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Gerald's Game

Actually a pretty decent film, which is hard to expect from a Stephen King adaptation.  While most of the movie is essentially a woman handcuffed to a bed trying to escape, there's much more depth to it than that basic premise.  Carla Gugino does a fantastic job of carrying the film, as a less capable actress would have had the entire film come crashing down around her.  Here's hoping that Netflix gets into the business of adapting further King material.

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The Dark Tower

What a mess of a film.  Whoever thought it to be a good idea to adapt a seven-novel epic into a roughly 90-minute film was severely misguided.  The worlds in which the film takes place simply do not have enough time to be set up here, nor do the main characters, as we're just supposed to believe that Roland and The Man in Black have been battling for a very long time with only a very awkward intro to help establish that for us. 

 

Elba is fine as Roland and I'd pay to watch him attempt the role again, as I would with McConaughey and The Man in Black role, but it would need to be done by an entirely new creative team behind the camera.  The film is poor from the jump and just keeps getting worse as things go.  For something that took seven novels to complete, everything just seems to fall into place far too easily and far too quickly.

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