Monday, April 4, 2011

The Goonies Get Hoodwinked!

First of all, I've got to give a big thanks to B-Bill for sharing this one with me!

The poster for Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil looks just like...


...the poster for The Goonies!



Check them out side-by-side.

















I'm at seriously loss for words here, there's just nothing else to say. These are just crazy similar!

Friday, April 1, 2011

Harry Potter Gets the Finger

Although I'm very excited for the final installment in the Harry Potter series, the newly released poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 leaves something to be desired.






It looks as though Warner Brothers was going for a poster that shows a classic epic showdown, which after 7 previous Potter films, this movie is surely to be. 

However, it just reminds me of this...


..and this.


...or even this one!



Not like any of this really matters. They could release a blank poster and I'd still go see it.


 
Although I must say, whoever decided to make Voldemort give Harry the finger is my hero.
While I'm sure it was unintentenial, it's still pretty hilarious. 


 I wonder if he'll have two wands in his hand for the UK version?



Wednesday, March 9, 2011

A First Class Mess!

Sometimes a movie poster comes along that is just so bad, there is almost nothing you can say about it. *almost

Well, congratulations X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, you have made one of the worst posters I have seen in recent years, possibly decades!
(and since movie posters have only been around for decades, that's really saying something)

First, you gave us this teaser poster, which was boring, but hey, I was willing to see what you'd come up with next and let it slide.

THEN you dropped these bombs on us.


The blue one is a little odd with it's inappropriately placed sun flair, but the real travesty here is the green one. Why does the guy in the foreground look like a bobblehead doll with an unusually large head? And what's with the creepy guy lurking in the background? 

Still, these posters weren't bad enough for me to question the quality of the film. Oh no, you saved those for your next teaser poster. 


ENTER THE TALKING CROTCH POSTERS!


These posters are just beyond bad!
Why would you place a face on a body that way? 
Do they have talking crotches?
Are they pregnant with huge heads?

The more I stare at these, the more I laugh at how bad they are. 
Who designed these?
Who approved these?

-and more importantly-  
If their marketing campaign is THIS bad, how bad is the movie?


Hopefully I won't lose any sleep waiting to see what their sure to be epic final poster looks like.

If I had to guess, I'd say the final X:MEN First Class poster 
will look like the first Iron Man poster:
A Whole Lotta Randomness.

Friday, January 28, 2011

What a Teaser!

It's funny how a teaser poster can get you so excited for a movie,
but then how quickly all that goes away 
 when you see the official poster.


That's EXACTLY what happened to me when I saw the teaser poster for The Witches of Oz.

This poster really draws you in and makes you look closer to see what's inside the ball. The design is simple, and it takes a second to realize that you're looking at the infamous city of Oz.

I guess you could say I was ready to follow the yellow brick road and run out to the theatre to see this film, well, until I saw the official poster for it.
It's not that this poster is necessarily bad by any means, there is just way too much going on here. From the overly photoshop'd faces, to the flying car, and Christopher Lloyd dressed up like Sergeant Pepper, I'm just not sure where to look.

...and where is that yellow brick road anyway?

This definitely isn't the Oz that I grew up with, but I guess that is the point since it's a re-envisioned version. "It's more like the book" the studio has been saying in defense. 

From the looks of this poster, I'm thinking it's going to be a little bit Stardust with a lotta bit Hocus Pocus, which might not be so bad afterall.

Fire Down Below!

As I was checking out the new poster for Drive Angry,
I realized that Nic Cage really has a thing with flames.


Why is it, that his head is always above something on fire?









I mean fire is cool and all, but after a while it really starts to lose it's edge, don't you think?

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Hobo with a Shotgun

There is nothing better than a movie title that tells you EXACTLY what kind of movie it's going to be.
That's what I love so much about HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN.


You don't even have to see this film,
 or watch the trailer to know what it's about.
However, with a title like that, who wouldn't want to see it?

I love the 50s sci-fi style poster (you may argue that it's grindhouse, but I disagree).













Friday, January 21, 2011

The Disco Exorcist


2011 has a lot to live up to after this beauty-


There is no way this movie will live up to my expectations, but that doesn't change the fact that this poster is truly amazing.