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Poster Week part 1

Tim Hulsizer
12 July 2004

 

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

 

 

Alexander

 

 

First of all, does Milla Jovavich still have a film career? Remember when she was the talk of the town in the months leading up to the Joan of Arc biopic? Then the film was a letdown and she started making crap like this. She's fighting zombies in a bath towel fer chrissake! The tagline is hilariously bad. "My name is Alice and I remember everything." Well guess what? My name is the American Viewing Public and I remember every lousy movie you make. I like the juxtaposition of a graveyard in front of the city skyline, but the Photoshop work looks like a college graphic design majors' portfolio site. Or maybe a Fear Factory album cover.

Now showing: Alexander, starring the head of Colin Farrell and a bunch of overpaid actors' names in a REALLY HUGE FONT. Yes, its the final evolution of the movie poster as advertisement. Gone is any trace of art or creativity. Why hire a talented painter when you can toss an actors' 8x10 into the computer and fade out below the neckline? After all, his hunky face is the only important thing in the world. I never thought I'd miss the late 90s style posters with the faces half faded into darkness.
 

 

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