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Ranking the 5 Best and Worst Fall Movies Based Solely on Their Movie Posters

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (48)



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The Best

5. Red

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4. The Social Network

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3. Waiting for Superman

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2. Let Me In

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1. Buried

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The Worst

5. Love & Other Drugs

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4. Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

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3. Resident Evil 5

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2. Legendary

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1. Gulliver’s Travels

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Comments

I can only assume that Life As We Know It is the honorary sixth member of the worst club.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 9, 2010 4:06 PM

I almost threw up a little when I saw Resident Evil as the no. 1 best....

Posted by: Alex at September 9, 2010 4:06 PM

Amen Alex.

But for some reason its a 'Jiba Guilty Pleasure.

You would think we would point it out for a its shitty acting, ludicrous plot, never-more-than average action pieces and over-reliance on an only moderately attractive female protagonist played by LEELOO DALLAS MULTIPASS, but hey, everyone has their kyrptonite.

Now back to watching Major Payne clips on youtube.

Posted by: D-Day at September 9, 2010 4:11 PM

So I managed to look past that stupid hand-covering-mouth "Ye-yeh son!" expression on Jake Gyllenhaal's face to realize that OH MY GOD ANNE HATHWAY LOOKS LIKE THE LOVE CHILD OF THE CHESHIRE CAT AND A DOWN-SYNDROME-INFLICTED JOKER.


Also, fuck it. That poster for Let Me In is making it so tempting to actually see this remake I vowed never to see.

Posted by: penelope at September 9, 2010 4:12 PM

Are they really trying to invoke Tom Hanks' Big with that tagline?

Posted by: malikvlc at September 9, 2010 4:14 PM

Ouch Jake Gyllenhaal. Ouch.
At least I have the lovely Milla Jovovich to ease the pain.

Posted by: gee. ay. at September 9, 2010 4:16 PM

Swap "Social Network" with "Resident Evil" and you've got yourself a deal.

Posted by: Rob at September 9, 2010 4:16 PM

I am really Bothered by the Legendary poster's Erroneous capitalization Problem.

Posted by: Courtney at September 9, 2010 4:16 PM

Good list!

Posted by: YesPlease at September 9, 2010 4:18 PM

Aren't pretty much all "Legends" born out of "Struggle"?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 9, 2010 4:19 PM

Did the designer of the Wall Street poster leave out Michael Douglas' neck in respect of his throat cancer?

Posted by: mswas at September 9, 2010 4:21 PM

I guess it is just me, but the poster for Wall Street 2 is by far my favorite.

Posted by: Marcus at September 9, 2010 4:26 PM

You're out of your goddam mind Rowles. The poster for The Social Network is fucking awesome. How the hell is that a bad poster? And how the fuck do you figure the Resident Evil poster is good?! Either you made a mistake and accidentally swapped the two, or you've been huffing the wrong kind of paint thinner...

Really?!

...

I'm disappointed.

Hungry, too.

But mostly disappointed...

Posted by: Skitz at September 9, 2010 4:29 PM

Meh to all of them...with the exception of Waiting for "Superman," that poster is awesome.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 9, 2010 4:31 PM

Although I vowed to not see it (although I will), that Let Me In poster is soooooooo good.

Posted by: Theseus at September 9, 2010 4:33 PM

Really? I have no interested in Resident Evil, the movie. But I dug the hell out of the poster. Just me, then? And what's to like about The Social Network poster? It's a dude's face with text over it.

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at September 9, 2010 4:34 PM

Just you. That's kind of a horrible poster.

Posted by: figgy at September 9, 2010 4:44 PM

Even though I have no desire to see The Social Network, I can't help but love the poster.

Posted by: Claire at September 9, 2010 4:45 PM

Because it's different, man. From across a crowded the lobby, it stands out. The Resident Evil poster's been done a billion times before, just like Legendary. I guess I'm just looking at it from the idea of something different when it comes to movie posters - too many of them blur together, so it's nice when one actually stands out from a design perspective.


