Best and Worst DVD Cover Art [Archive]

Tacitus

12-11-07, 07:03 AM

Best or worst? You decide...

I'm betting you'll know what I think. ;)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/greenspagbol/8477-large.jpg

I found this at the bottom of a box recently (I have it on VHS cassette :p) and was immediately transported back to my hormonally supercharged days in the mid 80s. The film, obviously enough I suppose, looks nothing like the rather racy cover (common practise with low budget Fantasy videos) but I've kept is because of one interesting feature - it stars the poor girl who befriended Phil Spector, Lana Clarkson.

She was a fine lookin' woman. :)

JBriscoe

01-10-08, 10:36 PM

WORST:
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii277/Niquie1992/dayofthedeadcover.jpg

BEST:
http://www.papermag.com/blogs/CannibalMan_.jpg

AS-1

01-14-08, 04:37 PM

Worse: Frankenstein's Bloody Nightmare

http://www.tvaddicts.tv/largepics/58100_2.jpg

Swedish Chef

01-14-08, 09:55 PM

The Criterion Collection Brazil cover gets my vote for the best. And it's not even close. My old roomate owned a huge framed poster of it - The single most beautiful thing I have ever seen. This picture does not do it justice.

http://www.librairielabourse.com/journal/fevrier01/images/brazil.jpg

John McClane

01-14-08, 10:01 PM

Blade Runner has the best cover ever. Nuff said.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61AiRaUBELL._SS500_.jpg

Sci-Fi-Guy

01-15-08, 02:04 AM

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/9448/lostboyscg0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It was simply basic back then and I've noticed over the years since it has been copied a hell of alot by dozens of thriller movies with teenagers starring in them.

ImNotGibson

01-15-08, 02:28 AM

This is my favorite DVD cover...

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/full_boxshot/409_box_348x490.jpg

mark f

01-15-08, 02:32 AM

It's certainly my fave movie visuals, let alone musical score, so I guess I'll agree for now. :cool:

Iroquois

01-15-08, 04:21 AM

I'll limit my choices to Region 4 DVDs...

I've probably seen worse than this, but I've got to give props to the Dazed and Confused artwork.

http://www.aussiegamer.com.au/catalog/images/boxshots/lrg_DVDACON.jpg

Milla Jovovich doesn't deserve to be on the cover of Dazed.

Can't think of a best.

Holden Pike

01-15-08, 04:27 AM

Criterion has been doing great stuff for years, but some of my favorites among them are...

http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/584/90_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/629/105_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/434/97_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1669/165_man-bites_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/674/147_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/878/173_box_348x490_w100.jpg

http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/950/190_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/677/224_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/965/199_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1025/306_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1451/315_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1520/287_box_348x490_w100.jpg

http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/407/428_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1364/272_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1292/291_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1412/249_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1331/288_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1723/303_badtiming_w100.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1226/410_box_348x490_w100.jpg

Apart from Criterion, generally what I like are DVD covers that use or slightly modify original movie poster art. Warner Brothers has been EXCELLENT about this in recent years. Just a few examples...

http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/901/WBD066901.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/414/WBD067414.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/682/WBD067682.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/759/WBD006759.jpg

http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/729/WBD033729.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/055/WBD011055.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/061/WBD011061.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/165/WBD065165.jpg

Holden Pike

01-15-08, 04:47 AM

As for the worst, it's the opposite of that: when they ditch the original movie poster for the dreaded "floating heads" of a key star or two or even worse throw some cheap-ass generic thing on there that doesn't even clue you in to what movie it's supposed to be. For the first, check out Open Range. It had a pretty cool poster, but obviously some genius in the marketing department decided a stock shot of some galloping horses being haunted by the floating heads of the film's three biggest stars would be a whale of a lot better. What the fart?

http://www.cyber-cinema.com/original/openrangeOrg.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/055/BVD032055.jpg

Or a modern classic like An American Werewolf in London that had a memorable poster only to be replaced by a floating head of a special effect against a generic blue filtered London skyline. THAT was a good idea.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/An_American_Werewolf_in_London_poster.jpg/200px-An_American_Werewolf_in_London_poster.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/219/MCA021219.jpg

Or where they ALMOST decide to use the original poster concept...but then chicken out and screw it up by imposing floating heads, like for David Fincher's Zodiac. How totally unnecessary.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwGFMmZLwkcL8GnDpJv2SarQxgrg6SMcHJ_vMCbEnlKYXnO37r3g http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/601/PRD034601.jpg

As for an example of a cheap-ass stock photo from some service that gives you no clue what it even is other than in it's most generic sense, I give you the DVD for the 1956 Western The Proud Ones. Now the people who might actually be interested in purchasing or renting this movie are exactly the same people who would appreciate knowing that Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan and Jeffrey Hunter are in it. Instead they've tried to keep it totally generic, I assume so that a thirteen-year-old who really liked the 3:10 to Yuma re-make and thinks Kurt Russell totally should have gotten the Oscar for Tombstone might accidentally rent The Proud Ones...which almost surely they will hate. What a great trick! Those who want to watch it may pass it up, and those who have no use for it may pick it up on a whim. Terrific.

