It's Jaden Smith. It's Will Smith. Help! I can't figure out which Smith is this? Oh wait, it's both. But, seriously, when did Jaden grow up so much he looks exactly like his dad? I would say other things about the poster, but I really can't think of anything else actually can't even think of anything more than the fact that they look like twins when I see it.
Wait, wait, I get it…the parents are the grown ups, but really they act like the kids and the kids act like the grown ups. Amiright? If you thought it would be hard to hate anything more than Grown Ups, it seems like Grown Ups 2 could be headed just in that direction.
Earlier today I posted the trailer for Much Ado About Nothing everything I love about the trailer is in this poster as well and I love it just as much. I am a sucker for the black, white and pink color combinations and it is used here beautifully. I'm not sure how I feel about Amy Acker headlining a movie, but from all I have seen so far, I'll allow it.
Another poster that accompanies a trailer that was released today. This posters feels verrrrrry reminiscent of the poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two, right down to the "It all ends." I'm sure that was on purpose as some sort of ironic meta reference, but I don't know that the Hangover movies really feels like they warrant an "epic finale." Also, this poster stars more of Alan's beard than actually Alan.
Aww, Katniss Everdeen is just about the sweetest, cutest thing I have ever seen. No, seriously, I want to steal that dress. I will wear it to my local theater and eat some popcorn while watching some movie films and laughing as everyone trips over my luscious folds of fabric. Okay, that might be the worst idea ever, but this "Capital Portrait" really does make me want to live inside the world of The Hunger Games…minus all the death and murder, that is.
I don't know much about this movie beyond it is premiering at SXSW and is by the director of My Sucky Teen Romance. However, I liked this poster and the drawings on it so much I thought the indie deserved some recognition.
Feel free to write your own caption here:__________________________________________
You know, instead of
realisticpessimistic about it, maybe if we all think happy thoughts and clap our hands, Grown Ups 2 will be a good movie....Yeah, I'm not buying it either. I was surprised to find out that Grown Ups turned enough of a profit to justify a sequel, since I haven't heard a single good thing said about it. Not. One. Positive. Thing.
On a side note, the Grown Up, Tony Phillips makes me want to play Costume Quest.
Wow, I didn't know there was a Grown Ups 2, or maybe I did and just made myself forget it. I know I'm just repeating what most are thinking but Adam Sandler has been a bummer for about a decade, a shame since I really like his earlier movies.
Favorite poster of these is definitely the Much Ado About Nothing one, I love the pink text combined with black and white.
Danger Is Real, Fear Is A Choice? What does that even meeeeeeeeeeeeean? Have we forgotten how to write good taglines, or simply ran out?
And the fact they're not credited as "Smith and son" makes me sad indeed.
"Write your own caption"? Don't mind if I do!
Ahem...
That Sofia Vergara is...
BANNED.
Much Ado About Nothing featuring Wesley and Fred from Angel and the rest of the Joss Whedon players!!!
The Grown Ups 2 poster looks like Adam Sandler and friends are excited for using another movie as a paid vacation. Meanwhile Salma Hayek is like I was in fucking Frida and I am reduced to playing nothing more then eye candy in a shitty Sandler movie.
I hate to admit it but the Hangover Part 3 poster did get a chuckle out of me because it reminded me of the aforementioned Harry Potter movie poster.
That wedding dress for THE HUNGER GAMES looks kind of stupid. A little too over-the-top. I wish Gary Ross was still directing, not the guy who did WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.
I can't wait for AFTER EARTH. It is one of my most anticipated this year. Anyone else super-excited?
Anyone else notice that three of the posters look almost the same?
@VioletEyedDragon said:
No, because it is an M. Night Shyamalan joint featuring Will Smith and nepotism. The Tom Cruise movie with a similar plot of revisiting Earth on the other hand seems interesting.
Listen guys, The Hangover 3 poster is a DIRECT parody of the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Poster. It's obvious as can be. It's not an inside joke. They wanted to poke fun at the absurdity of The Hangover becoming an "epic trilogy".
The Much Ado one strikes me as being very pretentious, especially with the olive branch awards typical of a pretentious indie flick. Joss Whedon being on the poster is the only thing that saves it from being indie artsy shlock (or at least coming off that way).
