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zdistrict says...
7 years ago
Honestly it isn't as bad as people kept saying, and keeping in mind that I have not read the books. I'm just fan of Idris Elba and I enjoyed Mathew McConnahay as a bad guy.

There are a few incoherent moments but it's a fun movie worth watching if you have the time. You could tell there are gaps which could have been handled better for sure but it's a fun action packed movie with a few twists. But it should have been darker and not PG13 that's for sure.
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Reply by maybebrendon
6 years ago
@zdistrict I'm in the same boat. I haven't read the books and I didn't think it was terrible. Not great either. Worth a watch if you want a mindless flick to watch.
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Reply by zdistrict
6 years ago
@brendon27 Agreed! Sometimes you just want to switch off and watch something!
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raichuuu says...
6 years ago
I actually liked the way the movie was, and yeah, it's not identical to the book series, but come on - what movie is?
Elba made a fine gunslinger, and McConaughey did well as a villain. Sure, some bits could have been executed better, but it's not as bad as people have been saying it was. I set off to see the movie expecting to be disappointed, but ended up enjoying it quite a bit.
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BlackStoneCherry says...
8 years ago
I thought Roland would be more a Clint Eastwood than an Idris Elba?? What are they thinking? Daniel Craig would be a good fit.
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Reply by Jim222001
8 years ago
It's Sony. They are about diverse casting even if that person is wrong for the part. No one wanted Elba as Bond but Sony. So they cast him as Roland instead.
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Reply by Steamed
7 years ago
@blackstonecherry Clint Eastwood is exactly right. In fact, the character Susannah in the book explicitly compared him to Eastwood. Late '70s era Clint would be a perfect cast. I don't know who that would be today. I like Idris Elba a lot, but he's very different from the Roland of the books.
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Bergjaeger says...
6 years ago
'What's this?"
"Hot dog'
'Savages'
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Sennieeee says...
7 years ago
I loved watching this movie! The music was great, the characters were interesting and the SFX was amazing! Idris Elba is such a great actor for Roland and I really loved the characters' dialogues.
The story was a bit vague at times, but it didn't bother me. I haven't read the books so I can't say whether the movie was "how it's supposed to be" or "like the books", but I loved it anyways.
9/10 would watch again (and again)!
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enry_cami says...
7 years ago
I didn't find as bad as it was depicted. Maybe because I haven't read the books.
It was a fun movie, with some small inconsistencies. I enjoyed McConaughey as the bad guy. Not the best, but his character definitely had charisma. Idris Elba was a great Roland.
Even with such a short runtime (95 min), the movie explained everything quite well and didn't leave me with doubts about what's what.
The action scenes were great, fast paced but not confused. Really liked those.
The story did feel a little bland, but honestly sometimes you just want a simple movie.
Overall I'd give it 7/10, not perfect but definitely enjoyable.
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budge says...
7 years ago
What a wasted opportunity. In the age of Game of Thrones, we get a 95 minute movie condensed down from over 4000 pages in 9 books.
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great_vc says...
7 years ago
I haven't read the books so i will judge this as an action movie which was mediocre. I read that this is a series of 7 books so it was very difficult to squeeze it in 90 minutes, the ending battle happened very fast and a bit rush. The character development was flat and the story didn't win me over, it needed more time
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nmahoney416 says...
7 years ago
Its fine. There is a lot of room for improvements but its entertaining enough. Not knowing the story probably made it better for me because I wasn't mad about how they are changing it. Idris Elba is a great gunslinger. Matthew McConaughey does a fine job, not sure if he is the best for a villain but he does have charisma. I found Tom Taylor's character, Jake, dull and boring. Yeah he has problems as a kid so what. The best part of the movie is when the Gunslinger came to New York and was a 'fish out of water' that had a few good laughs. This could have been a bigger and better movie with more world building and backstory. At just 95 minutes I was like, oh that's it?
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Whitsbrain says...
2 years ago
I've read quite a few Stephen King novels, novellas, and short stories but have always found the "Dark Tower" series to be a little more than I wanted to tackle. However, I made a plan to start reading the series at the beginning of the year so that I would be ready to watch this, the film version of the beloved tale. But I didn't start it, choosing to just see the movie instead.

"The Dark Tower" is a train wreck. I'm going to assume that the seven or eight books in the series were just condensed into this 95-minute mess because there's no way that many books could have been written into a story so slight. This movie appears to have been made to simply couch references and provide Easter eggs for King fanboys to consume.

Seeing this movie has extinguished my desire to read the "Dark Tower" books.
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