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The Library => Broun Hall => Topic started by: wesfau2 on March 01, 2016, 09:30:06 AM
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Finally happening per Stephen King's tweet this morning.
Idris Elba and Matt McConna...whatever are attached already.
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Going to be interesting to see how they address the Odetta Holmes scenes with Roland being a black guy.
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First trailer:
https://youtu.be/4C0A2GpMNP8
Take my fucking money.
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I admit it's been a while been a while since I read it, but that looks nothing like what I remember.
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But they always seem to fuck up SK books when they make them into movies. Shawshank and Lean on Me being the exception. And they were both in the same book. So that's about 1 for 20.
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But they always seem to fudge up SK books when they make them into movies. Shawshank and Lean on Me being the exception. And they were both in the same book. So that's about 1 for 20.
Except they made Red a black guy.
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Except they made Red a black guy.
That was the longest night of his life.
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So how much should I read before seeing this?
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That was the longest night of his life.
He needed to get busy living, or get busy dying.
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So how much should I read before seeing this?
All or nothing.
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All or nothing.
Is it true that the movie is a sequel to the books?
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Is it true that the movie is a sequel to the books?
Sort of...
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
The end of the book finds Roland opening the door at the top of the Tower...and finding the Man in Black fleeing across the desert (exactly the way the series opened.) It's a circle...it all plays out over and over again.
As I understand it, the movie is supposed to be a "new" beginning of the saga...after Roland has ascended the Tower once again.
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Sort of...
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
The end of the book finds Roland opening the door at the top of the Tower...and finding the Man in Black fleeing across the desert (exactly the way the series opened.) It's a circle...it all plays out over and over again.
As I understand it, the movie is supposed to be a "new" beginning of the saga...after Roland has ascended the Tower once again.
Thanks. You saved me from having to read 4500+ pages of King.
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Thanks. You saved me from having to read 4500+ pages of King.
Your loss. Incredible epic.
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Your loss. Incredible epic.
Reading is stoopid
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Your loss. Incredible epic.
I loved the first three, but really had a hard time finishing Wizard and Glass.
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Reading is stoopid
Books are for dumbies.
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Sort of...
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
The end of the book finds Roland opening the door at the top of the Tower...and finding the Man in Black fleeing across the desert (exactly the way the series opened.) It's a circle...it all plays out over and over again.
As I understand it, the movie is supposed to be a "new" beginning of the saga...after Roland has ascended the Tower once again.
I have a question... how did they get Johnny Cash to play the character?
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Getting awful reviews.
I has a sad.
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Getting awful reviews.
I has a sad.
Going to be interesting to see how they address the Odetta Holmes scenes with Roland being a black guy.
I can't help but wonder if this could have been better if they didn't see the need to PC stunt cast.
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I can't help but wonder if this could have been better if they didn't see the need to PC stunt cast.
How dare you sir! #blackactorslivesmatter #wagegap
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Posted this in the review thread, but thought it belongs here as well:
Despite awful reviews, I've been waiting too long for this movie to not see it.
Did not hate it. I understand why the book-nerds are up in arms: given the temporal limitations, the movie gave short-shrift to too many important people/places/events. It could not (and certainly was not intended to) be a visual representation of the entire epic story.
That said, there is a lot to like about this movie. Elba did a pretty great job at capturing the flawed/conflicted Roland. MM wasn't the perfect villain (and lacked Walter's manic gaiety) but he was a menacing presence hidden by a smile and restrained himself enough to avoid the echoes of Wooderson he brings to many of his roles.
The gunslinging is standard rampage movie fare with a touch of Deadshot. I was worried they'd get a little too superhero/cartoonish with the fight scenes, but just as it was about to go too far the director reined the acrobatics back in. The "winning" gunshot is a little dab of brilliance with Roland exploiting Walter's arrogance.
