Movie Poster Of The Year 2003

[Riedenschneider]

Okay, Freunde, though it was a pretty disappointing year in film, the poster artwork in 2003 was as exciting as every year. If I could have come up with 20 recommendations, I would've posted a poll, but alas, I came up with 30. And I just can't bear to take out any one of them, much less ten...

I only chose artwork for movies that premiered this year in their land of production (so no Irréversible etc).

Please post what you think is the poster of the year 2003 and don't forget to mention the reason. Danke.

In alphabetical order:

"All the Real Girls"
"American Splendor"
"Anger Management"
"Bad Santa"
"Bruce Almighty" (European version)
"Bubba Ho-tep" (Alternate version)
"Charlie's Angels 2" (Teaser)
"The Cooler"
"Elephant" (Type B)
"Finding Nemo" (Bruce version)
"Gerry" (Type A and B)
"He ni zai yi qi / Together"
"Identity"
"Kill Bill Vol. 1" (Japanese version)
"Lilya 4-ever"
"Lost in Translation" (Type A and B)
"The Matrix Reloaded" (Neo teaser)
"Movern Callar"
"Party Monsters"
"The Rage in Placid Lake"
"School of Rock" (Type A and B)
"Seabiscuit" (3 variations)
"The Shape of Things"
"Spun"
"Wonderland"


1/6

[Riedenschneider]

2/6

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3/6

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4/6

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5/6

[Riedenschneider]

6/6

[FurryHumanBeing]

Yeah most of those aren't realy my cup of tea, except the Seabiscuit, Identity & Bruce Allmighty posters. Get Wonderland off there, it's a rip off of the Rolling Stone's Stickey Fingers album cover!

Anyways, Best poster of the year:


Runner up:


Third Place

[Paul.n3w]

The Lost In Translation poster with Scarlett Johansson is my favorite of the year. I tried to get a double sided one on eBay, but I'm too late - they go for waaaay too much

I'm surprised to see Anger Management and Bad Santa on there...

[scarredgod]

a lot of these are pretty bad or just not worthy of inclusion. of the ones shown, i will choose IDENTITY as my top pick, a very nice companion to the film, well executed. honorable mention to Party Monster and Lost In Translation (Scarlet).

Ken Park was my favorite poster but i assume it didnt fit into the guidelines of the poll.

[Marq]

Of those listed (which seems like a pretty good year-end roundup), I'd probably choose:
Elephant (Type B)
Mainly because it's both fantastic looking/ artful and represents the film itself very well. In choosing a seemingly completley random still from the movie, it emphasizes the theme that there are no direct meanings or reasons. And the big-ol' elephant drives the point home too.

Runners-Up would be:
Lilya 4-ever - I must finally see this movie, but the Region 1 DVD is far off I'm sure. The poster is beautiful and haunting.

Gerry (Type A and B) - both just look very nice

Lost in Translation (Type A and B) - both really highligh the isolated feelings of the characters... until they meet each other. Great.

Spun - pretty and gritty and well represents the most shamefully overstyled movie of the year

Some I liked that weren't listed:

City of God


Dirty Pretty Things


The Company
http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/c/companythe.htm

Swimming Pool
http://www.foreign-movies.posters-on...ges/?75007.jpg

The Good Thief
http://www.movies-television.posters...ges/?67396.jpg

Capturing the Friedmans
http://www.impawards.com/2003/poster..._friedmans.jpg

[TopHatCat64]

My pick:

Ripley's Game

I love the warmth and detail in this painting of a poster, just the right amount of content with the dapper ripley holding the umbrella. It has that added level of cleverness with the corpse cleverly hidden off to the side of the poster



Runners up:

Whale Rider

Like the Ripley's Game poster I like how the tattooed face is almost hidden in the background, creating different levels of interest in the picture. Tastefully placed golden awards up top and a cool whale!



Better Luck Tomorrow

I enjoy the colors used in this poster and the simplified pictures of the characters paint them like the stereotypes under their names



and the aforementioned:

[Grimace2k2]

[faygo_nnja]

My favorite poster was the kill bill teaser with uma's arm and the sword.

But since its not up there, Ill just vote for the Japanese version of the Kill Bill poster.

[Marq]

Grimace2k2, unfortunately Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind never made it out in 2003. It was pushed over into mid 2004. I'm dying to see it, but alas it's not a 2003 release.
On a related note, I like the "Dogville" and "The Brown Bunny" posters floating around for these yet-to-be released in North America films.

[reapersaurus]

I LOVE this poster of PotC:
click to enlarge
I immediately knew I was going to see the movie in the theater, since I'm a sucker for animated skeletons.

