Comments on: First Look: Two Cool New Posters for Give ‘Em Hell Malone

By: Clinton

Clinton — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:41:27 +0000

On the lipstick poster, you should put small pictures of the other main characters; fill that white space up in-between the credits and the gun/car! Basically, you've got 2 silhouette shots against 1 photo-drawn looking shot; so by doing this it should balance it out a bit, and also give the prospective audience member a better understanding of who he's likely to be giving "HELL" too. But the lipstick one is definetley the one you should put out in theatres!

By: Clinton

Clinton — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:41:00 +0000

By: irish46

irish46 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:42:56 +0000

nope, he specifies that "he thinks this movie will be horrible brcause it reminds him of spirit". And I say again, go watch the trailer! This movie is absolutely nothing like spirit. He could not have watched the trailer and posted that comment, But I do appreciate the fact that he digs the posters and the tag line, and I do agree with him on those 2 points. If the movie is good or bad? I won't know until I watch it. But based on the trailer, I think I'll really enjoy it.

By: irish46

irish46 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:42:00 +0000

By: DQJ

DQJ — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:52:48 +0000

I think what he means is that the posters have the feel of The Spirit, and not necessarily the movie, but the comics. Since the comics did in fact have a very noir feel to them. In fact I looked at it and got the very same feeling.

Cool posters definitely.

By: DQJ

DQJ — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:52:00 +0000

Cool posters definitely.

By: Voltron

Voltron — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:52:10 +0000

simple bad-assery

By: Voltron

Voltron — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:52:00 +0000

simple bad-assery

By: GUNMAN

GUNMAN — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:44:32 +0000

I suppose no one can complain about the composition, the balance of typeface and color, the dramatic impact of the images, or the ability they have to invoke mood and character, SO, they complain about typefaces and taglines. Because some people just HAVE TO complain.

Or, maybe some folks really do prefer giant heads and blurred out motion on all their posters. I suppose so.

If you think this is at all like The Spirit, then one viewing of the trailer will put six rounds into the chest of that idea, and leave it dead and bleeding in a dark hallway. Then, later on, it will come back and light the idea on fire. Honestly.

Or maybe it's a compliment, because The Spirit ad campaign was the only thing about the movie that was good. It had some killer posters!

By: GUNMAN

GUNMAN — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:44:00 +0000

Or, maybe some folks really do prefer giant heads and blurred out motion on all their posters. I suppose so.

Or maybe it's a compliment, because The Spirit ad campaign was the only thing about the movie that was good. It had some killer posters!

By: Mark Hosack

Mark Hosack — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:57:05 +0000

All I have to say is thank God for Tim Bradstreet.

Great work here!

By: Mark Hosack

Mark Hosack — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:57:00 +0000

All I have to say is thank God for Tim Bradstreet.

Great work here!

By: irish46

irish46 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:55:54 +0000

I'm a big fan of the posters, I just love them. I think when I walk into my local MJR theater that they are going to stand out versus all the hollywood head crap that is on display there now…hell, give me one of those 14 foot long banners hanging from the rafters. that would be super bad. But where is the notion coming from that this is a black and white movie? It's not. Check out the trailer. This thing is going to kick some action movie ass!

By: irish46

irish46 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:55:00 +0000

By: irish46

irish46 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:46:03 +0000

Spirit vibe? WTF! I don't see that nut bag Miller attached to this movie… The trailer alone should seperate the film from the filth of the spirit. What…All the people that I shoot scream? Man I don't have any idea where the spirit vibe comes from?

The posters are just out and out cool. As they are intended to be. They reflect the feel of what I see in the trailer, a gritty down and dirty action flick more akin to Death Wish than Spirit.

irish46

By: irish46

irish46 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:46:00 +0000

The posters are just out and out cool. As they are intended to be. They reflect the feel of what I see in the trailer, a gritty down and dirty action flick more akin to Death Wish than Spirit.

irish46

By: Tim Bradstreet

Tim Bradstreet — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:52:26 +0000

Heh, thanks for the kind words tek, nah, just used Impact which may be overused but seemed right for this. Sorry you don't like the poster. Can't please everyone.
I think the tagline is pretty cool. Finding the right font for that was difficult but everyone decided this was the best way to go. I just follow orders on that note.

It's a retro looking hero in an out of time, nameless city environment. Thankfully I didn't see The Spirit, but I have seen films like Asphalt Jungle, Point Blank, and The Killing (1956). You all will be happy to know that Malone is much more in THAT vein.

By: Tim Bradstreet

Tim Bradstreet — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:52:00 +0000

By: tek

tek — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Gotta be the worst poster I've seen in a while… typefaces are terrible. Did they use the LOLbuilder to make it?

By: tek

tek — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Gotta be the worst poster I've seen in a while… typefaces are terrible. Did they use the LOLbuilder to make it?