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Dark Tower: Clashing Visions, Brutal Test Screenings Plagued Journey to Big Screen
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Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
He seemed pretty over the top in the trailer.
Glass Rebel
Member
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
The clip they provided for his Colbert interview was really bad.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
This is good
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
Death, but not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.
hodayathink
Member
It doesn't seem like the original intention was a 90 minute movie. It's just that the whole thing ended up so terrible that there's only 80-85 minutes of footage that's worth showing anyone.
Frozenprince
Banned
"We have this story that's a slow, very deliberately paced quasi-western with some magical elements too it about a half cowboy half bounty hunter who's hunting an ancient foe with seemingly mystical powers through a dark, barren land to a place neither fully understands, how do we sell it?"
"Change literally everything about what you just said into a shitty YA movie with a 13 year old lead character and a coked out Matt McC."
"Change literally everything about what you just said into a shitty YA movie with a 13 year old lead character and a coked out Matt McC."
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
"I do not bomba with my gun; he who bombas with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I bomba with my heart.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
Just read that chapter on Last Action Hero from Hit and Run that was mentioned in this thread, really interesting peek behind the curtains of such a bloated, disastrous production.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
I can't believe that Stephen King waited like 30 years to adapt this and THIS is the way they ended up doing it. I mean, I know it's not all his fault but dude has dealt with Hollywood enough to know better.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
This is breaking my heart to read ;_;
Fancyarcher
Member
If he's TCM: The Next Generation / Reign of Fire over the top, then good or bad, it's still great.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
If this dude isn't careful, he's about to be in for another stint of irrelevancy. (albeit with less rom-coms)
Fancyarcher
Member
Stephen King has no say over the actual production. Unless he agrees to be a producer / oversee the production, he sold the rights and the studio works on the film, that's how it works.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
Frozenprince
Banned
Nah, has WAAAAAAAAAAAY more clout now than he did a decade ago.
The man won an Oscar.
Discotheque
Banned
he has had a run of some shit for a couple years now but he's got a few cool movies coming up so its not that bad for him.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
Yeah, I guess, but him being involved already isn't selling me anymore. His last 3 films got little to no love (with Sea of Trees being complete ass), and this shit right here isn't sounding much different.
I'm just saying he needs be careful in not becoming a parody of himself and/or of people simply checking out.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
torre_avenue
Banned
Apparently this was tracking to make more money this weekend than Bigelow's "Detroit."
DontBeThatGuy
Member
That shit is finally getting released, eh?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
I don't know how he can become a parody of himself now when he's clearly taking more diverse roles than the surfer dude rom com lead he was in the early '00s.
WWE Films Presents...
DontBeThatGuy
Member
The roles may be "diverse" but McConaughey hasn't done shit with them these past 4-5 films. You see some nonsense like Sea of Trees and it's on the level of his car commercials...
Fuckeeeers. The Gunslinger basically reads like a 2 hour treatment. Just shoot the damn thing as it's written and it would be amazing.
Afterwards yeah you could probably make some changes.
nhlducks35
Member
DizzyCaffeine
Member
I'm not defending Sea of Trees (haven't even seen it), but it was directed by Gus Van Sant, so I kind of understand why he picked it. And it also didn't get a nationwide release.
He really hasn't had that many big misfires, but they are starting to add up...Free State of Jones, Gold, and now probably The Dark Tower.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
15 minutes to go till the embargo lifts...
We got a ton of these for Wonder Woman though and that turned out great.
Thing is, almost every single movie is a disaster before editing and its that process that either turns lemons into lemonade or into...well, really shitty lemonade.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
There were rumours of WW being troubled, but I don't think we had an actual "This movie is bad and here's who to blame" article before its release, did we?
Much like the similar one about The Mummy, this feels like preemptive damage control.
Fancyarcher
Member
Oh, well judging how production went, I'm not sure he entirely had final say either.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
He's just boring as shit to me at the moment, which might be because of the quality of the films themselves, or maybe I'm just getting sick of the dude. We'll see.
streetsahead123
Banned
I have no doubt that this movie will be bad but that article that came out yesterday about the production of the movie didn't actually make it seem like it was that tumultuous behind the scenes. The article was just kind of exaggerating stuff that's pretty standard for big movies these days.
But this still has all the signs of being a total turd. Expecting less than 20% on RT.
But this still has all the signs of being a total turd. Expecting less than 20% on RT.
ShadowKingpin
Member
The embargo is about to lift...?
BoogieWoogie
Banned
And here....we.....go
C- from Collider:
http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-review/
Birth Movies Death:
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/08/02/the-dark-tower-review
C- from Collider:
http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-review/
Birth Movies Death:
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/08/02/the-dark-tower-review
Count Dookkake
Member
Oof.
This is disappointing.
This is disappointing.
ShadowKingpin
Member
That Collider review is brutal. Very bad start.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
We really didn't though, and definitely not like this.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
Man, hearing that it's boring is like the worst review I could get for this.
human onion
Banned
i saw a screening. lets say at the very least, it's unfaithful
DizzyCaffeine
Member
So it's bad, but not Battlefield Earth bad? That's kind of disappointing.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Any enjoyment whatsoever?
hodayathink
Member
I said this before, the but the Wonder Woman stories were a.) much further away from release, to the point where the movie hadn't actually been finished yet, and b.) sourced from either podcasts or panel discussions talking about "my sources have said" or sites that aren't very reputable. Variety, on the other hand, is for lack of a better term like the Wall Street Journal of Hollywood. If they're printing it, it's because it's being fed to them by people inside the studio.
Since reviews are being published, I'll share some thoughts:
-Roland in NYC for the first time was a quick bit of fun. Really enjoyed that.
-I liked the design of the
-The hints about
are fun.
-They go through a lot of book material, especially from later books. No clue why that was needed. I did know this going in, though.
-Relating to Dutch Hill,
-I'm a huge fan of the Man in Black and MM didn't do him justice. It could have been problems with the script, but there wasn't even one maniacal smile from him.
-Idris was easily the best part of the movie, and was a pretty good Roland. The kid wasn't terrible.
I was very optimistic about the movie despite all the signs it wouldn't turn out so hot. I still think the movie was average and not awful, and I'm really hoping they can make some money back in the hope that things are corrected and the TV show is produced. But I will say this could have been a ton better, especially given the source material.
-Roland in NYC for the first time was a quick bit of fun. Really enjoyed that.
-I liked the design of the
Taheen and the lines showing in their skin when they had a mask on.
billy-bumblers/Oy
-They go through a lot of book material, especially from later books. No clue why that was needed. I did know this going in, though.
-Relating to Dutch Hill,
the monster portion is lame.
-Idris was easily the best part of the movie, and was a pretty good Roland. The kid wasn't terrible.
I was very optimistic about the movie despite all the signs it wouldn't turn out so hot. I still think the movie was average and not awful, and I'm really hoping they can make some money back in the hope that things are corrected and the TV show is produced. But I will say this could have been a ton better, especially given the source material.