Posted by: Skitz at September 9, 2010 4:47 PM

I take it from this that Dustin likes women with guns. That is another point in Pajiba's favor. Helen Mirran pulls it off better than Leeloo however.

Posted by: Mrcreosote at September 9, 2010 4:49 PM

Fair enough. In this instance, I'm willing to give in to popular sentiment. Skitz knows his graphic design better than I. Rankings changed.

Posted by: Dustin Rowles at September 9, 2010 4:55 PM

Jack Black is hollow inside. I know this because there is NOTHING in his mouth.

Posted by: superasente at September 9, 2010 4:55 PM

Yeah, I have to say I'm with those who like The Social Network poster - as Skitz said, it's different. The Resident Evil poster has been done a million times and I would never notice it in the theatre, but Eisenberg's face up close with intriguing text? I'm in.

The Legendary poster looks like a bad movie wallpaper you'd find online - ech.

Jake, Jake, Jake - what kills that poster is 1. that Jake has that stupid expression on his face and 2. that they are both looking at the camera. We've all seen the real trailer - we know this isn't a goofy rom-com, why make it look like a stuped Heigel movie? Can't believe I'm against something featuring a nearly-naked Gyllenhaal, but no. What's his expression even supposed to be saying? I will, however, be seeing the movie.

Posted by: Nicole at September 9, 2010 5:03 PM

Oh, and where would the Black Swan poster fall? Because it's a lot like The Social Network one if not-Michael Cera was a female wearing eerie makeup and a tiara. [Shivers]

Posted by: penelope at September 9, 2010 5:05 PM

I can't believe I have a typo in the word "stupid". Well, now I feel awesome.

I also wanted to mention that my vote for worst poster BY FAR goes to Life As We Know It. I don't know why, but it's just creepy with Duhamel and the baby in matching undies with bottles. Then add Hiegel and the whole thing just belongs in hell. Gross. I don't care how blandly charming and attractive he is, I can't stomach this one.

Posted by: Nicole at September 9, 2010 5:08 PM

Skitz is right, swap Social Network for Resident Evil and you have yourself a good list.

The Resident Evil one just looks like crap.

Posted by: Koolickle at September 9, 2010 5:13 PM

I've proofread tons of posters (seriously, hundreds, maybe thousands), and most of the above look pretty meh to me. The "Red" one is pretty cool, the Facebook one is OK, the rest are mediocre at best.

There really isn't much need to do something really startling and original with movie posters, though it would be cool if more people would allow it. Many probably start out OK, but once the studio (and/or the stars appearing in the movie) add their "tweaks," they end up looking craptacular. Featured performers' images have to be a certain size, stars' names must appear above title or next to title, credits have to list X number of things, title must be prominent, blah blah blah.

Also it should be "HIGH-CALIBER."

Posted by: Slash at September 9, 2010 5:15 PM

I second the Black Swan poster, but that might just be my Portmania taking over.

Posted by: Marcus at September 9, 2010 5:15 PM

Wall Street 2 will kick all their arses!

YOU'RE INSANE.

Posted by: elzupasmonkey at September 9, 2010 5:16 PM

MOTHERF-- what the hell?! How can ANYTHING in this world be better than Helen Mirren holding a machine gun about to rain pain on plains of Spain?! (Ok, I don't know if it's in Spain, but I got carried away. Where the fuck is my copy of Pygmalion anyway?) Where was I? Oh yes...fuck the rest of these movies. I want my badass Helen and I want her NOW!

Posted by: Joker at September 9, 2010 6:29 PM

I could have lived my entire life very happily without knowing anything about The existence of Gulliver's Travels. Bastard.

Posted by: Paul at September 9, 2010 6:29 PM

the plains...geez...when I get worked up, grammar is the first victim.

Posted by: Joker at September 9, 2010 6:29 PM

I'm eagerly anticipating RED for the sole fact that Helen Mirren is in it!

What can I say? She's an amazing actor and I have this huge crush on her.

