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Horribly photoshoped posters, keyart advertising etc

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StalkerUKCG

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Avengers had a budget of 220 million and grossed 1.52 billion. This Landscape Key Art is pretty fucking awful for such a high budget movie.

Just look at it, The lighting is fucked, Black widow is knee deep in fire and rubble, Hulk is gurning, Captain America is about 5 shades too bright for the image. The fire effects are inconsistent (look at the Quinjet) It's oddly Sharp and Blurry and I don't know what the hell Thor is doing.

I mean this is official Key Art for a HUGE movie. It's hobby grade

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Harry Potter has always been pretty bad at this too. Nothing is level in this image.


In comparison

Mad Max Fury Road. Striking, Visually Cohesive.
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Star Wars The Force Awakens. Not without issues but not awful by any standard, Harkens back to the old posters. Fits in with the 6 previous box arts
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It strikes me as insane that some of these make it to the public without anyone saying "this is shit try again"

Anything else this bad for big movies out there? Post 'Em
 
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PixelPeZ

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Couple of my "Favorites":

Great film, great actors, what happened? Even when you go beyond the terrible photoshop, the concept is horrid, too!

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Haven't seen the movie, but none of these people were in the same room. Hell, some of the heads weren't in the same room as the bodies.

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I see this around as it's a new one, and it's in the style of the older ones, but it really bothers me that the guys' eylines don't match up.

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I'm sure there are a bunch more I can't remember right now, but the Groundhog Day one has stuck with me over the years as it's one of my favorite movies of all time and deserves better.

Edit: Damn, breaten with The Takers, but here's an alt Groundhog Day one, which isn't better:

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Often the final look is not decided by the artist or designer, but by business. Somewhere on the other side of these posters is a frustrated designer. Guaranteed.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

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UnemployedVillain said:
NOTHING beats the atrociousness of the First Class posters

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lmao what the fuck is this? This isn't what they actually used, is it?...

Mad Max posters are Godlike, fantastic designs.

I think the major problem is that often times you get great designers that get bogged down by an unoriginal, boring suit that doesn't know shit about design and asks them to change to what they want.
 
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MMarston

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Adding to the issues OP noted with HP4's poster, HP6 also has the same issues but also a really dumb title placement.
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I mean, it's dead obvious it's a Harry Potter movie, but cmon.
 
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Sparrowhawk

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I can understand the horse, but is it really that difficult to put a couple of people in an actual car and photograph it?

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Miley fades into the background, but it looks like they just cut Liam Hemsworth's head off in MS Paint.

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This speaks for itself.
 
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LegendofDragoonLives

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Wish movie execs would be cool with bringing back illustrated covers. That kind of work under the right concept designer looks incredible.

Still cannot believe the Xmen posters are real.. HOW?!
 
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border

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The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the only one that's truly hilarious. They are all supposed to be standing in a lake?
 
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Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Ithil said:
Oh boy time for one of my favourite subjects, terribly made movie posters.
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I haven't even heard of any of these movies except for Best Friend's Girl. Wow.
 
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Kinyou

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Tv shows also often tend to have these terribly composed pictures with the cast lined up

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(Prison Break)
 
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J-Tier

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You'd think with the millions spent on these movies, the key art for posters and advertising would have a little more effort put into them. Not saying the designers are bad, but higher quality should be expected--which I'm sure most of these designers are capable of.
 
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