When this movie came out I took my then girlfriend to it. After the part where Thomas Jane answers the phone gun, she seductively pulled me close, grabbed my head, and whispered in my ear “this is the stupidest fucking movie I’ve ever seen” and then just let me go and went back to eating her popcorn. It was great when you gave that scene a shout out. I had forgotten that even happened. I had a really long, good laugh, not as long or as hard as a SK character, but pretty close.
Your girlfriend was probably more used to silly slasher movies, the kind where you leave the brain at home. Dreamcatcher has a lot of stuff going on in it and it does have its humor...on purpose. Too bad your girlfriend didn't "get it." Maybe she should have read the great novel before watching the movie. Also, all the people I've watched the movie with...not to mention the people in the theater...got a kick out of the scene your girlfriend didn't seem to like...or get.
@@peterhansen5096 Fun fact. When this movie came out in theaters before the movie they showed a matrix short film called the final flight of the osiris. This was a few months before matrix reloaded came out and matrix talk was at an all time high. Why they showed it before dreamcatcher i have no idea. Alas, this was the one and only reason she came to the movie with me. She didnt like reading, or stephen king. She was more into piercings tattoos and weed. Shes an ex for a reason LOL
I’ve only seen this once before and remember thinking at the time that it was dumb and fun, but I didn’t like the Duditz stuff so I think with the push from your video I’m going to give it another go!
We went to the cinema when it came out, knowing nothing about the book. In the beginning we thought, this could be really great. Had some "ALIEN" vibes... and then they revealed the bug eyed cliche alien which looked like the ones that gave Eric the probe in South Park and it just went downhill from there for us...
Nice! I did sort of do this in an old special and I’m pretty sure I had the same suggestion as you! Great minds! You can check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yml3spDXYeQ.htmlsi=j2cr8WOrPzqvNXLR
the a) casting for Duddits and b) the character as a whole is very problematic, but I will see an Oscar to should go to those eyebrows, they were a choice and I am here for that choice!
Couldn't finish the novel, found it too silly. The film was just a way for me to get to the end of that story much quicker. Still: too silly. 😅 A shame because the beginning in that cabin is amazing and really scary.
Liked the movie but it was a mess at times. Still entertaining, and with great acting. The book is of course much better. To call the movie a flop..nah. You have a tendency to dislike a lot of good material out there...Rose Red and In the Tall Grass, for example. While not being Oscar material. they are far from bad. But you do get my respect for your appreciation of The Shining miniseries which is far superior to Kubrick's movie. On that one I totally agree with you.
I think my reference to this one being a flop was in terms of its commercial performance, which is hard to argue otherwise. I think it has plenty of charm but loses its way towards the end. Rose Red…a cool idea but way too long - I would have much preferred a 90 minute movie. As for In the Tall Grass…I’ve still not seen that so can’t comment with any authority other than to say I’ve only heard bad things about it.
Greetings from the UK-England......I saw this on its release in the cinema back in 2003,considering the Good/Bad ratio of Stephen King novels turned into films,i should have known better,frankly it sucked even more than the book did.
Both the movie and the book could have been great, there’s definitely something good there that wasn’t realised - needed a stronger editor I think! And yes, Jason Lee is hot and has an excellent choice of glasses style in the movie 😉
