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Black Tower Reviews Getting Slammed
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_tower_2017
http://uproxx.com/movies/the-dark-tower-review/ 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. |
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I thought it was 8 books.
I'm a King freak....and when I first heard about this...in one movie....as stated mucho....I thought...it simply can't work...can it? I love Idris Elba...just a great great actor. not sure he can save this though. and Mcconaughey as the dark man...walking dude...dang it. I don't like when holly wood changes the basics of a character. gunslinger is white...now he's black. will Susannah be white? will she have legs? gunslinger being black isn't a big deal but Susannah has GOT to be black! if you read the books....you know she gotta be black. will she even be in the movie? I've seen Jake in previews but not her. will there be Oy? I'ma hafta see it dang it.....turd or not. they made gunslinger black. they made penguin gay on gotham (that really pised me off). they made a fantastic 4 with a black johnny storm....(white invisible girls brother no less). whats next? Melissa McCarthy stars in The Color Puple II I'll bet Kings IT will be chinese.
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Apparently they are still going to do a TV show that will take place during The Wizard And Glass book.
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They needed to draw black people into this movie and black people hate stephen king (aww hell no is that the guy that did the shining? **** that) So they put Stringer as the Main guy but then when black people get to watching they can't have a black person without legs because blacks have lots of diabetes which leads to aunties and uncles having their legs cut off.
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Penz is making me laugh, that's what.
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**** the reviews I liked it
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Utter garbage
Saw it last night. I'm a huge King fan. I believe that The Dark Tower--plus all the overlaps in so many of his other books--makes up one of the best works ever written.
I know it's in vogue to bash King and say he's a mediocre writer, but I simply disagree. I think he's one of the best ever. That said.... the movie is utter garbage. I was so disappointed. It's basically a Bruce Willis action flick with the names of characters from TDT. Horrible. They could have done so much with the source material. It would have required several films to get it right, but I think they could have made a series that rivaled Lord of the Rings. Instead, you leave the theater feeling like you just watched another mindless popcorn action flick.
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I've actually seen a couple of reviews that liked it.
I'm wondering if it plays better to someone who isn't a fan of the books and has never read them?
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Way to **** up another damn near sure-thing Sony.
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If you can remove the thought of what could have been, and just watch it like you would watch any generic action film, it's OK. It still would not be a good film by any means--too many places the plot is not developed well, and too much glossing over some potentially great story developments, and the end feels very rushed, as if they just said, "Well, there's 90 minutes. Let's wrap this up." But, I suppose if you don't think about it as The Dark Tower, it's an OK film. Worth a DVD rental or a dollar theater ticket (certainly not worth paying $11 for the price of admission). But, knowing the depth and richness of the source material, and being fed this crap instead, is just terrible. It's like looking forward to a high-end steak dinner and being given a slightly-warm McDonald's burger instead. By itself, the burger is edible and might even be slightly tasty. But compared to what could have been.....
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