Normally I feel that critics are looking to say nasty things about anything that isn't pushing the limits of art to the point where no one can understand that movie. I focus on films purely from an entertainment point of view - I am not a film student, I have no idea about cinematography in an educational sense, only from a "oooh, i like that!" sense. That being said, this movie did not do it for me.

I did not read the books. I tried to read one of them because a friend of mine kept raving about the series of books and telling me how amazing they were. I think I made it a few hundred pages in before I gave up. However, the people who did read the books almost unanimously hated this movie and claimed it was a lazy adaptation of an extremely complex series of books.

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The plot involves a young boy who has visions of a "man in black" who seeks to take control of a tower and then destroy it - this will somehow bring ruin to the world - and a gunslinger that seeks to stop him. The visions are very lucid yet this is written off as trauma due to his father's death rather than him being able to see the future - which is ludicrous that a professional psychiatrist would ever come to that conclusion.

However the boy finds a portal to another world and it turns out his visions were correct. Big surprise there. This is where he meets the gunslinger Roland Deschain (Idris Elba.) Now I am not going to get into details about what happens next because I will likely over-summarize and simplify the film and this will completely spoil it. Basically Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey did they best they could but I can't imagine who this would be entertaining to.

It doesn't make sense to anyone unfamiliar with the books and for those familiar with the books it skips too much of the content of the books. I can definitely realize that director Nikolaj Arcel was facing an uphill battle when he took on this project.

Overall i would imagine that they were happy they turned a modest profit on this film and would likely rather we all forget that they ever made it. I am sure the fanbois would have preferred this was a trilogy but for me, I am happy that it never was. I give it decent marks based only on the effects being pretty dern cool.

5/ 10

Name: The Dark Tower (film): Critics called it boring and I agree!
Item: The Dark Tower
Author: @gooddream

Comments · 7

@tezmel(70)· 2802d

This I agree with you totally. The trailer seemed like something I'd enjoy but the movie itself had nothing to offer. The fact that they had 'good' actors in it made it even more shallow if you asked me.

Mathew killed his role on the Lincoln Lawyer and Idris his Thor role but in the Dark Tower, they didn't bring it.

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@aydogdy(58)· 2802d

Almost everything in "The Dark Tower" can fight for the title of "worst" or "most average" in its genre. The most meager post-apocalyptic desert, the most weakly motivated villain (Walter's abilities are so great that he does not need the invasion of dark forces to rule the world). The flat character, the scariest and a few monsters (formally villains in the film a lot, but mostly they look like humans), the most unimpressive tricks, the most trivial special effects. Even the portal to move between worlds shown so that notice that the creators of the scenery and graphics are not inspired. For comparison, you can remember "Stargate" from the same movie and TV series. A trifle, but such trifles there is a profound disappointment.

@mango-juice(82)· 2803d

I saw this movie sometimes ago when I was in college hostel.. I can say its a Good movie to enjoy but not so extra ordinary ! Ronald's look is tremendous in this movie and the same hoes with his attitude... In the whole movie, my center of attraction was him. The way he plays with his gun... Oh my... Reminds me of the gunslinger character in mortal combat x! The cgi used in this movie is above the good level but not the best. The villein in this movie is boring... Not charismatic as all.. At keast I oersonally feel it. The acting of that boy also could have been better. But over all it is an enjoyable movie with some pop corns , coke and some kebabs!

Stay well and keeo it going! 😋

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@praditya(67)· 2803d

Although I have not watched the film yet. but from the glimpse of film through your description feels a little boring, which would definitely constraint me from watching it. anyways keep up with such amazing content.

@martinmcfly(60)· 2803d

Normally I feel that critics are looking to say nasty things about anything that isn't pushing the limits of art to the point where no one can understand that movie.

For the specialized critics everything is garbage and nothing deserves to be seen, except for the films that nobody can understand ...

I have not seen Dark Tower, and I was about to see it this week, luckily I read your review first, I will postpone the moment to see it now.

@anil566(54)· 2803d

excellent gooddream, i like your judge. sometimes watching or not watching my movie also depends on your ranking. 5 out of 10 it is average.

@criptoreview(56)· 2803d

Hollywood destroyed the great work of Stephen King😤 . the film is incredibly poorly written, nothing so enlightening in that sense as the laughable dialogues of McConaughey, and the narrative structure is a mess, even though there is no context or character development.