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Author Topic: "Seven Pounds" one-sheet Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2008 11:19 AM                        Another Will Smith movie, another huge picture of his unshaven face. They must have worked on this picture for....uh, minutes. Looks like a good movie though.  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 11-20-2008 02:54 PM                     Seven minutes. One minute per pound...  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-20-2008 09:28 PM                     It's Will Smith, people would go and see him if it was him sitting down reading the newspaper for 90 minutes. I have never seen him in a bad film, even enjoyed Wild Wild West which everyone slates. Film looks interesting though, will definitely see it.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 11-30-2008 09:26 AM                     quote: Mike Blakesley Another Will Smith movie, another huge picture of his unshaven face What's weird is that in my theater's lobby that poster is right next to THIS almost identical one from "Benjaman Button" - Until the other day, we also had another identically posed "Button" poster with Cate Blanchett's face, but we took it down when we realized that the lobby was starting to look like the FBI "Wanted" poster wall at the post office.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 11-30-2008 11:46 AM                    The theater I was just in had those two and the one with Spock's face next to them. (Sorry I don't have a picture of it handy, but I'm sure someone else might.)  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-30-2008 11:51 AM                     We've got both button posters right next to each other then a couple down there's two from Star Trek (Kirk and the female vulcan I think) then on another hall across the building we've got the bad guy from Star Trek too. I think the mgr who's in charge of posters put all those faces right in a row on purpose.  |  IP: Logged Tyler Potts Expert Film Handler Posts: 159 From: Anderson, SC, USA Registered: Sep 2008 posted 11-30-2008 12:11 PM                       We received the Benjamin Button banner. It's Pitt & Blanchett's poster pictures next to each other but the right one is offset down by a foot (I guess to look like I hung 2 banners?). I don't like hanging banner with three hooks, but putting that up let me make room for actual good looking posters in the cases. Has anyone seen the new Taken poster? Black background with grey text that you can only really read with a back lit case. p.s. - Anyone have any insight to Seven Pounds other than Will Smith decides to help people? It looks like I'll be building like 6 movies (who knows how many prints) on Christmas Eve and am trying to figure out which to screen.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 12-18-2008 12:04 PM                     Screened Seven Pounds last night, and without ruining it, he hurts 7 peoples lives and makes up for it by helping 7 others. I really enjoyed the movie, 6 VERY full reels, hard to believe they stuck 123 mins on 6 reels, economy for reels and boxes must be bad.  |  IP: Logged Andrew Bangs Expert Film Handler Posts: 148 From: Kerrville, Texas, United States Registered: Sep 2008 posted 12-21-2008 12:06 PM                        Tyler Do you have friends or fellow employees who's opinions you trust? If so What I do is have at least one person in each movie and I give them a little questionnaire that I made up and this way I have a fair Idea on how all my prints screen. I am usually stuck up in the booth tearing down prints that have to leave that afternoon so all I can do is check every now and again to make sure they are still in frame and have no miss-splices. On the questionnaire I simply put: How was the audio throughout, The Picture, and if their were any problems that only lasted a brief moment, If so how far into the movie was it. They are usually good about giving me times. Be careful though I had one guy write down all the times their was a reel change because of the spots flashing in the corner... after I had to explain it to him I stopped giving him the questionnaire if there was someone else in the theatre with him.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-21-2008 03:17 PM                     quote: Chris Slycord I think the mgr who's in charge of posters put all those faces right in a row on purpose. I would.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-21-2008 04:52 PM                     I'm sure he did. It was just weird coming out of the elevator from the booth to see a bunch of oversized faces staring at me.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-21-2008 07:44 PM                        I don't bother seeing any movie unless the poster has a prominent headshot of an actor.  |  IP: Logged Jaime Tuzzio Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Salem, OR, USA Registered: Apr 2008 posted 12-22-2008 12:45 AM                 quote: Brad Miller I would. I would too, and I have done so many times. Up until last Friday we had the Cate & Brad headshots next to the Will headshot next to the Kirk & Spock headshots. Once, at my first theatre, I used to have themes for some of our poster case groups. For instance, when people started using the term "Freedom Fries" I made French flags out of nearly solid red, white, and blue posters. Someone actually noticed and said something. I couldn't believe it. No one, however, said anything about the following (though the first three posters happened by accident, the fourth was added when we noticed a trend):  |  IP: Logged

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