15 Movie Moments That Pissed Off Fans Most In 2017

11. The PG-13 Rating - The Dark Tower

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As soon as it was confirmed that the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower was going to be rated PG-13, a huge contingent of fans abandoned any hope that the movie would be anything more than a sanitised attempt to transform King's legendary opus into a teen-friendly young-adult tentpole franchise.

And, well, that's pretty much exactly what happened. Though Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Taylor tried their hardest to elevate the material, executive meddling derailed an already middling script which drew the focus towards Taylor's Jake Chambers and further away from Elba's Gunslinger Roland Deschain.

To the surprise of just about nobody, the film was panned by critics and a box office disappointment, killing the potential cash cow for everyone. If Columbia just trusted audiences to turn up for a more adult telling of the story, things could've been totally different.

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