Pic of the Day: ♫ “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay / My, oh, my, what a wonderful day / Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way / Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!” ♫ (75th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I’d like to dedicate this to my grandpa, who showed me these moves.” “Aww, that is so sweet. Is he here? Where’s your grandpa right now?” “In the trunk of our car.” (15th Anniversary)
Mike’s Favorite Movie Posters of 2020 (30-11)
What’s my refrain whenever this article comes up? The movie poster is a lost art. And there’s no better proof of that sentiment than this year. Theaters were closed for the majority of the year and films were either pushed until next year entirely or released on streaming services or on demand. As such, you didn’t get the prolonged media blitz that we usually get when things are ready to come out. Which usually means, for the bigger films, incessant commercials, banners on websites, corporate tie-ins, billboards – you know the drill. But since nothing came out the ‘normal’ way, things felt pretty low key. Maybe that’s just because we had much larger issues to deal with for the majority of the year, but I do feel as though, unless you were specifically paying attention to when stuff came out, you really weren’t that privy to when they did. It was more of a, “Oh, that came out?”
And because of that, I feel like even less effort was put into movie posters than has been in years past. Which is just another mound of dirt on top of the movie poster, which is already struggling because of the increasing amount of films getting released on streaming services, meaning at most those movies are getting a single (usually uninspired) poster designed to tell you it’s theirs and it’s coming out soon.
This year was difficult for a lot of reasons, but picking my favorite posters definitely was made a lot harder task than it has been in previous years. I still managed to get to 50, but that’s just because I love movie posters and not because I was necessarily thrilled about my options.
So, with hope for the future, here are my favorite movie posters of 2020: (more…)
Pic of the Day: “Now that I’ve had a taste of it I don’t wonder why you love boating.” (70th Anniversary)
Mike’s Favorite Movie Posters of 2020 (50-31)
What’s my refrain whenever this article comes up? The movie poster is a lost art. And there’s no better proof of that sentiment than this year. Theaters were closed for the majority of the year and films were either pushed until next year entirely or released on streaming services or on demand. As such, you didn’t get the prolonged media blitz that we usually get when things are ready to come out. Which usually means, for the bigger films, incessant commercials, banners on websites, corporate tie-ins, billboards – you know the drill. But since nothing came out the ‘normal’ way, things felt pretty low key. Maybe that’s just because we had much larger issues to deal with for the majority of the year, but I do feel as though, unless you were specifically paying attention to when stuff came out, you really weren’t that privy to when they did. It was more of a, “Oh, that came out?”
And because of that, I feel like even less effort was put into movie posters than has been in years past. Which is just another mound of dirt on top of the movie poster, which is already struggling because of the increasing amount of films getting released on streaming services, meaning at most those movies are getting a single (usually uninspired) poster designed to tell you it’s theirs and it’s coming out soon.
This year was difficult for a lot of reasons, but picking my favorite posters definitely was made a lot harder task than it has been in previous years. I still managed to get to 50, but that’s just because I love movie posters and not because I was necessarily thrilled about my options.
So, with hope for the future, here are my favorite movie posters of 2020: (more…)
Pic of the Day: “If a man is fool enough to get into business with a woman, she ain’t going to think much of him.” (50th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “What if this isn’t what I want? I mean what if I don’t wanna live the way you live?” Oh, don’t be ridiculous. Andrea. Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.” (15th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Not much of a crowd.” “Well, at least we have the home field advantage.” “The Alamo was the home field.” (30th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I’m going to stay.” “That’s right. You’re in probably the wickedest, most corrupt city, most godless city in America. Sometimes it frightens me. I wonder what the end’s going to be. But nothing can harm you if you don’t allow it to because nothing in the world, no one in the world, is all bad.” (85th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war.” (40th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I’ve heard a lot about you, too, Doc. You left your mark around in Deadwood, Denver and places. In fact, a man could almost follow your trail goin’ from graveyard to graveyard.” “There’s one here, too… the biggest graveyard west of the Rockies. Marshals and I usually get along much better when we understand that right away.” (75th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “You do hate me, don’t you, Johnny?” “I don’t think you have any idea of how much.” “Hate is a very exciting emotion. Haven’t you noticed? Very exciting. I hate you too, Johnny. I hate you so much I think I’m going to die from it. Darling… I think I’m going to die from it.” (75th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: ♫ “If I were a rich man / Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum / All day long I’d biddy biddy bum / If I were a wealthy man / I wouldn’t have to work hard / Ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum / If I were a biddy biddy rich / Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.” ♫ (50th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I may be old-fashioned, but I thought murder was against the law.” (70th Anniversary)
