![]() ![]() Made up of eight books, 'The Dark Tower' book series is simply spectacular, with wildly entertaining and imaginative stories, a deft mix of genres, unparalleled attention to detail and conflict and with characters that are far more than standard clichés. Which is why film/television adaptations are such a mixed bag. Stephen King is notoriously difficult to adapt, some of his work near-unfilmable or at least with parts that are (i.e. One of the laziest and Hollywood productions of all-time. It would be difficult for even the best in the business to adequately bring the story to life through cinema but these clowns didn't even try. I love the Dark Tower novels and would recommend them to anybody. Idris Elba manages to salvage some artistic integrity from the ruins with a reasonable performance but there is not much one can do with such a godforsaken script. As for Matthew McConaughey, I've never been much of a fan and this tragic performance confirms my suspicions that he is one of the most one-dimensional and overrated actors in the business. it manages to achieve the double whammy of being completely incomprehensible to non-book readers whilst also being highly insulting to fans of the novels. I'm not sure what was going through the heads of the people involved with this limp mess of a movie. Stephen King's Dark Tower novels may have their flaws but they are nonetheless a highly creative juggernaut that deserved either a fully committed TV adaptation or to be simply left alone. ![]()
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