hahaha I know Mr. Lorn, at least we can agree on the movie, I thought if the movie stayed true to the ending and Morgan Freeman's eyebrows were removed than it would have been better, but it's still my guilty pleasure.
Agree! Dreamcatcher is a great book. It's in my top 10 Stephen King books for sure. I love all the internal dialogue between Jonesy and Mr. Gray. Not to mention the cat and mouse chase involving Kurtz, Henry, Owen, Jonesy, and Mr Gray. It baffles me that Dreamcatcher gets such bad reviews. I would love to see the movie done right.
I just finished this novel for the second time. I enjoyed it almost as much as I did my first read, when I was a teenager. For me, it's hard to go wrong with a good alien story, and I adore King's twist on this species' invasion. Unqiue and well written, as always. Glad to hear there are others who enjoyed this novel as well!
This book holds a special place in my heart. It was the very first Stephen King book I remember picking up and skimming. My older brother had bought a paperback copy, and since I was too young to fully digest the prose, he'd rave to me about certain scenes and characters. The scene wtih Jonesy and McCarthy in the woods...I'll go out on a limb and say that it's one of the best-written scenes in any King novel. To think that he owes much of this book to Oxycontin...
I just finished reading Dreamcatcher and I completely loved it. It is a great book with some of the best characters I've read from King. It really doesn't deserve all the hate it gets, in my opinion.
@@LandonA if this book taught me something, besides everything related to the story, is that Stephen King has books for all kinds of tastes and no one should rely heavily on reviews but make their own criteria by reading the book. 👌👌👌
@@hugorosales1346 I've had that same mindset the moment I finished Dreamcatcher and saw all its hate. I've stood by this book since haha. It's awesome that you love the book too. Keep reading!!! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
@@LandonA I'll stand by this book from now on too! I'll definitely keep on reading. Next reading: Song of Susannah. By the way, you got yourself a new subscriber 😉😉
I can see why people are not a fan of this novel, but, when I read it, I loved it. It is one of my favorite King novels, definitely in the top ten. My favorite scene was the flashback when all of the kids were together and they saved Duddits, it just shows that even though there's so much suffering in the book, there is still some heart in it. What I don't understand is why people hate it. It's not a bad book, it's King, so it's extremely well written, so I don't see a problem with the writing. Like I said, I can see why people don't like it (and I'm not really a fan of science-fiction), but I don't get why it's one of the most hated King novels.
I agree with you completely. I think people go into the book knowing that it's a not so loved book so they have expectations that are bad so they come out at the end not liking it and over looking a lot of what this book has to offer.
I really hope this gets a remake. I would love if they got back the actors from the 2003 version, but I prefer they go with a fresh cast. Henry - Robert Downey Jr Jonesy - Joaquin Phoenix Beaver - Ryan Reynolds Pete - Henry Thomas Duddits - Tom Hardy Col Abraham Curtis - Keith David Owen - Chris Pratt Cross your fingers for a better and scarier adaptation.
I really don't know why people hate this book. I think people are influenced by greater minds. King said it wasn't his best, so everyone says, "Oh yeah ... it DID suck, didn't it?" NO!! It didn't. It was fully involved like his other 600-pg novels. If you watch the special features of the movie, King is pretty adamant about the book AND movie being pretty good. So there's always that.
I actually got this book for free... Was held together by literal duck tape, but it was still a good read. Didnt know what i was getting into... But it's a good one.
Just because you are such fan of the guys ill subscribe :P besides, dreamcatcher was the first book i read that contain over 200 pages so its my favourite for now. I will start on another one so i want to keep watching your videos :)
*Rambling* "If there was a fire in this house" hhaha :D And then they saw the line, was my favourite line XD i think it was in the very end of the book. Btw: whats it called the authors tought? the last 2 pages or so. it made me cry cus it was so beautiful xD
thanks for the help, i really needed to understand the end of the book i read the first part and i loved it but then the book started get boring and confusing with the Kurtz part and that one in Henry's mind i watch the movie and i liked it because the first scenes matched the book
I had never heard any good reviews for this book but for some reason, maybe it is because I love the X-files and alien invasion movies, I decided to pick this up and give it a read as my next Stephen King book to read. I am just past the halfway point and I LOVE this book. I'm having a really hard time putting it down. I love Edward Lorn's videos about Stephen King but I think he is wrong on this one. I get the fart jokes and everything at the beginning but I love it. Maybe it goes to complete shit at the end but I find that hard to believe. I look forward to finishing it and letting you know what I think of it but I'm glad I saw your video because it kind of encouraged me to give it a chance. I was going to read it anyway but having someone else rate it as one of their favorites did kind of push me to read it next. Thanks for that.
