tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post1138183498422897247..comments2024-02-25T21:23:09.512-05:00Comments on Stale Popcorn: The Best (and Worst) Posters of 2008Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-51881791247295120672008-12-31T00:23:00.000-05:002008-12-31T00:23:00.000-05:00I actually rather like the Button posters.But I ha...I actually rather like the <EM>Button</EM> posters.<BR/><BR/>But I have to ask... just what exactly about the <EM>Funny Games</EM> poster is so brilliant. Yes, Naomi Watts is beautiful, and crying, but beyond that? It's a perfectly fine poster, but I just don't get this sort of assumed, obvious brilliance of which you speak.<BR/><BR/>And may I say, I've concluded that I kind of hate the <EM>Slumdog Millionaire</EM> poster. I suppose the colors are pretty, but I also think they border on tacky, as does the use of the "Millionaire" ABCD choice screen. Actually, no, that's TOTALLY tacky. Just like the use of it in the trailer and the movie itself. Why must the movie be sold like it's TV or a videogame? Just seems so cheap to me. <BR/><BR/>Plus, spatially, the composition's just totally unbalanced. There's something placed prominently in the center of the frame, which is bad enough, but then there's something else on one side weighing that side down, with nothing to balance it out on the other side. This is a basic graphic design principle here that was ignored. That irks me.<BR/><BR/>The whole design just seems tacky, gaudy, cheap, ill-conceived, and lacking in basic formal skill. In a word: poor.<BR/><BR/>My feelings about the film may be coloring this assessment, but I don't think so. I disliked the poster even before I saw the film.<BR/><BR/>Phew. Good to get that off my chest... sorry.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-17339901426113651452008-12-29T09:38:00.000-05:002008-12-29T09:38:00.000-05:00..."Josh Hartnett wears clothes in this movie" and...<I>..."Josh Hartnett wears clothes in this movie" and who wants that, honestly?</I><BR/><BR/>Hm, true.J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17126912928153855523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-72475699477542137922008-12-28T20:34:00.000-05:002008-12-28T20:34:00.000-05:00About best posters of 2008, here's my list. I hate...About best posters of 2008, here's my list. I hate to choose THE ONE, so it's just alphabetical list: http://plakaty.blox.pl/2008/12/Najlepsze-plakaty-2008.html<BR/><BR/>Worst posters? There were so many really, really bad, but Benjamin Button posters are, I think, the worst, because yoy have great story, and absolutely flat, boring and so uninspiring posters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-34603746831926934232008-12-28T19:57:00.000-05:002008-12-28T19:57:00.000-05:00That Australia poster was around #14 after titles ...That <I>Australia</I> poster was around #14 after titles like <I>Fix</I>, <I>Elegy</I> and <I>Paranoid Park</I>.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, I know everybody and their dog will be putting <I>The Dark Knight</I> as their #1 because it's <I>The Dark Knight</I>, but... yeah. Not me.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-28453300107357830432008-12-28T11:13:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:13:00.000-05:00OMG The Dark Knight isn't number one? I can't beli...OMG <I>The Dark Knight</I> isn't number one? I can't believe this. It's like the greatest movie in the history of cinema so it's posters should be number one, too. All the way down at number four? This is outrageous! Obviously you know nothing about poster art or anything because <I>The Dark Knight</I> rules all and everything about it should be number one, always.<BR/><BR/>Sorry Glenn, someone had to say it ;) (Just kidding, if it wasn't apparent). I totally agree with <I>Funny Games</I> having the best poster of the year- that tear is simply gorgeous. And that look on Anna Faris' face on <I>The House Bunny</I> poster cracks me up everytime as well. I would only add to your list <A HREF="http://www.impawards.com/2008/australia_ver6.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Australia</I></A> and <I>Prom Night</I> (terrible movie, I know, but that image is just so cool)Dame Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-46039407270964431452008-12-28T09:22:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:22:00.000-05:00I didn't have much of any thought about the Mister...I didn't have much of any thought about the <I>Mister Lonely</I> work. Neither great nor bad.<BR/><BR/>Matt, I "get" the <I>Benjamin Button</I> poster it's just so... aagh. So many possibilities!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Paul.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-24610563761891297102008-12-28T09:08:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:08:00.000-05:00Though I rarely leave comments on your posts about...Though I rarely leave comments on your posts about poster art, I appreciate them and find them very educational. In fact, until I started reading these posts, I'd never given poster art much thought. This is mostly because they play little or no part in my going to see a film.<BR/><BR/>I agree that the Funny Games poster is great. I love Jeremy Saunders work, but am ambivalent about the Mister Lonely work. I loved the film and would have preferred the original colouration of the main character, which I thought was even more visually stunning.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327605674280773646.post-82794638432502028132008-12-28T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-28T08:36:00.000-05:00Great post! I love that you love good poster art. ...Great post! I love that you love good poster art. And love that you hate bad poster art even more. Where's the poster police when you need them??<BR/><BR/>I only disagree with you about Benjamin Button because I just saw it today and the poster eventually makes sense when you see the movie. While the poster may not "sell it" very well, I just love a poster that offers more once you know the film. <BR/><BR/>I also agreen that whoever designs those Gus Van Sant posters should get fired. Oh except the guys who cane up with key art for Gerry and Last Days. Nice.<BR/><BR/>And yes, that Funny Games poster is perfect. Makes me want to rewrite today's blog post. What was I thinking?? <BR/><BR/>What do you think of Jeremy Saunders' poster for Mister Lonely?Matt Rivierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856241078630118517noreply@blogger.com