Grown Ups 1 was poo, but I know the younger audiences liked it and there's nothing wrong with having movies appealing to them (and other people who just want very simple humor with actors they like).
Catching Fire is something I'm looking forward to, and I enjoy how the posters are all being "produced" by The Capitol. That's meta, not The Hangover 3 Poster.
@Ghost_of_GhostDad said:
Will Smith is a great actor who rarely makes a bad movie. Tom Cruise is a great actor who (in recent years) rarely makes a good movie. M. Night Shyamalan made SIGNS, THE SIXTH SENSE, and UNBREAKABLE. John Kosinski made TRON: LEGACY, the comic OBVLIVION is based on, and...nothing. AE has a compelling father/son dynamic that should be interesting; OBLIVION is just your typical "rogue marine vs. evil sci-fi conspiracy" story.
@VioletEyedDragon said:
Counterpoint: Mission Impossible 4 was quite good. M. Night followed up those three films with the ending of Signs, Avatar the Last Airbender, Lady in the Lake, The Village, and The Happening. While you enjoyed MIB 3, I haven't truly enjoyed a Will Smith movie since The Pursuit of Happyness in '06.
@Ghost_of_GhostDad said:
glad you remember our conversation about MIB3.
And yes, MI4 was good. Very much so. But KNIGHT AND DAY, ROCK OF AGES, and JACK REACHER were not.
THE LAST AIRBENDER was a bad movie. No doubt about that. But his earlier films definitely showed that he has amazing talent, and if THE LAST AIRBENDER is the worst film he ever makes it is still better than a lot of people's best. Plus,the story of AE looks more compelling.
@Tylea002: It means that the danger is real, but fear is a choice.
@Tylea002 said:
That's actually a quote directly from the trailer for the movie. In the context of the poster, it makes no sense at all. In the context that Will Smith delivers the line (with the words he speaks before it, that is), it makes plenty of sense and has a resonating sense to it.
@VioletEyedDragon: The Sixth Sense is the ONLY good M. Night movie. The rest are tolerable if you can get past bad cinematic storytelling that rely too heavily on a twist ending...and in the case of The Happening, literally just bad cinema as a whole. Yes, I'm including Unbreakable in that. It's a movie that is nothing more than "hey, I wonder if I can do this" and "hey, I wonder if I can do that," all of which literally leads to nothing more than a surprise ending of "HEY, I AM DECLARING MYSELF TO BE A VILLAIN BECAUSE YOU ARE THE HERO, COMIC BOOKS, YEAH!" While that was quite the revelation on initial viewing, it can easily be seen as lazy and an annoyance on subsequent viewings. Signs...well, people can dig it all they want, but the ending is fucking lame. Seriously, the aliens can be killed by water...SO THEY INVADED A PLANET THAT IS PRIMARILY MADE OF WATER?! That is lazy writing at its finest, not covering your main points at all.
Beyond that, I will say that both Will Smith AND Tom Cruise are good actors...that have just happened to work on some shitty films as of late. Then again, name how many quality films are actually coming out on a fairly regular basis in the last couple of years. It's difficult to do so. After Earth looks great (and is written by Gary Whitta, former friend of Screened and a good writer...despite my issues with Book of Eli) and Oblivion looks the same (high sci-fi directed by the guy who did Tron: Legacy? FUCK YES!)
I don't know why I felt the need to comment on all of that...but I did...because I'm just that way. It's a curse, actually.
@Microshock said:
Couldn't agree more, the ado poster screams of pretension and it is dull dull dull, 2 faces and pink writing do not a good poster make.
The Hangover poster isn't trying to pretend its anything else and I'm very surprised that staceywi wouldn't realise this was poking fun at itself.
Grown ups I really couldn't careless about, I agree it appeals to the younger generation, but the last movie had no plot or point, it just was a bunch of stuff that happened and I can't believe that cut a profit.
I think the Hunger Games is the best of the posters.
@VioletEyedDragon: Why are you capitalising the names of movies?
@Shortbreadtom said:
hitting the italic button is too much work ;)
@fables87: I'd say 4 of them