@@LandonA - Just finished Dreamcatcher. Yeah, I love that book. I would be hard pressed to put it in my list of top 5 Stephen King books but it is definitely in my top 10. I loved the ending. I still don't get why so many people don't like it. I mean I get the fart jokes, shit-weasles and all that but I thought it was great. I love alien movies and books and thought it was one of the best I've read. Anyway, thanks for the motivation to read it after all the negative reviews I had seen. Glad I took the time to read it. Cheers and stay safe and healthy!
Subscribed. I watched your entire video. Duddits got Jonsey to be hit by the car, so Jonsey's heart would stop briefly, which made him immune to Ripley and Mr. Gray. I have to wonder where Duddits got his power. Perhaps Duddits purposely got those boys to bully him so the other kids would stand up and protect him, so they could make the connection and save the world. I listened to the book on Audible. I felt the chase at the end was drawn out. It felt like half the book to me. A was chasing B who was chasing C. It felt like Stephen King padded, as if paid by the word count. I watched the movie when I was half-way through the book, and I was looking forward to that final boss-battle when Duddits turns into some kind of competing Gray, but it never happened. No helicopter either. I guess movies have to spice things up, plus no Epilogue in the movie. There was also no worm hatched from an egg in the book at the end. The movie did a great job in visualizing Jonsey's mind as this huge library of boxes. The scene where we see labels on the boxes for ROCK N ROLL LYRICS, APPLE G3 LAPTOP HOW THE DAMN THING WORKS, XXX-RATED, COB-WEB SECTION, SPORTS HUMILIATIONS, etc. I love that idea. There's a lot of visual nets that look like a dreamcatcher in the movie. The roof of the library is a dreamcatcher in glass. Kurtz has some kind of glass radar that looks like a net. The power they used to find the girl produces some kind of net. So the movie did add a visual flair beyond what the book describes, plus the music was great as Jonsey was moving boxes of his memories to be burned. My favorite thing about the book was Jonsey locked away in his own brain, visualized as that library of boxes, which he could then hide from Mr. Gray. I also like how Mr. Gray was becoming human. I like the scene in the book where he eats raw bacon and mayo sandwiches. I like fish-out-of-water stories, and aliens discovering how amazing Earth is and how much pleasure the human body can obtain.
I really loved this book I just finished it and it blew me away. I definitely did not like the scene were beav died. Duddits was my favorite character in the book he made me feel sad but happy at the same time. I wish Pete and beav didn't die but other then that it was great probably on my top ten. Also I'm confused about the dog was that Rick's dog?
This was the only way i could find to message you. I have a kid, teenager, here who i think Dreamcatcher would really touch. Would you recommend it for a teenage boy as, probably, they're first long book? I read it when i was an adult my first time so i was looking for that younger perspective.
@@angelahardwick4611 I'm nearly convinced that people read the first 200 pages and read the fart stuff and think that its just gonna be that for the rest of the book so they DNF it. I feel as if people just don't see the heart in it at the end of the book, the last 100 pages are absolutely beautiful and I don't get how people don't see it.
I totally agree. That last bit is astounding. Makes me cry. Duddits is and isn't the lynch pin. But his part at the end gets to me every time. I love the memory warehouse. Thats how my memory works. The stephen king parts with the gun phone are perfect for me. Its such a classically beautiful friendship that each death hurts me, but i get it for the overall story. Beaver's, you knew it was coming but still held out hope. I don't know why i love this book so much i just do.
One of my favorites. For the same reason. The story of the friends and their connection to each other and to Duddits. It's palpable. By the end I was crying. Have always loved this book and when i saw the movie... Smh. Loved the cast. But most of King's adaptations are crap. Misery and The Stand are the only ones I like.
#Respect Even though I didn't like the book (but Elevation was worse.) I still like that that it connects to a lot of other SK books. I thought the book mentioned cancer a lot for a SK novel, but the original title for the book was Cancer, but King changed it after Tabitha convinced him to change it. But that's just me, correct me if I'm wrong, it's been awhile since I've read Dreamcatcher.
