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Thank you for visiting my blog. I’m a scholar of television, film, and digital media, and the author of CINEMA OF CONFINEMENT (Northwestern University Press) and CAPTURING DIGITAL MEDIA (Bloomsbury Academic). I’ve published a variety of articles on film and television in journals published by Taylor & Francis. I am also a writer of fiction. All of my books can be viewed on www.tomconnellyfiction.com

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Movie Posters Better Than The Actual Movie

How many times have we said.... "I wish the movie was as good as the poster?"


A View To A Kill (1985). A common complaint was that Roger Moore (57 at the time) was too old to play the character of James Bond. Did his age really make a difference in Octopussy, which came out two years earlier? To be honest, I really enjoy watching this one. Love the Duran Duran song!



Detroit Rock City.  I did not have to pay to see this in 1998 because I was an employee at the movie theater. I was so hoping this movie would be good.







Bride of the Monster (1955).  I love Ed Wood films. But this poster is way too good for an Ed Wood movie!






Star Trek V:  The Final Frontier (1989). "What does God need with a space ship?"  Probably the greatest and worse line of scripted dialogue of the 20th century. 

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