Friday, June 10, 2016

Weekly Roundup #18

Every Friday, we're taking a look at the film and television posters released over the past week. Enjoy! 
The whole "symmetrical poses" thing is a little clichéd nowadays, and the tagline seems hardly original, but the artistic styles of this poster can still be appreciated.
Grade: B+
Okay, I get that Pretty Little Liars has never been afraid to oversexualize its characters for marketing purposes (the name of the show itself can tell you that), but this just seems ridiculous. Take away the text at the top (including the horrendous, hashtag-y tagline), and it would be an honest challenge to distinguish this from a Victoria's Secret ad. 
Also, Photoshop Fail alert: the girl on the far left only has one leg. Kinda sad that none of the designers noticed that. 
Grade: C
Now here's a poster that's genuinely enthralling. The animation is so good that if you look at certain parts of the poster – especially the waves in the bottom left corner – you won't be certain if it's digital or real-life. Yes, the ocean is calling.
Grade: A 
There's nothing necessarily bad about this poster; the clichéd poses and orgy of Ghostbusters symbols can be forgiven. And yet, it simply fails to catch the eye or stimulate any large quantity of interest in the viewer. It's either the poster's fault, or the fault of the Internet for pretty much giving us all negative associations with the film. 

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