Ended up seeing it today, but honestly have no opinion (yet). I'm seeing it again tomorrow; I'll comment then!
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I realized that after I posted......I appreciate the kind words, but those weren't my interpretations....I haven't viewed the film as yet....
yeah at first I was a little lost like "where did my post go?" no worries thoughBeelzebubinblue -- I moved your post to a thread discussing the movie.
that some people have not read the books, thats what i was thinking because some feel that Idris Elba would be a good roland...Good Gan we have all read the books. What were you thinking by asking that?
Just wanted to hop in again real quick to point something out.
There's a bunch of complaints about Idris from people either speaking directly or indirectly about his race.
To you complaining, I say this: Had this been a full-fledged, as close to source as possible film (Or at least a LOT closer) with more of the world building and getting to know Roland than was received, I am more than sure you'd all be singing a different tune.
He's a wonderful actor, and since this Roland is so alien (In terms of personality, etc. I am specifically NOT speaking about race.) you never really got to see him learn the role as he would have otherwise.
lol i'm going to see it in a few hours i'll see what your talking aboutI do have ONE thing about the movie that just sort of was my own quirky thing -- I couldn't help it. It is such a brief thing, but still... if you want to know what that was, read spoiler, if you don't want to know, don't.
Accident forgiveness.
That's all I'm going to say. When you see the movie, you should understand if you've been on the planet for 2 seconds, live in the United States and watch any sort of TV.
I always found the characters that come into Rolands ka tet more intersting than Roland.Glad someone else saw that too. It's very obvious to me.
Heart officially broken
I truly tried to keep an open mind but they have turned our beloved story into a bad cartoon and a running joke to the critics, although I did see an uptick from 17% to 18% on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, Maximum Overdrive has a 17% rating.
I just couldn't convince myself that Idris Elba is Roland. Did he do a great acting job??? Yes. He a great actor. He is just not Roland. If they had presented this as a movie occurring in the DT universe with Elba as some other gunslinger it would have worked much better.
Anyway, I am hurt but moving on with my life and hoping I live long enough to see a proper translation on HBO or Netflix. Maybe by that time Scott Eastwood will have some wrinkles and some acting credentials under his belt.
Now I am focused on a movie that I am excited about....IT! Maybe we will get some nice DT references like the origin of the creature coming from todash space or a reference to the IT creature being related to Dandelo.
See you on the IT message board!
My husband is going with me today (! He never goes to movies, and it was his suggestion!). He hasn't read the books, but he has heard some things about the story from me and the kids--not enough, I don't think, to say he knows the story. I'll let you know what he thinks when we get homePosting this here too:
I'd like to see reviews by people who have NOT read the books and aren't stephen king fans. Of course purists are going to gnash their teeth and clutch their pearls. So they will trash the movie just so they can say, "I told you so" and feel all superior. And who are the people flooding the review market right now. Dark Tower fans.
I totally understand the disappoint some feel that the book wasn't followed word for word. This is a beloved series of books. But this wailing and lamenting doesn't change the fact that the world just got turned on to the Dark Tower and we will have a whole new group of people taking the journey by picking up the source material. That's a great thing!