Comments on: A Countdown List of the Greatest Movie Posters Ever

By: De Advocate

De Advocate — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 17:28:58 +0000

Great list, you could have done a whole section on just Drew Struzan art but I guess that has been done. Also, on Silence of the Lambs, did you catch the death head on the moth is made up of people.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 05:55:30 +0000

In reply to Taylor Holmes. What a great response and attitude, Taylor. Keep up the good work.

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 04:14:10 +0000

In reply to Fuckov Ndi.

Chief,
It really isn’t worth it. Take a deep breath. I edited Usual Suspects. And seriously? It’s like a ninety year old movie. I welcome you to help me fix this site. If you tell me I get something wrong I change it. You realize this is a hobby right? I literally write 10k words a week. Sometimes 20k. I do it for fun. And yeah, I make mistakes. If I namechecked movies that aren’t here, it’s probably because of edits and additions. So I apologize. But I can’t add them because I don’t know what you are referring to. If you had spent less time calling me names and more time helping me get it right I would be able to make more changes.

It’s been a while since someone’s called me an asshole though. So there’s that. I honestly would prefer you stick around. Critics actually help make you better, so I’d prefer to learn than to keep making mistakes.
Taylor

By: Fuckov Ndi

Fuckov Ndi — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 22:21:45 +0000

TH is an asshole. The spoiler in Usual Suspects is uncalled for when one thinks the spoiler is merely within the link. TH does this everywhere all the fucking time. Also, what is up with name-checking two movies, stating they are on this list, yet they are not? Slopping is modus operandi around here. Avoid bookmarking and returning to this site. Bye, dickless.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:04:09 +0000

I prefer posters that aren’t so chaotic, like with one subject or object on the poster. I usually don’t like the main poster that is at the movie theater or on the DVD cover (I prefer teasers). My favorite poster is Interstellar: http://tinyurl.com/jnyceg6 but I also really like this one from Fury: http://tinyurl.com/hk3z6qp Of the ones you posted, the only posters I would ever hang are Memento (which I actually do own) and Moon. The rest have too much going on, whether it’s text or visuals, or it’s just not aesthetically pleasing to me. My own opinion of course :)

Custom/minimalist posters can be found on Etsy and some of them are really great. For example, this poster for the Matrix: http://tinyurl.com/zf9u6nm Some minimalist posters don’t even need a title because the single object tells all (for example, a poster for The Matrix that’s just a bent spoon)

By: Jasparsin Tharou

Jasparsin Tharou — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:35:48 +0000

OK, I’m not disagreeing with you but there’s a couple I’d add to the mix… “In Space, no one can hear you scream”… (Yes I know it’s posters, just thought I’d make it fun..that was a good poster…) As much as I hate to admit it, the Jurassic Park promo’s were good… Matrix… Gremlins (1). Yeah… this subject matter is waaay too big… I suggest we quit now – Before I get onto Papillon etc… And you KNOW some 10 year old will hit us with TMNT….

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:06:04 +0000

In reply to Taylor Holmes. Good point. This is why you are my Master and I a mere Padawan. Joking aside (or not) you are right, and so SW7 indeed qualifies. :)

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:34:07 +0000

In reply to Jon. I'd probably say that the best movie poster would be one that best sells the movie and it's idea. Right? Seeing as though that is what a movie poster is all about, no? To entice people to see it? It almost hurts our ability to score this type of a criteria though is our having seen most of these movies. Right? But I still think that a movie poster that best sells the central idea of the movie, or even distills it down to an easily understandable idea...

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:56:10 +0000

An obvious question springs to mind: what defines a great movie poster?

Is it just If it looks cool? Well then it is all about subjectivity. Does it have to represent some artistic ethics ? sbould it convey the movie or story it represents (of course is such a case STAR WARS 7 can’t be there as we haven’t seen it yet). Anyway, by agreeing on what a great poster is, we put some objectivity to the mix and so makes the list more interesting, I think :-)

So I ask ask: which creteria should we put forth?