I'm starting to get a wild theory here after seeing mountains of bad photoshops for movie covers (from here and others): I think, secretly, that movie PR firms are purposely doing bad PS jobs in order to catch the eye of the consumer when they are out shopping. I read that old ad makers (we're talking 20-40s) used similar "hey wait that's not right" techniques to sell products.
What i want to know is how did they get two different points of origin for the sun? Unless the picture is supposed to be lit from 2 major light sources then the shadows should all be in one direction. A lot of the other things I've noticed have already been said in comments above.
Word verification = mingr......sums up what I think of the person that comp'd this crapfest!
I think the "I'll do it when we get back from the pub" tagline is a bit unfair. "I'll sign that off when I get back from the pub" would rightfully reattach responsibility for this kind of garbage to the people in charge.
LOL ... There Must Be Two Suns Out there On LHS and Other On RHS ..to Cast Two Drop Shadows Of Both The Legs ..... Amazing Work...Should be awarded ...most idiotic work done ....
I could ignore almost all of this shit and put it down to the usual dross churned out for modern film posters but those overlapping shadows are unforgiveable.
Whats up with the woman to the far right? She is taller than the woman on the wall, what is she supposed to be 12 feet tall?!? Are all those people standing on some kind of cliff or something too?
Her hand is like a giant paddle. If she were to hit you, your head would snap right off your neck. Thankfully she's missing some midsection so she can't really straighten up. The otter-people bobbing in the ocean behind her shall soon have their feast.
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would say: "ohh Coome oon... this is not a Pee EeS Dee, you don't know how Italian women look like, as much as I do, and you are all Communist!"
I think this artwork is inspired by so called Asian perspective which you find on classic illustrations from Japan a.o., where the background elements are stacked on top instead of given the illusion of disappearing into the background. Not the most successful attempt I've seen by any means...
You MUST remember this is for an Italian audience. Unfortunately I think it's safe to say they actually prefer crap (look at their TV, look at their Prime Minister...)
Seriously I think El Jefe (above) is into something; in this genre you use wrongs by purpose to attract attention. Like a twist on "all PR is good PR". It's become a style, partly subliminal almost. A move poster where everything is lined up perfectly would look dull. By genre conventions this is not a PSD.
i see no extra toe, but I can't stop looking at her left arm/hand. The longer I look at it, the more sunken in and shrivelled my eyes get. Try starng at that appendage for a while, you might be able to collect disability payments for post traumatic stress disorder.
I just don't understand how movie-poster Disasters like this one even happen. I mean, they've hired the actors already, so why not get them together for a group photo? Why not actually get them to pose on location for your desired poster image?
Guy on the far left in the fedora: CLEARLY shocked at her butt. And all the people on the right seem content to look at absolutely nothing and just smile.
OK we're now supposed to believe Nia Vardalos has the ideal thin, modelesque body of Cameron Diaz in "There's Something About Mary". beyond that, her left arm/forearm is seriously deformed. should really see a doctor about that. hand to a lesser degree.
FWIW her left 4th toe is remarkably huge, but hey that's just bad genetics!
"Looks like the English poster isn't that much better."
man, at least the English one, we know they used HER body. sure it's been thinned and smoothed over, but in the italian one that's someone else completely!!
and why in the English version is the middle aged woman the one staring at her a$$ while making the pervy old man "O" face? just wrong!
If you look at the American cover there are similarities. But I suspect the Italian cover was edited so as to show off a little cleavage. Obviously done so without much care/attention.
Urbane Legend: Often it's impossible to get *everyone* in the cast in the same place at the same time - main characters will usually be present for the entire shoot, but supporting actors come in, do their scenes, then leave.
Me, I'm in the "jeez, did they have to past Nia's head on some random model's body" camp.
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ew! where did they get that creepy arm and hand from??
This has to be the worst comp I’ve seen here, ever! Crappiest thing with Tom Hanks name on it since Turner & Hooch. It’s beyond words…
Where are her hips?!
ouch. what a painful position they have her sitting in!
Worst... comp... ever.
Aren't pretty much all movie posters photoshop disasters?
What a terrible disaster hahaha.
And also look the man with the gray hat, he's looking her butt =) is it that considered like a PSD?? =)
I'm starting to get a wild theory here after seeing mountains of bad photoshops for movie covers (from here and others): I think, secretly, that movie PR firms are purposely doing bad PS jobs in order to catch the eye of the consumer when they are out shopping. I read that old ad makers (we're talking 20-40s) used similar "hey wait that's not right" techniques to sell products.
Who's that girl in Nia Vardolos' place
IT'S A GIANT SHIN!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!
Interesting to note that it looks like they called it "My Big Fat Greek Vacation" over there, instead of "My Life in Ruins". Also, worst comp ever.
Yeah, the poster sure is a bad PsD.
But how about that web adress in the top box? http://www.lemiegrossegrassevacanzegreche.it/...
What i want to know is how did they get two different points of origin for the sun? Unless the picture is supposed to be lit from 2 major light sources then the shadows should all be in one direction. A lot of the other things I've noticed have already been said in comments above.
Word verification = mingr......sums up what I think of the person that comp'd this crapfest!
I think the "I'll do it when we get back from the pub" tagline is a bit unfair. "I'll sign that off when I get back from the pub" would rightfully reattach responsibility for this kind of garbage to the people in charge.
wv: scids. Lovely!
Shoe size 17?
