Nice 2-hour long roundtable discussion of the film:
https://consequenceofsound.net/podca...-movie-review/
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Nice 2-hour long roundtable discussion of the film:
https://consequenceofsound.net/podca...-movie-review/
For what it's worth, Disney had a huge part in the new Spiderman. Sony enlisted their help when they realized they are somehow unable to make a good Spiderman movie.Originally Posted by BuctherOfTull
Sigh... I may end up personally boycotting Sony movies from now on. Even Spider-Man. Oh well I'm still going to see it. But it will most likely be the LAST time I give Sony pictures any more money.
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I skimmed over the review blurbs on the RT front page:Doh!18% now....
"...summons an emotional impact of close to zero...."
and
"...victim of trying to do too much and too little at the same time."
Those were from the POSITIVE "Fresh" rated reviews.
Here is my long, rambling review: http://www.cemeterydance.com/extras/...y-bev-vincent/
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
I've said it before but at the end of the day the fault for this lies 100% on King. That's what makes this sting. On another level of the Tower Frank Darabont would have been at the helm but on this one King said no to him and we got this.
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I'm not making any decisions without seeing the movie first this weekend, and it's likely to make its money back, but the early critical reaction is not encouraging for a sequel. But the critics have been wrong before (Batman vs. Superman, which I loved). If this flops, though, it sounds like it's self-contained enough, making it somewhat easy to be resurrected in something like Netflix as a series.
Nice review. Thanks for the link!
Comparing this review to the others from people that have never read the books is like night and day. That might not be a good thing but it seems like some of the things people are complaining about in the movie are exactly like they were in the book.
I saw one that said it was never explained exactly why Walter wants to bring down the tower. I don't think he really had a good reason in the books either did he? He just wanted to enjoy the chaos?
It also doesn't sound like the movie did a great job of explaining the beams holding up the tower?
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
He didn't want to bring down the Tower in the books, his goal was to reach the top for himself and become God of All.
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Reading/listening to reviews from people who've read the book is certainly interesting. A lot of them conclude that it missed the essence of what make the book so special: a genre-bending, grand mythos filled with fleshed out characters and King's ballsy writing. Instead they describe it as a bland, rushed interpretation of elements with characters reduced to 1-dimensional representations. Apparently, Walter's dialogue consists mostly of exposition, to the point that heSpoiler:
Oh that's right. That's why he was after Mordred's foot in the last book.He didn't want to bring down the Tower in the books, his goal was to reach the top for himself and become God of All.
But I thought that information didn't come until the later books. In the first few books, he intentions weren't really clear.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Not looking too good:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the...contentReviews
It currently has a 35 on Metacritic. If it lowers 2 more points, it will end up in the top 5 worst rated King movies (interesting scroll through, btw): http://www.metacritic.com/pictures/s...to-best?ref=hp
So in retrospect there's really no reason why they couldn't have given us a straight R-rated adaptation of the first book, is there?
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I figured this would happen - from the very start with casting choices it's seemed like a mistake.
The popcorn might not even make up for this....
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The leading cast seems to be the factor that scores the film some points. Especially Idris appears to elevate his part without given a lot to do.
I think pretty much everyone here knew this was going to happen, but just didn't want to believe it.
LOL. I like the review that notes that MM appears to be filming an extended cut of his car commercial.
RT is now at 16%. How low can you go
Matt was one of the few things I was looking forward to, sad to hear he didn't do a good job. Maybe in retrospect he wasn't the best choice.
I wonder how Jeffrey Dean Morgan would do as Flagg, he seems to have the whole "good-natured asshole" aspect down pat as Negan over at The Walking Dead. The Stand miniseries hasn't aged well but Jamey Sheridan was great at channeling Flagg's charisma.
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Interesting how people that liked the books and know the story are the ones liking it..... I am not surprised. I cannot wait till tomorrow to see it.
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