The Dark Tower
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Ditto.
And tobe fair it looks pretty decent, which can't be said for most Steven King adaptations.
Stephen King movies are often good and sometimes all time classics. It is the TV miniseries that are usually bad.
Not really. Out of like 60 adaptations there are only like a handful that I would say were good...
The Shining
Green Mile
Shawshank
Misery
Stand by Me
Carrie
The Mist
Misery
There are some other solid ones but you are probably right although in terms of adaptations many probably turned out as good as you good hope. Hard to really expect much from Pet Sematary.
I had misery.
Those other two, eh.
You are correct about the TV shows though. I can't find a single one I would recommend to sombody.
I only read the first book and maybe a little of the second. I stopped reading years ago when King said he'd never finish them. Then of course he did. I remember the first book being very confusing but interesting.
This looks pretty decent.
This looks pretty decent.
This has some multiverse or multi-dimensional elements that I wish were more present in Dr. STRANGE.
I also sort of hope this expands as metafiction like the source material.
IMO the books were a wandering mess with an absurd ending. Maybe it can be turned into a decent movie.
I also sort of hope this expands as metafiction like the source material.
IMO the books were a wandering mess with an absurd ending. Maybe it can be turned into a decent movie.
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Shawshank, Green Mile, and The Mist were all directed by Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont. It's really a shame that he could not have been given the Dark Tower reigns, IMO. I can't think of a more qualified director.
I like books 1-4. Really thought 5-7 we're pretty bad. The Wind Through the Keyhole was good also.
Sounds like its pretty bad but at least it gave us a funny line from this review
http://uproxx.com/movies/the-dark-tower-review/
http://uproxx.com/movies/the-dark-tower-review/
We thought about seeing this next weekend. Not now after the reviews. From what little I know of the source material, it should have been made into a tv series instead.
Well that was the plan and they are still claiming that but its not going to happen because its not going to happen because its not going to do well
I went in with low expectations and still left disappointed. This wasn't a Dark Tower movie, it was a fantasy/action flick with a couple handfuls of Dark Tower easter eggs.
It was a half passed attempt to jump start a cinematic universe building a movie out references.
They even had graffiti saying "All hail the Crimson King" while otherwise this character has no presence in the movie or is even discussed.
The sad thing is all the actors were decent and Idris tried to sell us on his Gunslinger skills, but not even the Allstate guy could save this adaption.