Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Read the saga and forget the film
STEPHEN KING – THE DARK TOWER – 2017
If you have read the eight-volume saga entitled The Dark
Tower by Stephen King, you will be disappointed in the worst possible way. This
film does not have the magic, the tension and the perspective the saga has. Why
on earth does Stephen King accept to put his name on such a treacherous
betrayal of his work, of his art? It is beyond me.
This film is a mediocre action film for teenagers, and not
too old please, with a little bit of fantasy, a little bit of violence, a
little bit of magic, and everything mixed up and whipped together with galore
special effects. And really nothing actually saves the project. Too bad because
the saga is a masterpiece in all possible ways brought down to earth and made
to bite the dust by this adaptation.
If you really want to have an adventure going to the Dark
Tower and seeing the Crimson King just before finding out it is a never-ending
always ever restarting again story, you better buy the eight volumes and get
ready to read some seven thousand pages. Then you will find what fantasy is
under the pen and in the hands of Stephen King. Not this tasteless daub, for
sure.
Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU
# posted by Dr. Jacques COULARDEAU @ 12:37 PM 
