This poster for A Christmas Carol hits just the perfect balance between seeming like a hundred posters you have seen before and still having enough fresh elements to appear modern. Which is exactly as it should be.
Obviously you can’t have a poster that makes the film seem like something straight from the 80’s. And yet a big part of Christmas is that warm feeling of tradition, so you want to hit that as hard as you can, especially in something that is a new version of a many times retold story.
And on that note, here are some other Christmas Carol posters. The one for the Muppets has to be my favorite (artwork by Drew Struzan!).
(Via IMPAwards, Movieposter.com, MovieGoods)
am i imaginging it or does that poster have a serious “lemony snicket” vibe to it?
http://www.impawards.com/2004/lemony_snickets_a_series_of_unfortunate_events_ver3.html
jim carrey and his kid movies… a theme in posters
http://www.impawards.com/2000/posters/dr_seuss_how_the_grinch_stole_christmas_ver3.jpg
http://www.impawards.com/2004/lemony_snickets_a_series_of_unfortunate_events_ver3.html
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