[VeniVidiVici]

Very, very few King movies are actually worth anything. I can’t possibly see the Dark Tower being done in a way that’s understandable without taking psychotropic drugs before watching it.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Darn it, I am going to have to finish the series. I think the train ride will be difficult to make into a movie. Forget which book that is in.

[aruanan]

Very, very few King movies are actually worth anything. I can’t possibly see the Dark Tower being done in a way that’s understandable without taking psychotropic drugs before watching it.

Misery was good. Stand by Me was okay. The Running Man was fun. So was Shawshank Redemption.

The Dark Tower series would lend itself well to film, especially the second book, The Drawing of the Three. But it would be ridiculous to try to compress everything into just a few hours. The reason some of King's earlier stuff was so good in print but not in film is because a lot of the story takes place in the character's mind and the humor didn't come across (Needful Things was REALLY funny in print). It's hard to show that on the screen. The Dark Tower series is a lot less like that than earlier works.

[OddLane]

I agree, although I think they've been on an upward trajectory since The Shawshenk Redemption.

There are still a lot of clunkers, especially those freak shows directed by his buddy, Mick Garris, but you also have some good ones.

Either way, as a Tower junkie I'm definitely going to give this a shot, at least the first film.