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Yes, posters and postcards are given away here as well, respectively some posters can be bought to a low fee of 5 CHF (USD 5,2 / British Pound 3,4).
I fully agree. I think this sets "SPECTRE" apart from previous Bond films. It really has this......scary 'horror' vibe throughout. There is really something sinister, mysterious and horrific about this film. And you can trace that back in every aspect of this production: Cinematography, story/plot, return of S.P.E.C.T.R.E, typical Sam Mendes 'elements' (black crows), the music, everything really.
Regarding the "Star Wars" poster. Absolutely beautiful! Love it. It's a 'typical' conservative Star Wars-poster though. But the colors and composition are spot-on. Still, no need to compare it with James Bond. Two entirely different franchises. Such a 'hand-drawn', crowded poster for a Bond film would look rather cheesy.
I'm sorry. I just don't. like. this. poster. It's way way too Jason Bourne for me. You can call Bond's pose the typical cardboard cut-out, but it still is the traditional Bond pose. It's classic! So hell to 3D effects and movement. I was longing for some typical Bond poses from Craig. Like those Bond poses from Connery and Moore:
And really, Daniel Craig shows some nice variations on this pose with these posters:
To me that actually looks a real mess - it looks like someone's dog ate a star wars book and threw the lot back up. Not a patch on the impact and fewer elements of the first outing:
Beautiful.
Yes, beautiful. But like I said completely, utterly useless to post this beautiful poster in here. Star Wars is NO James Bond. James Bond is NO Star Wars. Moreover, I think hand-drawn posters for the Craig-era look completely out of place.
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Absolutely wonderful. But if we make such a version for "SPECTRE", then I think it looks out of place in comparison to the previous three films and their posters.
Let's not beat around the bush. The bottom line is that the new posters are simply very uninspired. I don't feel that's opinion, it's arguably fact. I know you'll tell me otherwise, but I don't see how anyone can say that what we got was an interesting or creative approach. It's totally route one. I'm not saying people don't or can't like them, but from a technical and artistic point of view they do zilch. We can talk for days about why that may be the right approach, and it may well be, but it doesn't take away from the fact the majority of people feel they are totally lacklustre. Those I've spoken to in the digital/marketing industry feel exactly the same, one of whom is doing the launch for the SP Blu-Ray. He has nothing interesting to work with visually. His words.
Also, @andmcit, the original poster (which I also like and own) was replaced later by the British quad artist Tom Chantrell's artwork, whose approach appears to be the one Lucas Film favoured and continued with.
A mess!!? I'd gladly add that "mess" to my vintage poster collection.
PS. Very well said, @RC7. You can have a sausage.
I agree to a certain extend @RC7. But then make some realistic comparisons. Actually, your example of that fan poster does way more good to the discussion than simply copy-pasting the latest "Star Wars" poster in here.
You know, I think what most Bond fans in here want, is some scenery from the actual film inside the poster. Some scenes with the Aston Martin DB10, the snow plane chase in Austria or a mysterious background picture of Oberhauser. A bit like this, although I do find these ones...OK-ish, but not that great:
I think if one uses this template, and then put James Bond in front of it with that pose you'll see on current "SPECTRE"-posters it already would look much better. I would also organize the frames with the movie scenes / action sequences in horizontal/vertical order instead of diagonal order:
BUTTT, I think that's as far as one can go from a poster publicity point of view. Ever since "The Living Daylights" posters were not hand-drawn anymore. They were merely (digital) compositions of everal pictures. I do think that " GoldenEye" and "Tomorrow Never Dies" were spot-on to that aspect.
But hand-drawn posters? I think it's better to kick off such a hand-drawn, more arty poster campaign for the successor of Daniel Craig. Craig's posters have been very simple really. Ever since "Casino Royale" the 'busy' compositions, showing several action sequences, were gone already. The focus was on Daniel Craig only.
I would be open to a slightly more 'busy' composition for a "SPECTRE" Bond poster. Just not that...radical. I DO love all these fan posters, these almost 1950's avant garde-ish drawn posters. But this is not the time I think. Let alone making comparisons with "Star Wars".
By the way, these would be my ultimate favourites of all fan posters I have come across so far. Those versions are as far as I could go creatively. No one other fan poster around me gets me....too excited.
A possible teaser (I love the fact that it has a sinister feel to it with the smoke. It gives the poster some movement. But Bond is STILL wearing a bow tie, like he should):
And a final poster (this is what I meant actually. More scenes from the film in the background, but still that lovely classic Bond pose of 007 in a white dinner jacket):
I seriously think we overappreciate hand-drawn posters too much, forgetting that there is some seriously wonderful photographical art on today's movie posters (By the way, it's an illusion to think that the new "Star Wars"-poster is hand-drawn. It isn't. It's made digitally...entirely...to make it look like it's hand-drawn. And that does make sense for the "Star Wars" tradition. Fact is...Bond posters have been photo-compositions ever since "The Living Daylights"). Anyway, these are some wonderful examples of photographical art on movie posters:
My point is: Photography is not some kind of dirty item within the art of creating publicity posters. Obviously, a hand-drawn poster can look beautiful to one's eyes. But for me, equally important are the: Composition, choice of colors and font types. Those can tell you a great deal about the story as well.
I am sorry. I will do that next time. I do think that sometimes....visual images are the best way to strengthen one's argument.
I understand you. Hence why I did something wrong, by not posting the images between spoiler tags. In any case, what do you think about the point I actually made?
Some facts: The James Bond Facebook Page isn't exactly a success, marketing wise. It's severely under-visited because Sony didn't make up their mind with the page: Focusing on generic Bond films, or focusing solely on "SPECTRE". Secondly, there's some huge negative news news about Daniel Craig's reign as 007.
So what do you do then? Exactly. Updating the Facebook Page with a brand new banner, showing the big actor name of Christoph Waltz :-).
That's a wonderful opinion, @Gustav.
There's nothing utterly useless about the posting of that poster, though. Nobody compared Star Wars to Bond.
Me too.