Now you’ve really GOT to be kidding.
By Burbanked on Mar 28, 2008 in Movie Marketing 101, Movies, Newest, One-Sheetery | 913 views |
I know I’ve railed just recently about how very very derivative Hollywood can be. But isn’t this American Teen one-sheet (click to see it larger) just really going ridiculously far? I understand that it’s a documentary and as such may find some challenges in marketing itself as a viable piece of movie entertainment. But it’s one thing to be inspired by another piece of art or pop culture. It’s another thing - a far more boring one - to simply copy it. At first glance, I assumed that this was a Scary Movie-like parody, or perhaps a delightful theatrical play program from the Pulaski, Wisconsin, High School Thespian Society. (via /film)
Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:
How do I get out of this? I love going to the movies with my boys, opening up their minds to the great pleasures of cinema and all that, but this is a hard one. Please help me: do I suck it up and just go, or can anyone out there provide me with a plausible, kind-hearted, permanent way out? (
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Ray | Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
I agree completely with you, Alan. I can’t quite understand how the producers can make a supposed documentary, and then package it like it was a Hollywood release. Doesn’t that undercut the believability of the stars and their troubles?
I know it does for me. Seeing those kids posing like that makes me now equate them with the “stars” of such “reality television” as THE REAL WORLD. They are now just desperate, stardom-baiting wannabees like the rest of them.
Bad move.
MC | Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
That is hacktastic.
Adam R | Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
And what’s with those things on the girls’ necks? Are we going to find out at the end that their heads fall off without them?
Megan | Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
Umm, yeah. All white, all thin, no zits, obligatory hoodie and practically Claire’s exact outfit? WTF?
I’m so glad I am not a teenager. Oh christ, I live with one. Well, he’s a complete nerd and will therefore grow up right…
brad | Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
that’s because the guy who does the posters at vantage is a tool
Ray | Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
Megan, why are you dating a teenager?
Burbanked | Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
Adam: Although the zombie-head-falling-off thing would definitely elevate this movie in my mind, I doubt that’s the case. I’m thinking it’s just an effort to make this poster look MORE EXACTLY like the original.
brad: Is that personal knowledge or an observation about the Paramount Vantage posters in general? And even if that’s true, there must be more people than one guy making artwork decisions, wouldn’t we think?