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The Dark Tower Reviews are in
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:45 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:45 am
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:51 am to red_giraffe
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And they aren't good
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:55 am to red_giraffe
man, mcconaughey has had a rough run with non animated movies since interstellar
this, gold, free state of jones
this, gold, free state of jones
Posted on 8/3/17 at 1:55 am to dbuchanon
thats how i feel
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:44 am to red_giraffe
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thats how i feel
Posted on 8/3/17 at 3:51 am to red_giraffe
Im still gonna see it. It looks badass either way
Posted on 8/3/17 at 4:00 am to red_giraffe
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And they aren't good
Not surprising - Dark Tower is a tough one to make a movie out of for sure, too much going on to capture in movie form. I'd say the same thing for "IT", so I'm expecting to be underwhelmed with that one as well. I'll probably rent both on 'on demand' though....
Posted on 8/3/17 at 4:38 am to jpbTiger
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Not surprising - Dark Tower is a tough one to make a movie out of for sure, too much going on to capture in movie form.
There's such a following and a demand for it that you knew they would make it one day, but I wouldn't have touched this with a ten foot pole. As you said, so damn difficult to adapt.
Some stories just don't do well in movie form.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 4:45 am to FootballNostradamus
Well a lot of people said that about Lord of the Rings and that was considered pretty successful. Although LOTR is much smaller in comparison.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 4:54 am to red_giraffe
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Although LOTR is much smaller in comparison.
I don't know about that - I thought LOTR was a huge undertaking for a movie (series), but it seemed more suited for the big screen- story and characters were pretty straightforward. The Dark Tower series is awfully complex- lots of depth in the story and characters that can't really be brought out in a movie.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:01 am to red_giraffe
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Well a lot of people said that about Lord of the Rings and that was considered pretty successful. Although LOTR is much smaller in comparison.
Completely disagree.
Fantasy is a very fine line as far as adaptability pertains. Some stories really lend to visual adaptation. LOTR or GOT are examples of fantasy stories that are incredibly adaptable, given how much is visual in nature. Yes the scale is massive which presents a very big challenge, but the material is relatively straightforward.
The Dark Tower is completely different IMO.
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:04 am to jpbTiger
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ot surprising - Dark Tower is a tough one to make a movie out of for sure, too much going on to capture in movie form.
Doesn't help when you start out by fundamentally changing the main character
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:10 am to red_giraffe
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Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:16 am to red_giraffe
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The Dark Tower has been in production for around ten years in some form or another. This final product reminds me a lot of the GOP healthcare plan: You’ve had all this time and THIS is what you come up with? I can already picture John McCain strolling into a theater this weekend, giving a dramatic thumbs down, killing The Dark Tower forever.
And
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:25 am to red_giraffe
quote:Called it.
Heaven knows, the books offer more invention than could fit in one feature film, but in their effort to introduce newcomers to this world, the filmmakers make the saga's contents look not archetypal but generic and cobbled together.
There was going to be no depth to this movie. They wanted the Hodors of the world to not get confused, ignored the actual fan base, and made a very generic action movie.
This post was edited on 8/3/17 at 6:48 am
Posted on 8/3/17 at 6:35 am to FootballNostradamus
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There's such a following and a demand for it that you knew they would make it one day, but I wouldn't have touched this with a ten foot pole. As you said, so damn difficult to adapt.
At a, minimum they could've actually tried to adapt the book though
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:42 am to Breesus
i read a fan review on IMDB that was a huge book fan and they said the movie pissed them off so bad they almost walked out.
Said its a disgrace to the book and reminded them of suicide squad
Said its a disgrace to the book and reminded them of suicide squad
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:49 am to dallastiger55
I mean just basing it off the trailers, it looks pretty bad. The trailer is pretty awful, it does nothing to draw me in and has no discerning moment where I think "man that's going to be a good movie".
Posted on 8/3/17 at 7:49 am to dallastiger55
fricking bullshite.
One of my favorite series I have ever read and it's gonna be terrible 
One of my favorite series I have ever read and it's gonna be terrible
Posted on 8/3/17 at 8:46 am to Jizzamo311
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I mean just basing it off the trailers, it looks pretty bad. The trailer is pretty awful, it does nothing to draw me in and has no discerning moment where I think "man that's going to be a good movie".
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