Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

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

We need to have a new "dumb minimalist posters" photoshop thread.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 13:21

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# ? May 27, 2024 07:56

FreudianSlippers: Apr 12, 2010; Shooting and Fucking
are the same thing!

A bunch of poster comissioned for screenings of cult films:

High Plains Drifter Sara Riel.

A bit too much grain but I like the general design. Captures the spirit of the film fairly well.

Solaris[/b] by Dav�� rn Halld�rsson.

I think this might be going for the same thing as "The Ultimate Trip" ads for 2001.

Mor�saga(Murdertale) by Fri�geir J�hannes Kristj�nsson & J�nas Reynir Gunnarsson.

The list reads "Lust, Drugs, Twisted domestic life, incest, Disco"

In The Realm of The Senses

I haven't seen the film but I'm told it has boobies and I think this gets that across fairly well. Classy,stylish, Asian boobies.

Incredible Shrinking Man by Hugleikur Dagsson

I'm fairly certain this is supposed to be a joke. Maybe even a dig at mimimalist poster design.

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians by Halld�r Baldursson

I really like this one. It's probably better than the film itself.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 14:45

tliil: Jan 13, 2013

Lance Streetman posted:

This just makes me realize how easy it would be to do a really really good live-action version of Nausicaa. And now I'm sad because nobody would ever actually make that really really good version.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 15:15

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Lance Streetman posted:

And as long as I'm posting ghibli posters, we can't forget the best one:

It's like the essence of every sci-fi VHS cover boiled down into one image.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 15:23

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Yodzilla posted:

It's like the essence of every sci-fi VHS cover boiled down into one image.

Yeah, but only three of those things actually show up in the movie. Sadly, there's no robot wizard dude firing laser blasts from his hand or a pegasus.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 15:30

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

That's what he meant?

# ? Feb 1, 2013 15:45

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

penismightier posted:

Never forget.

Still the best.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 15:59

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Yep, still don't make sense to me. I thought when I first saw that poster they were meant to be time travel paths but... well, the third and first do, but the second still doesn't.

EDIT: oh, never mind. Was reading it in the wrong direction. Durf.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Feb 1, 2013

# ? Feb 1, 2013 16:34

Echo Chamber: Oct 16, 2008; best username/post combo

Is there a Primer version of those BTTF posters?

# ? Feb 1, 2013 16:42

SALT CURES HAM: Jan 4, 2011

Echo Chamber posted:

Is there a Primer version of those BTTF posters?

Hold on a sec.

e:

e2: gently caress, beaten and much better-looking too. :negative:

SALT CURES HAM fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Feb 1, 2013

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:16

Terminal Entropy: Dec 26, 2012

Done and done:

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:22

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Terminal Entropy posted:

Done and done:

No, no, remember that the diagrams show alternate timelines too, like in BTTF2.

(Just because I want to see someone try)

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:28

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

WickedIcon posted:

Hold on a sec.

e:

e2: gently caress, beaten and much better-looking too.

Just retitle this 12 Monkeys.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:39

Terminal Entropy: Dec 26, 2012

MikeJF posted:

No, no, remember that the diagrams show alternate timelines too, like in BTTF2.

(Just because I want to see someone try)

Ah, but there no diagrams in the movie itself. On the other hand there is a circle marked with A and B written in a notebook that shows up on the screen for mere seconds, thus making it the best poster choice.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:40

Crackbone: May 23, 2003; Vlaada is my co-pilot.

There's nothing inherently wrong with a poster that speaks to people who have already seen the movie. That stuff is usually lovely because it's fan posters, not anything else.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:42

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Yodzilla posted:

Just retitle this 12 Monkeys.

Or Donnie Darko or Looper.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 17:42

joedevola: Sep 11, 2004; worst song, played on ugliest guitar

WickedIcon posted:

Hold on a sec.

e:

e2: gently caress, beaten and much better-looking too.

Actually it would have to look something like this.

