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December 19, 2008

Doubtful Design

Cinematical has an exclusive on the new final FINAL poster for Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams up today ... go look at it, I'll wait ...

Now, can I just vent for a second about how much I loathe this poster? I love Miramax, but this poster, to me, has completely the wrong tone for this film. Maybe it's the starkness of the contrast created by the white background behind the cast, but it looks more like a poster advertising a satiric Catholic comedy than a film about a priest and a nun in a battle of wills over her accusations of improper behavior with a child. I get that they wanted to tout their highly regarded, Golden Globe nommed-film and emphasize the cast, but wow. Just not a great design, in my book.

Posted by kvoynar at December 19, 2008 07:09 PM

Comments

I like it. Doesn't look comedic at all. Though it does remind me too strongly of the poster for THE HOURS.

Posted by: Jay Andrew Allen [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 19, 2008 11:47 PM

The cross 1-sheet was something different in an era where most posters are simple head shots...as the new one is. Not loathesome, just boring.

Posted by: Cadavra [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 21, 2008 11:53 PM

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