Good keep it under the radar and it will become an Oscar hit soon enough. I’ve got a feeling this might be Soderbergh’s most enjoyable movie in a long while.
The impression I got from the trailer for this was that they basically took Damon’s goofy childlike persona from the Oceans films, added a moustache and glasses, and placed a bit more emphasis on his general awkwardness. Of course, “discomfort” comedy is a tricky balancing act, and I’m not sure if they previewed some of the better gags in the trailer, but if so, I would keep my expectations pretty low.
It’s a clever poster…hopefully the film can live up to it.
9 responses so far
1 7-30-2009 at 10:57 am
Guy Lodge said...
Love. It.
The UK quad format does wonderful things for the odd scale of it all, really diminishing Damon’s stature.
Still loving the exclamation mark, too.
2 7-30-2009 at 11:06 am
R.J. said...
I just love the “Based on a Tattle -Tale” tagline. This is great!
3 7-30-2009 at 11:39 am
Mike said...
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”?
4 7-30-2009 at 12:31 pm
Mike_M said...
Love it, def going to try and pick this one up.
5 7-30-2009 at 1:42 pm
JAB said...
this doesn’t scream Oscar to me
6 7-30-2009 at 3:31 pm
Mike said...
It doesn’t scream Oscar but it screams awesomeness.
7 7-30-2009 at 3:47 pm
Jonathan Spuij said...
Good keep it under the radar and it will become an Oscar hit soon enough. I’ve got a feeling this might be Soderbergh’s most enjoyable movie in a long while.
8 7-30-2009 at 5:15 pm
Clayton said...
The impression I got from the trailer for this was that they basically took Damon’s goofy childlike persona from the Oceans films, added a moustache and glasses, and placed a bit more emphasis on his general awkwardness. Of course, “discomfort” comedy is a tricky balancing act, and I’m not sure if they previewed some of the better gags in the trailer, but if so, I would keep my expectations pretty low.
It’s a clever poster…hopefully the film can live up to it.
9 7-31-2009 at 1:51 am
Kevin said...
UK posters also nail the ingenuity that US posters lack, and this is no exception.