Friday, 30 July 2010

Dreamcatcher- Lawrence Kasdan



Re watched Dreamcatcher directed by Lawrence Kasdan, which is a film adaption of the book by Stephen King. I'd forgotten how good this film was. Haven't watched it in years. The main thing I rather like is how the story develops. Although it takes a while, it doesn't rush and you don't get given the answers to all the questions at the end. Each section of the film gives a little away. Would like to read the book now though to compare whether or not the film is true to the original and if its just as good.
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9 comments:

  1. Jackie30 July 2010 at 06:03

    I read the book years ago, when I was going through a 'Stephen King' phase...I do remember it being good, but I can't for the life of me remember why! Haven't seen the film....

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  2. Charlotte30 July 2010 at 06:19

    Oh the film's rather good. As I said takes a while to get going but when it does its easy to get into :).

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  3. tutorphil30 July 2010 at 07:37

    isn't this the film when the creature is (can't think of a polite way to express this) born via defecation? Personally, I prefer King's shorter books - his first, Carrie, is absolutely brilliant and as tight as a drum...

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  4. Charlotte30 July 2010 at 08:20

    Yes, yes it is. Whihc makes one wonder why there's never any screams of pain. surly it would hurt having something comming out of your boday in such a way. Hmmmm will have to check that one out :)

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  5. Tom Beg30 July 2010 at 09:30

    Phil is definitely a Carrie fan boy though! :P

    Personally I prefer his bigger books even when he goes off on one at times - IT, The Shining, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Salems Lot etc. Also his short stories are great as well, Skeleton Crew and Four Past Midnight have some great stories. :)

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  6. Charlotte30 July 2010 at 14:08

    Need to get borrowing some books I see, or at least buying them ^^

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  7. Alan Postings31 July 2010 at 00:41

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    Thanks
    Alan

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  8. tutorphil1 August 2010 at 11:53

    Indeed I am a Carrie fanboy; you know, I'm actually one of the very few people in the whole world you saw the the musical version of Carrie, when it was staged by the RSC ages back... yes, a musical version. It's infamous because it's widely regarded as one of the worst, most ill-conceived theatre productions of all-time...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(musical)

    (incase you think I'm making it up or was hallucinating after one too many Nesquicks...).

    At 12, I thought it was great - especially all the pryotechnics when Carrie destroyed the prom. (The actual stupidity of a musical based on Carrie was lost on me at the time).

    If you haven't seen the movie, Lev, the slo-mo sequence just after Carrie has been awarded the title of prom queen is an absolute tour-de-force of suspense. The director is Brian dePalma, who stole most of his cinematic flourishes from a certain Mr Hitchcock!

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  9. Tom Beg2 August 2010 at 14:49

    A musical Carrie? Thats..interesting!

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