Thursday, September 09, 2004
Poster Child.
So, it turns out I was completely wrong about Dodgeball. A truly average movie, if ever there was one. Sure, I’ll admit I chuckled a couple of times. That hardly warrants the “funniest movie of the year” plaque that many have nailed to this film.
It did remind me of an issue that has been bugging me for quite some time though.
Movie Posters.
How is it, that the people who make or design these posters, find it incredibly difficult to put the name of the actor above the correct actor.
Point in case with Dodgeball. Top left: the words Vince Vaughn, below stands clear as the day Ben Stiller. A little further along the poster we see the words Ben, almost immediately followed by Stiller. Who’s that with the awkward smile underneath, well shit me sideways it’s Vince Vaughn.
Why? And I am fairly sure this painfully common. Test it out yourself, if you happen to see some movie posters.
Sure there’s probably some crappy billing reason for this. Me, I just call it “When design goes BAD!”
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It did remind me of an issue that has been bugging me for quite some time though.
Movie Posters.
How is it, that the people who make or design these posters, find it incredibly difficult to put the name of the actor above the correct actor.
Point in case with Dodgeball. Top left: the words Vince Vaughn, below stands clear as the day Ben Stiller. A little further along the poster we see the words Ben, almost immediately followed by Stiller. Who’s that with the awkward smile underneath, well shit me sideways it’s Vince Vaughn.
Why? And I am fairly sure this painfully common. Test it out yourself, if you happen to see some movie posters.
Sure there’s probably some crappy billing reason for this. Me, I just call it “When design goes BAD!”
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