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DREAMCATCHER
Having read the book, I thought this was a great interpretation. You
rarely come across a movie that is faithful to the
book. And being a book reader, I often walk out of a
movie slightly to greatly disappointed. Even Lord
of the Rings, as great as it was, had some major
book-to-movie translation problems. However, other
than the ending, this movie translated the book
almost to the chapter and whatever was snipped out
really went unmissed, for the large part.
However, therein lies the problem for the standard moviegoer. It's
uncertain that a person who has not read the book
will walk out of this one satisfied that they have
really got into the whole feeling of the story. It
may not be confusing like a David Lynch movie, by
any means. But not already knowing a lot of what
is going on from having read the books, might just
make the movie look somewhat unstructured. Problem
is, they tried to present it in the same way as the
book, which works great on paper... Maybe doesn't
translate so well to the big screen. Still, the
general ideas are there, and the imagery was
perfect. It's a definite must see for the Stephen
King fan who has read the book and still a decent
film for those who haven't.
Stephane Morrell
Laurier CIM Group
MCSE,CCA
-Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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