Harly, have you gone to that website?
moving your mouse around will make you seasick!
WV: myopsi - the eye disease the person who comp'd this must have had
Looks like the English poster isn't that much better.
http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/my_life_in_ruins_xlg.jpg
"LOOK AT HER BUTT!"
I "like" the "subtle" "heart-shaped" "cloud".
She looks like Elastic Girl, from The Incredibles!!
LOL ... There Must Be Two Suns Out there On LHS and Other On RHS ..to Cast Two Drop Shadows Of Both The Legs ..... Amazing Work...Should be awarded ...most idiotic work done ....
The hand is scary. Really scary. Perhaps she broke it in the accident where she lost the heel to her left shoe?
Eww. And the creepy by to the far left. There must be something behind the wall that's quite shocking…
wv: waddli
Oh, my word. I don't think I've ever seen its equal...
wait, this is not even related with that cheesy big fat greek wedding and they are using quite the same title?
What a bunch of smartasses!
Anyway: they added tits and kind of doctored her face (her nose overall), she doesn't look like Nia Vardalos.
dfdfd
What's going on with the shadows around her legs? Just which direction is the light coming from, or couldn't they decide?
I could ignore almost all of this shit and put it down to the usual dross churned out for modern film posters but those overlapping shadows are unforgiveable.
Oh, geez--this one is obvious no matter how far away or close you stand to examine it.
She looks like she's... um... relieving herself over that wall.
Whats up with the woman to the far right? She is taller than the woman on the wall, what is she supposed to be 12 feet tall?!? Are all those people standing on some kind of cliff or something too?
My girlfriend on Tatooine can do that.
Her hand is like a giant paddle. If she were to hit you, your head would snap right off your neck. Thankfully she's missing some midsection so she can't really straighten up. The otter-people bobbing in the ocean behind her shall soon have their feast.
what, this piece is following the best traditions of florentian mannerism!
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/pondep.jpg
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would say: "ohh Coome oon... this is not a Pee EeS Dee, you don't know how Italian women look like, as much as I do, and you are all Communist!"
I think this artwork is inspired by so called Asian perspective which you find on classic illustrations from Japan a.o., where the background elements are stacked on top instead of given the illusion of disappearing into the background. Not the most successful attempt I've seen by any means...
You MUST remember this is for an Italian audience. Unfortunately I think it's safe to say they actually prefer crap (look at their TV, look at their Prime Minister...)
Seriously I think El Jefe (above) is into something; in this genre you use wrongs by purpose to attract attention. Like a twist on "all PR is good PR". It's become a style, partly subliminal almost. A move poster where everything is lined up perfectly would look dull. By genre conventions this is not a PSD.
Er...anyone notice the EXTRA TOE?
You MUST remember this is for an Italian audience.
What do the Italian's know about art?
The lighting is fine if you just assume their is a black hole hidden somewhere under her skirt.
"coglione", non "stronzo"... ;]
richard dreyfus looks like they shopped the teeth out of his closed mouth...
wv: whaphten
"Wha...?! Pht!!!! Ennnn...."
i see no extra toe, but I can't stop looking at her left arm/hand. The longer I look at it, the more sunken in and shrivelled my eyes get. Try starng at that appendage for a while, you might be able to collect disability payments for post traumatic stress disorder.
the short name of this blog "P.S.D." if pronounced in Russian sounds really bad... somthing like "go ahead, give loads of bullshit"
Stronzo is not incorrect.
Lasciatevelo dire da un italiano...
Dall'italiano che ha mandato la locandina
"stronzo" is like "bastard". in this case it's more "incompetent" so "coglione" fits better. :]
I just don't understand how movie-poster Disasters like this one even happen. I mean, they've hired the actors already, so why not get them together for a group photo? Why not actually get them to pose on location for your desired poster image?
Guy on the far left in the fedora: CLEARLY shocked at her butt. And all the people on the right seem content to look at absolutely nothing and just smile.
Wow, did anyone noticed that the plant on the wall is repeated?
that photoshop job is almost as bad as that movie. fitting
De Plant Boss! De Plant Boss! This reminds me of the old show of Fantasy island. All your fantasy's come true, even if they are PsD's.
OK we're now supposed to believe Nia Vardalos has the ideal thin, modelesque body of Cameron Diaz in "There's Something About Mary". beyond that, her left arm/forearm is seriously deformed. should really see a doctor about that. hand to a lesser degree.
FWIW her left 4th toe is remarkably huge, but hey that's just bad genetics!
"Looks like the English poster isn't that much better."
man, at least the English one, we know they used HER body. sure it's been thinned and smoothed over, but in the italian one that's someone else completely!!
and why in the English version is the middle aged woman the one staring at her a$$ while making the pervy old man "O" face? just wrong!
If you look at the American cover there are similarities. But I suspect the Italian cover was edited so as to show off a little cleavage. Obviously done so without much care/attention.
Kinda looks like the cover of the Mamma Mia movie.
the group of flowers on the right and the left are THE SAME FLOWERS! they just duplicated and reversed them. i was doing that crap when i was 12.
the flowers on the left and right are the same! copied and reversed. what a bunch of losers! i did crap like that when i was 12.
Urbane Legend: Often it's impossible to get *everyone* in the cast in the same place at the same time - main characters will usually be present for the entire shoot, but supporting actors come in, do their scenes, then leave.
Me, I'm in the "jeez, did they have to past Nia's head on some random model's body" camp.
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