Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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

Well the I Spit on your Grave posters are....striking.

As for Dark Knight Rises I really like the building poster. Great use of perspective and imagery. Actually all the posters for the Batman films have been great. Really topnotch stuff.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2012 05:46

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:33

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

TheJoker138 posted:

Because movies don't really have fans yet when they're still in the stage where they would have theatrical posters, maybe? Unless it was for a rerelease or something.

Movies with built in fanbases (ie every superhero movie) as well as stuff like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings where there was an existing fanbase before the (new) movies were released.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2012 23:10

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

TheJoker138 posted:

Anyone who was a fan of any of those before they released was stupid. Sure, you might get something awesome like LOTR, but for every LOTR there's something that turns out like Batman & Robin. Being a fan of the franchise the movie is based on is fine, but being a fan of the movie itself before it releases is a dumb thing to do.

True enough but studios depend on fanbases, and it helps get stuff made. A studio is more likely to produce a movie they know people would be eager to see than something new/different. Sometimes it backfires (Batman and Robin, Green Lantern etc) but they still know that there are comic book fans out there that will see movies with the characters no matter how bad the film is.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 00:20

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

Liar posted:

Has this cartoonish mockery of a poster made it in the thread yet?

The poster makes me want to shout "look out guys, there are planes that are about to crash into you". I blame this on the Hollywood trope of having people walk away in slow motion while something blows up behind them.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 03:44

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

Maarak posted:

This was the original poster:

It fits the intended tone of the film perfectly, is iconic, and would have gotten me way more excited for the film that the dreck in your post.

While this is an amazing poster (something I would hang up on my wall even) I am not sure if it goes with the film. That poster makes it look like balls to the wall war pulp action, while the movie itself seems like a muddled up Remember the Titans during World War II. I think a movie based on the Tuskagee Airmen is a worthy topic but I just don't trust a George Lucas movie to deliver on a movie about the Tuskagee Airmen.
Honestly, seeing that poster makes me think that Red Tails is closer to Inglorious Basterds than anything else.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 08:13

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

The vibe I get from those Expecting posters is that the film makers are trying to make a raunchy "chick-flick" with posters aimed at getting males to see the films (ie the quotes about racks and being horny). It seem's a bit like pandering but not any more than other posters. I just hope it isn't raunchy for raunchy sake (pretty much saying Bridesmaids made a poo poo ton of money so lets do that again).

Comedy option: Here is a pandering poster done right:

(I own this one and am drat proud of it)

# ¿ Jan 27, 2012 00:33

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

Desperado Bones posted:

That is seriously so loving depressive. But hey! The little cute lamb is going to die for God! Yay!

More crappy stuff:

The dragon is flying in to punch you in the face.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2012 17:46

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

sambafish posted:

Does this ever look good? Can we please just ban this concept from being used ever again?

So this is what The Question would look like if they ever made a movie about the character (and they should).

# ¿ Feb 6, 2012 19:17

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

Just want to chime in on the Crow. The stuff takes a huge nose dive in quality with each sequal. The first one I love (nostalgia and whatnot) but it does have it's issues (namely Sarah who is just loving annoying). However, there are some really awesome bad rear end scenes in it, and seeing how Lee takes out each henchman is awesome. The thing that really makes the movie though is that despite it's sleekness it is still rough around the edges. The colours aren't just black but red in the background too. That kind of thing.
Each movie afterwards just sucks. They try to get more angsty, more edgy and more stupid. Then there is the TV show which was exactly like the first movie except for the whole Crow murders the people who wronged him thing (so it was pretty much the movie without the edginess and badassness and it was filmed in Vancover).

# ¿ Feb 8, 2012 23:37

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

Gonz posted:

That dogs arms appear to be broken in several places.

If the dogs arms actually do this in the movie I will just assume that he is possessed by the devil.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 18:08

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

Baron von Eevl posted:

"From the Director of
BLUE CRUSH and
INTO THE BLUE

DARKBLUE"

Not too mention Blues Brothers 3: The Blue-ening.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 21:56

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

Codependent Poster posted:

Well come on, be honest, how many people saw Swordfish just for Halle Berry's boobs?

I just loved how blatant that scene was. It was pandering to the utmost level. There was no real reason for her to be topless and it added nothing to the movie.

Still, I loved that scene a lot.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 22:36

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

Dissapointed Owl posted:

And that is where you are wrong.

Well it added Berry's boobs to the movie, that is true. But it felt like "here are my tits, aren't they nice (yes they are) and now back to the movie".

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 22:57

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

Desperado Bones posted:

You are lucky I don't have a Beta anymore.

Where is that Ghost Rider poster from? Is that Hebrew?

It's Hebrew with a transliteration of the title.

(the transliteration is "Ghost Rider" but the Spirit of Vengeance bit is in Hebrew)

# ¿ Feb 15, 2012 01:11

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

Dissapointed Owl posted:

But mine had a much funnier mental image

Topical:

I like this poster a lot (but hate the insert caption which looks really out of place).

Tiptoes was mentioned a page back and if anyone is interested in the fascinating trainwreck that that film was, they should read this.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2012 21:50

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

Dissapointed Owl posted:

File Under Catagory: Shameless

I better see some face eating action in this film otherwise I will be very disappointed.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2012 20:30

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

Legion of One posted:

Something about this poster just looks odd to me.

Giant Tayler Kitsch rises from the ocean only to get runover by a battleship!

# ¿ Feb 24, 2012 06:45

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

Joe Der Maus posted:

My favorite use of review quotes on a poster is from the movie If...
I can't seem to find it online, but if you have the Criterion edition, it's in the booklet.
One side has a list of quotes praising the film and the other has quotes calling the movie vile and whatnot. Somewhere on it it tells the viewer to see the movie and decide for them self.

