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December 19, 2005
NOT LIVING UP TO THE PROMISE
Chen Kaige's THE PROMISE opened over the weekend and while I'm not sure of the numbers in China, it is in third place at the Hong Kong box office (after KING KONG and HARRY POTTER) which isn't so bad. Except that it's earned less than Tsui Hark's SEVEN SWORDS did on its opening weekend and that's not so great.
Poor turn-out could be attributed to reviews like this one which calls the movie's kissing scenes "brutal to the eyes", says that Nic Tse "buzzes in and out of the story like an irritating mosquito" and has to resort to reading the production notes in the press kit to make any sense out of the story.
The title of this post is my first, last and totally lousy attempt to do a "Promise" play on words when talking about Chen Kaige's new movie. I promise.
(Thanks to Hong Kong Entertainment News in Review)
December 19, 2005 at 07:49 AM in News | Permalink
Comments
Ouch and ouch. I respect him as a director, but his choice of casting Cecillia Chung as the leading female role just spells disaster.
Posted by: Z | Dec 20, 2005 1:52:43 AM
I'm sure you've probably seen this by now, but the numbers in China aren't too shabby: "$9m (£5.1m) in its first four days of release, making it the biggest-ever movie opening in China."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4545128.stm
Posted by: Brian | Dec 20, 2005 1:06:27 PM
Yep -there should be a post about how well it's doing in China going up any minute now.
Posted by: Grady Hendrix | Dec 20, 2005 9:02:00 PM
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