Hi David Thanks for adding the link to the one-sheets!
I'm left feeling totally unmoved by any of these 3 and certainly won't be rushing to add them to my small collection. If this is 'the best B-move ever' and I'm not disagreeing with you there, then surely it deserved the best B-movie artwork for the film posters released? Shelly ----Original Message Follows---- From: David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] WOTW: The 1-Sheet That Never Was Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:27:50 -0700 Back to film: I opened the paper today and saw a full-page color ad featuring an image taken directly from WOTW. I think it captures the film's true menace, w/Spielberg coming full-circle (almost), to his thriller-making roots of his first blockbuster ("Jaws," which I still feel is his best thriller-horror pix). When I see ads like this (click link below), I wonder how decisions are made for one-sheet art that looks uninspiring by comparison (the Style A has block letters like Ben-Hur and the Style B, a little better, shows a tentacled grip on Earth): http://members.cox.net/davidkusumoto/wotw-ad-sunday-07-10-05.jpg I've since talked to many friends who've seen the film (esp. at my office), and the reaction is split down the middle; some (mostly women) think WOTW is super lame. Others consider WOTW (like I do), the "best B-movie ever made." Note my qualifier. It's the best "B-movie" -- not the best sci-fi movie. A "B-movie" allows me to forgive almost everything people hate, including less-than-Oscar caliber acting, writing, directing, etc.; its creators make no pretense of creating a masterpiece. Now let me contradict myself. How many "B-movies" cost $135 million to make? Now that's worth debating. Maybe Spielberg was trying to capture the "spirit" of the "b-movie" without doing it on the cheap -- using the best tools available for a director -- whom few in Hollywood can say "no." I'll take Spielberg any day over directors who produce "similar" fare such as "Independence Day," "Armageddon" and "The Day After Tomorrow." -d. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
