Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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Jedit: Dec 10, 2011; Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Dissapointed Owl posted:

Ugh, when will the movie industry stop catering to SMG.

I'm assuming it's found footage.

What does Sarah Michelle Gellar have to do with this?

# ? Jan 27, 2013 17:23

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 09:42

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

A human heart posted:

I really dig how in this poster the shark is no longer menacing the swimmer as in the original Jaws poster, but is charging forward into the camera to attack the audience.

Jurassic Pending Lawsuit.

# ? Jan 27, 2013 17:38

Stellar Curiosity: Jan 15, 2009

I was browsing Netflix and suddenly:

This is amazing. I am actually considering buying and framing a copy of this. (Too bad the one with the floating heads has too much text on it, and the one without the floating heads looks too nice)

edit:

Stellar Curiosity fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Jan 27, 2013

# ? Jan 27, 2013 18:17

Glamorama26: Sep 14, 2011; All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit, but look great.

A human heart posted:

I'm not alone in staring at this and humming the Jurassic Park theme loudly, right?

Right?

# ? Jan 27, 2013 18:32

Ghostpilot: Jun 22, 2007; "As a rule, I never touch anything more sophisticated and delicate than myself."

A human heart posted:

I really dig how in this poster the shark is no longer menacing the swimmer as in the original Jaws poster, but is charging forward into the camera to attack the audience.

muscles like this? posted:

Jurassic Pending Lawsuit.

: "Ahh-ha, we have a back-up title just in case. Check it out: 'Maws!' Huh? Huh?!"

# ? Jan 27, 2013 19:34

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

A human heart posted:

Stellar Curiosity posted:

I was browsing Netflix and suddenly:

Really want to see the shark's mouth replaced with Laura Dern's or vice versa.

# ? Jan 27, 2013 19:39

Cpt. Spring Types: Feb 19, 2004; Wait, what?

Glamorama26 posted:

I'm not alone in staring at this and humming the Jurassic Park theme loudly, right?

Right?

This one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk

# ? Jan 27, 2013 20:20

Rageaholic: May 31, 2005; Old Town Road to EGOT

Cpt. Spring Types posted:

This one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-58hQ9dLk

I saw Mama in theaters last night and there was a preview for Jurassic Park 3D before it. When the theme started playing, this was all I could think of and I couldn't contain laughter. Thankfully, I saw the movie at 12:30 in the morning in an empty theater :haw:

# ? Jan 27, 2013 21:58

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Glamorama26 posted:

I'm not alone in staring at this and humming the Jurassic Park theme loudly, right?

Right?

Somebody do a mash-up of the Jurassic Park and Jaws themes.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 00:01

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

I was joking before but I do have to wonder if Universal/Amblin will send a C&D what with the copycat font and logo.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 00:28

Robert Denby: Sep 9, 2007; Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, huh? Nah, get fucked mate.

This movie didn't have a great poster campaign, but it was at least better than this..

# ? Jan 28, 2013 02:38

CaptainHollywood: Feb 29, 2008; I am an awesome guy and I love to make out during shitty Hollywood horror movies. I am a trendwhore!

Robert Denby posted:

This movie didn't have a great poster campaign, but it was at least better than this..

I actually really liked the original poster. Dog and all. In fact judging by the poster http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2241374208/tt1931533 - they ADDED a gun to Colin Ferrell. Terrible. Awful.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 02:47

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

Robert Denby posted:

This movie didn't have a great poster campaign, but it was at least better than this..

Did Sam Rockwell's character design this poster?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 03:24

Wolfsheim: Dec 23, 2003; "Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste."

Lizard Combatant posted:

Really? That's a shame, since (barring one scene) Prometheus was in no way a horror film. Hell, Pan's Labyrinth was a better horror film.

Uhh, are you sure? Because almost everything about Prometheus was a horror film.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 03:38

Zellus: Apr 3, 2010; Incompetence surrounds me!

A human heart posted:

Here's another fine film from Dudez Productions (no seriously, that's their name):

Zellus fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Jan 28, 2013

# ? Jan 28, 2013 05:06

Lizard Combatant: Sep 29, 2010; I have some notes.

Wolfsheim posted:

Uhh, are you sure? Because almost everything about Prometheus was a horror film.

Ok, no one wants a Prometheus derail but it seemed more action than horror to me (with the exception of the excellent abortion sequence). To me, horror is suspense and dread, not just gore - which can be horrific, but wasn't the tone of the film itself.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 05:23

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

Prometheus is a sci-fi thriller. It's got some scary bits but it's nowhere near the out-and-out intense horror experience that Alien is- there's as much humor and sense-of-wonder-in-a-perverse-way and other elements.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 07:28

Lizard Combatant: Sep 29, 2010; I have some notes.

