I saw it yesterday, was underwhelmed. I'll try to avoid spoilers, but the previews had me worrying about a CGI-fest, which turned out to be justified. It could have been worse, and some was obviously necessary, but why do they always go overboard. Roland Deschain was bad [BLEEP] enough, no need to make him into a Marvel character.

If you're a fan of the novels, don't go expecting your long awaited desire for a movie version true to them to be finally realized. It is very, VERY, loosely based on the series. It's not even a condensed version.

Idris Eba as Roland was the bright spot, he was very good, especially as a fish out of water in modern day NYC. I found myself strangely wanting Matthew McConaughey to overact a bit more as The Man in Black, but he wasn't bad.

The sad thing is this will likely be the only version of The Dark Tower we'll ever see.

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