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After that pretty good teaser trailer this Salt one-sheet has to be called a disappointment. It's been obvious from the get-go who Salt is. The fact that Angelina Jolie plays her has been well established by the trailer, as well as the fact that she's Russian and smoky-eyed and given to various feats of acrobatic derring-do. The other problem is that the face could almost belong to someone else. Is it Angie or a cyborg or Megan Fox's malevolent sister?
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 17, 2009 at 7:56 AM
comment #1
Josh Massey
says ...
I find it odd the tagline so closely resembles "Who is John Galt?" - and, of course, Jolie has circled a feature adaptation of "Atlas Shrugged."
Posted by Josh Massey
at November 17, 2009 8:14 AM
comment #2
Sabina E
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yeah, damn. That looks like Megan Fox. I have to agree, the tagline question is VERY dumb.
Posted by Sabina E
at November 17, 2009 8:32 AM
comment #3
Eloi Manning
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I don't think the tagline is that dumb. "Who is Salt?" suggests there's more to her than meets the eye. I don't think they're literally asking the audience who the character is. More like the Salt we think we know has all sorts of hidden secrets, etc. "Who is the real Salt?" would be more appropriate, I guess.
Posted by Eloi Manning
at November 17, 2009 8:34 AM
comment #4
arturobandini2
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Screw the tagline, I hate the artwork. Looks like a a book jacket for a trashy memoir. Remember the days when movie posters used to suggest the kind of imagery you might see in the movie? Not a checkout stand at WalMart.
Posted by arturobandini2
at November 17, 2009 8:53 AM
comment #5
reno rambler
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With those lips it could only be Jolie.
Posted by reno rambler
at November 17, 2009 8:54 AM
comment #6
arturobandini2
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I knew it reminded me of something else:
http://blog.roodo.com/mezamashicoffee/c4f4a2d6.jpg
Posted by arturobandini2
at November 17, 2009 8:56 AM
comment #7
Jack South P.I.
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"as well as the fact that she's Russian"
I thought she was accused of being a Russian mole. Did Wells give something away here? Is this a "No Way Out" kinda deal?
Posted by Jack South P.I.
at November 17, 2009 9:22 AM
comment #8
Jack South P.I.
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I also hate how she isn't centered.
Posted by Jack South P.I.
at November 17, 2009 9:24 AM
comment #9
Eloi Manning
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The font is the worst part. Looks like that shitty font that prints across the screen in every establishing shot in every techno-thriller of the past decade.
"CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA"
That sort of shit. It's usually accompanied with an electronic vidiprinter sound.
Fuck.
Posted by Eloi Manning
at November 17, 2009 9:29 AM
comment #10
Sabina E
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the large transparent SALT through her face reminds me of the typeface for 2012.
terrible.
Posted by Sabina E
at November 17, 2009 9:31 AM
comment #11
moviefan
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Are we sure Salt isn't a vampire movie? She looks vampirish. Maybe she sucks the blood from people, then pours salt in their wounds.
Posted by moviefan
at November 17, 2009 9:37 AM
comment #12
wildphantom
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I've only seen the trailer once, but isn't the whole point that she's actually set up and trying to prove her innocence? Hence the tagline?
They've even got Mission Impossible style mask tearing towards the end of the trailer.
Posted by wildphantom
at November 17, 2009 9:40 AM
comment #13
Mr. Peel
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They should use this sort of tagline for a Liam Neeson film, maybe one where he plays a kind of superhero who uses different faces and...hey, wait a second.
Posted by Mr. Peel
at November 17, 2009 10:23 AM
comment #14
zyg
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jeff
what a literal-minded comment. jolie plays a character named salt, however it's not clear who she/salt is. the identity of the salt character is ambiguous. that is, while she is named evelyn salt, it's not clear who evelyn salt is, not even to evelyn herself
she is identified as a russian spy who will attempt an assassination, but she is not aware of herself as being this person.
the movie is about the dual-identity of the protagonist/antagonist
wells...seriously
Posted by zyg
at November 17, 2009 10:43 AM
comment #15
DeeZee
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"Is it Angie or a cyborg or Megan Fox's malevolent sister?"
Insert Hackers joke here. Though it looks more like Surrogates to me.
Peel: Heh.
Posted by DeeZee
at November 17, 2009 11:06 AM
comment #16
Edward
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I don't care who Salt is, there is nothing original about this film.
