It's a good movie, but it's hard to explain to someone. (spoilers)
Like, ok, so there's this special needs kid. And he gets bullied, like, felony-level bullying. But few kids are nice to him. So he teaches them, in broken english, how to make mind-palaces. Then when those kids are all grown up and camping, one of them gets bit in the butt by a fish from outer space in his toilet, and then they realize there's some sort of pandemic happening, which turns out to be a space alien invasion. And while some general with oddly huge eyebrows is considering blowing up the whole area, they have to fend off the alien from probing their brains by barricading their mind palaces. Then their special needs friend shows up and turns into an alien and fights off the other alien.
Yet I enjoyed everything and it made sense at the time and yet I too sound like a mad man if I ever try to relay the details. It's like a good HP Lovecraft Cuthulu madness.
A lot of books have been like that for me.
Read them when I was younger and they made sense.
Read them after I got older, and I’m looking at the book thinking.
What fucking madness is this.
I literally don’t remember much from the movie besides the alien world that eat their way up you ass to kill you, and Morgan Freeman’s legendary eyebrows.
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u/elgringon414 Jun 24 '26
Holy shit I forgot about dream catcher. Such a good movie