Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Dissapointed Owl: Jan 30, 2008; You wrote me a letter,
and this is how it went:

User-Friendly posted:

There's a trailer that sorta explains what happens. This movie's gonna rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFZ2eQ0PpW4

The lighting in the poster is weird though. Here's Liam Neeson's nose and forehead!

"Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother is going to be taken."

:laffo:

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:04

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 07:36

PriorMarcus: Oct 17, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY

Dissapointed Owl posted:

"Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother is going to be taken."

I burst out laughing at the line, it's delivered so wonderfully sincere.

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:13

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Binary Logic posted:

The unluckiest family since The McClane-Gennaros.

I was hoping Liam was kidnapped and the mom and daughter would have to find hidden reserves of inner strength and kickassiocity to rescue him. But this plot looks good too.

It would've been nice to see Xenia Onatopp back in action instead of playing wife-in-distress.

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:21

Slasherfan: Dec 2, 2003; IS IT WRONG THAT I ONCE WROTE A HORROR STORY ABOUT THE BUDDIES? YOU KNOW, THE TALKING PUPPIES?

Here is the UK poster for Chernobyl Diaries.

I think I prefer the US poster but the UK one isn't to bad.

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:43

PriorMarcus: Oct 17, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT BEING ALLERGIC TO POSITIVITY

Slasherfan posted:

Here is the UK poster for Chernobyl Diaries.

I think I prefer the US poster but the UK one isn't to bad.

I notice this when I go the cinema. I don't think it's a coincidence that it looks almost exactly like the 28 Days Later poster.

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:47

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

achillesforever6 posted:

Anyone post "Masque of the Red Death" poster? Its probably my favorite poster.

This is amazing. Look at his nose! His lips!

Vagabundo posted:

And here's the first poster I've seen for Spike Lee's latest, Red Hook Summer.

I haven't the slightest clue of what the movie's about, but it catches the eye and it certainly makes me interested in it. It's just a shame that the majority of his movies recently have been pretty lovely.

This looks just like Do The Right Thing, but red:

# ? Jun 22, 2012 23:49

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

Dissapointed Owl posted:

"Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother is going to be taken."

I hope that by the third installment this series goes full camp. Basically the trajectory from First Blood to Rambo III.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 00:25

Gonz: Dec 22, 2009; "Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

Taken 3 should straight up be a Bad Dudes movie, where Liam Neeson has to save the President from his captors (and then enjoy some hamburgers).

# ? Jun 23, 2012 00:27

Salastine: Nov 4, 2008

Gonz posted:

Taken 3 should straight up be a Bad Dudes movie, where Liam Neeson has to save the President from his captors (and then enjoy some hamburgers).

In a surprise twist Liam Neeson gets taken instead.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 00:39

Binary Logic: Dec 28, 2000; Fun Shoe

PriorMarcus posted:

I burst out laughing at the line, it's delivered so wonderfully sincere.

Since you like that delivery check out this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTh7zBIcrM

# ? Jun 23, 2012 00:49

Madkal: Feb 11, 2008; I believe in all the ways that they say you can lose your body; Fallen Rib

Salastine posted:

In a surprise twist Liam Neeson gets taken instead.

Calls his wife. Honey, I am about to be...taken.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 00:52

Aatrek: Jul 19, 2004; by Fistgrrl

I would have titled it Retaken.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 01:19

DarkSol: May 18, 2006; Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

Slasherfan posted:

Here is the UK poster for Chernobyl Diaries.

I think I prefer the US poster but the UK one isn't to bad.

Something that has continually irked me over any version of the poster for Chernobyl Diaries is the fact that the RBMK reactor complex in Chernobyl doesn't have the hyperboloid cooling towers that people associated with American-style reactor complexes.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 02:01

testtubebaby: Apr 7, 2008; Where we're going,
we won't need eyes to see.

kiimo posted:

Taken My Wife: Pleeeaasseee?

