Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

So this was a nice surprise...

 So 10 months before the film is released, Empire magazine gives away a double sided poster for Zack Snyder's 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'. The last few times I got posters from Empire it was either the month of or the month before release. So, there was no IMAX screenings for the trailer in the UK(not sure about USA), but I still get the "exclusive" posters anyway. They are quite cool though. This will be the first time when more than one DC superhero appears in the same official live action feature film('The Lego Movie' is animated so it doesn't count) and they are making it happen in a big way by promising a fight between two of the most popular superheroes: Batman and Superman.

 I do like how in the posters Batman's eyes are covered by the Superman logo and vice versa. It also looks as if the paper has been ripped a few times to show the logos of a past poster. And is it just me or is Superman grinning, although the trailer does make it seem like the world sees him as a villain, I don't think he will actually be portrayed as evil. As he says in 'Man Of Steel' that the S "means hope", so why would he go against that and destroy more iconic fictional cities.

So the advertising campaign started in May, despite coming out in MARCH 2016! It's just as bad as the Star Wars Episode VII having the first trailer come out in November 2014 when it doesn't come out until December this year. THAT'S THIRTEEN MONTHS! Though I really can't complain about seeing footage of either films. Alright, there's all the normal poster stuff: release date(kind of), 3D-ness, studios and social media stuff.

Of course I haven't seen the film but I do like how the trailer has more colour, in a 'Watchmen' style, than 'MoS'(look up if Man Of Steel was in colour on Youtube if you'd like to see more).
EDIT: I have since rewatched 'Man Of Steel and there is more colour than the video says but is still toned down.

Thanks for reading and I would like to add that I own this and any future posters I will review.

Oz The Great And Powerful Main Character Poster

We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful...Oh wait wrong property. Here's my poster review for Sam Raimi's 'Oz The Great And Powerful'

It's time to talk about Sam Raimi's 'Oz The Great And Powerful'(pretty sure it's missing a colon), the least successful money wise, despite making $493,000,000, but the 2nd best received of Disney's live action fairy-tales. It also happens to be my favourite, though I haven't seen Kenneth Branagh's 'Cinderella'. As you can see the poster has all the main characters bar Finley(Zach Braff) and China Girl(Joey King). It contains all the normal poster stuff: the name, release date, 3D-ness, IMAX screenings, small print containing credits and the studio(which because it's Disney it's in two places). Though I'm a bit surprised that the cast isn't listed at the top given the celebrity of James Franco, and that  Sam Raimi's name is only at the bottom given that he directed one of the most popular superhero trilogies ever and that 'Spider-Man 2' is one of the best superhero films ever made. Though it does show off some of the great looking, CGI landscape of Oz.

I've stated that I liked the film but it did get mixed reviews from critics and is one of  Sam Raimi's few less well received films, probably because of comparisons to the 1939 original, so it's not for everyone. And yes, there is a Bruce Campbell cameo.

Thanks for reading and I would like to add that I own this and any future posters I will review.

Lone Ranger Tonto Poster

Hi-yo, Silver! It's the poster review for Gore Verbinski's 'The Lone Ranger'.

So, the first poster to be of a financial and critical flop, and I will say that I like it. Gore Verbinski re-teams with Johnny Depp in what Disney hoped would be a new 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', but turned into 2013's 'John Carter'(which I prefer to this). People seem to be getting tired of Johnny Depp, with this, 'The Rum Diary', 'Transcendence' and 'Mortdecai' all not doing great, but maybe 'Black Mass' will change that. As for 'Into The Woods' he was hardly advertised and really had a small role. This role was just written off as another 'Jack Sparrow' character, and there was controversy with a white actor being cast as a Native American character. Last year there was also controversy surrounding Ridley Scott's 'Exodus', where white actors were cast as Egyptians. Personally, I only mind if it's a character known to be a certain race or is a cultural icon. Apart from that, I really don't care as long as they give a good performance. On the Tonto case, It would have been nice to see a Native American ancestor play him, but then they would have had to get a bigger name actor to play the 'Ranger' than Armie Hammer. He's still not big enough to carry a film but maybe this summer's 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E' will change that,

So I took this as an opportunity to talk about Johnny Depp's career and the film business so I'll get the poster out the way. It shows Gore Verbinski's gritty direction, a character and actor, release date, director's credits, release date and company credits. Though what is Johnny Depp looking at(like with a lot of posters).

Thanks for reading and I would like to add that I own this and any future posters I will review.