d2cheer

Wow I just watched this and if someone out there read the book and would care to explaine what I just watched I would really appreciate it... I know that the ending for the book was different and would like to know what it was. The ending of the movie was not very good IMHO... I was confused from start to finish it looks like this movie could have been 3 hours or so... Sorry if there was another thead about this but I did search and found nothing...

Thanks for any help anyone wants to be!

Corvin

The ending in the book, from what I understand,

Bah.

Jackskeleton

they were ass worms. that's all you need to know to stay clear of this film.

TCG

There's no need to explain. It stinks. Better to try to erase it from your mind. Analyzing it is not quite as rewarding as analyzing 2001.

Thank god I didnt pay for it.

Skank

The only good thing about this movie was seeing "Final Flight of the Osiris" before it. And why do aliens speak with a british accent?

Corvin

Because British accents make the English language a lot more menacing. Duh.

RaraFemina

It's been awhile since I have read the book but:


i hope that helps a little, if not...sorry!

DonnachaOne

Well, Damien Lewis is english. Yes, it was a bit too "pip-pip, cheerio", but I can understand the choice of two different accents to help differentiate between the two characters.

This film was EXCELLENT. The best laugh I've had in theaters this year.

Sinjin

Dreamcatcher (2003) - * (Out of 4)
Lawrence Kasdan brought this Stephen King novel to the big screen. It started off like a Stand by Me later in life with Four buddies in Boston. It becomes obvious that there has been some dark events in their past. They take a hunting trip and next thing you know they are battling shit weasels. Initially this movie seemed like it had potential, but by the end I couldn't wait for the movie to be over. I didn't care what happened at that point. Morgan Freeman's talent was wasted on this horrible movie.
Rank: 2003 Worst Movie 2003 Worst Movie

Snowmaker

Well, I guess that answers my question about the british accent.

jeffkjoe

Just a helpful tip:

The word is not spelled: "explaine," but rather "explain"


I guess watching too much garbage like this movie will rot your brain. Read more books!

DGibFen

I paid good money to see this, uh, film. I don't even think Kasdan (the director) or any of the cast could explain this one.

Corvin

I paid bad money and I still felt ripped off!

Geofferson

to answer your WTF question...

Stephen King was out of his mind on drugs (after his accident) while writing the book and it sure as heck shows through.

d2cheer

That must have been it....

smirnoff

this movie was pretty stupid, but I really liked scenes where whoever is running around in that guys mind. Its pretty cool.

scott shelton

It might be the same reason Orcs do in the LOTR trilogy. But heaven forbid anyone mentions a silly quirk in those movies...

I stand by DREAMCATCHER as a fun, B-level genre film. It didn't demand too much, and Jason Lee fighting a s**t weasel was worth the price of admission.

TCG

LOTR is supposed to be British pre-history.

Didnt this happen in Dogma?

cruzness

Very true. I couldn't even get halfway through this book. IMHO Kings most incoherent book. Then again I loved all his stuff until I read Bag o Bones, Hearts in Atlantis and Dreamcatcher. I've lost my taste for King.

conscience

I just caught this on cable and I must say it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

It seemed like it would be a great movie based on the first 30 minutes, but after that it became more and more ridiculous. It had more laughs than thrills.

Jason Lee: WTF is wrong with you? Did you just want to be in a "Stephen King" movie? I could not get over his dialogue. I shuddered everytime he said something. He had the most godawful lines.

And I don't think I have ever heard of a British alien. That part of the film was extremely laughable.

So much was wrong with this film. It should have been great.


The ending was a "WTF? How dumb" moment.

Trigger

Too much packed into one story... should've been 3 different stories... probably was at one point. It's hard to say which bits should go and which should stay.

Outbreak - go
Stand By Me - go
Cabin Fever - stay?
Independence Day - Go
Ass worm - stay?
Inside the mind - CRAP
Body Snatchers - bleh
Duddits - GO GO GO - so much hate for that character. "ister gay!" Guh...

My roommate rented the DVD and I watched some of the extras... King said the entire thing was just based around the scene with Jason Lee on the toilet with the ass worm.

The best part of the DVD was an outtake scene where Donnie (duddits) was in the truck telling them how one worm will destroy the world and the other actor was overdoing his part exploring different line variations and Donnie breaks character and says "dude, yeah - I said 'un urm ill url'" - it was pretty hilarious. Otherwise, a pretty terrible movie as a whole.

And what's with the 'dreamcatcher'? It had nothing to do with a Dreamcatcher at all. Totally wasted theme.

Mr. Cinema

THE....WORST....MOVIE....I....HAVE....EVER....SEEN

DRG

Same problem I had with it. It reminded me of these writing activities we used to do in grade school. The teacher had someone start a story, then someone else write a little bit, and so on. The stories would always just keep switching gears illogically. This was the same.

Myself I would've kept the Stand By Me/Cabin Fever/ass worm theme. The isolation theme was starting to go somewhere. Of course, the godawful Outbreak/Independence Day crap has to go, plus all the British Alien possession/hidden mind world has to go.

Giantrobo

The worst part for me was making Morgan Freeman's character a bad guy. From what I saw of those Aliens they deserved every bullet they got.

Joem

You think you have it bad paying for it in the theater? I blind bought this on DVD just to see what the fuss was all about. Ugh.