For What It’s Worth
I think that the close-up image of Thomas Horn in the Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close poster is oddly intriguing. Hands to the face means shock or alarm, but Horn’s eyes are laid-back, almost serene. He could be listening to a lecture by a teacher or watching a TV show or staring at a sleeping cat. An opaque expression in the midst of heavy drama about 9/11 and death and whatever else…cool.
Great design… IF you know the book, for the reason you said.
The photoshop job, though, is horrible. Especially those shadows that are supposed to be under his hands on his face. It looks more like two hands on top of a color photo of a kid.
I also wish the kid got billing under Hanks and Bullock, since they aren’t the ones in the poster art. But that’s quibbling.
It’s like a Home Alone 5.
I like the concept, but seriously why did they need to photoshop the kid’s hands? I always try not to blame the graphic designers who photoshop everything to hell, and just assume that the actors’ agents had something to do with it (can’t let anyone see a vein on Angelina’s arm! and such). But this is just inexcusable laziness. It’s like ‘hey, wouldn’t it be cool if the kid was covering his face with his hands? I could get out of my chair and actually take another photo but–nah.’
I never even think to look for photoshop evidence, but now that it’s been pointed out it’s pretty obvious and I cannot un-see it. Still, it’s not like it’s a “Couples Retreat” style poster where they might as well have used physical photos + scissors + tape. I’d call it more of a horrible decision than horrible execution, but I’m not an expert.
Where the Wild Things Are: Electric Boogaloo?
Mean Freaks – the hands would block the light that is below him on his left. Secondarily, him actually putting his hands there would change the entire pose of his body.
They just look like somebody else’s hands. When people cover their mouths with their hands their arms are slightly apart at an angle, not joined all the way up as in the poster. You have to wonder at who took a look at that poster and said: “Great job guys, green light!”. Amateur hour.
mark – yes, from a strict realist’s perspective, it’s not realistic, but a more realistic arm pose would draw attention away from the eyes rather than pointing them straight for them. I think the designer is trying to direct your focus in a fairly standard way.
I hear you Bobby. I think at the end of the day it’s just distracting though, though I completely understand the point you’re making about what the designer was trying to do.
What are the images reflected in his eyes? The Twin Towers?
“What are the images reflected in his eyes? The Twin Towers?”
Left eye: JJ Abrams and the Cloverfield monster
Right eye: JJ Abrams and the Super 8 alien
“I think at the end of the day it’s just distracting though”
I would say that it’s definitely distracting when presented in the way that Jeff has presented it. But I would also say that a movie poster isn’t meant to be viewed in this way; it’s meant to be hanging in a hall as you walk toward the theater showing your movie and, ideally, catch your eye for a minute. I think the whole poster is designed to create a visual flow straight for the “eyes”, which I think everybody seems to agree is, you might say, the eye-catching part of the poster.
Looking closely, it actually looks like his right arm *is* bent — in the wrong direction!
He looks like he’s smelling his fingers.
They just look like somebody else’s hands. When people cover their mouths with their hands their arms are slightly apart at an angle, not joined all the way up as in the poster. You have to wonder at who took a look at that poster and said: “Great job guys, green light!”. Amateur hour.
I hear you Bobby. I think at the end of the day it’s just distracting though, though I completely understand the point you’re making about what the designer was trying to do.
Max Von Sydow has been playing a wise old man in his 80s for what, 40 years now?
Especially those shadows that are supposed to be under his hands on his face.I think the whole poster is designed to create a visual flow straight for the “eyes”.
It’s a horrible Photoshop job, to be sure. The eyes themselves look fake as hell, too.
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