Showing posts with label The Adjustment Bureau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Adjustment Bureau. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 May 2012

Analysis of a Movie Poster - STOLEN

The new poster for Nicolas Cage's upcoming action flick Stolen has just been released, and well, it looks quite a bit like a bunch of other posters.

Starting from the top down, that is most definitely Mr Nicolas Cage and his lovely, thick hair caught mid-stride in a heroic action pose. They've also gone with the "cool guys don't look at explosions" method. Hey, you can't argue with the classics.

Now, I can't quite put my finger on it, but the concept of this movie does seem a tad familiar... It also seems like we're still using the large blocks of text obscuring most of the poster. Thanks a lot, The Adjustment Bureau.

And so to the all important title (most films have got one), and they've gone with the font that seems to be the go to action movie font of late, showing up on the posters for Total Recall and Source Code. In fact, there's quite a few similarities between the poster for Stolen and Source Code, but I suppose you can't stop movie stars from running.

Can you really sell a movie on the presumed success of another movie that hasn't even been released yet? The director in question is Simon West, the director of the fantastic Cage-O-rama that is Con Air. Surely using that film's highly regarded status would have made more sense?


As for the plot of Stolen, it's the story of one man, working against the odds and against the clock to find his daughter who has been 'stolen' from him. C'mon Nic Cage, you're clearly TAKEN the piss.

Saturday, 12 March 2011

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU review

Based on the Philip K. Dick short story, here's the new science-fiction tinged thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. Watch the trailer and read my review, next...

Friday, 14 May 2010

SLACKER Trailer Review

Trailers are an important tool in building buzz and anticipation for films. A good trailer can sell a bad movie, a bad trailer can kill a good movie. Here we try and tell the difference between the two and pick out the most anticipated new films.

More after the jump...