my opinion...GREAT MOVIE!
Added 3/16/2010
i actually like this movie very much. it just has an eerie appeal to it. its really one of those movies where you'll either love it or hate it. just wish it was on bluray lol
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1 of the Best of the Worst! (A Must-See for the Constipated!)
Added 2/16/2010
Dreamcatcher is quite simply one of the most entertaining "bad" films of recent years. It needs to be included on those "worst films of all time" lists -- movies that manage to be more interesting & memorable that more respectable cinema. You've already seen Plan Nine from Outer Space, Robot Monster, and the entire catalog of infamously "bad" filmmakers like Ed Wood, H.G. Lewis, Doris Wishman, and Dwain Esper? Think you've seen it all -- seen how low it can go? Think again. This film has a lot of things that will stick in your mind, and possibly in your alimentary canal. You simply have to see:
1. Aliens that invade rectal cavities, causing all kinds of rude noises and messy splatters.
2. Morgan Freeman giving an over-the-top performance of a lifetime, ranting about "s--t weasels" and the like.
3. A possessed character begins speaking, for no particular reason, with a ridiculous English accent. (Possessed by Malcolm McDowell, perhaps? Who knows?)
4. A mentally-handicapped character is subjected to all manner of horrid abuse, in a scene that manages to combine the homo-erotic, the sadistic, and the scatological. You won't believe your eyes...
5. A puzzling, out-of-left-field finale that will have you rolling on the floor in further disbelief. There's an "alternate ending" that's just as baffling.
Plan a party. Invite all your friends...and enemies. Serve a lot of cheese, baked beans, and ginger ale. Close off any ventilation. Make your guests watch Dreamcatcher -- and you will live on in their dreams and nightmares -- FOREVER!!!
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Interesting, but not if you like Stephen King
Added 2/5/2010
OK... so every now and then there is a movie that comes out that may be okay in it's own right, but has next to no similarities to the story on which it was based. I have been a Stephen King fan for years and have always made a point of reading his books before seeing any of the movies. I enjoyed the book, the story was great... I'm not sure what they screenplay writers read, but it was NOT the book. They got some of the basic plotline and such, but there was almost no character development (and where there was, it was wrong... totally different from the actual chracters in the book) and they must have been bored with their own work by the end, because what they put in for an ending was very simply made up. They missed the entire point of the book and went WAY off track. So if you like Stephen King, don't bother. If you like campy "B" movies and have never read a Stephen King book in your life... you may just like it.
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I can't even descibe what was wrong with this one... You'll just have to see it to believe it. To be fair, I did watch it all the way through, and when the film was finished, I couldn't figure out what I had just witnessed. To say it was juvenile in scope would be an understatement. While I don't exactly care for the literature of Stephen King, I can't imagine how he could have been responsible for something like this. Kids, the bottom fell out on this one.
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The style does not match the substance
Added 9/14/2009
Someone at my local movie group suggested this movie be re-titled "Earth Versus the Arse-Monsters". The idea was that such a stupid title would give the movie an appropriate cheesy B-grade air, allowing us to enjoy it on a so-bad-it's-almost-good basis. A movie called 'Dreamcatcher' based on a novel by someone the calibre of Stephen King just makes it all seem too serious.
I think the big problem with this movie is that it's full of ideas that don't translate that well to the screen. For example, the "memory warehouse" works alot better as an abstact thought from a book. Seeing them depict an actual warehouse filled with physical memories that the character searches through comes across as silly instead of mysterious. Likewise, the concept of aliens breeding inside people's intestines could be horrific or disturbing, but actually seeing people exploding blood and flatulence from their backsides is just corny.
It doesn't help that there were some very strange artistic decisions made here. Why the toothpick on the floor? Why the gun-telephone?? Why does Jonesy talk like a demented English butler when possessed?? What's with the eyebrows? There are just too many of these unintentionally funny moments that distract us. Likewise, the random gore, the often cheesy dialogue, and the cliched characterisation are more suited to a teen slasher flick than the supposedly serious movie this tries to be.
To me, it appears the filmakers were uncertain whether to remain loyal to King's deeper, intellectual story or just go for a straight thriller/horror flick. In the end 'Dreamcatcher' doesn't really do either. It's too unintentionally silly and corny to take seriously, but too po-faced and self-conscious to be enjoyed as a mindless popcorn slasher. The fact that it can't appeal to either audience is obviously why it flopped. Perhaps it might have been better in a different format, but I feel 'Dreamcatcher' is one of those books that just doesn't work on the big screen. It should have been left alone.
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my opinion...GREAT MOVIE!
Added 3/16/2010
i actually like this movie very much. it just has an eerie appeal to it. its really one of those movies where you'll either love it or hate it. just wish it was on bluray lol
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1 of the Best of the Worst! (A Must-See for the Constipated!)
Added 2/16/2010
Dreamcatcher is quite simply one of the most entertaining "bad" films of recent years. It needs to be included on those "worst films of all time" lists -- movies that manage to be more interesting & memorable that more respectable cinema. You've already seen Plan Nine from Outer Space, Robot Monster, and the entire catalog of infamously "bad" filmmakers like Ed Wood, H.G. Lewis, Doris Wishman, and Dwain Esper? Think you've seen it all -- seen how low it can go? Think again. This film has a lot of things that will stick in your mind, and possibly in your alimentary canal. You simply have to see:
1. Aliens that invade rectal cavities, causing all kinds of rude noises and messy splatters.
2. Morgan Freeman giving an over-the-top performance of a lifetime, ranting about "s--t weasels" and the like.
3. A possessed character begins speaking, for no particular reason, with a ridiculous English accent. (Possessed by Malcolm McDowell, perhaps? Who knows?)
4. A mentally-handicapped character is subjected to all manner of horrid abuse, in a scene that manages to combine the homo-erotic, the sadistic, and the scatological. You won't believe your eyes...
5. A puzzling, out-of-left-field finale that will have you rolling on the floor in further disbelief. There's an "alternate ending" that's just as baffling.
Plan a party. Invite all your friends...and enemies. Serve a lot of cheese, baked beans, and ginger ale. Close off any ventilation. Make your guests watch Dreamcatcher -- and you will live on in their dreams and nightmares -- FOREVER!!!
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Interesting, but not if you like Stephen King
Added 2/5/2010
OK... so every now and then there is a movie that comes out that may be okay in it's own right, but has next to no similarities to the story on which it was based. I have been a Stephen King fan for years and have always made a point of reading his books before seeing any of the movies. I enjoyed the book, the story was great... I'm not sure what they screenplay writers read, but it was NOT the book. They got some of the basic plotline and such, but there was almost no character development (and where there was, it was wrong... totally different from the actual chracters in the book) and they must have been bored with their own work by the end, because what they put in for an ending was very simply made up. They missed the entire point of the book and went WAY off track. So if you like Stephen King, don't bother. If you like campy "B" movies and have never read a Stephen King book in your life... you may just like it.
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