Thanks for reminding me of this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRzh9pyEhI

# ? Jun 23, 2012 02:40

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

Aatrek posted:

I would have titled it Retaken.

I would have called it I Will Find You.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 03:08

Vince MechMahon: Jan 1, 2008

kiimo posted:

Taken My Wife: Pleeeaasseee?

I've been talking with my friends about what the third one should be, and have come up with this: Liam Neeson and his wife get back together after 2, and have a new kid. The baby is then taken. the movie is called "Look Who's Taken." Then in the 4th they have another kid, and they're both kidnapped, and it's "Look Who's Taken Too." Then they get some pets and...Well, you get the idea.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 04:33

Codependent Poster: Oct 20, 2003

2 Taken 2 Furious

# ? Jun 23, 2012 04:39

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

Can we talk about posters, please?

LAZY AS poo poo

edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Jun 23, 2012

# ? Jun 23, 2012 04:45

CRINDY: Sep 23, 2010; forget about ur worries and ur strife

Vagabundo posted:

Can we talk about posters, please?

LAZY AS poo poo

Oh, come the gently caress on. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was ~~a piece of poo poo~~ the series' first 3D movie. You can't sell the fourth goddamn one like that.

At least they haven't started advertising using "Hey, we got Nicki Minaj and Drake for this one!"

Yet.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 06:22

emgeejay: Dec 8, 2007

CRINDY posted:

Oh, come the gently caress on. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was ~~a piece of poo poo~~ the series' first 3D movie. You can't sell the fourth goddamn one like that.

To be fair, this seems to be a Dutch poster. Maybe 3 wasn't released in 3D there?

# ? Jun 23, 2012 07:03

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

I am baffled by the scale of this image. How tall is Guy Pearce, exactly?

# ? Jun 23, 2012 08:25

Nyarlothotep: Apr 14, 2007; Don't fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible � horrible beyond anything you can imagine � but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterward. I am still shuddering at what he showed.

I can't even tell what kind of building he's supposed to be standing in. Is it just a generic factory?

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:31

Slate Action: Feb 13, 2012; by exmarx

Nyarlothotep posted:

I can't even tell what kind of building he's supposed to be standing in. Is it just a generic factory?

It's a generic prison. In space.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:37

Nyarlothotep: Apr 14, 2007; Don't fail to see Nyarlathotep if he comes to Providence. He is horrible � horrible beyond anything you can imagine � but wonderful. He haunts one for hours afterward. I am still shuddering at what he showed.

Slate Action posted:

It's a generic prison. In space.

Huh. I actually thought of a prison because of the title, but I couldn't see anything that looked like cells. I figured the things on the sides were generators or something.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:46

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

Nyarlothotep posted:

I can't even tell what kind of building he's supposed to be standing in. Is it just a generic factory?

Looks like a Porta-Potty storage depot.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:48

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Eh I prefer this poster for Taken 2

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:48

Handsome Dead: May 21, 2012; by Y Kant Ozma Post

I don't know why it took that specific poster, but it really points out how goofy the 2 is in the title. Definitely should have gone with a subtitle instead.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 15:59

Bloody Hedgehog: Dec 12, 2003; 💥💥🤯💥💥
Gotta nuke something

achillesforever6 posted:

Eh I prefer this poster for Taken 2

I prefer the international version. Truer to the spirit of the filme.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 16:27

Teenage Fansub: Jan 28, 2006

Handsome Dead posted:

I don't know why it took that specific poster, but it really points out how goofy the 2 is in the title. Definitely should have gone with a subtitle instead.

This is all I think of when saying or hearing "Taken 2" out loud

# ? Jun 23, 2012 17:08

Criminal Minded: Jan 4, 2005; Spring break forever

Teenage Fansub posted:

This is all I think of when saying or hearing "Taken 2" out loud

Holy hell I can't stop laughing.

# ? Jun 23, 2012 17:35

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer