SPECTRE Gets a New Boring-Ass Poster!

The new James Bond poster is here! It has Daniel Craig on it! And nothing else! He’s just standing there against a plain gray background, not doing anything! James Bond fans rejoice?

Is anyone else bored by this poster? The Skyfall poster, if you recall, was equally minimalist (it was a white background that time), but at least James Bond was doing something (he appeared to be flying through the air while firing his gun behind him). The poster for SPECTRE has no action at all, James Bond is not wearing a suit, he’s not looking dapper, and there are no buxom women draped alluringly across his legs. It looks like a bland publicity photo. Here it is:

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This is less a complaint about this poster, but about posters in general; there was a time when movie posters were active, busy, and fun to look at. Take a look at this hand painted poster for A View to a Kill, for instance. Notice its wonderfully weird perspective, exotic setting, popping colors, and action: 

Isn’t that cooler? And it’s not even one of the better James Bond movies. Stay tuned to CraveOnline for more news on SPECTRE and James Bond as it comes thunderballing in. 

 

 


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Witney Seibold is a contributor to the CraveOnline Film Channel, and co-host of The B-Movies Podcast. You can follow him on “Twitter” at @WitneySeibold, where he is slowly losing his mind.

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