Comments on: John Hillcoat’s ‘The Promised Land’ With Shia Labeouf And Ryan Gosling Attached Falls Apart https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 08:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: pomme https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14682 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:42:15 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14682 no! don't talk on Coke's movie! an Hollywood executive could like it!

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14677 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:42:29 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14677 The Road really got f'd over by TWC. It's a shame.

]]> By: SK https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14676 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:36:52 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14676 Interesting that he points out "3D franchise vs. low(er) budget". It's like the box-office report for this weekend, where people go in masses for movies hyped as "spectacles" like Avatar or Sherlock Holmes.

It seems more and more that some movies are made and promoted as theatre events and the rest are "low budget" (a dirty word, almost implying the movie is not worthy of seeing) that are probably more enjoyable on dvd at home.

And in that "climate" or system there probably isn't room (it sucks) for a new John Hillcoat movie.
Also, it's too bad 'The Road' got made at The Weinstein Company. They gave Tarantino a lot of cash for Inglourious Basterds after Grindhouse's failure and then they can't even roll out 'The Road'. And they might even get an Oscar for it, with Inglourious having the same "crowd pleasing" effect Slumdog Millionaire had.

]]> By: heart cabbage soup diet https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14669 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:51:44 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14669 This really blows! I can't believe it got cancelled.

Pete

Cabbage Soup Diet

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14664 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:09:03 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14664 I haven't seen The Road yet, but have read the book, and to be honest, as much as I enjoyed the book, maybe it simply wasn't meant to be a movie.

Success in one medium doesn't always translate to another.

Maybe that rather than the boogie man of piracy is the reason it failed at the box office.

]]> By: Eve Montana https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14662 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:38:30 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14662 meh. the script wasn't that spectacular. gritty is hardly the word i'd use for it.

]]> By: Monty https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14660 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14660 By the way, that rant is not directed to you "The Playlist", just the common viewer, sorry if it got misinterpreted.

]]> By: Monty https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14659 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:29:49 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14659 Sad news man.
With all do respect, the industry responds to the public, so, it´s your own god damn fault when this things happen!
Balance your mogoing experience with a little of everything, not just the flashy lights that have sqaud for meaning…
Jeez.

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14658 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:21:45 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14658 Stop blaming piracy for everything that is wrong with the movie business. There's at least 15 reasons for a movie like to get cancelled.

]]> By: nickplowman https://staging2.theplaylist.net/john-hillcoats-promised-land-with-shia-20100104/#comment-14657 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:40:53 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=5174#comment-14657 Man this blows.

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