The Dark Tower

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.

To everyone who's trash talking his film, loosen your sphincters guys. In the tradition of The Neverending Story, this move is excellent. I haven't read the books, and never will, so I don't frankly care how different the movie is. Why should anyone?

My advice: Don't be a grown up when you watch this film, because it wasn't made for the "mid life crisis", "all grown up and got bills to pay" version of you.

It was made for the young you (or your kids), back when life was full of possibilities, and you craved youthful adventures of morality and fantasy. If that isn't how Stephen King's wrote the books, then to hell with them. This film is a goodhearted tale of a young boy's magical adventures and struggles, and Idris Elba is special treat to watch.

When you were young, did you enjoy The Neverending Story? The Dark Crystal? Flight Of The Navigator? The Adventures of Baron Munchausen? The Last Starfighter? Well I loved those films, and The Dark Tower brought me back to the same special place. Indeed, my 14 year old self is just absolutely delighted. My adult self is wise enough to know that this film was not made for me, no hard feelings!

90% of the viewers didn't read the books, and don't care. Why others comment about books on this site is weird.

The movie was very nice. Fun movie to watch, loved the actors, obviously. Sorry was very cookie cutter, and it works, since the main draw is there lead actors and science fiction.

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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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)!

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.

Another multiverse with endless possibilities, plus all the creative talents of Stephen King and Ron Howard. Here's a great article on the process that lead to this movie which opened, today, in Canada (https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/3/15528554/the-dark-tower-stephen-king-film-adaptation-explainer). I enjoyed this - how could I not - I have such an appreciation for Idris Elba's talent. The screenplay was tight, the plot interesting. No great surprises- good guys and bad guys. I thought the cinematography and CGI was crisp and clear, which is not the trend in action films (they seem to prefer blurred, high speed images - with this movie, they let us see what happens, which is my preference). I give the film a 7.5 (satisfying) out of 10, and if it does well at the box office expect to see a TV series and more movies.

What looked like an interesting science-fiction movie finally turned out to be an entertaining youth adventure.

Well I thought it was a super film and defo has been underrated on IMDb. I thought before watching this that Matthew was gonna play a cheesy bad guy but he proved me wrong with a good performance. Stephan Kings film adaptions based on his books are always a great watch. Looking forward to the amazon series based on it.