10 Things The Dark Tower Movie Should Have Done Differently

10. A Longer Runtime

The Dark Tower clocks in at just over an hour and a half, which is barely enough time for an adaptation of Cujo, let alone the author's life's work.

The anemic runtime is likely the result of overzealous editing following reports of disastrous test screenings, the studio seeking a quick fix to get the movie out as soon as possible. This isn't the way to do justice to a modern literary epic.

Dark Tower's troubled development cycle had already run for more than a decade by this point, so a further delay to add the necessary substance would have been more forgivable than hacking the thing to pieces.

The version which arrived on screen is disjointed, with little connective tissue between each scene and every character reduced to ghosts of their literary counterparts.

Whatever approach Nikolaj Arcel chose to take with his adaption of King's source material - whether that be pseudo sequel, straight retelling or something else entirely - with two-and-half-to-three hours to play with, he could have enriched the movie with more series lore and brought the fans something at least resembling Dark Tower.

Instead, Arcel and Sony delivered a rushed, pale imitation of the celebrated saga.