Not all posters inspire multiple thoughts like Django Unchained or The Guilt Trip so let's do a wee collection of new objects du marketing.
To quote Heidi Klum "it looks cheap, no?" I really can't fathom why they can never take photos of stars together during any of the months in which they film to make posters. Why are they always pieced together later by photoshop? Imagine how great movie posters would be if they did them like the promotional photoshoots you'll sometimes see movies do for magazines like Vanity Fair. But enough of that rant. Let's talk about the tagline.
Behind every Psycho is a great woman."
That clearly positions this as a comedy and, perhaps surprisingly, announces Helen Mirren as the MVP. Best Actress here she comes. Given the comic slant its path to Golden Globe Glory and thus Academy eyeballs is secured. I'm seeing the film tomorrow morning. Can't wait.
Three more posters after the jump...
ON THE ROAD (2012)
I haven't been playing nicely with the internet lately so I have no idea how well this one was received by the great masses of movie blogs. I can't say I'm super fond of it, as I generally don't like horizontal photo collage posters. That strategy feels too indecisive --as if the film in question can't choose which way to represent itself. I liked this movie and Kiki and Viggo are definite highlights but I think they should have focused on the central trio here (Sam, Garrett & Kristen) instead inside a car and made the poster lustier, younger, and less... I don't know "Great Literature!" Stuffy.
THE WOLVERINE (2013)
I've had trouble getting excited about The Wolverine since X-Men Origins: Wolverine took all the joy out of that particular fandom. Then the sequel lost its actually visionary director (Darren Aronofsky). But these teaser posters are both Gorgeous with capital Gs and I couldn't be happier at the nods to Japan both visually and verbally (that "Rising Soon" is kind of a subtle pun though). Still, other than a potentially amazing setting, it's hard to know whether to get excited about it on principal: James Mangold's movies (Walk the Line, 3:10 To Yuma, Knight and Day, etcetera) don't have strong directorial signatures and the quality varies; Hugh Jackman is A+ as the title character but he's played this role a lot. Will he find anything new to bring to it?
I'm not sure how closely they'll follow the comic book narrative that first took Wolverine to Japan to meet Yukio and the rest but it was a good one back in the day.
Do any of these posters make you want to see the movies more than you already did?