![]() ![]() The 20 theatrical adaptations took that even further, dividing the story into two parts and totaling 309 minutes between them. The IT films are a prime example, first being adapted as a two-part TV mini-series in 1990 with a three-hour runtime. ![]() Even many Stephen King movies that have hit theaters push their runtimes well past the two-hour mark. There's a reason why so many Stephen King story adaptations have been adapted as TV mini-series: a King novel is never a short read. However, Roland himself was far from the only element of The Dark Tower to be underdeveloped. The movie betraying the core of his character with a weak revenge story was tantamount to Spider-Man saying he no longer cared about being responsible, and longtime Stephen King fans and lovers of the Dark Tower books were left baffled by the decision. Despite the strength of Elba's performance, the writing completely botched Roland's character portrayal, leaving him underwritten and undermining the spirit of the character. In the book, finding and protecting the Dark Tower is Roland's raison d'ĂȘtre, his sole motivation and the thing around which his entire existence revolves his single-minded determination to reach the Tower in the novels is what defines him. At one point, Roland even expresses disinterest in getting to the Dark Tower and instead indicates his primary motivation is to get vengeance on The Man in Black. ![]() Worse, the film's portrayal of Roland boiled his motivation down to a very basic revenge plot against The Man in Black. ![]()
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