Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

«‹›1799 »

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

Improbable Lobster posted:

I'd bet Baby Groot merch was the best selling

Oh without a doubt.
Doesn't mean he needs to look like he's made of PVC too.

# ? Feb 6, 2017 04:55

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 6, 2024 04:45

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

The MSJ posted:

Jakc?

# ? Feb 6, 2017 05:14

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Jake?

# ? Feb 6, 2017 05:55

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Shneak posted:

Jakc?

A pirate with a tattoo of their name misspelled?

# ? Feb 6, 2017 06:06

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

CelticPredator posted:

Jake?

Jake Sully

This is actually the first Avatar sequel

# ? Feb 6, 2017 06:30

Mahlertov Cocktail: Mar 1, 2010; I ate your Mahler avatar! Hahahaha!

SomeJazzyRat posted:

Man, that would be perfect if it weren't for the extranious Groot in the corner.

I was gonna post the exact same thing. Great poster idea with a totally incongruous element slapped into a corner.

# ? Feb 6, 2017 13:37

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

The MSJ posted:

"My movie is about a shadowy monster that lurks in the woods and kidnaps children. Its name is, uh, Antlerman."

So um, are we meant to be scared for the kid, or scared of the kid?

Mostly I just don't care. Don't know if that means it's a bad poster, or if I'm just a jerk. Probably both.

Someone really needs to fix the lighting in this soda shop.

Would watch David Lynch's, Archie.

# ? Feb 6, 2017 13:38

Sir Lemming: Jan 27, 2009; It's a piece of JUNK!

The MSJ posted:

That is indeed a pretty good poster, but I felt like it was missing something.

# ? Feb 6, 2017 19:15

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

The MSJ posted:

I thought someone remade Blazing Saddles.

This show is awesome, so glad it got renewed.

# ? Feb 6, 2017 21:21

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. is also in repose.

Don't know too much about this besides a vague "Dad protects his family from something evil in the woods outside their house" summary, but the poster hits some really good notes for me.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 07:33

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

Detective Thompson posted:

Don't know too much about this besides a vague "Dad protects his family from something evil in the woods outside their house" summary, but the poster hits some really good notes for me.

That is a very bad poster. It tells you nothing except the title, and presents that in such a way that nine out of ten people will mistake it for a strapline.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 08:55

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Scrolling down, I swore it was gonna be a new Alien poster.

Like at the bottom it would say.

Mostly.

With like, an egg or something on the ground.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 08:59

Mahlertov Cocktail: Mar 1, 2010; I ate your Mahler avatar! Hahahaha!

Jedit posted:

That is a very bad poster. It tells you nothing except the title, and presents that in such a way that nine out of ten people will mistake it for a strapline.

Hard disagree. Guard dogs are obviously a well-known concept, and a wolfish dog looking out into utter darkness under an evocative title is very effective. Also, the tiny "IT" almost looks like a pair of eyes at first glance.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:06

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

Oh that's supposed to be a guard dog?

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:31

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

That looks like a bigger corgi. I appreciate the idea but the photo of the dog they used isn't very good, they should have gone for a different one with more dynamism, movement, character. There's absolutely no reason for the symmetry. The way the dog is cut at the bottom doesn't look good, it's overall not a very fortunate composition, there's no tension despite the premise that there should be some.

Welp, those are my thoughts about a photo of a dog and some dark background.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:46

McSpanky: Jan 16, 2005

Having lived rurally most of my childhood, the imagery of your dog straining at their leash at something just beyond that sequestering cloak of darkness surrounding your property is pretty evocative.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:46

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

I hope the dog dies in this movie

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:49

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

# ? Feb 7, 2017 09:52

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

McSpanky posted:

Having lived rurally most of my childhood, the imagery of your dog straining at their leash at something just beyond that sequestering cloak of darkness surrounding your property is pretty evocative.

It's a badger.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:00

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

So it's really about a dog again?

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:03

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

hey you know, if every time that dog died in A Dog's Purpose, John Wick came out to avenge it, i'd see it.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:04

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Palpek posted:

So it's really about a dog again?

This looks more like Mads Mikkelsen than Keanu Reeves.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:06

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

Palpek posted:

So it's really about a dog again?

What can I say? The bitch is back...

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:17

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

I wonder if John Wick has 3 cars with the license plates WICK I, WICK II, and WICK IV, just so he can fool mob mooks into thinking he's getting away in a car with WICK III.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:22

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

They should just skip to John Wick IV

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:29

ruddiger: Jun 3, 2004

Palpek posted:

So it's really about a dog again?

Clearly this time they kill his car.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:31

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Lizard Combatant posted:

They should just skip to John Wick IV

What kind of dog will dog 4 be though? I'm thinking a german shepherd.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:46

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

John Wick will shoot you in your groin for laughs.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 10:46

THE BAR: Oct 20, 2011; You know what might look better on your nose?

Palpek posted:

Why are they misquoting the Pillars of the Argonauts? :v:

# ? Feb 7, 2017 11:07

Teenage Fansub: Jan 28, 2006

The MSJ posted:

Japan is pretty good at King Kong posters.

edit: And that dog poster rules. It'd rule more without the text and just a faint impression of trees going all the way up that dark space, but it still rules.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Feb 7, 2017

# ? Feb 7, 2017 11:08

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

MAFIOSOS
EUNT
DOMUS

- john wick 2

# ? Feb 7, 2017 11:08

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

Just a quick and dirty idea:

# ? Feb 7, 2017 11:09

Paper Kaiju: Dec 5, 2010; atomic breadth

The MSJ posted:

I may have to get that one when I redo my living room in Kaiju film posters.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 14:13

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

The MSJ posted:

Why don't they put this up in american theaters? That would rule

# ? Feb 7, 2017 16:07

And More: Jun 19, 2013; How far, Doctor?
How long have you lived?

The MSJ posted:

Gotta love that one really chill cow on a poster full of angry, screaming and exploding things.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 16:42

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

The MSJ posted:

Groot's seen better days.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 17:08

Too Shy Guy: Jun 14, 2003; I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.

Detective Thompson posted:

Don't know too much about this besides a vague "Dad protects his family from something evil in the woods outside their house" summary, but the poster hits some really good notes for me.

That stupid "Great things come in bears" poster has ruined me.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 18:41

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

got any sevens posted:

Oh that's supposed to be a guard dog?

I thought it was a fluffy cat when I looked at it :psyduck:

# ? Feb 7, 2017 18:40

kiimo: Jul 24, 2003

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

I thought it was a fluffy cat when I looked at it

I was just about to post that you're all dumb that's clearly a cat and then I realized that I actually can't tell.

# ? Feb 7, 2017 19:43

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 6, 2024 04:45

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

McSpanky posted:

Having lived rurally most of my childhood, the imagery of your dog straining at their leash at something just beyond that sequestering cloak of darkness surrounding your property is pretty evocative.

Yeah, that poster owns

Humbug Scoolbus posted:

I thought it was a fluffy cat when I looked at it

kiimo posted:

I was just about to post that you're all dumb that's clearly a cat and then I realized that I actually can't tell.

Mulitple goons don't know what cats or dogs look like, I guess

# ? Feb 7, 2017 19:48

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Movie Posters - The good, the bad & the awful

«‹›1799 »