The Movie Poster Thread.

MajorDSmythe

http://www.007.info/ImagesBIG/TLDUKQuad4.jpg
^ No discussion about Movie Posters could go without a mention of my favourite Bond Movie Poster.

<b>The Beyond</b>
<img src="http://media.nerdblerp.com/uploaded/2011/06/1307569615_the-beyond-horror-movie-poster.jpg"; />

<b>School For Scoundrels</b>
<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0bfdUTVHMmA/S8RcXLXxW_I/AAAAAAAABsQ/_gMYkTo4qm0/s1600/School+for+Scoundrels.bmp"; />

<b>The Devil Came From Akasava</b>
<img src="http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/devil_inside_01.jpg"; />

<b>Night Moves</b>
<img src="http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7894/97333772.jpg"; />


There's 5 from me to begin with.

H007MER

The early Bond posters were fantastic. One of my favourites.....

http://www.leelibros.com/biblioteca/files/007_Contra_El_Dr_No_1.jpg

thelordflasheart

The early Bond posters were fantastic. One of my favourites.....

http://www.leelibros.com/biblioteca/files/007_Contra_El_Dr_No_1.jpg

That's a fantastic one, @H007MER. Once I learned about poster design and saw posters from all over the world I often marvelled at how the international posters are far better - to my tastes, anyway - than they North American ones.

I know that a lot of people would like to see a return to the "Drew Struzman (?) style" posters of the 70's and 80's but I think that time has passed. However, a new poster similar in design to that DN poster could be very cool and different enough from what the general public is used to seeing that it could be a real conversation starter in the multi-plexes. But the film would have to be in a similar style, or perhaps the "timeless class" style of a Martin Campbell Bond film, to suit it (or vice versa).

One of my favourite Bond articles was in Premiere magazine when LTK came out. They talked about changing the title from Licence Revoked to LTK but also showcased 5 concept posters. Each was a huge departure from the style of posters used up until that time; they were mostly fantastic and would have moved Bond back to being a trend-maker instead of a trend-follower. Sadly, they went with a conventional poster instead. If there was a time to try something new I think now would be a good one.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Great posters so far gents. I raise you both some from one of my favorites: The Bourne Ultimatum.




This is an awesome thread, and I can't wait to contribute more with the rest of you movie lovers. ;-)

thelordflasheart

Here's an example of one of the Licence Revoked posters I mentioned:

http://the-reviewer.net/2011/01/21/licence-to-kill-james-bond-january/

thelordflasheart

And one more...very simple, but very ahead of its time in the late 80's. And to my tastes far better than the photo-based posters of the last few films, especially DAD:

http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/aec8b386

DaltonCraig007

I agree @0Brady - Bourne Ultimatum's posters were excellent

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Another one of my favorites. The Dark Knight had some great great posters
http://host.trivialbeing.org/up/tdk-jul1-dark-knight-poster-stupidbats.jpg
http://www.joblo.com/movie-posters/images/full/2008-dark_knight-4.jpg
http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/tdk-int.jpg
http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/mp/2008_The_Dark_Knight/movieposter.jpg
http://xcdn.me/pt/1m/posters/images/The-Dark-Knight-Poster_15876171e263243ed4ab820575894ab7.jpg
http://api.ning.com/files/8TN7CirL6IH0HhoMaQlN2OzJIWfV56aFE8AEb*fBodWsg0GdV6leKkczSk6fW8mO1Ly*jUTc*lrHLvPXi9cvKt6lNrSAt30R/thedarkknight21280.jpg

CoH_GHOST_007

Back to the Future (1985)
http://johneaves.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/back-to-the-future-1985.jpg

One of my all-time favourite movies, and one of my all-time favourite posters!
(I just bought this poster and is now up on my wall with other movie 'greats', such as: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Casino Royale and the final Harry Potter film)

j7wild

oh I can go on all day posting 1000s of sexy movie posters but I won't....

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

oh I can go on all day posting 1000s of sexy movie posters but I won't....

Good.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

I came across this and had to post this:
http://www.thisblogrules.com/2012/05/25-stunning-alternate-movie-posters.html?utm_source=crowdignite.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crowdignite.com
Some great creativity there.

AgentDalton

j7wild wrote:

oh I can go on all day posting 1000s of sexy movie posters but I won't....

Same here.

I'll keep it simple and share some favorites:
Dr. Strangelove
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Creasy47

It seems that a lot of my favorite movies have some incredibly terrible posters, whether it be a photoshop problem or just too generic.

But, sometimes, simplicity, though seen as generic, is all I need. Take my favorite film, for example:

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

How insane. I never knew this one existed: