The Dark Tower (2017) Movie Review

The Dark Tower (2017) Review

Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor. Today, we discuss about the long awaited and highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King's magnum opus, "The Dark Tower". So, as a fan of Stephen King and "The Dark Tower" books I wanted this movie to be a good one but, unfortunately, as I expected, because of all the production problems this movie had, it ended up being another property that Sony managed to ruin. Listen, the movie is not bad and I don't regret seeing it but it is a missed opportunity because the potential that this story and this world has is enormous. You cannot put 8 big ass books into a 1h 30 min. movie. Because of that scrapping, the movie is too fast paced, it gets to a scene and then immediately cuts off to the other. And that is why you cannot comprehend what is happening. The characters are way under developed, with no backstory whatsoever, just some little bits of information that is not enough. There is no exposition of any kind, making the movie inconsistent. I read the books and they are terrifying but the movie does not even come close. Maybe they should have changed the rating into a rated R but, I guess, they wanted to make a story for all ages and I'm OK with that. There is definitely a "Neverending Story" feel to it, mixed with a bit of "Lord of the Rings", which makes for a nice combination of genres, having sci-fi, fantasy and western. The acting is fine, don't have a problem with that. Most of the time, the effects are a bit more than average but, sometimes, there are less than average. The action, however is awesome. Thrilling, entertaining, fast paced, which here is not a bad thing and well edited. Plus, the way Roland reloads his guns is amazing. It will make John Wick so gelous. There are connections with other Stephen King books and movies but the most obvious one are "The Shinning" and "IT". I know that they had a television series in mind for this, which I found out that they are still doing it and, by watching this movie, they should have sticked with the television series only. Overall, it's not a bad movie but it is, definitely, a disappointment and if you did not see it yet, I advise you to not and wait for the TV series. But it's you'r call. One think I can tell you is that people are going to read the books, now that the movie did not succeed in telling the whole story. 6.1/10

OK guys, that is my review for today. Not sure what I have in store for next week but keep an eye out. Until then, take care and keep on reviewing!