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josephk Platinum Member Offline Posts: 3,981 Location: Canada Joined: 01. Apr 2002	The Dark Tower 06. Aug 2017 at 04:14	Print Post
	I went to see The Dark Tower, the new movie based on the fantasy series by Stephen King. It stars Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers. The first three books of the series are pretty good. I lost interest with the fourth book and never finished it. The movie doesn't really follow the story in the books. It's more inspired by it, almost like another variation on the same themes. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. Tom Taylor is pretty cute, even if I would have liked to see a younger actor play the role of Jake. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Cinefan Platinum Member Offline BA Member Posts: 1,116 Location: Britain Joined: 19. Nov 2009 Gender:	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #1 - 06. Aug 2017 at 19:12	Print Post
	Stephen King certainly likes boy characters in the stories he writes. Tom Taylor is very good looking, missing tooth and all.


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Boymoviebuff Gold Member Offline Posts: 480 Location: Earth! Joined: 07. Aug 2016	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #2 - 07. Aug 2017 at 05:01	Print Post
	Cinefan wrote on 06. Aug 2017 at 19:12: Tom Taylor is very good looking, missing tooth and all. I'm wondering why he's missing a tooth! he looks too old to still be loosing baby teeth!


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bowser Platinum Member Offline Woof! Woof! Posts: 2,072 Location: San Diego Joined: 29. Sep 2012	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #3 - 17. Aug 2017 at 13:40	Print Post
	Cinefan wrote on 06. Aug 2017 at 19:12: Stephen King certainly likes boy characters in the stories he writes. Tom Taylor is very good looking, missing tooth and all. I really enjoyed this movie! Tom Taylor was great alongside Idris Elba. They had great chemistry together. The way Tom Taylor played the part and his not having all his teeth made the character seem younger. Matthew McConaughey played an exceptionally good 'bad guy'. Even if you haven't read the books (like me), the movie stands up well as a great fantasy film. Can't wait to see it again on BD. Recommended for fantasy film buffs


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bowser Platinum Member Offline Woof! Woof! Posts: 2,072 Location: San Diego Joined: 29. Sep 2012	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #4 - 17. Aug 2017 at 13:46	Print Post
	Tom Taylor has a couple of appearances in Legends (2014–2015) with Sean Bean. Available on Netflix. And he's in the Doctor Foster (2015) series, also available on Netflix.


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bowser Platinum Member Offline Woof! Woof! Posts: 2,072 Location: San Diego Joined: 29. Sep 2012	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #5 - 17. Aug 2017 at 22:22	Print Post
	Wanted to see this up on the IMAX, but alas it was not playing in my area.


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Cinefan Platinum Member Offline BA Member Posts: 1,116 Location: Britain Joined: 19. Nov 2009 Gender:	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #6 - 18. Aug 2017 at 22:31	Print Post
	Critic reviews Elba is genuinely great as the tormented Roland, but the film does its best to suffocate him under a mountain of plot-heavy nonsense. Disappointing. About the only thing holding it together is Idris Elba, whose irrepressible magnetisim and man-of-stone solidity anchors this mess but can’t redeem it. Full review Manohla Dargis The NYTimes [b]Oh my gawd, Tom Taylor is doomed. The estimable film critics have panned it. No cinema visits from BA members after the great critics have given their godlike verdicts. DVD sales will be down. This is a calamity, what are we going to do, [b]'bowser', 'Boymoviebuff and my fellow BA members? [/b]


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bowser Platinum Member Offline Woof! Woof! Posts: 2,072 Location: San Diego Joined: 29. Sep 2012	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #7 - 18. Aug 2017 at 23:39	Print Post
	Cinefan wrote on 18. Aug 2017 at 22:31: Critic reviews Elba is genuinely great as the tormented Roland, but the film does its best to suffocate him under a mountain of plot-heavy nonsense. Disappointing. About the only thing holding it together is Idris Elba, whose irrepressible magnetisim and man-of-stone solidity anchors this mess but can’t redeem it. Full review Manohla Dargis The NYTimes [b]Oh my gawd, Tom Taylor is doomed. The estimable film critics have panned it. No cinema visits from BA members after the great critics have given their godlike verdicts. DVD sales will be down. This is a calamity, what are we going to do, [b]'bowser', 'Boymoviebuff and my fellow BA members? [/b] I get the feeling that a lot of the bad reviews are from die-hard Stephen King fans who thought the movie didn't embody the material in the books. Which it didn't! It was a stand alone film based on the book series. I loved it!


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Boymoviebuff Gold Member Offline Posts: 480 Location: Earth! Joined: 07. Aug 2016	Re: The Dark Tower Reply #8 - 19. Aug 2017 at 04:02	Print Post
	Cinefan wrote on 18. Aug 2017 at 22:31: Critic reviews Elba is genuinely great as the tormented Roland, but the film does its best to suffocate him under a mountain of plot-heavy nonsense. Disappointing. About the only thing holding it together is Idris Elba, whose irrepressible magnetisim and man-of-stone solidity anchors this mess but can’t redeem it. Full review Manohla Dargis The NYTimes [b]Oh my gawd, Tom Taylor is doomed. The estimable film critics have panned it. No cinema visits from BA members after the great critics have given their godlike verdicts. DVD sales will be down. This is a calamity, what are we going to do, [b]'bowser', 'Boymoviebuff and my fellow BA members? [/b] OH NO!!!!!!!!!! what are we to do!!!!!!! I know! let's send Sumpter to the rescue!!


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