@@LandonA Yeah, but if I remember correctly, I would have to read it again, and take notes, but he mentions it a lot, most likely it was due to all the pain he was in.
@@LandonA Also I think a video discussing what the book means would a great video, like what are the greys, why is Cancer mentioned so much, etc, etc. 😀📚
I'm at chapter Nineteen in this book & this is my first time reading it. But I just wanted to say that the 2 copy's of dreamcatcher you mentioned you didn't have, I have both of them copy's & I don't have the 2 copy's you have. Just thought I would tell, but so far I'm finding the book to be basic nothing exciting.
I love your passion and your love for this book, and you make a great argument, but...😉
hahaha I know Mr. Lorn, at least we can agree on the movie, I thought if the movie stayed true to the ending and Morgan Freeman's eyebrows were removed than it would have been better, but it's still my guilty pleasure.
Dude, call me E. Mr. Lorn sounds like a Batman villain lol
Lorn sounds like a villain in general haha.
Landon A now ya know why I picked it. 😉
But putting the Mr. In front of it sounds like Adam West era Batman lol
Agree! Dreamcatcher is a great book. It's in my top 10 Stephen King books for sure. I love all the internal dialogue between Jonesy and Mr. Gray. Not to mention the cat and mouse chase involving Kurtz, Henry, Owen, Jonesy, and Mr Gray. It baffles me that Dreamcatcher gets such bad reviews. I would love to see the movie done right.
Duddits, awesome that he made him special needs, what if all special needs have powers, hug a special needs, might be important in the future
I just finished this novel for the second time. I enjoyed it almost as much as I did my first read, when I was a teenager. For me, it's hard to go wrong with a good alien story, and I adore King's twist on this species' invasion. Unqiue and well written, as always. Glad to hear there are others who enjoyed this novel as well!
This book holds a special place in my heart. It was the very first Stephen King book I remember picking up and skimming. My older brother had bought a paperback copy, and since I was too young to fully digest the prose, he'd rave to me about certain scenes and characters.
The scene wtih Jonesy and McCarthy in the woods...I'll go out on a limb and say that it's one of the best-written scenes in any King novel. To think that he owes much of this book to Oxycontin...
I just finished reading Dreamcatcher and I completely loved it. It is a great book with some of the best characters I've read from King. It really doesn't deserve all the hate it gets, in my opinion.
I'm so glad you loved it. You're totally right, it shouldn't get all its hate, I will never understand it lol.
@@LandonA if this book taught me something, besides everything related to the story, is that Stephen King has books for all kinds of tastes and no one should rely heavily on reviews but make their own criteria by reading the book. 👌👌👌
@@hugorosales1346 I've had that same mindset the moment I finished Dreamcatcher and saw all its hate. I've stood by this book since haha. It's awesome that you love the book too. Keep reading!!! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
@@LandonA I'll stand by this book from now on too! I'll definitely keep on reading. Next reading: Song of Susannah. By the way, you got yourself a new subscriber 😉😉
@@hugorosales1346 Thanks a ton. I haven't been uploading recently, I hope to get back to it soon though!!! Thanks a million!
I can see why people are not a fan of this novel, but, when I read it, I loved it. It is one of my favorite King novels, definitely in the top ten. My favorite scene was the flashback when all of the kids were together and they saved Duddits, it just shows that even though there's so much suffering in the book, there is still some heart in it. What I don't understand is why people hate it. It's not a bad book, it's King, so it's extremely well written, so I don't see a problem with the writing. Like I said, I can see why people don't like it (and I'm not really a fan of science-fiction), but I don't get why it's one of the most hated King novels.
I agree with you completely. I think people go into the book knowing that it's a not so loved book so they have expectations that are bad so they come out at the end not liking it and over looking a lot of what this book has to offer.
I'm going to read this books soon and I'm pretty excited!!
I really hope this gets a remake. I would love if they got back the actors from the 2003 version, but I prefer they go with a fresh cast.
Henry - Robert Downey Jr
Jonesy - Joaquin Phoenix
Beaver - Ryan Reynolds
Pete - Henry Thomas
Duddits - Tom Hardy
Col Abraham Curtis - Keith David
Owen - Chris Pratt
Cross your fingers for a better and scarier adaptation.
Haha yes! I thought I was the only one that loved this book!