Posted by: Uncle JR at September 9, 2010 6:43 PM

the resident evil poster has MJ going for it. I'll take her on a poster over the facebook dude any day

Posted by: idleprimate at September 9, 2010 6:50 PM

They all look like shit besides Red. David Fincher lost me after Benjamin Button and they (whatever studio is hawking this horse shit) use Kanyes new song in the trailers. Cant get any lamer in my book.

Posted by: Sad Rockstar at September 9, 2010 6:57 PM

OK, I'm really tired of the close-up poster thing. That poster looks like The Curious Case of the Facebook Dude.

Posted by: SofĂ­a at September 9, 2010 7:00 PM

Isn't Julie Taymor's version of The Tempest, with Helen Mirren, coming out this Fall? I remember liking that poster.

Posted by: jM at September 9, 2010 7:10 PM

The Black Swan poster freaks me the fuck out, I love it.

Posted by: nigeltde at September 9, 2010 10:13 PM

Is my nakey Jakey stifling a burp? Checking his breath for freshness? Did he just pop some pills?

Someone who really does not like Anne Hathaway must have made this poster. Never before thought of her as a hatchet face.

Posted by: krebz at September 9, 2010 11:01 PM

Does my utter lack of interest in the Facebook movie mean I'm old? Also, the "Punk, Billionaire, Genius" one drives me to drink. I'll concede Billionaire as it's indisputable, but "punk" and "genius"? Yeah, it's a great idea that caught on, but I'm going to reserve "genius" for others. Also "punk"? Wasn't it started by a few computer science nerds at Harvard? I mean, let's call a spade a spade here. It's like hedge fund people self-identifying as "cowboys."

Rant over. Anybody else freaked out by the previews for the movie in which Paltrow's a country singer? Who the hell told her that carrying a tune made one a legitimate singer?

Posted by: samantha t at September 10, 2010 7:36 AM

You have to check out the poster for Centurion on the Apple trailer site, OH My GOD.

Posted by: Doreen at September 10, 2010 9:51 AM

Helen Mirren with a gun? Game over, I'm there.

ARGH not another stupid interpretation of Gulliver's Travels! It's not a children's story, it's a subversive, snarky story about how humans are horrible. No one ever mentions the scene where the giant women put Gulliver between their boobs as some sort of sex toy. Then again, Jack Black might do just fine with the farting, crapping Yahoos.

Posted by: Empress of All the Russias at September 10, 2010 10:33 AM

"OH MY GOD ANNE HATHWAY LOOKS LIKE THE LOVE CHILD OF THE CHESHIRE CAT AND A DOWN-SYNDROME-INFLICTED JOKER."

Penelope, you hit the nail on the head, except that I think Hathaway always looks that way. That mouth -- it's terrifyingly large. TERRIFYING!

Posted by: jimbob at September 10, 2010 12:38 PM

"Does my utter lack of interest in the Facebook movie mean I'm old?"

Nope. I have a Facebook. I dig it. It's a fast way to keep in touch with pals of mine. However, I'm simply incapable of coming up with the energy to care about the oh-so dramatic life of the billionaires who came up with it.

Now Red? Good God, that poster is beyond bad ass. I have NO idea what the film is about, but it has Helen Mirren rocking a ginormous gun. I'm fucking there.

Posted by: Kaleena at September 10, 2010 3:26 PM

Oh man, Jack Black's mouth is so scary, you expect bees to come out.

Posted by: lawnjart at September 10, 2010 5:11 PM

Really? Buried? Looks a lot like the poster for Captivity. The one that everyone hated for being yet another entry in the torture porn genre.

Posted by: theflicker at September 10, 2010 9:41 PM

im still waiting for the greatest casting of all time: john cena, shia ledouche, and jake gyllinhalalalalalalalllll, in the greatest movie of all time...SHIT. 2 and 1/3 hours of a turd on the screen...in 3D, with free popcorn...and enemas...goddammit can i get a decent movie without blowing someone?...wait that's a stupid question...no i cannot.

Posted by: n3r0 at September 13, 2010 4:18 PM

i love all peopel lssl ototwueox and my name is and how old are you reviciicae

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