Even with the chart the movie is still baffling to me.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 18:18

Wendell: May 11, 2003

Young Freud posted:

Since we were talking a week or two ago about people doing Vallejo or Franzetta "maximalist" poster to counter all the minimalist fan posters, I've been thinking about doing just that. Currently, the only one I can think of is Office Space, but what would anyone else want to see as some "muscle and tits fantasy art" rendition of a movie?

Big Fish.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 18:25

animal math: Oct 2, 2012

Lance Streetman posted:

Castle in the Sky, as produced by New World Pictures:

This one is done really well except for the fact that none of these characters even slightly resemble those that are in the movie. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be the point, but I've seen Castle in the Sky many times and I would have no idea what movie this is supposed to be without the title.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 18:34

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

FreudianSlippers posted:

In The Realm of The Senses

I haven't seen the film but I'm told it has boobies and I think this gets that across fairly well. Classy,stylish, Asian boobies.

A picture of a cut off dick would represent the movie better.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 18:42

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

WickedIcon posted:

Hold on a sec.

e:

e2: gently caress, beaten and much better-looking too.

This seems like an excellent time to post this comic which is too big to host an image.

http://xkcd.com/657/large/

edit: The Punchline....

kiimo fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Feb 1, 2013

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:27

Eau de MacGowan: May 12, 2009; BRASIL HEXA
2026 tá logo aí

these things are so easy to do:

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:45

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Terminal Entropy posted:

This one?

It's just busy version of the posters with floating heads.

Looks more like the cover of an 80s rock single, honestly.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:51

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

animal math posted:

This one is done really well except for the fact that none of these characters even slightly resemble those that are in the movie. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be the point, but I've seen Castle in the Sky many times and I would have no idea what movie this is supposed to be without the title.

Yeah, that's the point. It's a fan poster. Hence my "done by New World Pictures" comment.

(New World Pictures did that horrible Warriors of the Wind cover. :ssh:

)

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:51

Crackbone: May 23, 2003; Vlaada is my co-pilot.

Young Freud posted:

Since we were talking a week or two ago about people doing Vallejo or Franzetta "maximalist" poster to counter all the minimalist fan posters, I've been thinking about doing just that. Currently, the only one I can think of is Office Space, but what would anyone else want to see as some "muscle and tits fantasy art" rendition of a movie?

You've got Mail - the Hanks/Ryan version.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:54

Rahonavis: Jan 11, 2012; "Clevuh gurrrl..."

E: Nevermind, these are apparently fakes based off outdated designs.

Rahonavis fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Feb 2, 2013

# ? Feb 1, 2013 19:58

The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

Don't have mspaint on my phone, but let's see how easy these are:

Almost Famous: ? > (picture of a door)

Bullitt: a green rectangle with a black slightly longer rectangle under it

Jurassic Park: water ripples

Inception: the spinning top

Drag Me To Hell: a coat button

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 3 cigarettes, 1 is broken in half

and so on...

# ? Feb 1, 2013 20:00

Lance Streetman: Feb 20, 2011; A parfait is a dessert, but it is also the French word for perfect.

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Inception: the spinning top

No no, that would make sense.

Let's go with a bit of visual symbolism that will confuse anybody who hasn't seen the films.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 20:06

Eau de MacGowan: May 12, 2009; BRASIL HEXA
2026 tá logo aí

Lance Streetman posted:

No no, that would make sense.

Let's go with a bit of visual symbolism that will confuse anybody who hasn't seen the films.

to be fair, that one you posted there would make (marginally) more sense to somebody who hasnt seen the film than the spinning top would. the top only had meaning when you have heard DiCaprio's character explain it in the movie, at least with this one you get the idea of falling through layers.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 20:11

The Anime Liker: Aug 8, 2009; by VideoGames

Based on the trailer, the "layers" can be understood. But you have to see the movie to get the top.

So what would REALLY make it a pretentious douchebag minimalist poster would be some tiny obscure detail from the movie you have to piece together. Like a sand castle or Mol's dress or the numeric code for the vault.

# ? Feb 1, 2013 20:19