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The 7 Romantic Comedy Movie Poster Clichés
If you thought the movie was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet...
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Cliché #7: The Lean
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EXAMPLE 1
Down To You (2000)
Why is Freddie Prinze Jr. looking away and smiling? Does he not like Julia Stiles? Is Julia Stiles going for Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s neck? Or is she looking at her watch? We're beginning to think they're not really in love at all. | | 
EXAMPLE 2
Forces Of Nature (1999)
You can tell that the two of them are about to fall over into a messy, clichéd heap because Ben Affleck's left hand is blurry. So you can at least enjoy imagining that heap image, even if you can't enjoy the psychedelic mess that is the actual poster. |
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EXAMPLE 3
HouseSitter (1992)
Are those Steve Martin's actual eyes? The lean is used to good effect here so that the house (you know, the house that they're sitting) can appear. Because that's essential. It'd look stupid otherwise. | | 
EXAMPLE 4
Failure To Launch (2006)
We'd like to say you're better than this Mr. McConaughey, but we're not sure… You're just so good at leaning. You're the master. The pro. Everyone looks up to you, Mr. McConaughey - or rather up, and slightly sideways, because you're LEANING. Don't you ever go changing. |
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EXAMPLE 5
Remember Me (2010)
Remember Me is not a rom com by any means (the accepted line casts it as a 'romantic coming of age drama film', just so you know) but this is such a good lean we couldn't not include it. Shame R-Pattz is covering Emilie de Ravin's pretty face, mind. It's not all about you, Robert. Though we understand if you felt the exact opposite. | | 
EXAMPLE 6
Laws Of Attraction (2004)
YOU'RE OUTTA THERE etc. |
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| 1 | Manhattan? | Are they not sitting on a park bench in Manhattan, it's a bit far away but they are definitely on one More
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Posted by edjones95 on Saturday October 22, 2011, 17:39 |
| | 2 | Bendy Ben | Is it just me or has Ben Affleck suddenly gone all Mr Fantastic in the poster for Forces of Nature? More
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Posted by Enzino on Wednesday March 16, 2011, 14:20 |
| | 3 | | the accidental husband poster has absaloute crap editing... More
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Posted by supernaturalfan93 on Thursday January 27, 2011, 09:40 |
| | 4 | How do they forget the template of two-four faces in horizontal panels? | When I saw this headline on IMDb, I was sure someone would finally be torn into for using the same freaking template for like ten movies. But no! It's the horizontal panel photos with the title in the middle in thin serif font, seen in the following movies, for example:
Something's Gotta Give (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm232299776/tt0337741)
The Holiday (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4200108544/tt0457939)
I Could Never Be Your Woman (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm998872576/tt0466839)
Th is one's remarkably similar:
Because I Said So: (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2412745472/tt0490084)
S ame freakin' template! Could you get any lazier about your poster design? It pisses me off. More
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Posted by keelover on Thursday January 27, 2011, 05:16 |
| | 5 | Red-on-white | The WORST RomCom trait ever - white background, red fonts. Doing the in-house displays in my work irritates the hang out of me, 'cos I can never put the RomCom posters together as they all look like the same film!! The Ugly Truth, The Rebound, Morning Glory, Love and Other Drugs, the Heartbreak Kid *shudder*, there must just be a 'generic RomCom' button on most studios' Photoshops... More
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Posted by GypsyTrash on Wednesday January 26, 2011, 11:57 |
| | 6 | | Rom Coms...a bloody waste of space in the film market More
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Posted by ronniem on Wednesday January 26, 2011, 09:58 |
| | 7 | What about... | Shallow Hal in the bench department: http://pinartarhan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/ amorcego2.jpg More
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Posted by Seannybo on Wednesday January 26, 2011, 09:42 |
| | 8 | Excuse Two Weeks' Notice | Like the Run Fatboy Run poster, the Two Weeks' Notice one is not in English, it's Italian. So maybe they don't have the same grasp of apostrophes. More
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Posted by Enzino on Wednesday January 26, 2011, 09:11 |
| | 9 | Non-rom-com films that use these cliches | 1 - Back to Back: A View to a Kill (original poster), Iron Man 2
2 - Floaty faces: Goodfellas, Wall Street, Saving Private Ryan
3 - Park Bench: Forrest Gump, Good Will Hunting
4 - Giant Faces: Election, No Country for Old Men, Avatar
5 - The Collage: Magnolia, The Truman Show, Donnie Darko, Boogie Nights
6 - Pick Me Up: As Good As It Gets
7 - The Lean: Gone With the Wind, The Persuit of Happyness More
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Posted by G MAN on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 23:49 |
| | 10 | Three to Tango | Seen it - is it wrong that kinda totally like it? More
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Posted by mebbetheywasinjuns on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 20:35 |
| | 11 | Kevin Connolly must... | ... be absolutely MORTIFIED at that shot of him in 'He's Just Not That Into You'. Jesus Christ, look at that face! More
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Posted by Concise_Statement on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 20:29 |
| | 12 | | To be fair, there aren't THAT money ways to make a poster! More
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Posted by jamie325 on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 20:23 |
| | 13 | A few more... | 1. White background, wording in two colours (the proposal, the back up plan, the break-up)
2. White background - bold font, narrow font (Date Night, Leap Year, the ugly truth, definitley maybe, made of honour)
3. Jennifer Aniston, Katherine Heigl and Jennifer Lopez
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Posted by House_Of_Myrmidon on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 16:50 |
| | 14 | A few more... | 1. White background, wording in two colours (the proposal, the back up plan, the break-up)
2. White background - bold font, narrow font (Date Night, Leap Year, the ugly truth, definitley maybe, made of honour)
3. Jennifer Aniston, Katherine Heigl and Jennifer Lopez
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Posted by House_Of_Myrmidon on Tuesday January 25, 2011, 16:45 |
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