Maxwell Lord posted:

Prometheus is a sci-fi thriller. It's got some scary bits but it's nowhere near the out-and-out intense horror experience that Alien is- there's as much humor and sense-of-wonder-in-a-perverse-way and other elements.

Exactly. "Horror" suggests more of a slow burn, 'wind up the tension until it snaps' kind of film. To me anyway.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 08:08

Teenage Fansub: Jan 28, 2006

Robert Denby posted:

This movie didn't have a great poster campaign, but it was at least better than this..

Wouldn't the original highlighter green have helped it stand out on the shelf?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 08:40

Lizard Combatant: Sep 29, 2010; I have some notes.

Teenage Fansub posted:

Wouldn't the original highlighter green have helped it stand out on the shelf?

Yeah but black and orange = "action" now.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 08:41

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Robert Denby posted:

This movie didn't have a great poster campaign, but it was at least better than this..

Where's the other three psychopaths?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 09:52

Teenage Fansub: Jan 28, 2006

How about grey steel background and a lime green explosion? How about compromise?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 10:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 11:55

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

Is that movie any good?

# ? Jan 28, 2013 11:57

Lizard Combatant: Sep 29, 2010; I have some notes.

Mister Chief posted:

Is that movie any good?

It's all right. Like a poor man's Adaptation, but I enjoyed it. Harrelson, Walken and Waits are fun.

e: \/\/\/ Rockwell is always great, but his character didn't do much for me. Agreed about the Amish subplot.

Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Jan 28, 2013

# ? Jan 28, 2013 12:00

LesterGroans: Jun 9, 2009; It's funny...

You were so scary at night.

Mister Chief posted:

Is that movie any good?

Not really. Sam Rockwell and Walken are good, as usual, and there's an all right mini-story in it about an Amish guy...but the only thing that I walked away from the movie liking was it's use of "Angela Surf City" by The Walkmen.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 12:54

The Time Dissolver: Nov 7, 2012; Are you a good person?

Was Seven Psychopaths shelved for years? Or a development hell project? It's sort of a piss take on Tarantino ripoffs but Tarantino ripoffs aren't a major pollutant anymore so that aspect feels DOA. It's a likable movie even though it doesn't shape up to be anything novel or valuable.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 14:20

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

Mister Chief posted:

Is that movie any good?

I liked it enough... brought back the feeling of mid-2000s crime films that had strange tonal mixes, like Lucky # Slevin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and The Matador.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 16:24

Chicolini: Sep 22, 2007; I hate cold showers. They stimulate me and then I don't know what to do.

But did Sam Rockwell manage to dance in it? This is important.

Piccadilly Jim got a boring poster for such a fun movie.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 16:47

GonSmithe: Apr 25, 2010; Perhaps it's in the nature of television. Just waves in space.

So I was browsing blu-ray.com's new reviews and I see this monstrosity:

# ? Jan 28, 2013 20:26

Cpt. Spring Types: Feb 19, 2004; Wait, what?

Kick-rear end: Picasso Edition

# ? Jan 28, 2013 20:30

flashy_mcflash: Feb 7, 2011

GonSmithe posted:

So I was browsing blu-ray.com's new reviews and I see this monstrosity:

Oh my god, they changed the name. I saw this flick when it was called Vs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836212/) and it sucks So. Hard.

The Q&A featured the director bragging about James Remar being a family friend and only doing this movie because of that, if that's any indication of the sort of person that would make this film.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 20:43

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

GonSmithe posted:

So I was browsing blu-ray.com's new reviews and I see this monstrosity:

Seems like it matches the quality of the film.

Finally, truth in movie advertising.

vvv Hopefully resulting in "Mars Needs Moms" box office numbers vvv

testtubebaby fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jan 28, 2013

# ? Jan 28, 2013 21:23

Robert Denby: Sep 9, 2007; Denial isn't just a river in Egypt, huh? Nah, get fucked mate.

I'm having "Mars Needs Moms" flashbacks here.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 21:38

bows1: May 16, 2004; Chill, whale, chill

Except its starring Nicolas Cage :colbert:

# ? Jan 28, 2013 21:53

Suzuki Method: Mar 12, 2012

Merida, what happened to you? :ohdear:

# ? Jan 28, 2013 22:09

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

Man, that movie would've been so much better in it's earlier form. It was called Crood Awakening, and the initial screenplay was done by John Cleese and it was supposed to a stop-motion film done by Aardman.

# ? Jan 28, 2013 22:23