A warning first. The following begins with a bunch of unpleasant feelings, and then there are a lot of spoilers. If you may feel unwell, please avoid it as soon as possible.
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I have feelings for the "Dark Tower" novel, and the relationship is quite deep. I have to start talking about it in 1999 or 2000. That year I played a huge computer game called Fallout 2. I was impressed by the post-apocalyptic setting, the guarding sense of humor, and the ubiquitous European and American pop culture stalks on the spot. I have a problem, it is difficult to get addicted to something, once indulged, I am a devastated believer. So in 2004, the "Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel" that was sprayed into dogs by almost everyone on the PS2 platform was released, and I immediately made a pirated copy to sacrifice it.
"Brotherhood of Steel", conscientiously speaking, is an all-round scum, the only highlight is probably the black-and-white movie scenes at the beginning of each chapter. Before the beginning of the first chapter, there is a sentence "April is the cruellest month", and the quoted work is called "The Wasteland" by the author Eliot. This quote was so appropriate that I immediately went to eDonkey to search the full text of "The Wasteland", thinking it was a novel.
A large number of votes were found under a search, and quite a few of them were signed by Stephen King. This is a coincidence. I happened to be a big book fan of Master SK. At that time, I just started to learn English by myself. I stumbled and gnawed on the original novel. I had never heard of this one, so I hurried back with an electronic version. You say it's a coincidence, starting from one favorite and touching another favorite.
"Everything is eventual." - Stephen King
"Life is a wheel, and we all say thankya." - Stephen King
I opened the electronic version and found that... it actually started from half the waist, the whole is a series called "The Dark Tower", this is the third part. As a result, I put all the other four movies back (only then came out to the fifth), and became obsessed ever since. I pounced on books like a book-frenzy person pounced on books. I flipped through countless dictionaries day and night. Later, I went to the foreign bookstore in Wangfujing and exhausted my limited savings. Buying the physical editions of the first five books was regarded as a belief tax. When the latter two were published, I was a little richer and bought soft hardcover. After reading it, he sorted out almost all of SK's novels according to the clues of the Dark Tower Universe. It can be said that the dark tower is an indispensable part of my youth.
When I first said that I wanted to make a movie version, I was not optimistic because:
1. The creation time of "Dark Tower" is very long, and the rhythm and style of each film are not uniform. Personally, I think the best looks are the desolate and majestic in the first and third parts, the passionate man in the fifth part, and the tragic and lamentable throughout the seventh part. In contrast, the second part is too much and complicated, the fourth part is mostly about the past that is not too related to the main line, and the sixth part lacks features. It's not good to make seven movies so uneven (the graphics were broken at the time, and I haven't experienced the power of the movie version of "Harry Potter").
2. At least one third of the beauty of "Dark Tower" comes from the linguistic charm of Master SK, and it is completely lost in the movie.
Later, it is said that the movie plan was blown, and it was resurrected after the resurrection, and then resurrected after the resurrection. Fast forward to 2017, I have children, and this time I finally said that the film has been finished and it will start soon. So tonight I left my family and abandoned my son to watch the premiere. I checked the scores before I went, IMDB 6.5, Metacritic 39, and 21% freshness of rotten tomatoes. No matter how you look at them, they are all vulgar and vulgar. But since today, Grandpa doesn't care whether it looks good or not. There is a movie version for me to see even if I have a faith recharge. What's more, there are a total of seven titles. Even if the beginning is a bit bad, there will be opportunities to rise later. In the face of the power of my faith, all the lightning spots are pale and weak.
However, people in their 30s are still too naive.
The movie started from Jake's perspective. This choice is a bit clumsy, because Jake has to die twice, the narrative is easy to be confused, and from the beginning he will miss the first half of the first desert chase and the Tull village battle.
Then I found out why the breaker camp came out? How do you talk about the next few movies?
Then the bad guys started catching Jake, saying that he was the strongest tower digger in history. This is a bit wrong. It's Jake, but is it Patrick Danville in Jake's skin?
Then they went to a village. They thought it was Tull, but they looked more like Calla Bryn Sturgis. Is it my illusion or is this car a bit faster than the speed of light?
Then Roland and Jake went to New York. If the progress is so fast, how will the second part be filmed? Eddie and Sussannah couldn't keep up with their trot.
Then the man in black suddenly took out a full set of crystal balls, even black 13. Wait, the screenwriter, you are so anxious to shake your burden, is it foreshadowing in advance to downplay the prequel and hand over the trick to the man in black in the fourth part? What a good move, add chicken legs!
Then they rushed into Dixie Pig. At this time, I finally felt that the plot direction seemed a bit wrong, and my previous heart was all in vain.
You get a black man, Roland, bear it.
Steven Deschain, the last king of time and time, was made to look like a black slave who had just picked the cotton in the plantation and had not had time to take a bath.
Jake Chambers and Patrick Danville were squeezed into one person and endured.
but
Nima
What this screenwriter’s bastard is going to do now seems to be
Squeeze seven parts into one.
As a result, Roland dumped a dog in Dixie Pig, and by the way the man in black also flew away. At the end of the play, the subtitles were released.
Fuck me.
I also specifically checked Runpee to see if there are other clues behind the subtitles. Maybe someone flashed it back and turned it back?
Runpee said there was nothing after the credits.
Want to see the arduous trek of the Gunman foursome?
Want to see Oy, the cute talking pet?
Want to see the Calla decisive battle that resembles "The Heroic Seven Dragons"?
Want to see Ted Brautigan from "Heart of Atlantis" leading the slaves to rebel?
Want to see Father Callaghan's tragic sacrifice of salvation from "Salen Town"?
Want to see Crimson King kill the Quartet?
Want to see Roland finally ascend the tower?
None of these!
The whole movie is basically an "Eight Tour of the Dark Tower Universe in One Day". Take you to the big bus and take a look at the east and the west, and it will be over after two hours of wandering. Don't let you get off the bus, even the shopping link is saved. You know there is such a black gunman who fought a big battle with bad guys and was wiped out (Part 4). Now he is chasing his enemies around the world (Part 1) and recruited a godson from our world (Part 2) Part), but the godson has great talents (Part 7) and was taken by the bad guys to the Coolie Camp (Part 7). The Gunman chased all the way to the Dixie Pig Hotel (Part 7). Crystals were used in the middle. The ball played (fourth and sixth), killed the villain (the screenwriter's own Hu Bijia play), and finally lived with his son and He Meimei (the screenwriter's own Hu Bijia play), the Dark Tower Now that it's safe, no one cares anymore (the screenwriter's own extravagant play).
In addition to the above-mentioned familiar elements with original brain holes, there are also several tribute eggs in Stephen King's works in the movie, which can be regarded as a little bit of sincerity:
1. The coordinates of the Breaker camp are 19-19. Well, 19. Why is my ID called Chassit? Because Chassit is 19.
2. Passing through the abandoned theme park in the first half, Pennywise is written on the top of the Ferris wheel.
3. The coordinates of that unlucky village is 14-08 (Phantom and Murderous Room).
4. The ability of Jake is repeatedly mentioned as "the shine".
If you haven't read the original work at all, the film still has some viewing value. E.g:
1. Various fancy filling methods.
2. A very handsome man in black, far surpassing the original one hundred thousand light-years away. Speaking of Conscience, this man in black played really well, and the "walker of all worlds" had a strong aura.
If you have read the original, whether you are a fan or not, you will save money on this movie ticket.
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