If you don't know what to expect from not having read the book, the story almost seems to go off the rails at the first sight of that alien snake/worm looking thing, somewhat derivative of a python with rows and rows of serrated teeth. Not that it has anything to do with the final outcome of the story, but it's just kind of cool being there. Most of the colorful language in this one comes from the Beav (Jason Lee), along with a haunting background refrain of Roy Orbison's 'Blue Bayou'. The unique thing about King's writing is that he seems to come up with a distinct and different set of expressions for his characters in each of his works. I thought more could have been done with that idea, but instead, the picture turns into something of a sci-fi/horror flick when the adult quartet take off for an annual camping trip to a remote Maine cabin.
Having rescued a mentally handicapped youth from three bullies, Young Duddits (Andrew Robb) apparently has transferred some of his telepathic ability to his saviors. The story opens with an interesting premise of four childhood friends who have grown up with a telepathic power due to an incident when they were still young. Knowing the way the author likes to expand on his characters and situations, complete with extensive back stories, It's a sure bet this adaptation of King's "Dreamcatcher" is pared down to the bare essentials. I've read a ton of stuff by Stephen King but this is one I haven't caught up with yet. Not since The Stand has King crafted a story of such astonishing range-and never before has he contended so frankly with the heart of darkness.Reviewed by classicsoncall 7 / 10 "Sometimes I just know." Stephen King's first full-length novel since Bag of Bones is, more than anything, a story of how men remember, and how they find their courage. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher. Before long, these men will be plunged into a horrifying struggle with a creature from another world. His incoherent ravings prove to be disturbingly prescient. This year, a stranger stumbles into their camp, disoriented, mumbling something about lights in the sky. Each hunting season the foursome reunite in the woods of Maine. Twenty-five years later, the boys are now men with separate lives and separate troubles. Something that changed them in ways they could never begin to understand.
Certainly a good thing, perhaps even a great thing. Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry, four boys stood together and did a brave thing.
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