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This is extremely disappointing to me since I've been reading the books the past year and on book 4 currently.

Such a fantastic story and deep lore; this could've been the next LotR or other epic fantasy. Too bad...



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archer9234 said:
SvennoJ said:

Avatar wasn't that long ago, nor Gravity or Captain America last year. For all I know Valerian still sucks yet that bolded statement is false.

Gravity and Cap have stories. I didn't watch Avatar because recycled plots from older movies. My point is that they where using the VFX as the main ploy to market it in the US. That is a sign the movie doesn't have a compelling story along with the effects. I have a connection to Cap. Because I love reading comics and I know the character. Valerian I knew nothing. So i'm going to be automatically weary. Blame Hollywood for programing me for decades of VFX movies with no substance. Transformers Knight being a current example. And if the movie followed the comics perfectly. i commend them they stuck to the material. But from reviews, I wouldn't of liked the original comic then. Since the story and characters of the movie is what failed it.

Gravity has a story? It has a plotline that's about the whole story :) I usually enjoy the vision Luc Besson puts on the screen so I'll get it on blu-ray regardless of reviews. I don't expect much sory wise either, yet I hope it will be better than Jupiter Ascending and After Earth. I'm not expecting Interstellar or anything, perhaps more like John Carter. It's probably best to go in with low expectations. I went into gravity with high expectations because of all the praise which turned it into a huge disappointment.

Anyway expectations for Dark tower lowered as well, should be enjoyable on Netflix.



I don't even know why they made it, to be honest. I read the first four and never did I think that the series would make a good film.

I don't even know why I read that many of them. King's ability to write so many words with so little actually happening will never not amaze me.



I’m a huge fan of the books and was looking forward to this, even though it’s a Sony picture and they’ve been uh... yeah, lately. Finally watched it this week, avoided seeing at theaters since I heard it was hot garbage.

If you can ignore the incredible novels that inspired it, the movie is actually pretty solid. It’s full of plot holes and thin characters, but that’s to be expected with a project like this. Was amazing seeing Idris as Roland, with some awesome gunplay. Jake was good too, but the movie seemed more about him than Roland. Would have been nice to see Eddie and Susannah somehow.