The positioning of "Promise" is magic+commerce, but the audience seems to have no magic taste. For the audience in China, there are few magical elements in domestic movies, most of which are martial arts. The contact of magic movies mostly comes from European and American movies: from The Ring of Nibelungen to The Legacy trilogy, including the Harry Potter series, the success of foreign magic movies is mostly based on a considerable number of magic books and fairy tales.
However, as the first magical film in China, The Promise has no such influence, and its creative team can't and can't hold up the aura of a magical masterpiece. Just a few words at the beginning of the film, I hope the audience can understand a world they have never touched at all.
Therefore, the failure of word-of-mouth commitment is inevitable. Chen Kaige, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Dongjian, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye and Hiroyuki Sanada are the real box office blockbusters of The Promise, and they almost cover the whole Asian film market.
Extended data:
The film tells the story of a poor child who was blessed by the goddess of fate and became the most beautiful princess in the world, but fate cursed her that she would never get true love. The humble Kunlun slave really loved her and gave her the right to choose again at the expense of her own life. The process of getting true love is not so smooth. Princess Qingcheng will also have an earth-shattering love struggle between Wu Huan, the Northern Duke, General Guangming and the slave Kunlun.
The general put on shiny red embroidered armor and prepared for a heroic battle, which may be the first failure in his life. Incredibly, the young slaves who had just been subdued played a decisive role in the outcome of this battle. Due to the extraordinary talent of young slaves-"beyond the wind speed"; The general experienced victory again.
As the troops celebrated, the news of Qi Huangong's rebellion came from the Imperial City. General Guangming must return to Korea immediately and rescue the king from the enemy invaders. He ordered the young slave to follow him, but when they passed through a dark forest, the two men mysteriously separated. Then the witch appeared in front of the general and opened the map of fate, which showed that a man in the general's armor killed the king. The general doesn't believe in the power of fate. After laughing, he drew his sword and pointed it at the witch. At this time, the witch disappeared.