FunkMiller
Failed Experiment
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Watched this on the 19th. It really is a poor adaptation of the novels. Hardly recognisable with elements of Books 1, 3 and even Doctor Sleep mashed together. Character motivations are changed, Mid-World is barely established, the implementation of the famous opening line is extremely awkward...
HAVING SAID THAT, as somebody with an appetite for schlocky, hammy nonsense, it was strangely entertaining, largely because of Matthew McConaughey's performance. He was basically playing Randall Flagg, one of The Man in Black's many guises, but he was fun to watch. I particularly enjoyed him strutting around commanding people to 'burn' and 'stop breathing' and things of that ilk. And the instances in which he referred to his abilities as 'my magics' were hilarious.
Not a good film, but I didn't hate it as I expected to.
I think the key thing is that if you go in expecting a young adult fantasy along the lines of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thieves, or a Mortal Instruments movie, its barely passable.
As a Dark Tower movie, it's ****ing godawful pigswill that should have been aborted pre-birth.
I'm delighted to see how poorly it's faired at the box office.