Nope, I'm here to stand with you and many of my subscribers are as well haha.
I really liked this novel, too. I'm reading it for the third time right now. My video review of it will hopefully be posted by the end of the month.
I really don't know why people hate this book. I think people are influenced by greater minds. King said it wasn't his best, so everyone says, "Oh yeah ... it DID suck, didn't it?" NO!! It didn't. It was fully involved like his other 600-pg novels. If you watch the special features of the movie, King is pretty adamant about the book AND movie being pretty good. So there's always that.
Post more reviews man, you're such a great speaker.
Oh I will, haha. I should have another review up tomorrow.
@@LandonA new subscriber man, I bought that book recently, now I'm gonna finish it.
@@pedr0_m198 I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Thanks for subscribing man.
I actually got this book for free... Was held together by literal duck tape, but it was still a good read. Didnt know what i was getting into... But it's a good one.
I start to read this book . Thank you ..😍😍
It's a great read. Hope you enjoy it.
Did your book skip around?
Just because you are such fan of the guys ill subscribe :P besides, dreamcatcher was the first book i read that contain over 200 pages so its my favourite for now. I will start on another one so i want to keep watching your videos :)
Thank you.
*Rambling* "If there was a fire in this house" hhaha :D
And then they saw the line, was my favourite line XD i think it was in the very end of the book.
Btw: whats it called the authors tought? the last 2 pages or so. it made me cry cus it was so beautiful xD
@@davidjohnsen663 yea the Epilogue and the Authors Note are beautiful. I loved them dearly.
Love the Bowie shirt
Your a cool dude! Seem really realatable and humble.
Thank you!
thanks for the help, i really needed to understand the end of the book
i read the first part and i loved it but then the book started get boring and confusing with the Kurtz part and that one in Henry's mind
i watch the movie and i liked it because the first scenes matched the book
I had never heard any good reviews for this book but for some reason, maybe it is because I love the X-files and alien invasion movies, I decided to pick this up and give it a read as my next Stephen King book to read. I am just past the halfway point and I LOVE this book. I'm having a really hard time putting it down. I love Edward Lorn's videos about Stephen King but I think he is wrong on this one. I get the fart jokes and everything at the beginning but I love it. Maybe it goes to complete shit at the end but I find that hard to believe. I look forward to finishing it and letting you know what I think of it but I'm glad I saw your video because it kind of encouraged me to give it a chance. I was going to read it anyway but having someone else rate it as one of their favorites did kind of push me to read it next. Thanks for that.
That's awesome man! Can't wait to hear what you think of the ending!!!
@@LandonA - Just finished Dreamcatcher. Yeah, I love that book. I would be hard pressed to put it in my list of top 5 Stephen King books but it is definitely in my top 10. I loved the ending. I still don't get why so many people don't like it. I mean I get the fart jokes, shit-weasles and all that but I thought it was great. I love alien movies and books and thought it was one of the best I've read. Anyway, thanks for the motivation to read it after all the negative reviews I had seen. Glad I took the time to read it. Cheers and stay safe and healthy!
@@nates9029 that's awesome man! Glad you liked it. You stay safe and healthy as well.
Subscribed. I watched your entire video. Duddits got Jonsey to be hit by the car, so Jonsey's heart would stop briefly, which made him immune to Ripley and Mr. Gray. I have to wonder where Duddits got his power. Perhaps Duddits purposely got those boys to bully him so the other kids would stand up and protect him, so they could make the connection and save the world. I listened to the book on Audible. I felt the chase at the end was drawn out. It felt like half the book to me. A was chasing B who was chasing C. It felt like Stephen King padded, as if paid by the word count. I watched the movie when I was half-way through the book, and I was looking forward to that final boss-battle when Duddits turns into some kind of competing Gray, but it never happened. No helicopter either. I guess movies have to spice things up, plus no Epilogue in the movie. There was also no worm hatched from an egg in the book at the end. The movie did a great job in visualizing Jonsey's mind as this huge library of boxes. The scene where we see labels on the boxes for ROCK N ROLL LYRICS, APPLE G3 LAPTOP HOW THE DAMN THING WORKS, XXX-RATED, COB-WEB SECTION, SPORTS HUMILIATIONS, etc. I love that idea. There's a lot of visual nets that look like a dreamcatcher in the movie. The roof of the library is a dreamcatcher in glass. Kurtz has some kind of glass radar that looks like a net. The power they used to find the girl produces some kind of net. So the movie did add a visual flair beyond what the book describes, plus the music was great as Jonsey was moving boxes of his memories to be burned. My favorite thing about the book was Jonsey locked away in his own brain, visualized as that library of boxes, which he could then hide from Mr. Gray. I also like how Mr. Gray was becoming human. I like the scene in the book where he eats raw bacon and mayo sandwiches. I like fish-out-of-water stories, and aliens discovering how amazing Earth is and how much pleasure the human body can obtain.
