The Promise (2016)

[Godstree]

Again, the producers thought that having the Cardassian pimp this serious flick was intelligent marketing?

Seriously questionable decision making skills there...

I think they had her pimpin the film because she is from Armenian decent.

Robert Kardashian - Wikipedia

but I am with you.........

 

[redseat]

Digging?

There's this thing called Rotten Tomatoes.

One click away.

I don't really care about ratings.. So I don't check Rotten Tomatoes either

 

[Wazmankg]

An Armenian love story/drama/whatever.
Why would that fail at the box office???

My first thought ^.. a love story amidst the Armenian genocide that most people have never heard of... it's got blockbuster written all over it.

 

[chf]

I don't really care about ratings.. So I don't check Rotten Tomatoes either

Which makes the other post even more puzzling.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Again, the producers thought that having the Cardassian pimp this serious flick was intelligent marketing?

Seriously questionable decision making skills there...

?

 

[calsnowskier]

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No typo. I spelled it that intentionally.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

No typo. I spelled it that intentionally.

Well done sir.

 

[calsnowskier]

Well done sir.

 

[Omar 382]

Which makes the other post even more puzzling.

He doesn't care about ratings, but he hates critics, though he doesn't ever read any of their reviews/ratings.

Jesse, are you retarded man?

 

[redseat]

Which makes the other post even more puzzling.

I was just saying, I heard it was a great movie via tv, I don't go onto blogs or anything like that in order to see if a movie is good or not

 

[Center Ice]

All I keep hearing about is how this movie is going to be great and it is a must see and "maybe one of the years best films"

Then this:

Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac's 'The Promise' Headed for Epic Box-Office Meltdown: Forecasters

A historical epic starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, helmed by a critically respected director like Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), would seem like a decent bet with mainstream moviegoers. And yet this Friday’s debut of The Promise is shaping up to be a big loser on the balance sheet, at least according to this weekend’s box office preview at The Hollywood Reporter.

In her forecast, THR’s Pamela McClintock writes that things are looking exceedingly bleak for the Bale-Isaac romantic drama, which is set against the backdrop of Armenian genocide. Produced for $100 million by the late Kirk Kerkorian via his Survival Pictures, The Promise is predicted to net only about $4 million domestically, which — considering what that means for its prospects in subsequent weeks — is a doomsday scenario. While producers are downplaying such a situation, claiming that what’s really important is that all theatrical receipts go toward funding nonprofits (including Elton John’s AIDS foundation), there’s no way to truly sugarcoat its expected box-office crash and burn.

Eric Esrailian, now in charge at Survival, told THR where he places the blame: “It became clear that the government of Turkey was going to have an influence on this movie. One of the most insidious realities of our existence in the United States is that foreign governments can control art. I would say at the highest levels from different studios, we were just basically told that no matter how good the film would be, it was never going be released by certain companies. I think that that’s truly shameful, but it’s just a reality that we had to deal with.”

What’s left unsaid by Esrailian, however, is the more basic reality that, as large-scale film budgets soar, so too do the financial risks. Deadline recently reported that the Scarlett Johansson-led Ghost in the Shell remake stands to lose around $60 million (after costing close to $250 million to make/promote). And both Ghost in the Shell and The Promise come on the heels of a 2016 in which numerous tentpole spectaculars took a huge financial bath, including Alice Through the Looking Glass (estimated $70 million loss), Allied (somewhere in the $75M-$90M range), The BFG (close to $100 million), and Ben-Hur (as much as $120 million).

That studio filmmaking is a dicey financial proposition is nothing new; movie moguls have been producing epic flops for decades. But with costs only on the rise, films like The Promise may soon become gambles that make even the most spendthrift of financiers think twice.

Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac's 'The Promise' Headed for Epic Box-Office Meltdown: Forecasters

The only critics worth anything are the people.

 

[calsnowskier]

The only critics worth anything are the people.

Still pissed they killed their boards...

 

[chf]

I was just saying, I heard it was a great movie via tv, I don't go onto blogs or anything like that in order to see if a movie is good or not

Right you heard one reviewer say it was a good movie.

Hell, if I try hard enough I can find one reviewer that loves Uwe Boll's movies.

 

[redseat]

Right you heard one reviewer say it was a good movie.

Hell, if I try hard enough I can find one reviewer that loves Uwe Boll's movies.

it was more than one.. It was about 10... I've been hearing about this movie for over a week now around here

 

[williewilliejuan]

If only it had Adam Sandler in it.

He's not hairy enough to pull it off.

 

[Center Ice]

it was more than one.. It was about 10... I've been hearing about this movie for over a week now around here

Any movie that scores below a 6 in IMDb sucks and blows.

 

[chf]

it was more than one.. It was about 10... I've been hearing about this movie for over a week now around here

Wow you watch a shit ton of TV.

Or else your middle name is hyperbole.

Not only are there a LOT of movie review shows where you live, they're all apparently art house movie review shows.

 

[redseat]

Wow you watch a shit ton of TV.

Or else your middle name is hyperbole.

Not only are there a LOT of movie review shows where you live, they're all apparently art house movie review shows.

commercials my friend... commercials

 

[chf]

commercials my friend... commercials

Did you freeze frame the commercial where they put the '10' reviewers glowing reviews on the screen?

I'm going with Red 'Hyperbole' Seat.'

 

[Dolemite censored]

Hence why I don't listen to critics.. If they LOVE a movie it sucks and when they HATE a movie, it's GREAT!

Hard to make a box office hit out of wanton genocide.
Nobody really knows the Armenians and what they went through, so its hard to empathize.

Maybe this would have been better served as a well researched and thorough documentary.