Winnie the Pooh Poster

Winnie the Pooh Poster

It’s been a while since this was realeased, but I just felt like I had to mention that this is a great poster. In fact, the whole campaign was very well done, in a classic way that you don’t get see often anymore.

(Via)

So It Is Christmas

I’m not sure if we need a poster of Scrooge flying around in the city, but if we do this one strikes as the better version. Not quite as over the top and zany looking as the last one. Less weird flying objects.

(Via IMPAwards)

A Less Scary Carol

The first few posters for a Christmas Carol were almost completely occupied by Scrooge, as recreated through technology and with the helping face of Jim Carrey. They were also surprisingly dark and mysterious. Some of them really surprisingly dark and mysterious.

Well, the latest (and supposedly final) posters takes care of THAT. Now we have Scrooge flying above a well light city. Atop a candle snuffer. Which is, I must admit, a surprising choice of flying vehicle.

The tone is more jovial, the promise of crazy adventures and hearty laughs is clear. That doesn’t really work as a siren call to my ears, but is probably more appropriate to the target audience for the film, which should be broad and filled with the young ones.

Myself, I’m wondering whether some of that dark magic hinted before can be found in the actual picture. The direction of the campaign has changed, but my mind will remain filled with the promise of the earlier posters.

Which probably serves the marketing team just fine.

(Via Cinematical)

Well, it is a French Movie Poster

That’s, ahmmm, pretty sexy for an animated movies geared towards kids. Or maybe I’m just forgetting the juicier posters from my childhood?

It is also awfully pink. Awfully, awfully pink.

(Via Kinopoisk and IMPAwards)

Because We Have Been Following the 9 Poster’s Pretty Closely

My guess is as good as yours…

*Update*

As several commenters helpfully point out, this is a QR Code that apparently leads you to the movie’s trailer. A similar code can be seen on the Miss March poster.

Or at least that is what they would have you to believe!

(Via IMPAwards)

More Nines

The above is the recently released domestic poster for the animation 9. It’s a bit darker than the Russian poster, and has more of a sci-fi/action vibe to it. I mean, “When our world ended, their mission began”?, what is this, Terminator?

The visual style still shines clearly, but I think some of the whimsy that made the last poster so attractive is gone. Not sure I love it.

And since we are talking about nines, a reader points out in comments this poster:

This is for the Thai horror 9.

Also in comments Glenn reminds us of this film from late last year.

Must be something in the air…

The Age of Ice!

This Ice Age posters tells me two things:

– There is more fun to be had with the footprints of the T-Rex than with the actual T-Rex.
– The squirrel thing is still the protagonist of the most interesting Ice Age posters. In fact he remains the the most effective character as far as marketing the movie goes.

Overall, I think the poster campaign for Ice Age 3 has been on par with the one for Ice Age 2. Is that enough? Or are people tired of these characters? One way or another I don’t think you can complain much about the posters.

(Via IMPAwards and Kinopoisk)

9 + 9 + 9 = Too Much

So, just to make everything clear. This year will see the release of 9 an animated film directed by Shane Acker which has this very cool Russian poster:

Scary, funny and compelling in all the right ways isn’t it? Reminds me a little of Coraline, and I mean that in a good way.

Also coming out this year is District 9, a movie about aliens who feels like their rights aren’t being respected. I think. That movie has the following serious poster…

…and it also has a very clever campaign that includes the poster below and these. Honestly, the campaign just might be a little too clever.

But that is not all! This year will also see the release of the Rob Marshall musical Nine. Which loses, because it has no poster yet. (Ok, I know, I know, plenty of time).

And none of those has anything at all to do with The Nines.

So now you know.

(Via IMPAWards, FirstShowing and Kurt Halfyard)

Feels Like Christmas

This poster for A Christmas Carol hits just the perfect balance between seeming like a hundred posters you have seen before and still having enough fresh elements to appear modern. Which is exactly as it should be.

Obviously you can’t have a poster that makes the film seem like something straight from the 80’s. And yet a big part of Christmas is that warm feeling of tradition, so you want to hit that as hard as you can, especially in something that is a new version of a many times retold story.

And on that note, here are some other Christmas Carol posters. The one for the Muppets has to be my favorite (artwork by Drew Struzan!).

(Via IMPAwards, Movieposter.com, MovieGoods)

Important Animation Posters

First up, Up. Not much new in the poster to look at, but doesn’t the title seem much more chirpy and joyful in french?

Second , Ponyo, the American version, which is somewhat cleaner and more focused than some others (not ALWAYS a good thing, I should add). And more importantly, reminds me that the film will only be released in the U.S. on August, over an year after it was released on Japan.

(Via IMPAwards)