Sat down last night and watched two movies. Both turned out to be worse than what I was expecting and I wasn't expecting much from either of them. One staring Scarlett Johansson and one staring the guy that's been discussed on this thread for the last few posts, Idris Elba.
First up, Ghost in the Shell. 6.4 on IMDB, 43% on Rotten Tomatoes, 52% on Metacritic. My rating - 3/10. Terrible movie. I am giving the 3 out of 10 for some of the special effects and the story, which would have been ok if delivered better. Terrible acting, easily read plot and very bad pacing. I was bored watching it. I didn't feel for any of the characters. The actions scenes were forgettable. Dull, dull, dull.
Next up, The Dark Tower. 5.6 on IMDB, 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, 34% on Metacritic. My Rating - 1/10. When I was reading the bad reviews here, I thought people here might be judging a little harshly because the books are so good, and it's going to be impossible for any Film to recreate them. I was wrong. The movie is shockingly bad and Idris Elba is terrible. The whole cast was bad actually, but, maybe I am been too harsh on them as the movie was so badly done. Matthew McConaughey was actually pretty good as Walter.
Idris Elba wasn't Roland of Gilead, but, that's ok, because this film wasn't anything remotely like The Dark Tower Stephen King wrote about. Roland Deschain, for me, is a cross between King Arthur and the Man with no name in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. When I watched movie last night I thought that Dennis Haysbert would have been a much better Roland than Idris Elba.
No OY, No Crimson king, despite references made in the movies, no Susannah, no Eddie Dean.
I did enjoy one scene though, which is why it gets 1 out of 10 instead of 0. The gun fight in the Dixie Pig was pretty good and how Roland reloaded his guns was really awesome.