Why are movie posters so generic and boring nowadays? - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

toddly6666 · 01-25-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Kinsella5

The Alamo Drafthouse exclusive posters for their special screenings are really well done too, especially those by artists such as Tyler Stout, Olly Moss, Martin Ansin, etc. These are screen prints and are extremely limited in nature compared to a standard movie poster, I am sure many of the people here know about these already but here are just a few examples:
There are many more he has done as well as many others by various artists too.

These guys are amazing of course, but it's sad that this type of creativity is only for unofficial/collector/film festival-type posters, rather than released to the public (as it was in the old days).

P@t_Mtl · 01-25-2012, 07:39 PM

I have said this before and most of the time people disagre but mostly it's because while Hollywood as always been a business now a days it's more of a business then the art. Once they were a business of making art, now Hollywood is a corporation about making money. Everything, every aspect is about how much money can we make or save, not about the creation of the movie. Some still think of the art first but they are mostly run down by the business men.

Caesar Will Rise · 01-25-2012, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I have said this before and most of the time people disagre but mostly it's because while Hollywood as always been a business now a days it's more of a business then the art. Once they were a business of making art, now Hollywood is a corporation about making money. Everything, every aspect is about how much money can we make or save, not about the creation of the movie. Some still think of the art first but they are mostly run down by the business men.

And then there are those brave souls who even when the bean counters set a limit say screw it and manage to inject real passion and creativity into their films despite the corporate machine's machinations. I consider Real Steel to be a great example of this recently. Shawn Levy delivers what I believe to be his best work as a director ever and Hugh Jackman gives it everything he's got. The rest follow suit. I even thought the posters were cool. Original? Maybe not, but the design was probably meant to invoke a warm and possibly nostalgic reaction in people. I know it sounds like I'm shilling for the film, but you know what? Maybe I am and I just can't help it. The critics who called it a soulless factory product couldn't be more wrong if they tried. Art can still be injected into even the most unlikely films these days if the director and his crew have the guts to buck the trend.

Rambaldi47 · 01-25-2012, 08:22 PM

I used to love collecting movie posters. Now they're so boring, I don't see the point. I think my favorite is the original for The Empire Strikes Back. Even the prequels had ok posters, but the dvd/blu-rays... not so much. I don't get why they can't use theatrical poster art for dvd/blu-ray. Is it a legal thing? I would LOVE to have Disney release their animated films with its theatrical poster as the cover. But instead we get inferior art.

thedarkangel1975 · 01-29-2012, 12:56 PM

Personally I think they are going with less is better. Some posters have too much, some of too little. The ones the original poster stated have creativity all look like a copy of the Star Wars posters to me.

toddly6666 · 02-02-2012, 05:47 PM

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/h...f-the-year.php

Aloha from Hawaii 73 · 07-27-2018, 10:45 AM

Had that Dracula been complete , it would've cost 3k euros , extremely rare !

The Kong took me like 5 yrs to find , its spectacular

Aloha from Hawaii 73 · 08-02-2018, 05:28 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_57DupXWyM

What a gorgeous poster

WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW · 03-10-2020, 06:01 AM

some of the recent posters for SW have been pretty cool, mostly more so the teasers and IMAX specials than the main one sheets though oddly enough

TFA IMAX - very cool

TLJ - teaser, very cool
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TROS - teaser, very cool
TROS IMAX - very cool
some of the alt Solo ones were cool
all of the mini IMAX Sunday posters for SW have been cool:

there have been some other nice ones:
Wonder Woman had some nice ones IMAX and regular
Wonder Wonder '84 teaser is cool
even if they are not like some of the old crazy paintings

WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW · 03-10-2020, 06:11 AM

it's late I'll fillin the res tof the images above tomorr
w

Aloha from Hawaii 73 · 07-19-2023, 06:55 PM

I spent like 3 hrs taking pics.....most people havent even seen this Bruce Lee poster before , i wasnt even sure for yrs whether it actually existed

Aloha from Hawaii 73 · 07-21-2023, 01:45 AM

check out my original movie posters , most even 1st print

toddly6666 · 01-26-2012, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Falaskan

Maybe you're just depressed and are making too big a deal out of something as trivial as movie posters, leading you to glean less overall enjoyment from a remenicient movie theater experience. seriously.

No, that's not it. I'll still go see a movie regardless of a movie poster. I'm just talking about movie posters that aren't as nice and creative as they were from the 1900s till the 1980s.

Mike53421 · 01-26-2012, 12:34 AM

40 Year Old Virgin
Knocked Up

And... some others (I think with Apatow links) all seem to feature something very generic. There's an Ed Helms one too that seems to also follow the formula, but I think with the ADD generation we're in they just expect people to associate the movie with "Ohhh haaaay it's that guy from the Office, funny!".

Battra92 · 01-26-2012, 01:07 AM

I think the Polish movie poster for Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla is the greatest movie poster of all time.

In all seriousness, I do thing Godzilla vs The Thing (Mothra) was a real classic

BohemianGraham · 01-26-2012, 01:29 AM

These are all awesome. I love Saul Bass.

