Comments on: Great Posters for Terrible Movies

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:24:57 +0000

The Shadow movie was the biggest disappointment of my entire childhood.

By: Jay Bobbin

Jay Bobbin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:43:25 +0000

I’m a sucker for the all-star-disaster-movie posters of the 1970s, not to mention those movies themselves. Even if the film turned out to be horrid — and there was about an 85-percent chance of that — it was a kick to see all those little photos of the stars bunched together.

Many of them came from “disaster master” producer Irwin Allen, post-“Poseidon Adventure” and “Towering Inferno,” but one I feel especially bad about is “Meteor”: Sean Connery! Natalie Wood! Henry Fonda! And a big, honkin’ meteor that moves at exactly the same speed in the film and on the poster.

By: u2

u2 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:44:33 +0000

If you can find a movie poster of Sandy Lyle playing the bagpipes as the kid in “Crocodile Tears” you’ve got Movie Gold!!!!!

Seriously, I’ll buy it.

By: EZ

EZ — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:16:02 +0000

I would like to see an “Awesome movie posters where the movie lived up the the hype” column. I’m sure you could word it better. I would present the poster for “Carne Tremula”. This movie poster was literally on every major city street corner in Spain for 2 months before the Almodovar classic was released in theaters. The movie was awesome and even had a cameo by Penelope Cruz. Google image “Carne Tremula poster” and then imagine that poster on every lamp post and city-building across America (would never happen).

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:14:23 +0000

Oh no, I misread and thought you were inferring that you DID like it.

Yeah, that movie was garbage. Superman as a stalker and deadbeat Dad? C’mon.

By: OTE award winner derryX

OTE award winner derryX — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:57:54 +0000

Ahh yes, my mistake. Wait, you liked Superman Returns?

I liked the setup for the characters, but thought the execution was a little off. The imbalance of making Supes look like the messiah followed by how easily he was owned by Luthor (Spacey was amazing BTW) was bothersome to me. And I had a bit of an issue with Cyclops being the bigger hero at the end of the day. hahaha

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:53:49 +0000

derryX - You’re thinking of Bryan Singer. Snyder’s directing the upcoming reboot.

And boy do we have different opinions on “Superman Returns.”

By: OTE award winner derryX

OTE award winner derryX — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:52:19 +0000

I’ve seen most of these, and I love your blurbs!

RE: Masters of the Universe – My friends and I suspect that this movie was a project they had sitting around without a title for years before executing because of the disparity between it and anything He-Man. It seems like, after the fact, they re-wrote the script to make it resemble the He-Man universe but failed miserably. It also came 2+ years after the peak of popularity of the toys/show, so they obviously were reluctant to put it out there.

RE: Watchmen – Yes it doesnt capture the depth of Moore’s masterpiece, but there’s no way it ever could. You can pick that book up over and over and get something new every time. And, although they toyed with the ending and ultimate meaning of the work, I enjoy the film in a universe of it’s own. Taken side by side with Superman Returns, it’s a respectable film [Snyder spoiled Superman for me – not that Superman 2, 3, and 4 helped – aside: the Donner cut of Superman 2 is fantastic]

By: Kevin Marshall

Kevin Marshall — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:34:06 +0000

The second one.

In all honesty, Dolph was the least of that film’s problems.

By: KGB

KGB — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:29:02 +0000

Did this post begin with movies that you had hope for and hated, then remembered they had fantastic one-sheets? Or were you reviewing posters recently and went “wow, what a great image” only to flash-forward to inevitable cinematic let-down?

Also, please take back what you said about “Masters of the Universe”; Dolph can do NO wrong!