The Dark Tower | August 4, 2017 | McConaughey, Elba | Reviews coming in, it's a bomb etc. etc. - we know this drill by now

[That One Girl]

Also the film apparently cost 66M.  Up from initial figures.

[Alli]

Why are insiders so willing so spill the beans? And now even before the movie opens. Bad press spreads so easily these days.

 

Can't these people shut up and not play the blame game?

[That One Girl]

@EmpireCity Do you know anything about the production process apparently being a mess?

[That One Girl]

Just now, Alli said:

Why are insiders so willing so spill the beans? And now even before the movie opens. Bad press spreads so easily these days.

 

Can't these people shut up and not play the blame game?

 

Some of these insiders could be from rival studios though.  I doubt anyone from Sony would spill the beans and potentially cause bad press.

[lab276]

1 minute ago, That Floating Guy said:

 

Some of these insiders could be from rival studios though.  I doubt anyone from Sony would spill the beans and potentially cause bad press.

 

I saw you reacted to my post from five years ago! We all make some bad calls.

Edited August 1, 2017 by lab276

[That One Girl]

On 6/1/2012 at 9:49 AM, lab276 said:

I bet this will be a huge success, up there with LOTR and Universal will be kicking themselves.

 

I guess I did  

[lab276]

At the time it gave me LOTR-esque vibes and stuff, I thought it was a big fantasy series that could make an interesting set of movies. Then it fell off the map and I forgot about it. When I saw "The Dark Tower" on the release schedule I thought, is that the same The Dark Tower that I was hopeful about all those years ago? Apparently so (although not really). That was still when I was optimistic and wide eyed about anything that looked like the next LOTR or something. It was before The Hobbit came out even. Don't worry, I don't let myself get too excited about stuff anymore like I used to. Fewer disappointments that way.

[Barnack]

9 hours ago, Rman823 said:

I give Edgar Wright all the credit. Same with Marvel and Homecoming. 

Studio should get some credit for funding someone like Wright with is commercial track record, not expecting to do any money from the movie in exchange of him directing future commercial project for you and letting him freely do is thing under an other production company.

 

Does not require much outside distribution capability and capital, but that what we want studio to do at least from time to time. They need to involved only if the director is failing.

[AJG]

15 minutes ago, Alli said:

Why are insiders so willing so spill the beans? And now even before the movie opens. Bad press spreads so easily these days.

 

Can't these people shut up and not play the blame game?

 

 

Change “Washington” to Hollywood and the tweet would sound exactly like Sony & Rothman right now.

[EmpireCity]

37 minutes ago, That Floating Guy said:

@EmpireCity Do you know anything about the production process apparently being a mess?

 

This movie was fucked from the start.  I have basically heard what everyone else heard is they had to shoot and re-shoot and yet struggled to end up with a 90 minute movie.  

 

First look at the footage at CinemaCon was atrocious.  Everyone has known for a long time this movie was a disaster.  

[Ozymandias]

i flop with my heart

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Ozymandias said:

i flop with my heart

HE WHO FLOPS WITH HIS HAND HAS FORGOTTEN THE FACE OF HIS FATHER 

[Boxofficerules]

Sony should probably stick to lower budgeted movies like Don't Breathe and Baby Driver for now. For a company so obsessed with making everything PG-13, their most profitable movies lately are usually rated R.

[Arlborn]

9 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

This movie was fucked from the start.  I have basically heard what everyone else heard is they had to shoot and re-shoot and yet struggled to end up with a 90 minute movie.  

 

First look at the footage at CinemaCon was atrocious.  Everyone has known for a long time this movie was a disaster.  

Meh

[Captain Craig]

I'm a bit surprised that for a film that has so much material to draw upon that it's only 105 minutes. Maybe it's a very tight narrative and it moves fast and is satisfying leaving you eager for the sequel?

After all, I'm not upset that Thor:Ragnarok will allegedly be 100minutes but that studios track record is much stronger as well so my trust factor is high there.

[DAR]

Given that this has been a struggle for years maybe the TV route would have been the best thing for it.

[AJG]

Just now, Captain Craig said:

I'm a bit surprised that for a film that has so much material to draw upon that it's only 105 minutes. Maybe it's a very tight narrative and it moves fast and is satisfying leaving you eager for the sequel?

After all, I'm not upset that Thor:Ragnarok will allegedly be 100minutes but that studios track record is much stronger as well so my trust factor is high there.

 

Variety are saying this thing is 88 minutes. 

 

Thor being around 100 minutes, with the director being as confident as he is, especially with announcing it months before release doesn’t have me worried at all.

[Boxofficerules]

Its 95 minutes, the bbfc always gives run times with their ratings and this is listed as being 95 minutes. Possible 90 without credits.

[Barnack]

1 hour ago, Alli said:

Why are insiders so willing so spill the beans? And now even before the movie opens. Bad press spreads so easily these days.

 

Can't these people shut up and not play the blame game?

I imagine it is agents trying to protect their people.

[Barnack]

1 hour ago, Boxofficerules said:

Sony should probably stick to lower budgeted movies like Don't Breathe and Baby Driver for now. For a company so obsessed with making everything PG-13, their most profitable movies lately are usually rated R.

? They already have like 10 R-rated release this year