RE: The Dark Tower-Film
August 4, 2017 at 11:34 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2017 at 12:06 pm by Jackalope.)
FWIE, I think some people will never be pleased with screen adaptation of such things. Adaptations are never going to be completely faithful, the director and writers have thier own vision, material and characters have to be cut, compressed, and composited.
Even as a big fan of the original material, I loved the film adaptation of LOTR. I didn't care for every decision made that went into it, I sure didn't like them cutting Tom Bombadil, the Barrow Downs, and the Scouring of the Shire, but I get why it needed to be done. That disappointment didn't ruin it for me. I really didn't like the interpretation of Faramir - he was never tempted by the One Ring in the book, but w/e.
Fortunately, I have not read the original three Dark Tower trilogy in many years, and I haven't read any of the later material, so I'm practically going in a blank slate.
Even as a big fan of the original material, I loved the film adaptation of LOTR. I didn't care for every decision made that went into it, I sure didn't like them cutting Tom Bombadil, the Barrow Downs, and the Scouring of the Shire, but I get why it needed to be done. That disappointment didn't ruin it for me. I really didn't like the interpretation of Faramir - he was never tempted by the One Ring in the book, but w/e.
Fortunately, I have not read the original three Dark Tower trilogy in many years, and I haven't read any of the later material, so I'm practically going in a blank slate.
