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November 12, 2011 By iluvcinema 6 Comments

Shame Posters

I love movie posters – especially when they are done well. Here are a trio of posters for the upcoming (12/2) Steve McQueen picture, Shame starring two of my personal faves – Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.

All three posters play on the obvious theme, but visually I find the coolness and muted tones of the second and the third posters to be quite evocative. But then again I was sold on this film from jump, so I am hardly an impartial observer here.

Let me know what you think.

Filed Under: Previews Tagged With: carey mulligan, michael fassbender, movie poster, movie posters, shame posters, steve mcqueen

September 24, 2011 By iluvcinema 8 Comments

Bad Poster, Cool Movie (Part Two of Two)

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned a few “bad” movies that had really cool posters. For the second installment of this feature – you may have guessed – I decided to make the polar opposite observation. Now I am taking a look at posters that are an assault on the eyes, but the film itself was quite enjoyable.

To get things going, here are a couple of films that meet the criteria for me:

      

I am especially intrigued by the poster for The King’s Speech. Helena Bonham-Carter and Geoffrey Rush seem to be in a period comedy of manners (think Noel Coward), while Colin Firth is in an entirely different movie. As for Star Trek IV, it is simply an 80’s nightmare. As for X-Men First Class it looks like someone was on a deadline and had to produce something really, really quick.

These designers could probably take a lesson from Simon C. Page.

While we are on the subject of movie poster artwork, I thought I would show you a quite lovely poster about a film I know very little (must less seen):

But I digress …. What awful posters can you think of which do not accurately represent the quality / your enjoyment of the motion picture they are charged with promoting?

Filed Under: Commentary, Fun Stuff Tagged With: movie posters

September 23, 2011 By iluvcinema 5 Comments

Cool Poster, Bad Movie (Part One of Two )

Well BAD is a harsh word. Let’s put another way – let’s say the movie did not live up to the coolness of the poster. Critical derision and/or poor box office receipts proved that all the effort was time and money not well spent by the respective Marketing departments.

To start, here are a few of my personal picks:

    

I love the simplicity and the messaging that these teaser posters have. Unfortunately, the films did not live up to the hype for me.

So what are some of your picks?


Look out in the coming days for a follow up to this post.

Filed Under: Commentary, Fun Stuff Tagged With: movie posters

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