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Bizzare movie posters.

Cantona's Collars · 2010-12-19 20:43:20

Found some bizzare and some funny movie posters from Ghana http://www.lazypalace.com/hilarious-movie-posters-in-ghana/ What's your fave/worst poster? I know some that made a film look awesome only to be let down by the actual movie (the days before internet where we relied on tv ads and a cool looking poster)

19-12-2010 8:43pm

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Found some bizzare and some funny movie posters from Ghana http://www.lazypalace.com/hilarious-movie-posters-in-ghana/ What's your fave/worst poster? I know some that made a film look awesome only to be let down by the actual movie (the days before internet where we relied on tv ads and a cool looking poster)

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#2 20-12-2010 5:36am

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I don't watch movie trailers at all (unless I've seen the movie) and so I my only exposure to new films is the posters.

I also avoid magazine interviews and the like as when I am in the cinema, I want to enjoy a movie and not have any baggage on what it is going to be like, or what others have thought of it.

Sometimes I will stuck some place and it will be impossible to ignore a trailer, like it was for me when in a mates house last month and just had to watch the Knight and Day one. Couldn't believe how much they gave away, most of the best bits are in it.

Anyway, I love Movie Posters for that reason above all else, they can capture the essence of a movie, yet still not reveal anything that will spoil your enjoyment.

As you eluded to, some posters make a movie look like it will be class, and it will be anything but (The Incredible Hulk being one) and then some will look quite dull and yet be a masterpiece (Halloween being a prime example, terrible poster for one of the greatest films ever made).

The Jaws poster is a classic for sure:

I'd be here all day naming the ones I liked, but another few would be:

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#3 22-12-2010 1:23pm

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Poland is another country that has it's own (fabulous!) take on film posters.

50 Incredible Film Posters from Poland

The IMPA site is well worth a browse for the best and worst in recent history.

International Movie Poster Awards

Personally I've always had a thing for Saul Bass' work:

Saul Bass Posters

My favourite being:

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#4 22-12-2010 2:00pm

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The new Meet the Fockers poster is quite strange. Has some of the ridiculous photoshop peculiarities that were identified in this thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056051460&highlight=posters

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#5 22-12-2010 2:04pm

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If a poster is meant to catch the essence of a film then this must be one of the strangest attempts to do so.

If you do not know this film, can you guess who or what Christine is?

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#6 22-12-2010 2:04pm

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Op you might be interested in this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/dec/20/black-swan-posters

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#7 22-12-2010 4:16pm

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zerks wrote: »

Found some bizzare and some funny movie posters from Ghana http://www.lazypalace.com/hilarious-movie-posters-in-ghana/

Surprising the number of those african ones that involve decapitation ! The africanised versions of hollywood ones were pretty funny too.

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