Hey Patrick! Thanks for the sub. Your thoughts on Dreamcatcher are amazing!
I really loved this book I just finished it and it blew me away. I definitely did not like the scene were beav died. Duddits was my favorite character in the book he made me feel sad but happy at the same time. I wish Pete and beav didn't die but other then that it was great probably on my top ten. Also I'm confused about the dog was that Rick's dog?
No. The dog was with the guy Mr. Gray killed on the highway. If you watch the movie it'll make more sense haha.
You should read Phantoms by Dean Koontz
i liked the movie
This was the only way i could find to message you.
I have a kid, teenager, here who i think Dreamcatcher would really touch. Would you recommend it for a teenage boy as, probably, they're first long book? I read it when i was an adult my first time so i was looking for that younger perspective.
I read it when I was 15 going on 16. Soooooooooooooo, there's your answer haha. I also just love long books.
@@LandonA he's 15 too and i think he would love it. I just wasn't sure cuz i was looking at it thru my i-loved-it glasses.
I don't get the hate. I get the aspics of that are hate worthy but overall i love it.
@@angelahardwick4611 I'm nearly convinced that people read the first 200 pages and read the fart stuff and think that its just gonna be that for the rest of the book so they DNF it. I feel as if people just don't see the heart in it at the end of the book, the last 100 pages are absolutely beautiful and I don't get how people don't see it.
I totally agree. That last bit is astounding. Makes me cry.
Duddits is and isn't the lynch pin. But his part at the end gets to me every time.
I love the memory warehouse. Thats how my memory works.
The stephen king parts with the gun phone are perfect for me.
Its such a classically beautiful friendship that each death hurts me, but i get it for the overall story. Beaver's, you knew it was coming but still held out hope. I don't know why i love this book so much i just do.
One of my favorites.
For the same reason. The story of the friends and their connection to each other and to Duddits. It's palpable. By the end I was crying.
Have always loved this book and when i saw the movie... Smh. Loved the cast. But most of King's adaptations are crap. Misery and The Stand are the only ones I like.
#Respect
Even though I didn't like the book (but Elevation was worse.) I still like that that it connects to a lot of other SK books. I thought the book mentioned cancer a lot for a SK novel, but the original title for the book was Cancer, but King changed it after Tabitha convinced him to change it. But that's just me, correct me if I'm wrong, it's been awhile since I've read Dreamcatcher.
Yes you're right. He wanted to title Cancer but he changed it. The first part (Part 1) is called Cancer.
@@LandonA Yeah, but if I remember correctly, I would have to read it again, and take notes, but he mentions it a lot, most likely it was due to all the pain he was in.
@@LandonA Also I think a video discussing what the book means would a great video, like what are the greys, why is Cancer mentioned so much, etc, etc. 😀📚
Cool cap!
I'm at chapter Nineteen in this book & this is my first time reading it. But I just wanted to say that the 2 copy's of dreamcatcher you mentioned you didn't have, I have both of them copy's & I don't have the 2 copy's you have. Just thought I would tell, but so far I'm finding the book to be basic nothing exciting.
Jamie Glase everyone has there own opinions and I appreciate them all
I'm not saying I'm not liking the book, it's good just wish it was great that's all
Bro, the only thing you should mimic from this book should be Morgan Freeman's intense eyebrows
That's only in the movie, but yes, his eyebrows were amazingly intense.
You a writer landon?
No but I wanna be haha
Ah, i see. I was wondering if you'd like to be a beta reader for my upcoming wattpad exclusive short story.
A.R Church I would love to be a beta reader. I've never been one before but I would love too!
beaver is my guy
I was digging the idea of this book until I heard the words ass weasels
E rocks!!!
Duuuuuuude! Spoiler Alert!!
I did not like Morgan Freeman as Kurtz. Bad casting!
Indeed. Horrible casting on their part.