What Happened to Movie Posters?

I dropped the kids off at the multiplex one day and since I was close to the door, scanned the posters across the front. They all looked alike. None told me anything about the movie they advertised. Dark colors, big heads, few words, nothing informative at all. It's almost as if producers expect the viewer to get all their information about a film from trailers or the internet …which we do, because the poster won't tell us anything. GoodBadFlicks takes a look at the various formulas and tropes used to produce these rather forgettable posters. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

You know, adherence to a formula for designing posters can backfire.