EricJ · 01-26-2012, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

These are all awesome. I love Saul Bass.

Yeah, but it just wouldn't work for other movies:

[Show spoiler]

BohemianGraham · 01-26-2012, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by EricJ

Yeah, but it just wouldn't work for other movies:

[Show spoiler]

What are you talking about? that Titanic intro is 100x more awesome than Titanic itself!

Freaking hate that moviem as it's so overrated. The girls at school thought I was a lesbian (13 year old girls are evil! I was in grade 8 when it came out) because I didn't lurve it or Leo. I was more into Jude Law and Ewan MacGreggor.

Seymour · 02-21-2012, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike53421

40 Year Old Virgin
Knocked Up

And... some others (I think with Apatow links) all seem to feature something very generic. There's an Ed Helms one too that seems to also follow the formula, but I think with the ADD generation we're in they just expect people to associate the movie with "Ohhh haaaay it's that guy from the Office, funny!".

Personally, I've always like this poster. It's simple, but extremely catchy:

07-27-2018, 10:45 AM	#7
Aloha from Hawaii 73 Special Member Member since:Dec 2011	Had that Dracula been complete , it would've cost 3k euros , extremely rare ! The Kong took me like 5 yrs to find , its spectacular Last edited by Aloha from Hawaii 73; 08-02-2018 at 05:29 PM.

03-10-2020, 06:01 AM	#9
WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 4K collection:751 Blu-ray collection:2324 DVD collection:279 Blu-ray reviews:7	some of the recent posters for SW have been pretty cool, mostly more so the teasers and IMAX specials than the main one sheets though oddly enough TFA IMAX - very cool TLJ - teaser, very cool [img] TROS - teaser, very cool TROS IMAX - very cool some of the alt Solo ones were cool all of the mini IMAX Sunday posters for SW have been cool: there have been some other nice ones: Wonder Woman had some nice ones IMAX and regular Wonder Wonder '84 teaser is cool even if they are not like some of the old crazy paintings Last edited by WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW; 03-10-2020 at 06:10 AM.

07-19-2023, 06:55 PM	#11
Aloha from Hawaii 73 Special Member Member since:Dec 2011	I spent like 3 hrs taking pics.....most people havent even seen this Bruce Lee poster before , i wasnt even sure for yrs whether it actually existed Last edited by Aloha from Hawaii 73; 07-21-2023 at 01:44 AM.

01-25-2012, 07:39 PM	#2
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	I have said this before and most of the time people disagre but mostly it's because while Hollywood as always been a business now a days it's more of a business then the art. Once they were a business of making art, now Hollywood is a corporation about making money. Everything, every aspect is about how much money can we make or save, not about the creation of the movie. Some still think of the art first but they are mostly run down by the business men.

01-25-2012, 08:22 PM	#4
Rambaldi47 Expert Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Boston, MA Blu-ray collection:254 DVD collection:106	I used to love collecting movie posters. Now they're so boring, I don't see the point. I think my favorite is the original for The Empire Strikes Back. Even the prequels had ok posters, but the dvd/blu-rays... not so much. I don't get why they can't use theatrical poster art for dvd/blu-ray. Is it a legal thing? I would LOVE to have Disney release their animated films with its theatrical poster as the cover. But instead we get inferior art.

01-29-2012, 12:56 PM	#5
thedarkangel1975 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Pennsylvania 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:374 DVD collection:12 Digital collection:357 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Personally I think they are going with less is better. Some posters have too much, some of too little. The ones the original poster stated have creativity all look like a copy of the Star Wars posters to me.

02-02-2012, 05:47 PM	#6
toddly6666 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Hong Kong Home Theater Gallery:20 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:1441 DVD collection:31 Blu-ray reviews: 290 Trading Score:61	http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/h...f-the-year.php

08-02-2018, 05:28 PM	#8
Aloha from Hawaii 73 Special Member Member since:Dec 2011	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n_57DupXWyM What a gorgeous poster

03-10-2020, 06:11 AM	#10
WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 4K collection:751 Blu-ray collection:2324 DVD collection:279 Blu-ray reviews:7	it's late I'll fillin the res tof the images above tomorr w

01-26-2012, 12:34 AM	#14
Mike53421 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Mississauga, ON Blu-ray collection:40	40 Year Old Virgin Knocked Up And... some others (I think with Apatow links) all seem to feature something very generic. There's an Ed Helms one too that seems to also follow the formula, but I think with the ADD generation we're in they just expect people to associate the movie with "Ohhh haaaay it's that guy from the Office, funny!".

01-26-2012, 01:07 AM	#15
Battra92 Active Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:New England Blu-ray collection:12 Trading Score:1	I think the Polish movie poster for Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla is the greatest movie poster of all time. In all seriousness, I do thing Godzilla vs The Thing (Mothra) was a real classic

01-26-2012, 01:29 AM	#16
BohemianGraham Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada Blu-ray collection:397 DVD collection:458 Blu-ray reviews: 9	These are all awesome. I love Saul Bass.

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