The Dark Tower | August 4, 2017 | McConaughey, Elba | Reviews coming in, it's a bomb etc. etc. - we know this drill by now

[filmlover]

Uproxx (compares it to Jonah Hex, yikes): http://uproxx.com/movies/the-dark-tower-review/

[WrathOfHan]

Just think, RON HOWARD was originally going to direct this @Blankments

[That One Girl]

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TheDark Tower opens with children playing, an ominous siren goes off, then the children report to some sort of basecamp so that Matthew McConaughey’s The Man in Black can hook them up to machines and use their brainwaves as a weapon to attack the Dark Tower.

Amazing.  A masterpiece in the works.

[Ryan Reynolds]

http://collider.com/the-dark-tower-review/#poster

[Mojoguy]

Uproxx (compares it to Jonah Hex, yikes)

Edited August 3, 2017 by Mojoguy

[filmlover]

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, That Floating Guy said:

TheDark Tower opens with children playing, an ominous siren goes off, then the children report to some sort of basecamp so that Matthew McConaughey’s The Man in Black can hook them up to machines and use their brainwaves as a weapon to attack the Dark Tower.

“The man in Black fled across the Desert, and the Gunslinger followed.”

 

Yeah, that matches.

[Ryan Reynolds]

http://www.tracking-board.com/the-dark-tower-review-stephen-king-movie-is-a-cgi-fueled-disaster-about-the-wrong-character/

[Fancyarcher]

This sounds so bad, I'm not shocked however. 

 

The behind the scenes production story should be good to read about a year from now at least.

Edited August 3, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[Chewy]

Not one person is surprised by these reviews

[That One Girl]

yep, seeing this OW now.

[Ryan Reynolds]

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/review-the-dark-tower-186-02

[grim22]

1 minute ago, Chewy said:

Not one person is surprised by these reviews

 

It had potential. The casting was great, the books are pretty popular and they kept the budget low. Shame about the story apparently.

[MrGamer]

20 years from now, we're going to get a wonderful Dr. Moreau-esque documentary based on this dumpster fire.  

[Chewy]

On 3/14/2012 at 5:30 PM, Squadron Leader Tele said:

The original Abrams/Lindelof/Cuse combo would've been amazing, IMHO.

 

When hope sprang eternal

[filmlover]

Just now, MrGamer2558 said:

20 years from now, we're going to get a wonderful Dr. Moreau-esque documentary based on this dumpster fire.  

They should release it as a double feature with the documentary about the mess that was Fantastic Four 2015.

[grim22]

Akiva Goldsman's current credits are - Winters Tale, Insurgent, Rings, The 5th Wave, King Arthur (as producer), Tranformers 5 and now The Dark Tower.

 

How does he keep getting work?

[MrGamer]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

They should release it as a double feature with the documentary about the mess that was Fantastic Four 2015.

Actually, there's a pretty good series on the making of Fan4stic on a channel on Youtube called Midnight's Edge. I want something like that for this. 

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, grim22 said:

Akiva Goldsman's current credits are - Winters Tale, Insurgent, Rings, The 5th Wave, King Arthur (as producer), Tranformers 5 and now The Dark Tower.

 

How does he keep getting work?

 

 

he's an Oscar winner which gives him power

 

 

also you forgot everyone's favorite. Batman and Robin

[Fancyarcher]

3 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Akiva Goldsman's current credits are - Winters Tale, Insurgent, Rings, The 5th Wave, King Arthur (as producer), Tranformers 5 and now The Dark Tower.

 

How does he keep getting work?

Connections and already prior success.

 

At least Winters Tale gave us a crazy-ass Russell Crowe performance, and a flying horse though.

Edited August 3, 2017 by Fancyarcher