Comments on: The Deeper Meaning of The ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ Poster

By: shirsan

shirsan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:48:29 +0000

Love the poster, CAN NOT WAIT for the movie.
Gerry Butler has it all: charisma, charm, talent, intelligence, strength, grace,
gentleness, a sweet spirit, and, he is absolutely GORGEOUS!!
He never disappoints me. He always brings his characters to life. He makes them totally believable. I have never seen an actor that could play so many genres and all to perfection.
I can't wait to see him play this particular character. It should be a character that will
show many of this fantastic actor's capabilities. He has so much range it is unbelievable.

By: shirsan

shirsan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:48:29 +0000

By: michele

michele — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:34:36 +0000

The poster and the tag line are just to similar to the poster for the movie" Face Off" use this link http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1517392640/tt0119094 to compare. I'm disappointed that they could not come up with something more original poor choice. Definitely not a poster that makes me want to see the film. Thank goodness the trailer was good.

By: robinruinsky

robinruinsky — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:34:44 +0000

I liked the one where Butler kind of looms behind and through Foxx. There were some others similar to the one show at cinematical.
Is this the one you're referring to:http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/rg012009/law_abiding_citizen/lawabidingcitizen.php
I like this one. This is the one that has some similarities to the Gamer poster.

By: Susie

Susie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:26:48 +0000

I thought the original poster was the best one.

By: robinruinsky

robinruinsky — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:13:16 +0000

The poster doesn't leave off the lower half of Butler's face. Go to cinematical.com and you can see the entire poster.
There was an earlier poster. Butler was seen within Foxx's face. I have a feeling it was dropped because of the similarity to the poster for Butler's latest film Gamer.

By: Icarus II

Icarus II — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:09:34 +0000

The lower half of Gerard Butler's face is left out of the poster. What does that symbolize?

By: iamcg

iamcg — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:09:25 +0000

The trailer was wonderful and made we want to see the film.
Since seeing that, I was exciting to see what seems to be a new take on this genre.

The posters, however, are cliché at best.
They dumb down what were once both characters operating in the gray area between good and bad, and attempted to push them into easily digestible stereotypes.

These posters do a disservice to the hard work of the film makers involved in creating what promises to be a very interesting movie. They are a distraction at best. And, worse yet, probably more of an annoyance to potential movie-goers.

Remember the obnoxious poster campaign for "The Spirit," directed by Frank Miller?

The posters for the "Law Abiding Citizen" ad campaign had the same bile-inducing effect on me as those.