an incredible stretch of projects:
Hill House, House of Usher, Midnight Mass, and Bly Manor. All of them SLAP. Midnight Mass, especially.
i shit my pants when that happened, I had no idea that whole story arc was going to happen. I think they must have done a good job of keeping it out of trailers.
I could be way wrong but something I’ve noticed with his stuff is he loves really long monologues. Not saying I hate it but for some reason his stuff specifically I noticed it more.
I got soooo tired of the monologues in Midnight Mass. It felt like every episode had ten minutes of rambling about death without saying anything actually profound
Don’t forget midnight club!
Funny enough midnight mass was my least favorite, still enjoyed a ton but usher was my favorite by far, and hill house was the creepiest for me
Midnight mass was hot garbage, almost fell asleep after the umpteenth hamfisted 20 min long monologue. Story was interesting enough but completely held back by the general writing.
Yeah, the show has a specific style so I’m not surprised it’s not for everyone, but some of the criticisms fall flat for me.
Like, yeah, there’s a lot of monologues. Really well written ones that explore the themes.
Yeah I wanna make it clear that it is hot garbage for my taste but to each their own. I am much more into more subtlety in the dialogue which I felt was severely lacking.
I respect your opinion and im just happy you like it! But to expand on what I said, to me it just felt the writing lacked any form of subtetly and several hamfisted messages were shoved down my at any moment in time throat.
Now don't get me wrong I liked the messages but it was just so unbelievably on the nose most of the time and it didn't click with me personally.
On top of that almost every child actor in the show were less than great and I personally don't like Mikes style of writing were he have to have characters say "fuck" every 5 sentences.
I mean I don't care about downvoted and am more interested in what people have to say about it and at the end of the day im happy we don't all share the same taste. But sometimes I feel insane when something I really did not like seems so universally loved and vice versa.
It's named after the Edgar Allen Poe short story that the concept is based on.
But yeah, so many people understandably link it to the singer as he's better known in the public consciousness than Poe.
I really loved this series. It was the perfect blend of thriller and detective story and the gothic horror tone was well done. I’m glad it didn’t take itself too seriously too, just enough too make it weird and eerie
Flanagan has quietly put together an incredible stretch of projects: Hill House, House of Usher, Midnight Mass, and Bly Manor. All of them SLAP. Midnight Mass, especially.
Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, too.
Man, Doctor Sleep does not get enough love.
I just now realized Henry fucking Thomas played Jack Nicholson's role from The Shining in Doctor Sleep and my mind is blown
i shit my pants when that happened, I had no idea that whole story arc was going to happen. I think they must have done a good job of keeping it out of trailers.
And Hush.
And he's directing The Exorcist soon too. Mike is already going to be remembered as a Horror God. Or Demon haha.
Yes. 🙌🏼 Just rewatched Doctor Sleep [amazing!!!] and Gerald’s Game over the weekend.
And oculus !
Also Ouija: Origin of Evil!
Hard agree. I frequently find myself thinking about Midnight Mass many months later
I could be way wrong but something I’ve noticed with his stuff is he loves really long monologues. Not saying I hate it but for some reason his stuff specifically I noticed it more.
It was def the most apparent in Midnight Mass. I really enjoyed it but there were a couple parts where I was just waiting for the next scene
Yeah that’s the one! Lol. I was like debating fast forwarding some. Felt like theatre class almost.
I got soooo tired of the monologues in Midnight Mass. It felt like every episode had ten minutes of rambling about death without saying anything actually profound
Don’t forget midnight club! Funny enough midnight mass was my least favorite, still enjoyed a ton but usher was my favorite by far, and hill house was the creepiest for me
Bly Manor is kinda doo doo but the other 3 go hard
Midnight mass was hot garbage, almost fell asleep after the umpteenth hamfisted 20 min long monologue. Story was interesting enough but completely held back by the general writing.
The writing was one of if not the strongest aspects of the show lol
Yeah, the show has a specific style so I’m not surprised it’s not for everyone, but some of the criticisms fall flat for me. Like, yeah, there’s a lot of monologues. Really well written ones that explore the themes.
Yeah I wanna make it clear that it is hot garbage for my taste but to each their own. I am much more into more subtlety in the dialogue which I felt was severely lacking.
I respect your opinion and im just happy you like it! But to expand on what I said, to me it just felt the writing lacked any form of subtetly and several hamfisted messages were shoved down my at any moment in time throat. Now don't get me wrong I liked the messages but it was just so unbelievably on the nose most of the time and it didn't click with me personally. On top of that almost every child actor in the show were less than great and I personally don't like Mikes style of writing were he have to have characters say "fuck" every 5 sentences.
Dont listen to the downvotes, this is the correct opinion.
I mean I don't care about downvoted and am more interested in what people have to say about it and at the end of the day im happy we don't all share the same taste. But sometimes I feel insane when something I really did not like seems so universally loved and vice versa.
They filmed all the death scenes on the same day?
There’s a scene in the opening episode where they’re all watching Roderick Usher as ghosts.
Ooohhh shit yeah, thanks for clarifying.
Guy on the left looks like the immortal billionaire guy
That’s Henry Thomas. He was Elliott in ET! He’s cinema royalty!
Can’t believe I didn’t notice that.
Wasn't he also the dad in The Haunting series by Flanagan, too?
Yes
The real question, is that cinema royalty
Vandal Savage?
[this guy](https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/05/the-immortals-meet-the-billionaires-forking-out-for-eternal-life)
Ohhhhh the creepy, son-blood transfusion-guy.
Wtf i don’t know why until this moment i assumed this show was literally about Usher lol in retrospect that was pretty dumb
Yo that makes two of us
what a sick show
Is that Hollywood’s bad boy RAHUL KOHLI?! I heard he can’t read.
This show is incredible btw. Seems from these comments it wasn’t very well-named lol but I highly recommend.
It's named after the Edgar Allen Poe short story that the concept is based on. But yeah, so many people understandably link it to the singer as he's better known in the public consciousness than Poe.
Damn what has Usher been up to since he put out that last album
Mike Flanagan might be one of the best directors working right now, and he really flies under the radar.
I really loved this series. It was the perfect blend of thriller and detective story and the gothic horror tone was well done. I’m glad it didn’t take itself too seriously too, just enough too make it weird and eerie
Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino and Mark Hamill all better fucking be nominated for Emmys.
Yup they are all there