Amph The Dark Tower

Wooohooo DT thread.... We'll see how the movies turn out but the books are absolutely amazing. One of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read. You want something original (and awesome)? Read the Dark Tower

 

I haven't read the books, but the movie looks awfully generic.

 

The Rest Of The Internet seems to have reached consensus that it looks like a Last Action Hero reboot.

I'm inclined to agree.

 

I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. But after seeing the trailer, I think I may skip this one.

 

What makes you not want to see it?

 

It just looks too fake. It seems to trade style for substance. It just doesn't seem to have the feel of the books. I'm not too fond of the casting they did. It just strays way too far from the books. Granted, I'm just going by the trailer, but so far, I'm not impressed.

 

Ah.

I liked the trailer, but I understand your feeling about the casting. Some of it did seem almost, mmm.....forced. But I tend to chalk it up to trailers giving brief snippets of things.

 

I'm going to try to read the series, but I haven't found the first book yet.

 

True, and I probably should give it a chance. I'm still up in the air about it I suppose.

 

For this year's Jurassic World Award, I'm going to declare Dark Tower the biggest flop of summer 2017, followed by the King Arthur movie and The Mummy.

 

The biggest problem with the trailer is that it didn't give a sense of Roland's world, where once great civilisations are in decline. I think the casting is fine, but the shots of Roland in contemporary America facing off against guys with machine guns make it look very generic. There just wasn't enough weirdness.

That said, the trailer did enough to interest me. I'll keep an eye out for the reviews in the hope they'll be favourable.

 

Brave statement. Most people would have thrown in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but you obviously have faith in the selling power of Dane Dehaan and Cara Delevingne. Bravo, sir. This should be interesting.

 

The trailer for Valerian makes it look similar to, and potentially as bad as Cloud Atlas or Jupiter Ascending, but the fact of the matter is, Luc Besson is not a Wachowski sibling. He has his very own unique set of fatal flaws as a filmmaker.

 

I'm actually hoping it will be good. I'd like it to be good. I want to like Cara Delevingne as an actress, I'd like to see an interesting, non-cookie-cutter actor like DeHaan make it in an action-hero role, and I'd like to see Europe prove it can make films as big, commercial, and stupid as Hollywood. But I worry that Besson's best days are behind him and that he's forgotten how to tell a story.

 

"Fathom Events" is doing a one day special 20th anniversary screening of The Fifth Element in selected theaters. I'm not sure this is a classic worthy of a special 20th anniversary screening in selected theaters, but if Valerian could be as good as Fifth Element it would likely make some money.

 

Pirates 5

 

I wish. but PotC 5 is going to exceed expectations at the box office. Sad, but true. Johnny Depp is now even more a spectacle that he's become a Nicolas Cage style story of profligacy.

Like everyone here I admire Nicolas Cage more than almost any man alive, but Cage never owned an island.

 

FWIW I read the leaked script (from 2014) for the Dark Tower and it was pretty good (this is coming from a huge fan of the books who's read the series several times). If they are indeed basing it on that draft (which did need some work and tightening up) I think the film could actually be quite good.

If they do follow that script the film does start Roland in Tull and include the slaughter that happens there (including the lead up) .... I can't think of a better way to introduce Roland and his world

Given how much I love the series I'm going to watch the film and try to keep an open mind.

 

Idris Elba and Matthew McConoughey squaring off in a fantasy / horror / sci-fi influenced Western is the biggest selling point for me. I love genre mash ups. I means, this a Star Wars board after all.

 

The source material is one of the most insane genre mash-ups I have ever encountered.... .it's just very unique

 

I think the Problem Is there trying to cram 7 books into 1 movie I am in the middle of book three and I can already tell the movie looks horrible. Where Is Eddie Dean, Where Is Detta Walker? and why Is the scene where Jake goes through to the other side through a haunted house in the first movie when it happens in the third book. Also the story isn't the fate of the earth vs the Dark Tower/Man In Black its so much bigger then that, much bigger.

 

I won't spoil anything... but you'll understand how the adaptation can be different and still make sense once you finish the series

 

I kind Of guessed the ending, Gunslinger gets to the dark tower and the story starts over from the beginning? My dad wont tell me but just gives me a wry smile I just get this Buddhist Reincarnation feel from the books so far and am good at figuring things out, I can be clever!

@Rylo Ken
I love the Pirates of the Caribbean I even liked the last two! I am seeing Pirates 5 with my sister and my Nephew at Disney Springs at the AMC dine In theater, I am getting me a Cheese Steak they looked pretty good last time I went there but I opted for a Popcorn, Vanilla Coke, and Loaded Nachos! After the movie we are Shopping!