Stephen King's best work, gets a watered down adaption. That feels like the director and screenwriter, both never even read the books. Roland (Idris Elba) in the books is obsessed with getting to the Tower. Here he only cares about revenge on the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey) who killed his father. While Jake's (Tom Taylor) backstory is a bit tampered with too. I am pretty sure in the book, he got to Roland's world by being shoved in front of a car by a mad man. I am sure Jake being obsessed with drawing Roland and his world is from like the 2nd or 3rd book. The books were quite violent and graphic. With a Western like feel to them. There's not much screenwriter Akiva Goldsman got right. The plot is a incoherent mess that doesn't feel like any of the books. While none of the books are close to PG-13. The best things about this movie is the Idris Elba and Tom Taylor chemistry. As well as the humor of when Roland tries hotdogs or Soda for the first time. McConaughey tries hard to play a cold hearted bastard and succeeds on some levels. Maybe because his character does some evil things. Otherwise I think they needed someone like Willem Dafoe who could play evil in his sleep. All in all, Sony and Akiva Goldsman are where this adaption went wrong. As well as being too short. King's prized possession shouldn't be in the hands of the studio that brought us the Ghostbusters reboot and the Emoji movie. While Goldsman hasn't adapted one book well. The screenwriter of Batman & Robin shouldn't be allowed near anything Stephen King. Especially The Dark Tower. Adapting the Dark Tower, proved he shouldn't have been near it. What a mess with so much potential to be more.

Honestly it isn't as bad as people kept saying, and keeping in mind that I have not read the books. I'm just fan of Idris Elba and I enjoyed Mathew McConnahay as a bad guy. There are a few incoherent moments but it's a fun movie worth watching if you have the time. You could tell there are gaps which could have been handled better for sure but it's a fun action packed movie with a few twists. But it should have been darker and not PG13 that's for sure.

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I loved watching this movie! The music was great, the characters were interesting and the SFX was amazing! Idris Elba is such a great actor for Roland and I really loved the characters' dialogues. The story was a bit vague at times, but it didn't bother me. I haven't read the books so I can't say whether the movie was "how it's supposed to be" or "like the books", but I loved it anyways. 9/10 would watch again (and again)!

I didn't find as bad as it was depicted. Maybe because I haven't read the books. It was a fun movie, with some small inconsistencies. I enjoyed McConaughey as the bad guy. Not the best, but his character definitely had charisma. Idris Elba was a great Roland. Even with such a short runtime (95 min), the movie explained everything quite well and didn't leave me with doubts about what's what. The action scenes were great, fast paced but not confused. Really liked those. The story did feel a little bland, but honestly sometimes you just want a simple movie. Overall I'd give it 7/10, not perfect but definitely enjoyable.