Inept film posters

[mothman]

That's inept by any standards.

[clingfilm portent]

The tagline for that one could have been "Ever feel like you're being watched?"

[The Region Legion]

Why ... why don't they put it so the names match the people underneath. If they're going for the most famous person on the poster listed first then why not put the picture of that person in the same place as they're clearly photoshops from different shoots.

There is actually a reason for this. It's something to do with actors or, more likely, their agents recognising that top billing and positioning on the poster were two different things and could be negotiated for differently. So Christian Bale takes top billing and front center position on that poster, but Bradley Cooper gets first on the left, Jennifer Lawrence gets 2nd row on the right but the "and" that makes it look important that she's in it, Amy Adams gets 2nd from the left but 4th billing and Jeremy Renner gets last in the row but central billing on the name.

The Japanese poster is different and although I don't understand it, all the positions will have been decided specifically not just "oh, I guess we'll whack that one there...". Whoever is a bigger draw to the Japanese audiences maybe? They read from right to left after all - Jennifer Lawrence is, arguably, the world's biggest female film star right now, Jeremy Renner was in the Avengers... it sort of makes sense until Amy Adams coming before Cooper and Bale. Dunno.

[Replies From View]

The tagline for that one could have been "Ever feel like you're being watched?"

Or "Ever feel like the sunset is fucked?"

[zomgmouse]

This looks like a bad photoshop. But no, it's real.

[Mini]

[Glebe]

[clingfilm portent]

The tagline for that one could have been "Ever feel like you're being watched?"

Which no longer makes sense with the image they've replaced it with.

It used to be this:

[Mini]

There could be a separate thread for inept Nicolas Cage posters

[Blumf]

Lest we forget:

[marquis_de_sad]

Lest we forget:

His left arm looks like a flat binbag.

[MojoJojo]

He has the expression of a hypochondriac who has just found a lump under his armpit, and thinks it might be cancer.

[Bhazor]

The unconvincing collage of people of bad enough, but what really grates is how the list is laid out.  Why would all the lines ending in '..... Job' start in a different position to the rest of it?  Surely they could have done something?  Also, possibly the least alluring picture of Aubrey in existence.

Is giving a guy a blowjob really something a girl has to work towards? I mean in my experience just yawn in mixed company and someones going to put some body part in your mouth. Its also noteworthy that then 29 year old Aubrey Plaza is playing an 18 year old girl. Its like the old slasher movies having 30 year old teenagers.

[Custard]

Look at this shit

[Pit-Pat]

It's not entirely without its charms

[greenman]

There could be a separate thread for inept Nicolas Cage posters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExfV_xKaiM

[Small Man Big Horse]

It's not entirely without its charms

I was surprised that it was vaguely okay. No classic by any means and it covers old ground, but there was the odd funny moment in it.

[DukeDeMondo]

Look at this shit

Good God. That is just hideous.

I'll watch the film, though, Bachelorette was great.

[Ron Maels Moustache]

Look at this shit

Alison Brie's horrifically mangled hand is slightly alarming.

[hewantstolurkatad]

Sleeping with Other People has two very good leads that play off each other well and a script that at points works really well.

With a few improvements it could've been pretty great imo. Unusually funny for typical romcom fare too.

[Pit-Pat]

I was surprised that it was vaguely okay. No classic by any means and it covers old ground, but there was the odd funny moment in it.

I meant just the poster, but I can imagine tolerating the film itself too.

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Alison Brie has really nice, shapely knockers. Worth watching the film for that reason alone, I would have thought.

[thecuriousorange]

Was this really an official poster? It's the one on the Wikipedia page.

[Kane Jones]

Christ, that's horrible.

I'm pretty sure this was the one I remember seeing about;

[Glebe]

That's like your local primary school doing a play.

[Porter Dimi]

I personally preferred the original:

[Mini]

Not inept but not good either.

   

[Mini]

Now that's inept.

[marquis_de_sad]

Not inept but not good either.

 

[Pit-Pat]

Now that's inept.

I thought Bad Santa was reasonably alright, but that poster makes me actively not want to watch the sequel.