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Bobby Henderson
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posted 08-21-2011 07:08 PM

quote: Joe Redifer
I honestly didn't think it the laws of physics would allow it, but they somehow found an even uglier actress than the one in the original.

When she has normal looking hair, no metal stuff pierced in her face and normal, un-shaved eye brows Rooney Mara is pretty attractive. Still, someone needs to give her some food to get some meat on those bones. Too many Hollywood actresses seem to be living on a diet of Tic-Tacs.

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Mike Croaro
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posted 08-21-2011 08:23 PM

I originally thought the poster was referring to the foreign film of the same title...which I saw last year.

Mike

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Martin McCaffery
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posted 08-21-2011 08:57 PM

quote: Jerome Holmes
You can even put a "film not yet rated" snipe across it.

Better yet "This Film In English--No Subtitles!"

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Scott Norwood
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posted 08-21-2011 09:23 PM

If I had any concerns about patron reactions to that poster, I would just do the "Coming Soon" thing and be done with it.

At the theatre where I worked when I was in college (late 1990s), we did this sort of thing anyway--each poster had a piece of paper attached to it with the dates and showtimes that the film would play. We also had some generic pre-made cards ("Coming Soon," "Starts Friday," "Held Over," "For Two Big Weeks," etc.) for films that didn't have confirmed dates yet. It shouldn't be hard to get something that looks decent if you have anyone on your staff with a modicum of artistic talent. (I have no artistic talent, but most theatres have at least one employee who does.)

As for the poster itself, I agree that not having the title is dumb. Since it has the same title as the German film from a few years ago, I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of people show up expecting to see the original, not the remake. I would be reluctant to put up a poster like this in a theatre that plays lots of films aimed at children, but it would be fine in an art-house environment.

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David E. Nedrow
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posted 08-21-2011 11:34 PM

quote: Joe F
I honestly didn't think it the laws of physics would allow it, but they somehow found an even uglier actress than the one in the original.

LOL. While I didn't find Noomi Rapace terribly attractive, I'm with you. Roomy is definitely worse.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 08-22-2011 12:02 AM

I'm actually laughing about this because this movie was a topic of conversation when I was out last night.

A female friend of mine named Jennifer was complaining about Rooney Mara being cast in the role because she was too pretty an actress to play the part. Jennifer had read the Millenium Series books before they were turned into movies. Her ex-husband is originally from Sweden and she found out about the books during a visit over there. Anyway, she has a certain image in her mind of how "Lisbeth" should really look. She's put off that Hollywood would just get a thin, pretty girl and make her look ugly. Her question: why not get an actress who truly looks like a street urchin, someone who wouldn't even look good in traditional makeup?

quote: Joe Redifer
The poster MUST show the boobs, otherwise people would think "That's a man, man!" I am quite serious about that.

This may be nit picking, but depending on the town boobs alone don't guarantee the person is a woman. IMHO, the hips and the hands are critical things to notice.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 08-22-2011 01:12 AM

And an Adam's apple!

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Melanie Loggins
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posted 08-22-2011 10:16 AM

Yeah, I'll just cover her naughty bits with the title.

And for the record, Mara Rooney is very pretty! I bet it took some poor makeup artist hours to make her look awful. And she's still not as scary as Noomi Rapace, who is also quite lovely.

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Sam Graham
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posted 08-22-2011 12:18 PM

quote: Bobby Henderson
This may be nit picking, but depending on the town boobs alone don't guarantee the person is a woman.

Especially in Oklahoma, where the women all look so manly in the first place.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 08-22-2011 06:25 PM

I don't know which places you're choosing to hang out, but manly looking isn't how I would describe most women in Oklahoma. There's no shortage of people with serious problems with weight and other health issues. But the Sooner State has quite a bit of "talent" when it comes to beautiful women.

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Jen Pelto
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posted 08-22-2011 07:30 PM

I have seen "edited" versions of this poster floating around. Not sure if it was "user-edited", and the same one is just being copy/pasted, or if the studio released a more edited version.

It's a black bar going across the female bits.

It would be wise of the studio to make a polished edit though, if it was not them!

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Bill Enos
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posted 08-22-2011 08:55 PM

Neither of these actresses is anywhere near a beauty and both
are somewhat anorexic looking. Waaay to skinny to appeal to me.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 08-22-2011 10:42 PM

The "Lisbeth" character in the original novel was no beauty. Just going by what my friend Jennifer told me the character was boyishly androgynous, very young yet still very rough looking. Neither film version pushed this far enough in the casting. They made safer choices with the American version even more so in playing it commercially safe. It's probably a factual statement how movie audiences prefer people to be portrayed in unrealistic, idealized ways via actors with a combination of natural good looks and additional surgical help.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 08-22-2011 11:54 PM

quote: Melanie Loggins
I bet it took some poor makeup artist hours to make her look awful.

Why even bother when there are many starving, ugly actresses that can't land a role to save their lives? Give them a chance! People kept saying that Naomi Rapeface was pretty as well.

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Justin Hamaker
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posted 08-23-2011 12:54 AM

I looked at ours tonight and found there is a "This film is not yet rated" snipe just below the 12-21-11. It mostly covers the shape of her breast so you don't notice that she's topless. The way they positioned the 12-21-11, you don't even see the nipple piercing unless you look for it, and even they you can't really tell it's her nipple.

I wasn't there the day the poster came in, so I don't know if the snipe was attached or if my employees added it.

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