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paulzolo

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Why Modern Movie Poster Art Sucks


	Quote: They don't make movie posters like they used to. Seriously, movie artwork in the 20th century used often evocative and iconic designs which looked great on college dorm walls. These days though, movie poster design is often a victim of too many approvals, overthought market research, and far too much Photoshop.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/30327/ ... -art-sucks

It’s a video - so choose your time to watch. I think he pretty much covers the major faults - apart from the CGI character smirk.

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Re: Why Modern Movie Poster Art Sucks

And the obligatory eyebrow lift from Eddie Murphy. :lol:

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Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:42 am

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Re: Why Modern Movie Poster Art Sucks

I don't know when I last saw a movie poster that was genuinely cool.

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	pcernie wrote: I don't know when I last saw a movie poster that was genuinely cool.

A long time ago. The alien one was good.

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Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:17 pm

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Re: Why Modern Movie Poster Art Sucks

My uncle's house used to be filled with cool movie posters in the 80s and 90s. I used to love looking at them. He got them from the local video shop iirc.

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	pcernie wrote: I don't know when I last saw a movie poster that was genuinely cool.

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	veato wrote: My uncle's house used to be filled with cool movie posters in the 80s and 90s. I used to love looking at them. He got them from the local video shop iirc.

Yes the old posters were great. The current ones all seem the same.

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