Posted by Edward
at November 17, 2009 12:06 PM
comment #17
Rich S.
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Maybe they approved the tagline when it was still up in the air whether it was going to be Jolie or Cruise.
Posted by Rich S.
at November 17, 2009 12:08 PM
comment #18
Sams
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I agree with Eloi Manning and Jack South PI. You are taking the question too literally and you may be giving away info. Review your copy Jeff. You may want to edit it before Phil Noyce reads it.
Posted by Sams
at November 17, 2009 12:12 PM
comment #19
Josh Massey
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Jeff's issue is that he assumes everybody has already seen the trailer, read synopses, thumbed through the script, marked the release date on their calendar, etc. When, in fact, this poster will be the film's introduction to millions of people.
Posted by Josh Massey
at November 17, 2009 12:29 PM
comment #20
sumo-pop
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Geez, I think it's fine. It's also further proof that she should have been Elektra in Daredevil. Of course DD sucked so she dodged one there, but in a perfect world...
Posted by sumo-pop
at November 17, 2009 12:36 PM
comment #21
Anthony Thorne
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I'd also pay money to see Jolie in a Bruckheimer-produced big budget remake of AEROBICISE.
Posted by Anthony Thorne
at November 17, 2009 12:41 PM
comment #22
Sams
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What you may know because of who you know, others don't.
Posted by Sams
at November 17, 2009 12:47 PM
comment #23
Rothchild
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SPOILER ALERT:
Hahahahaha. Wells just spoiled his buddy's entire movie. Somewhere Noyce just smacked his head.
Posted by Rothchild
at November 17, 2009 1:00 PM
comment #24
Rothchild
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Wells was on set of the movie. I honestly think he has no concept or what plot points are fair game or the joy of walking into a movie with no idea what's going to happen. He's proven this time and time again.
Posted by Rothchild
at November 17, 2009 1:01 PM
comment #25
Eloi Manning
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Is it a spoiler? I thought in the trailer the dude says she's a Russian spy and that's why she goes on the run.
If it is a spoiler, that's pretty funny.
Posted by Eloi Manning
at November 17, 2009 1:03 PM
comment #26
Rothchild
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SPOILER ALERT:
She's "falsely accused" of being a Russian spy and goes on the run to prove her innocence. That's the official. plot. This is a record for Wells. He always spoils movies when he sees them early, but because he was close to the production years out he's pulled a dick move super far in advance.
Posted by Rothchild
at November 17, 2009 1:06 PM
comment #27
LexG
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Well, this poster isn't "disappointing" to me.
It's AWESOME.
JOLIE POWER.
Posted by LexG
at November 17, 2009 1:13 PM
comment #28
Mr. F.
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@Moviefan: if this were a vampire movie... wouldn't it have been called GARLIC SALT?
And I don't know about the rest of you... but I would TOTALLY see a movie where Jolie played Megan Fox's "malevolent sister." [insert LexG comment here]
Posted by Mr. F.
at November 17, 2009 2:06 PM
comment #29
LexG
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Jolie and Fox:
SALT 2: PORT OF CALL BONER.
Posted by LexG
at November 17, 2009 2:23 PM
comment #30
dinovelvet
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Is Barry Pepper in this?
[rimshot]
Posted by dinovelvet
at November 17, 2009 3:39 PM
comment #31
The Hoyk
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(Terrifying flashbacks of '70's fast-food chain H. Salt and "Hmm...it doesn't taste fishy!")
Posted by The Hoyk
at November 17, 2009 4:02 PM
comment #32
Anthony Thorne
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Noyce is a decent guy and has given some thoughtful discussions of his older movies here in Melbourne. NEWSFRONT is still my dark horse favourite Oz movie of all time, BACKROADS is a tough, underrated movie, and he's one of the few Oz directors that has wholeheartedly embraces genre filmmaking to consistent effect (whether or not you like a couple of the recent movies, they're all solid, respectable productions, something I wouldn't say for the output of a few other directors mining similar material).
Posted by Anthony Thorne
at November 17, 2009 10:30 PM
comment #33
vansmith
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this whole megan fox/ jolie thing is bull. megan is a twerp with a smirk and a nice set but she has no real presence. jolie IS that chick, she has a stillness about her and her voice and a look in her eye. megan is a magazine chick, jolie is a movie staaaaarrrr!!
Posted by vansmith
at November 17, 2009 11:56 PM
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