Eastwood needs to get over his Big Head Syndrome. But I like this one infinitely more than the new one for “The Road.” And I can’t wait for this to come out.
Intriguing poster, seems to be favoring Damon more than Freeman. Can’t really tell much about the movie till they release a trailer. I mean it’s about time, less than two months from its release.
tintin
Yessss! Yessss! Yessssss! A new film from de best director!!!
***Unforgiven-Million Dollar Baby- Mystic River- Changeling- Gran Torino- Iwo Jima***
al b.
LOVE IT! I think Morgan Freeman was born to play Mandela.
AmericanRequiem
i dont know why, but i like it, its simple, plain, but it intrigues and is polished and classy
Mr. Gittes
I’d like to hear that Haggis was faxing Eastwood re-writes during the shoot in South Africa.
Michael
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Aleksis
Had the same feeling about this as I did about Amelia. I wonder if my feeling will be right twice. :)
Matthew
Agree with Guy, it does look dull. Which is, coincidentally, how I feel about most of Eastwood’s films.
The best thing I can say about the poster is that the font is okay.
david
If this film delivers, then I think it’s probably the front runner for Best Picture (given the Academy’s taste).
If not, then perhaps Precious. But I think it’s Eastwood’s to lose.
That poster flat-out sucks. It has that faux-inspirational glow that says, “this movie will warm your heart and make you laugh, smile, cry and skip all the way down the aisles until you go out and change the world!”…
It makes me not want to see the movie.
And why does Eastwood’s name get relegated to “unreadable” status? Didn’t the guy just direct one of the most surprisingly successful year-end awards season movies of recent memory? I’d have “Directed by Clint Eastwood” bigger than the title.
Me.
FINALLY A GOD DAMN POSTER!!!! GAAAHH
Adam Smith
Eh. Until the NBR comes out with their list, I’m not likely to give much of a shit.
Adam Smith
Which is to say that, right now, this project doesn’t excite me terribly, but if/when it becomes a real contender, I’ll see it because I kinda have to. That’s how I roll.
Milan
I am happy to see a Springbok uniform, but indeed, boring poster.
Ash
Boring. Weren’t they just filming this over the summer? That seems like an awful fast turnaround.
I can see this poster being the BYAH! to its Oscar campaign.
Dan
I think most people will see this poster in theaters and think “WTF is this supposed to be about?”
Alex
I’m inspired already.
On a side note, I read that Jennifer Hudson is to star in a Winnie Mandela biopic. I’m so excited to see her put petrol filled tyres around people’s necks then set them on fire.
Alex
Chase K: Maybe they didn’t put Eastwood’s name here in order to trick the uninitiated into thinking this is some kind of Remember the Titans type film.
I like it. It’s contemporary (very photo shopped). I could see Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman getting double lead nominations for this.
The Other James D.
David, that’s a little *too* premature. Just remember that biopics often get nominated, but don’t win, the top prizes. Not since the arguable 2001 debacle.
The Other James D.
I do like one thing: The fact that it seems happier than all of Eastwood’s previous film posters, with their manipulative, drab gray colors.
I checked, and, honestly, the last decent poster for a Clint Eastwood film was “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” in 1997. And only the teaser for that since the proper posters were bad, too. Everything has either been uninspired (“Mystic River”, this), pedestrian (“Flags of Our Fathers”, “Iwo Jima”) or flat out terrible dog shite (“Changeling”, “Million Dollar Baby”, “True Crime”).
Not sure why the studios can never get it right with his movies.
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Eastwood needs to get over his Big Head Syndrome. But I like this one infinitely more than the new one for “The Road.” And I can’t wait for this to come out.
Looks classy.
Looks dull.
Intriguing poster, seems to be favoring Damon more than Freeman. Can’t really tell much about the movie till they release a trailer. I mean it’s about time, less than two months from its release.
Yessss! Yessss! Yessssss! A new film from de best director!!!
***Unforgiven-Million Dollar Baby- Mystic River- Changeling- Gran Torino- Iwo Jima***
LOVE IT! I think Morgan Freeman was born to play Mandela.
i dont know why, but i like it, its simple, plain, but it intrigues and is polished and classy
I’d like to hear that Haggis was faxing Eastwood re-writes during the shoot in South Africa.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Had the same feeling about this as I did about Amelia. I wonder if my feeling will be right twice. :)
Agree with Guy, it does look dull. Which is, coincidentally, how I feel about most of Eastwood’s films.
The best thing I can say about the poster is that the font is okay.
If this film delivers, then I think it’s probably the front runner for Best Picture (given the Academy’s taste).
If not, then perhaps Precious. But I think it’s Eastwood’s to lose.
Meh nothing that interesting
That poster flat-out sucks. It has that faux-inspirational glow that says, “this movie will warm your heart and make you laugh, smile, cry and skip all the way down the aisles until you go out and change the world!”…
It makes me not want to see the movie.
And why does Eastwood’s name get relegated to “unreadable” status? Didn’t the guy just direct one of the most surprisingly successful year-end awards season movies of recent memory? I’d have “Directed by Clint Eastwood” bigger than the title.
FINALLY A GOD DAMN POSTER!!!! GAAAHH
Eh. Until the NBR comes out with their list, I’m not likely to give much of a shit.
Which is to say that, right now, this project doesn’t excite me terribly, but if/when it becomes a real contender, I’ll see it because I kinda have to. That’s how I roll.
I am happy to see a Springbok uniform, but indeed, boring poster.
Boring. Weren’t they just filming this over the summer? That seems like an awful fast turnaround.
I can see this poster being the BYAH! to its Oscar campaign.
I think most people will see this poster in theaters and think “WTF is this supposed to be about?”
I’m inspired already.
On a side note, I read that Jennifer Hudson is to star in a Winnie Mandela biopic. I’m so excited to see her put petrol filled tyres around people’s necks then set them on fire.
Chase K: Maybe they didn’t put Eastwood’s name here in order to trick the uninitiated into thinking this is some kind of Remember the Titans type film.
Oh, is it last year already?
I like it. It’s contemporary (very photo shopped). I could see Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman getting double lead nominations for this.
David, that’s a little *too* premature. Just remember that biopics often get nominated, but don’t win, the top prizes. Not since the arguable 2001 debacle.
I do like one thing: The fact that it seems happier than all of Eastwood’s previous film posters, with their manipulative, drab gray colors.
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I checked, and, honestly, the last decent poster for a Clint Eastwood film was “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” in 1997. And only the teaser for that since the proper posters were bad, too. Everything has either been uninspired (“Mystic River”, this), pedestrian (“Flags of Our Fathers”, “Iwo Jima”) or flat out terrible dog shite (“Changeling”, “Million Dollar Baby”, “True Crime”).
Not sure why the studios can never get it right with his movies.