A quiet Saturday afternoon with a couple of hours of down time led me to scoping out a film to watch on Sky. After a brief search, I read the two line description which sounded up my street - fantasy, Stephen King, Idris Elba - and decided to give it a go.This may be very different to many of the reviews I have read after having watched the film, in that I had never read any of the books, knew nothing of the story or the characters and therefore had zero expectations!I am not going to lay out the plot here other than it is the time honoured good vs evil; dark vs light; potential end of times etc etc.And do you know what? I really enjoyed it. Even down to an ending that could have been played out rather differently, but took a sensible route instead. I have seen others mention Never Ending Story as a parallel and I can sort of understand why although there is a darker undertone here and the emotional aspect of the story I think was handled well.My advice? If you have an open mind and this is a genre you like then have a look and I reckon, like me, you'll have an enjoyable experience.

I have put off watching this film for a while, as I was a big fan of the books. After viewing it recently all I can say is I wish I continued putting off watching this movie. In short......Why oh why did you even bother? What surprises me is how did Stephen King allowed this film to be released? You can't shove an epic, 8 book story, into 95 mins of film. Then, when you do, you take the abhorrent advantage of artistic licence by producing a film which, at best, is loosely based on the books, and when I say loosely I mean pants with no belt hanging around your shins loosley. If you haven't read the story then it maybe worth an hour and a half of your time as time filler before going to bed.

Expected a flat movie but saw a interesting story, great acting and awesome special effects

It would have needed to be 2.5 hrs long or longer but the novels had so much more to add to the screen Adaptation. I ( unlike many) loved the casting. Alba worked as Gunslinger for me.