No stars listed so you have no clue who’s going to be in it. And you go to the theaters, and see this. The Ghostbusters theme song, nobody has heard.
You already know this is my favorite film of all time, but here me out. But here, Bane looks to be the leader of a revolution. Sure, Ra’s Al Ghul had a couple of clandestine ninja goons, and the Joker had a few lost followers of his own. I was very impressed, being that the good majority of promotional posters for this second sequel to Batman Begins were disappointingly lackluster. I was in London that summer, and saw this horizontal poster on the side of a double-decker bus. This poster I first saw while TDKR was in theaters. Amazing typography and an awesome picture that drives both fans of the older films and newcomers to the franchise to think, “what’s happening here?” If a poster can make you do that it, it’s done it’s job well. Although the rich logo (complete with a cheesy, yet hardened 70’s feel) is dwarfed by the tagline of the film and gray-scale imagery, it still remains the hero of this design. Even if you never saw Sam Raimi’s three previous comedy-horror classics that this more recent film rebooted, you can still feel something completely different about this movie poster. There are plenty, but this is just a few off the top of the ol’ dome.
It’s exciting! Without attempting to maintain a particular biased about how good the movies are or not, here is a list of some of the best movie poster designs I’ve ever seen. In fact, I highly enjoy seeing films released in stores in two or three formats, each format with its own distinctive cover design. But wow, that movie poster was something epic, wasn’t it? Now, not all DVD covers are bad. Trust me, I didn’t enjoy Attack of the Clones either. Mind you, it doesn’t really matter how good or bad the film promoted film actually is. How disappointed were you, after seeing the incredible movie posters for films like Attack of the Clones or Pain & Gain, only to find the horribly put-together DVD cover designs for them? In my head, I’m thinking, why didn’t they just transfer the dope movie poster design to the DVD cover? I can’t tell you how many DVD covers for films totally suck.