Truth be told though not terrible I've never been a fan of The Dark Tower books, I've read 5/7 and though being a huge Stephen King fan I could never seem to get into them.
Upon hearing that The Dark Tower was being turned into a feature movie however I was quite excited, until I heard the casting........until I saw the writer.....and until I saw the trailer. My expectations crumbled and I felt so bad for any real fans of the franchise.
Not only is The Dark Tower not loyal but I've never seen something encapsulate Hollywood so fiercely.
Let's break it down. We have the dark brooding hero (Who wields Excalibur no less) versus a charismatic villain. The good guy is protecting a child who is key to everything and the bad guy has lots of generic monstrous minions to do his bidding? Sound even remotely original?
Top that off with all your usual clichés, Hollywood tropes and 90 minute runtime and you have a seven book epic compacted beyond belief and smeared with cinematic "Magic"
I wanted to like this, I wanted to be proved wrong but this is the biggest mess since Death Note (2017)
The Good:
McConaughey is great
The Bad:
Not even remotely loyal to the books
Too "Hollywood"
Very anti-climatic
Upon hearing that The Dark Tower was being turned into a feature movie however I was quite excited, until I heard the casting........until I saw the writer.....and until I saw the trailer. My expectations crumbled and I felt so bad for any real fans of the franchise.
Not only is The Dark Tower not loyal but I've never seen something encapsulate Hollywood so fiercely.
Let's break it down. We have the dark brooding hero (Who wields Excalibur no less) versus a charismatic villain. The good guy is protecting a child who is key to everything and the bad guy has lots of generic monstrous minions to do his bidding? Sound even remotely original?
Top that off with all your usual clichés, Hollywood tropes and 90 minute runtime and you have a seven book epic compacted beyond belief and smeared with cinematic "Magic"
I wanted to like this, I wanted to be proved wrong but this is the biggest mess since Death Note (2017)
The Good:
McConaughey is great
The Bad:
Not even remotely loyal to the books
Too "Hollywood"
Very anti-climatic