Never saw this for a movie poster but I know for my copy of Wasp Factory by Ian Banks there are reviews on the book calling it the worst/vilest book ever produced.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2012 00:56

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

That's quite the impressive jawline/chin he is sporting there.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2012 23:07

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

Robert Denby posted:

That was the original tagline. The original poster's pretty awesome too, though:

In newspapers, they used much different artwork:

They also had a special July 4th newspaper ad:

The first "Gremlins" had quite a few 'special' ads as well:

All those are great. What's a nice touch is they tell you that the tone of the movie is a lot different than the first one. I am still amazed by Gremlins 2 for being pretty much a parody of the first one without tarnishing the first one at all. Both movies are great a the individual level.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2012 23:23

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

TheJoker138 posted:

I like the concept of the Japanese Avengers poster, but the execution is pretty piss poor.

Agree with this. It's a neat concept and one that they could have done something a lot better with.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2012 19:46

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

I was hoping it was the Russian version of Atlas Shrugged. I am kind of sad that it isn't.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 07:47

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

Robert Denby posted:

The stupidity of that subtitle wasn't helped with newspaper ads like this:

I am dieing as hard as I can!!!!

# ¿ Mar 20, 2012 19:38

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

Jedit posted:

When I heard they were making a Die Hard 3, I wondered if it was going to be called "Die Even Harder". Ditto the third Alien movie, which ought to have been "More Friggin' Aliens Than You Can Shake A Stick At".

I wouldn't mind the 5th one being called Die Hard or Live Soft.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2012 22:11

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

LesterGroans posted:

I swear Tim Burton's ultimate family is to film two hours of Johnny Depp loving his wife on a curly mountain while Danny Elfman scores it in the corner.

Ahem. "Family" reunions featuring Christina Ricci and Wionna Rider. Michael Keaton will be there as well but no-one will acknowledge him.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 05:57

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

Vagabundo posted:

What about his ex-wife who used to be in all of his movies in minor roles who has apparently dropped off the face of the earth?

She was the martian woman escort in Mars Attack! If that movie was to be done now HBC would be her role.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 07:13

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

Robert Denby posted:

It's time again to look at how posters can get increasingly worse as the movie gets closer to release. Let's look at "Apart" for today's example!

All right. Good teaser. This isn't exactly the most original concept for a poster in the world but it's eye-catching and suggests that maybe something is amiss.

Oooh, still good. Intriguing design, although, again, it has been done before. You've got my attention. What's the next one look like?

Oh gently caress you! Wait... is this even for the same movie?

What I find amusing about these is that you can see the demographic shift in who the posters appeal to. The first two seem rather artsy, possibly aimed at young 20 something year olds. The third one looks like it is aimed at the YA market (ie 15 year girls). It really looks like they are two different movies aimed at two different demographics.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 16:23

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

Supercar Gautier posted:

WHO IS JOHN SALT?

I got Jeopardy.

I'll take lovely movie taglines for 400 Alex.

Answer: Nothing will stop her.

Who is Salt?

# ¿ Mar 27, 2012 21:37

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

Lemon posted:

If we are still mentioning spectacular taglines:

He just loves relieving victims of their pesky heads.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2012 06:48

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

Alhazred posted:

Aren't parody posters supposed to be funny though?

I think homage might be a better word.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2012 20:26

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

MariusLecter posted:

You people are dumb, it's clearly SAXAGES.

A documentary about the saxophone and its history?

# ¿ Apr 3, 2012 22:31

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

Stellar Curiosity posted:

I'll play:

I have no idea what Legolas is aiming at.

I really like the pose in the Brave poster. With the others it looks like a a generic "I am going to shoot something" but with The Brave poster the character is posing in such a way that conveys fear and, well, bravery. You can look at the poster and wonder what has got the character behaving like that while knowing that she has her bow and arrow and is ready to take whateve the challenege is full on.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2012 21:17

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

Maxwell Lord posted:

Cabin in the Woods seems to be a weird case where the campaign improved due to the movie being on the shelf.

The first ones- eh, kinda funny, might be a goofy spoof:

Now THAT'S attention-getting.

That's some Scream-worthy self awareness.

# ¿ Apr 8, 2012 06:59

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

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

This movie is a treasure (and only $5 in Amazon so no excuse to not owning it and making all your friends see it)

You don't say

# ¿ Apr 9, 2012 03:32

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

Farbtoner posted:

And then they cast a Mexican to play the white guy

You should check out the YouTube comments for the trailer. Or rather don't.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2012 21:16

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

See also Hawaii 5-0.

Also been noticing Subway product placement a lot lately.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2012 01:59

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

I remember loving that movie as a kid. The only parts that stick out for me now though is the holding the breath in the tunnel and I am pretty sure there was something about a crazy psycho hitchhiker.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2012 20:03

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

Shanty posted:

"From the evidence we've got I'd say two men entered, but only one man..." "...left."

"Looks like the body was dumped.......beyond Thunderdome!"

# ¿ May 1, 2012 19:06

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

Alhazred posted:

But Nesb� published his first book eight years before Larsson did.

Usually marketing will say "if you like X you will like Y" even if X came out 100 years before "y". You can see this a lot in bookstores and whatnot. Sometimes it is even more subtle than this. I remember when Twilight was a big thing new editions of Wuthering Heights came out with covers mimicing the Twilight covers (I am pretty sure they had a sticker on the cover saying something about Twilight as well).

# ¿ May 2, 2012 17:50

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:33

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

Cartoon Man posted:

Demi Moore has had too many Botox injections into her right cheek. It almost looks like a second nose.

Getting rid of that many wrinkles makes Moore look like Cyrus's slightly older sister.

# ¿ May 14, 2012 19:35

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