"The Dark Tower": Matthew's show went from Middle-earth to Earth!

"The Dark Tower" (C+): This is a movie adapted from the horror novel master Stephen King's novel of the same name. The whole novel has a large pattern and a very dark world view. There are magic elements such as magic and monsters in it, as well as time-travel, black Science fiction content, such as technology and parallel universes, is a magnificent work that spans multiple worlds.
After being made into a movie, Sony knew that it was unable to control such a huge world view type, so it changed to the theme of juvenile adventure, the world view was compressed, magic and technology were just a background, gunmen, magicians, psychics, monsters and other character elements Although it has been preserved, it has not been expanded too much. You don't know why the conflict between the gunman and the magician came? I don't know why people who avoid magicians have the latest technology, but still live a nomadic life? Don't know what magic the Dark Tower has?


As a result, the entire movie basically became Uncle Matthew's personal POSE show, a handsome model from Middle Earth to Earth, and finally COS became a magician. After two symbolic gestures, the task was completed.
Perhaps due to market considerations, Sony's positioning of the film is very inaccurate. It wants to build a huge universe while retaining Stephen King's dark and thrilling qualities, and the thrilling atmosphere can often only be developed in a small space. In the end, it can only be said that both ends have collapsed. On the one hand, the whole movie has too many black scenes, which makes the tone depressed and not bright enough, which is not the tone of the juvenile adventure theme at all; The elements are also not sufficient, whether it is any door or the dark tower, it is only for display, and the place that should give full play to its visual expertise has not been shown.


The whole film is almost swaying between the two types of dark thriller and sci-fi adventure. Not only the main creators are confused, but the audience is at a loss. Compared with the adaptation of Stephen King's work, "The Clown's Soul", which has become the highest-grossing horror film in film history this year, this film can be said to be more ambitious and empty. The movie doesn't even have a decent action scene, only at the end Alba kills a group of miscellaneous soldiers and shows a few slow motions.
The best way to open this film should be to view it as a thriller, so that you may also get "surprises" such as sci-fi and action elements.

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