Why should word of mouth hit the street to talk about it?
Because of the love for the original author Stephen King
and affirmation of the entire 8 novels (including a rumor)
And expectations for the drama version of
(The Walking Dead former producer Glen Mazzara is in charge of the project)
The Dark Tower in fiction
Can be as famous as "Game of Thrones" and "Lord of the Rings"
It has multiple worldviews that blend western, magic and sci-fi
It is Stephen King's personal representative work
The character types of the "Dark Tower" series of novels are also particularly complex;
There are western cowboy-style gunmen, Shining humans who can talk with their hearts, wizard-like men in black, ugly-looking orc-faced men, fake skinmen with a large number, and biochemical representatives of cutting-edge technology in the future world. Robots, and the ultimate boss, the Bloody King...
These characters are spread throughout the series of novels
less connotation
less flavor
The entire series of stories in the book can be briefly summarized as:
The world suddenly changed and all the gunmen died in the war
In the end only Roland of Gilead remained
In order to maintain the beauty of the existing world In order to ensure that the Dark Tower is not destroyed
The Last Gunslinger Roland must find the Dark Tower
To find the dark tower
You have to find the half-human half-demon man in black first.
The clue that the man in black knew was his first step to that mysterious place.
So there was the first "Gunman"
In the film, it is emphasized that the gunman went to the man in black for revenge.
He was full of uncontrollable anger
And the confusion and uncertainty about whether the once beautiful scene can be restored
Although the "Dark Tower" series wants to present readers with
It's Gunslinger Roland's Lonely Heroic Epic
His desolation, loneliness, pain and guilt
But Roland wasn't completely alone in his search for the Dark Tower
During the expedition, he gradually got acquainted with a four-person team with different personalities-Catet
The relationship between the four of them is not limited to the purpose of reaching the Dark Tower
It is a process of emotional fusion of finding love and redemption
They become rich and soft again
It is a "journey" where the outer and inner coexist
The most crucial part of the film is missing
His relationship with young Jack in the first "Gunman"
Only at the end Roland tried his best to save Jack and invited Jack to walk with him
only a little bit of manifestation
flutter
It's because of a chaotic patchwork
"The Dark Tower" is a novel with rich raw materials, complex plot, exquisite details and grand imagination
In 95 minutes of movie time becomes a meaningless pile
It can't explain all the esoteric settings in the original book
Instead, it completely becomes
A simple routine for bad guys to destroy the world and good guys to save the world
At the same time can feel the child-oriented movie audience
Obviously the protagonist of the movie is the gunman Roland
However, too much ink has been written on the Shining young Jack with pure spiritual power.
exaggerated and deified the abilities of the juvenile
The villain played by Uncle Matthew also accounted for most of the scenes
The first half is dedicated to playing tricks on magic
In the second half, the combat effectiveness plummeted and it was completely unstoppable.
The logic of the movie is flawed
The lack of budget can take away from the film's few fight scenes
The humble foresight of the time-space portal
The battle of magic and bullets
Only the last scene is a little bit more eye-catching
Although the first "Gunman" does not have the technology of the cool future world
There is no machine intelligence without steel scrap
But there is still a hint of western color and American culture
The visual effects of these scenes are still slightly inferior.
"Outside these worlds
There are more worlds"
"The Dark Tower" is obscure and fascinating in its complex worldview
First of all, the "Dark Tower" itself is a concept created by Stephen King.
The dark tower is the center of all worlds
the end of all matter
The collection of all time and space
All roads lead to the dark tower
in the series "The Dark Tower"
There is more than one world, the most important of which is Roland's world and our world
These worlds include different timelines of the multiverse
But with the same origin - the original "Magic World"
It can be said that all worlds are "parallel worlds" extended from that world.
The worlds may be only slightly different, or they may be vastly different
Anti-traditional anti-routine anti-heroism
The Dark Tower series is dark, bloody, and desolate
There is always an air of unease
It is anti-traditional, anti-routine, anti-heroic
Gunslinger Roland is not a perfect person himself
He is decisively cold
Even the novel shows his selfishness and betrayal
This anti-traditional and anti-heroic male protagonist Roland is working hard to implement his goal-to reach the dark tower
He's walking in pain
"Everyone is dead, only Roland is left
He is the last gunslinger who continues to live in an increasingly stale, barren and empty world."
Different from the previous routine
After all the contradictions and conflicts will surely return to calm
At the end of Stephen King's novel The Dark Tower
All we know is that Roland found the Dark Tower
But the author stopped writing
What's next is still unknown
This sense of unease is the film's unique message.
Everyone is brave
There are also some conflicting emotions
so real
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