If you went into this one hoping or expecting to see sweeping panoramas and to experience the long days and nights on foot that were the hallmarks of the series, then you've set yourself up for disappointment. The nature of the walking quest spanning 7 books is that it imbues the story with a pace to match the physical progress of the characters. This movie is rushed from the beginning as the director tried to get the broad, sweeping narrative to fit into 95 minutes. For that matter, I don't know why they didn't Pete Jackson it and double the run time to give the story more room to breathe.
The look/style of the movie was also a bit of a betrayal of the source material. While not a "western" by any stretch, the books feature a man that, in my mind's eye, is more cowboy than time/multiverse traveling merc. The book's scenes, unless a particular backdrop is required (eg - Lud), trend to a "western" aesthetic with a dystopian varnish when I envision them. The movie is more sci-fi styled than I would have chosen and there is a heavy focus on the events in NYC. These are jarring when compared to the relatively pastoral pictures in my head.
I think, though, it is a fine effort and lays the foundation for additional movies (I don't think Walter died from a few bullet wounds, no matter how tricky the shot that did him in) and the rumored television series that will serve to fill in backstory and develop characters beyond the limitations of the 90 minute features.
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Posted this in the review thread, but thought it belongs here as well:
Despite awful reviews, I've been waiting too long for this movie to not see it.
Did not hate it. I understand why the book-nerds are up in arms: given the temporal limitations, the movie gave short-shrift to too many important people/places/events. It could not (and certainly was not intended to) be a visual representation of the entire epic story.
That said, there is a lot to like about this movie. Elba did a pretty great job at capturing the flawed/conflicted Roland. MM wasn't the perfect villain (and lacked Walter's manic gaiety) but he was a menacing presence hidden by a smile and restrained himself enough to avoid the echoes of Wooderson he brings to many of his roles.
The gunslinging is standard rampage movie fare with a touch of Deadshot. I was worried they'd get a little too superhero/cartoonish with the fight scenes, but just as it was about to go too far the director reined the acrobatics back in. The "winning" gunshot is a little dab of brilliance with Roland exploiting Walter's arrogance.
If you went into this one hoping or expecting to see sweeping panoramas and to experience the long days and nights on foot that were the hallmarks of the series, then you've set yourself up for disappointment. The nature of the walking quest spanning 7 books is that it imbues the story with a pace to match the physical progress of the characters. This movie is rushed from the beginning as the director tried to get the broad, sweeping narrative to fit into 95 minutes. For that matter, I don't know why they didn't Pete Jackson it and double the run time to give the story more room to breathe.
The look/style of the movie was also a bit of a betrayal of the source material. While not a "western" by any stretch, the books feature a man that, in my mind's eye, is more cowboy than time/multiverse traveling merc. The book's scenes, unless a particular backdrop is required (eg - Lud), trend to a "western" aesthetic with a dystopian varnish when I envision them. The movie is more sci-fi styled than I would have chosen and there is a heavy focus on the events in NYC. These are jarring when compared to the relatively pastoral pictures in my head.
I think, though, it is a fine effort and lays the foundation for additional movies (I don't think Walter died from a few bullet wounds, no matter how tricky the shot that did him in) and the rumored television series that will serve to fill in backstory and develop characters beyond the limitations of the 90 minute features.
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Delusions of grandeur!
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Delusions of grandeur!
Not sure you understand that phrase. It's just my opinion.
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Not sure you understand that phrase. It's just my opinion.
Posted twice to make sure you are seen.
Yes. I understand.
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Posted twice to make sure you are seen.
Yes. I understand.
Ah...yeah, my preening ego on display. Soak it in.
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Ah...yeah, my preening ego on display. Soak it in.
Bathing in it.
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I'd pay to watch you two fuck.
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I'd pay to watch you two fuck.
I'm pricey...but worth it.
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So the TV series won't have anything to do with the film. Total reboot. That's encouraging, though I hate to lose Elba.
https://nerdist.com/stephen-king-the-dark-tower-tv-series-reboot/
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So the TV series won't have anything to do with the film. Total reboot. That's encouraging, though I hate to lose Elba.
https://nerdist.com/stephen-king-the-dark-tower-tv-series-reboot/
Wonder if that decision was made after the movie sucked the air out of the room?