Worst DVD covers... ever! (Part Deux)

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pianocrash · #501 Post by **pianocrash** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:46 pm

dx23 wrote:Who goes to these shitty movies that make hollywood produce more of them?

I do.

I'm sorry, but I can't resist seeing Katt Williams wearing a Paula Deen-styled wig. I am just that easy. But that's what happens when There Will Be Blood gets a limited, slow-to-arrive (2 more weeks?) in Peoria release: it's either see this, or stare at each other for two hours in a parking lot.

Searching for another take on Ice Cube's perfectly dusted circle of a haircut, I found another First Run Features ministrosity:

Just how do they do it, I wonder?

Antoine Doinel · #502 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:09 pm

dx23 wrote:Not a dvd cover yet, but soon it will be:

Who goes to these shitty movies that make hollywood produce more of them?

The same people who laugh at those insufferable movietickets.com ads. Every time I go the theater I am truly shocked at the people who genuinely laugh at them.

Lemmy Caution · #503 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:12 pm

This is the cover of a Korean crime/gang film, entitled 거룩한 계보 (Geo-rook-han Gye-boo) ...
or in English, Righteous Ties (2006).

And the cover has one guy righting another's tie.
I really don't know what to make of this.
Irony? Silliness?
And who knows what the Korean title actually means?
Not to mention that a Korean West Side Story is taking place in the background.

tavernier · #504 Post by **tavernier** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:13 pm

Try again.

Barmy · #505 Post by **Barmy** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:21 pm

Yes, that Korean DVD cover sucks.

The Fanciful Norwegian · Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:31 am

Lemmy Caution wrote:This is the cover of a Korean crime/gang film, entitled 거룩한 계보 (Geo-rook-han Gye-boo) ...
or in English, Righteous Ties (2006).

And the cover has one guy righting another's tie.
I really don't know what to make of this.
Irony? Silliness?
And who knows what the Korean title actually means?

Something like "Sacred Family Ties", I think. I assume the "ties" pun doesn't work in Korean, but who knows? They probably just chose the English title hoping it would be confused with Family Ties.

dx23 · #507 Post by **dx23** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:29 pm

Lemmy Caution · #508 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:36 pm

Oh, good call.
I saw that last week at a shop and meant to post it. The actual dvd even somehow managed to look slightly goofier than that pic.

#509 Post by **Mr Sausage** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:47 pm

dx23 wrote:

I'm glad they took the trouble to put the word 'girl' in pink, otherwise I might have missed the gender altogether.

tryavna · #510 Post by **tryavna** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:38 pm

Mr_sausage wrote:
dx23 wrote:
I'm glad they took the trouble to put the word 'girl' in pink, otherwise I might have missed the gender altogether.

Well, she does appear to have a masculine second head emerging out of her right shoulder....

miless · #511 Post by **miless** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:53 pm

He's obviously trying to get a peak at her cleavage.

#512 Post by **Mr Sausage** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:54 am

tryavna wrote:
Mr_sausage wrote: I'm glad they took the trouble to put the word 'girl' in pink, otherwise I might have missed the gender altogether.
Well, she does appear to have a masculine second head emerging out of her right shoulder....

Should have titled it "Suburban girl...?" then.

arsonfilms · #513 Post by **arsonfilms** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:39 am

I actually enjoyed this movie. And the poster was pretty cool. What happened?

Magic Hate Ball · Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:02 am

arsonfilms wrote:I actually enjoyed this movie. And the poster was pretty cool. What happened?

Holy god.

"HEY GUYS! WATCH THIS MOVIE! A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE SURE DID!"

davebert · #515 Post by **davebert** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:32 pm

The new Wristcutters DVD cover reminds me an awful lot of...

Antoine Doinel · #516 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:43 pm

The third part of that tagline is 100% accurate.

Bleddyn Williams · Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:44 pm

Lemmy Caution wrote:

But what I really liked is that on Amazon, it asks,
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing Items Like This?
A: 8% buy Ice Spiders

Antoine Doinel · #518 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:44 pm

I wonder how clever the graphic designer felt when they edited that rearview mirror warning.

#519 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:54 pm

the Wristcutters and Suburban Girl covers aren't even remotely bad, this thread has lost its way.

SoyCuba · #520 Post by **SoyCuba** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:30 pm

In Finland they made a special edition of The Downfall and used the original poster as a base for the cover

... but it doesn't work at all, mainly because of the awful color choices.

pianocrash · #521 Post by **pianocrash** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:58 am

Not wall-to-wall awful, but this would fit into the "best" category if the broom-in-hand Doubtfire was a moving hologram.

But that would never happen. I do quite dig the Ghoulies-style mugshot on the spine, however.

Kinsayder · #522 Post by **Kinsayder** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:38 pm

What's up with Pacino's mouth here?

kieslowski · #523 Post by **kieslowski** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:41 pm

Looks like all those folks are gathering to look at the big Pacino in the sky.

fiddlesticks · #524 Post by **fiddlesticks** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:00 pm

Looks like the Giant Floating Pacino is about to eat that helicopter like a frog eats a fly.

[wishes he had Photoshop skills...]

Via_Chicago · #525 Post by **Via_Chicago** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:20 pm

SoyCuba wrote:

"Hitler honey, why don't you come back inside where it's nice and toasty."
"Goddamnit! I like it out here, leave me alone!"
"Well at least put on your gloves!"
"Nein!"

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