Awful Movie Posters

Olivia Bauer · October 20, 2019, 10:18:38 PM

I think that title was literally made in MS paint.

claws · October 20, 2019, 11:15:27 PM

Pretty bad no doubt. That was the poster art for the UK I think. The original theatrical poster was this:

Gabriel Knight · October 21, 2019, 07:19:01 AM

After reading the user's comments on IMDb I think the movie itself it's as bad as the poster.

Olivia Bauer · October 21, 2019, 08:17:36 AM

Quote from: Gabriel Knight on October 21, 2019, 07:19:01 AM
After reading the user's comments on IMDb I think the movie itself it's as bad as the poster.

Oh the movie is awful. It's really, really, really bad. The plot is nonsense. Watch this:

https://youtu.be/_lf3bDtdVHc

Olivia Bauer · October 21, 2019, 07:49:30 PM

This is just plain terrifying.

bob · October 21, 2019, 08:58:58 PM

Quote from: claws on October 20, 2019, 11:15:27 PM
Pretty bad no doubt. That was the poster art for the UK I think. The original theatrical poster was this:

when I borrowed I Know Who Killed Me from the local library that was on the cover of the DVD

Olivia Bauer · October 24, 2019, 11:12:17 AM

Someone please tell me nobody got paid for this poster.
This Photoshop is embarrassing.

RCMerchant · October 24, 2019, 11:34:53 AM

^ I read that book last year.
King has really turned into a hack.

Olivia Bauer · October 24, 2019, 10:28:47 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on October 24, 2019, 11:34:53 AM
^ I read that book last year.
King has really turned into a hack.

Never read his stuff but I've heard he's always been a bit of a hack.
Going off of what I've seen from adaptations of his work it seems to me that he has some great ideas buried under a bunch of bulls**t.

The greatest dichotomy highlighting this is the two different adaptations of The Shining.

The Kubrick version of The Shining is considered to be one of the greatest horror films of all time.
However it made so many deviations from the book that King was unhappy with.

King attempted to make a "real" adaptation of The Shining with a mini-series.
...It was hot garbage.

RCMerchant · October 24, 2019, 10:33:37 PM

^ AJ, some of his early books and stories are quite good! I think you would like them!
But now he writes these 800 plus page tomes that drag out like the old DARK SHADOWS TV show...ugh!

Olivia Bauer · October 24, 2019, 10:38:06 PM

Okay, this is just lazy.
I could make this! Anybody with Photoshop could make this!
They took a photo of Chris Hemsworth, tinted it red, and put text in front of it.
There is nothing special about this poster at all. It's absolute trash.

And the text itself is the lamest s**t. "The god of thunder"? That all you got?

Olivia Bauer · October 24, 2019, 10:40:34 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on October 24, 2019, 10:33:37 PM
^ AJ, some of his early books and stories are quite good! I think you would like them!
But now he writes these 800 plus page tomes that drag out like the old DARK SHADOWS TV show...ugh!

I'd love to try them, but I can't. I have really bad ADHD. I even tried an audiobook of It and I just couldn't get through it.

Olivia Bauer · October 25, 2019, 10:56:50 PM

Dr. Whom · October 27, 2019, 09:44:14 AM

Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 24, 2019, 10:38:06 PM

Okay, this is just lazy.
I could make this! Anybody with Photoshop could make this!
They took a photo of Chris Hemsworth, tinted it red, and put text in front of it.
There is nothing special about this poster at all. It's absolute trash.

And the text itself is the lamest s**t. "The god of thunder"? That all you got?

-So, Brian how is the poster coming along?
- The... poster? What poster?
- The one you were doing one for Thor, remember. We need everything by Monday.
- Erm, sure, that poster.... No problem. I'm on it.

Olivia Bauer · October 28, 2019, 05:08:59 PM

This is a poster for the 2013 remake of Oldboy by Spike Lee. The original South Korean film Oldboy by Park Chan Wook is one of my favorite movies period.
This movie is the worst remake I've ever seen. It's dog s**t.

1/10

But there's a pretty sad story behind this poster. There was a better poster by Juan Luis Garcia.

This poster is a million times better and I actually kinda like the chaotic look of it.
Well, Spike Lee's company treated Juan very badly and the money they tried to pay him was insultingly low.
When he asked to be reasonably compensated they told him that it's the "exposure" that matters.

Juan wasn't happy with this explanation and demanded he receive the money promised to him. They called him "despicable"
harassed him, and said he'll never find work again. They had initially agreed to allow him to put his poster on his website.
But when he tried he got a bunch of threats and harassment.

Since they didn't have the rights to the good poster they just made a rip-off of it.

Juan posted a letter to Spike Lee on his website talking about how badly treated he was, infuriating many people.
When confronted about it Spike Lee decided to be a little baby b***h about the whole thing and responded in an amazingly unprofessional way.

Spike Lee isn't a bad director but he is an absolute turd. There are other stories of him being an amoral jack-off. If you want to hear more
about how awful the Oldboy remake is watch this video. (Watch the S. Korean film first though).