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Post by vampiroporvida on Jun 16, 2023 11:23:25 GMT -5
Hey guys, I was huge into movie posters as a kid, and back then, it seemed they put thought and excitement into the poster. It was something you saw that made you want to see the movie, or at least have that cool art hanging on your wall. Same went for VHS/DVD art. These days, only some movie posters seem to reflect the style and care of the olden days, like the new Mario one, while many others all seem to be copy and paste generic.
Does anybody else think this too, or am I just not looking into them enough anymore? Any good examples of posters or promo items that live up to the past?
Thanks all.
VPV
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Post by Valbroski on Jun 16, 2023 13:32:22 GMT -5
Movie posters did used to be a lot better. I guess now it’s not as important for them to entice people to see the movie because of how many better ways there are to advertise. You could probably put movie posters under an umbrella of reasons why movies/going to the movie theater in general isn’t the same.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 16, 2023 19:10:26 GMT -5
My brother has quite a few of them framed on his walls
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Post by The Real Chillary on Jun 17, 2023 5:49:40 GMT -5
The reason they put so much care and attention in, is because they had the VHS case in mind. You want your movie to stand out when it stores.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jun 17, 2023 6:27:40 GMT -5
We are definitely in the “group of people photoshopped together” era of movie posters.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2023 15:09:46 GMT -5
I miss the simplicity of a good movie poster. Now they gotta try and fit every actor in the movie on posters and it’s just a jumbled mess
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Post by toomuchstuff on Jun 23, 2023 1:25:20 GMT -5
I collect 007 , misc kung fu , Bruce Lee , some Loren/Monroe , horror
Like to get them sgd but its costly and hard to complete a poster , provided all stars are alive , most 007 stars dead now
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 23, 2023 5:55:52 GMT -5
Someone asked Drew Struzan if he was doing the poster for Dial of Destiny, he declined to do it since he retired years ago. It would have been cool to have him come out of retirement for one last job
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Post by HBK: Kayfabe on Jul 8, 2023 22:14:29 GMT -5
Posters had to convey more due to the limited touchpoints with advertising. Today, it’s easier to get content out and therefore, posters now capture the individual rather the tone or setting of the movie.
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Jul 10, 2023 4:45:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I heard or read somewhere that the reason why more stylized, intricate posters have died out is because people/the general audience are more "attracted" to seeing who the featured actors are in the movie and it hooks them because of familiarity with the actors involved. Or something like that.
It's on my "to watch" list but I hear "24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters" dives into the subject more if you're interested.
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Post by RSCTom on Aug 4, 2023 5:16:41 GMT -5
I love movie posters and I think it's been bad even since the DVD days launched. I always remember hating the covers of the Ghostbusters DVDs and would have just loved the symbols with no or minimal text. They're overmarketed, oversaturated and sometimes just plain nasty. It's gotten exceptionally bad ever since The Force Awakens...the Star Wars sequels posters are some of the worst I can think of for one of my favorite franchises. Some general movies get away with some better ones here and there but it's few and far between. With that in mind I actually am moving so I started buying some movie posters, not even of favorite movies but just some of my favorites in terms of how they look so I'm looking forward to having those hanging up. I got really into it for a while. Here's one of my prize collection pieces:  |
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Aug 20, 2023 17:52:42 GMT -5
Not as much creativity nowadyas
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Post by oldschoolfool on Sept 4, 2023 9:44:41 GMT -5
Someone asked Drew Struzan if he was doing the poster for Dial of Destiny, he declined to do it since he retired years ago. It would have been cool to have him come out of retirement for one last job Struzan has come out of retirement several times already. I always liked Amsel's Indiana Jones posters better than Struzan's anyway. It's too bad he died young. Movie posters havent been any good for a long while already. |
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Post by toomuchstuff on Sept 14, 2023 2:00:38 GMT -5
I have the small advance Jaws 2 (Coca Cola tie in ?) poster , nice art with the shark great 007 items , much of it 1st issue too.....you dont see much of those sgd 65 anniversary Dracula '58 : "Too bad shes bad" arg 1sh 1957 (typical false advertising , there is no such "nude" scene in it....lol. Safe for work natch) R70s "SLIH" ger 1sh , fairly common to find but nice This is the best "HD" poster imo , the art is so colorful and pops : I have most posters linen backed thus I use dinner plates to straighten them out in a video  |
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Post by k5 on Sept 14, 2023 18:51:38 GMT -5
the trailers move the movie sales now, they just don’t rely on posters to entice as most people sadly need more stimulation than a still image in today’s times.
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Post by toomuchstuff on Sept 16, 2023 1:19:27 GMT -5
R70s french 2sh (just episodes edited together , they did the same in Germany....german 1sh is very htf & got that too , the german edition has vanished but it did happen as poster/lobbys were printed)
(sgd 2011 , Riggs only con)
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Post by toomuchstuff on Nov 20, 2023 2:30:15 GMT -5
Jaws artist Roger Kastel RIP
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Post by oldschoolfool on Nov 20, 2023 22:02:05 GMT -5
92 is a great run. I have that Jaws image on a shirt.
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Post by k5 on Nov 21, 2023 10:56:27 GMT -5
I haven’t seen it, but fx’s tv show ‘the bear’ uses movie poster style art for their seasons that aren’t bad.
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