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Coming to U.S. theaters in September or October only now?

posted 12 years ago by jeffyoung1
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My local newspaper's theater cinema arts section announced that SOLOMON KANE was coming to VOD (video-on-demand) release this Friday and then to theater release in one more or so.

I asked, "Only now?"

SOLOMON KANE was supposed to hit U.S. theaters this past November 2009. I even remember seeing a poster in the glass display case at the local cineplex. Then it disappeared and wasn't seen again. I wonder why the delay.

I have seen the trailer on imdb and can say that I was put off by the apparent over-emphasis on Star Wars-like explosions and other over-the-top fireworks-like displays. Solomon Kane's adventures are supposed to be dark and subdued, much of his fighting happening in isolated, lonely, nighttime locales. I saw too much of 'Indiana Jones' special effects, too. This is one instance where the director should have gone with, 'less is more'. This movie didn't have to rely on hugely expensive explosions and other light effects. This movie could even have been filmed on a less expensive budget by ditching all those fire and explosion Star Wars/Indiana Jones special effects.

Solomon Kane is more similar to a lonely Japanese samurai ronin roaming the distant countryside, passing through faraway, isolated, lonely villages, hamlets, small towns, etc, finding danger and adventure.

[–] movie_fan59 12 years ago

I saw a "press" screening of the film recently as part of the build-up to the VOD/limited release.

I did not see the trailer you describe. There aren't a lot of big explosions or other light effects. There are a few F/X involving imagery of the devil taking souls, and transformation. The action and the death get the bulk of the "effects".

This story isn't about a lonely soul finding danger and adventure. It's been tailored to be about a man who had done such evil that his soul was doomed to eternal damnation in search of redemption by fulfilling a quest that required him to give up his renunciation of violence. Maybe it isn't the exact way that Howard wrote Solomon Kane, but as presented, it's a pretty good tale.

Jules Winnfield: "I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?"

[–] piazzollachick 12 years ago

There is a perfectly plausible explosion near the beginning of the film as the pirates, led by Kane, blow open the barred entrance doors of the castle they're storming.

That explosion does seem to be edited into the trailer in two or three places.

IMO, the trailer doesn't do the film justice. Then again, that's
a refreshing change from trailers that are better than the film being promoted.

[–] kjs-2 12 years ago

What? 99% of trailers make the film look much worse than it actually is. Pretty much exclusively smaller films have good trailers.

[–] piazzollachick 12 years ago

What I meant was that I'm sick of seeing trailers that oversell the movie, rather than simply teasing you into wanting to see it. We've all see trailers that give away the best lines and the best scenes so that the actual movie is anticlimactic. Or worse a trailer that appears really interesting, but is crafted around a premise completely different than the movie that it's promoting.

In this case. the trailer is okay and does give an idea of what you're going to see - but the actual movie is better.

[–] thepartyoftea 12 years ago

Solomon Kane (2009)

>2012
>Out for years over seas.
>Video on demand release: August 24, 2012.
>Limited theatrical release: September 28, 2012.

Movie will have been leaked, pirated and passed by so much that it'll be an empty house where ever it plays during it's limited run.