[Notoriousaurus]

I like Identity and Nemo

I never heard of Party Monster, but I would like to see it now!

[3DMan]

Great idea for a thread!

I like the Matrix: Reloaded poster with Monica Bellucci's TITS.

[SephirothClone]

From the ones posted thus far...

American Splendor- too brilliant and stylish (still need to see it!)
Bubba-Ho-Tep- Bruce Campbell on a poster= PERFECT
Elephant- Havent seen the movie, but the poster is my favorite this year
Lilya 4-ever- Havent seen the movie, but the poster sells me to it
Lost in Translation- Great posters for a great movie
The Matrix Reloaded- I have the Neo one
Party Monster- Very sick and funny poster
Spun- thats a pimp ass poster

Couple that werent listed below, all of which are very sexy...

[larphillips]

The poster for Ken Park

http://www.totalfreedomdesign.com/bl...s/ken-park.jpg

Note: The image may be NSFW

[Frank Gunn]

The 'Kill Bill' poster posted by Sephiroth adorns my wall; it's definitely my favorite from this year.

[dvds'r'us]

The Cooler, Kill Bill, Lost In Translation, 21 Grams, American Splendor, and a few others are my favorite posters of the year.

[orf]

Originally Posted by larphillips

The poster for Ken Park

http://www.totalfreedomdesign.com/bl...s/ken-park.jpg

Note: The image may be NSFW

Ahem. (yes, that IS a huge, resized picture of 50 Cent with a microphone)

[Notoriousaurus]

Originally Posted by orf

Ahem. (yes, that IS a huge, resized picture of 50 Cent with a microphone)

[Grimace2k2]

Originally Posted by Marq

Grimace2k2, unfortunately Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind never made it out in 2003. It was pushed over into mid 2004. I'm dying to see it, but alas it's not a 2003 release.

Oh, I didn't know the movie had to have been released. Well whatever, it still is an awesome poster!

[Notoriousaurus]

The poster of the year award goes "to"

[viceroy]

My favorites would have to be:

-lost in translation (both)
-elephant (both)
-gerry
-punch drunk love (is that even on this list?)
-school of rock (with the back shot of black)

Peace,
Steve

[Diana]

I like Party Monster's poster very much as well. Unfortunately, Party Monster's DVD cover is not the same. I dislike it a lot, seeing that Marilyn Manson's name is shown in large writing, yet Chloë Sevigny's is missing. Dylan McDermott's part is somewhat nominal, too.

[shnikey]

That Party Monster poster scares me.

-Shnikey

[JakeLipson]

Favorite Poster of 2003


Honorable Mentions







also
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King teaser series, especially Gollum

and the afromentioned
Whale Rider
Finding Nemo
Matrix Reloaded teaser
Pirates of the Caribbean skeleton teaser
Pirates of the Caribbean final
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King final
Kill Bill teaser (didn't see the movie yet, but it had a great poster)

[soxrule]

And

[SharpShooter5]

Originally Posted by Notoriousaurus

The poster of the year award goes "to"

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make that joke

[Oscar Antonio M]

Out of those-
Identity-Mysterious, simple & creepy. Too bad they didn't use it for the cover of the DVD

Lost in Translation (B)-It's one of the best posters I had ever seen. It's a simple poster that captures isolation in unknown places so perfectly.

Seabiscuit (B)-Very nice. It's odd that I hadn't seen this poster before and I really mean it.

Others I would vote for that aren't in Riedenschneider's list:
http://www.movieposter.com/cgi-bin/s...G&pid=MPW-7178

http://www.movieposter.com/cgi-bin/s...G&pid=MPW-5007

http://www.movieposter.com/cgi-bin/s...G&pid=MPW-7486

[run1]

"All the real girls" and "lost in translation" (both versions) are among my favourites.

I think these deserve to be mentioned as well:

In America
http://www.movieposter.com/cgi-bin/s...G&pid=MPW-7967

Big Fish
http://www.movieposter.com/cgi-bin/s...G&pid=MPW-7681

Sorry Riedenschneider, but I have to disqualify 'Lilya 4ever' (Sweden 2002) and 'Morvern Callar' (UK 2002)
*Hey, I do not make the rules ok?!*

[Frank Gunn]

Shit, how could I forget, my favorite poster of 2003...

Cabin Fever!

It's a damned pity that the movie left so much to be desired, because the one-sheet is a fucking work of art. If the movie had been just a little bit better, that sweet baby would be adorning my wall this very minute.