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1010/483094.1010.A.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/899/FXD033899.jpg (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T51AF2C3L._SS500_.jpg)

Holden Pike

01-15-08, 04:56 AM

Worst :

http://www.dylangreene.com/custom/image/blog/cityofgod.png

Great movie - horrible dvd art : I mean the movie is one of the visually best , who oversaw this DVD cover ?

Ummmmm, that's the exact same image as the movie poster there, genius. In fact, what you've linked to is the poster and not the DVD at all, which used the same concept and two images but slightly altered (as in it doesn't list all the credits like the poster does, nor does it use the same review quotes).

http://www.publispain.com/posters/city_of_god.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/545/BVD031545.jpg

As always, you are right on target. :indifferent:

ImNotGibson

01-15-08, 05:51 AM

I agree with Holden about how Criterion puts out some of the best DVD covers around. Here are a few more of my favorites of theirs.

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/267_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/137_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/385_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/341_box_128x180.jpg

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/154_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/49_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/140_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/100_box_128x180.jpg

And to kind of even it out, here are a few Criterion covers I was not particularly fond of. That goes double for the Salo cover, which is just God awful in my opinion.

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/408_box_128x180.jpghttp://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/17_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/40_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/125_box_128x180.jpg

meatwadsprite

01-15-08, 09:26 AM

lol at the armageddon cover

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HEEMJV31L._AA240_.gif VS http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/15/160515.jpg

Iroquois

01-15-08, 09:39 AM

lol at the armageddon cover

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71HEEMJV31L._AA240_.gif VS http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/coverv/15/160515.jpg

What's wrong with the Spinal Tap cover? Just because it's all black doesn't make it a bad cover.

Holden Pike

01-15-08, 10:22 AM

http://www.founditemclothing.com/t-shirts/gfx/spinal-tap-cap-1.jpg

NIGEL TUFNEL
It's like, how much more black could
this be? And the answer is none. None
more black

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:-g-1UjxGtK7GtM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/Smell_The_Glove.svg/200px-Smell_The_Glove.svg.png http://www.celebritywonder.com/img/movieposter/tn/1984_This_Is_Spinal_Tap.jpg

~DaRk-EyE~

01-15-08, 10:45 AM

Here is one of my favorites...

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/images/film/gf/film-gf-dvd-cover.jpg

Swedish Chef

01-15-08, 04:47 PM

Can anyone tell me why the Criterion Collection (a self-proclaimed "series of important classic and contemporary films") has done not one, not four, but two transfers of Michael Bay movies?

Sedai

01-15-08, 04:56 PM

Everyone makes mistakes here and there.

Holden Pike

01-15-08, 05:49 PM

Can anyone tell me why the Criterion Collection (a self-proclaimed "series of important classic and contemporary films") has done not one, not four, but two transfers of Michael Bay movies?

http://auteurs_production.s3.amazonaws.com/stills/9299/Rockw.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/308/40_box_348x490_w128.jpg

The answer is twofold. First on a representational level, they wanted a couple examples of the mainstream, big budget, effects-laden pieces of Pop Culture that routinely rule the box office. Bruckheimer & Bay, while having little to no artistic merit, are definitely representative of the late '90s slick blockbuster. If you want to have a sense of the entire scope of cinema history, you'd need at least a couple examples of just about everything.

Not every movie in The Criterion Collection (DVD or LaserDisc) is an acknowledged "classic" in the sense most people would apply that word to film. Yes they have many titles from the likes of Kurosawa, Bergman, Hitchcock, Fellini, etc., but they also have titles such as Equinox (1970), The Blob (1958) and The Atomic Submarine (1959), I think none of which would be readily praised for their artistry, even by the people at Criterion, yet are representative of a kind of B-movie that had popularity for a couple decades.

The second reason is to fill the coffers with moneys from the segment of the DVD market that doesn't usually buy Criterion products. Armageddon was just the fortieth title released and The Rock was the hundred and eighth (Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is due out in March and will be the four-hundred twenty-sixth title released by Criterion, and that number doesn't even include their new Eclipse Series boxed sets which adds another thirty-seven films). Plus both Michael Bay films were issued by Criterion on Laser Disc before DVD even came to be, so they already had all the supplemental material collected and ready to go.

So...like that.

iluv2viddyfilms

01-15-08, 07:13 PM

This is my favorite DVD cover...

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/full_boxshot/409_box_348x490.jpg

How could that be the best when the little man is out of focus?

iluv2viddyfilms

01-15-08, 07:20 PM

As for the worst, it's the opposite of that: when they ditch the original movie poster for the dreaded "floating heads" of a key star or two or even worse throw some cheap-ass generic thing on there that doesn't even clue you in to what movie it's supposed to be. For the first, check out Open Range. It had a pretty cool poster, but obviously some genius in the marketing department decided a stock shot of some galloping horses being haunted by the floating heads of the film's three biggest stars would be a whale of a lot better. What the fart?

Or a modern classic like An American Werewolf in London that had a memorable poster only to be replaced by a floating head of a special effect against a generic blue filtered London skyline. THAT was a good idea.

Or where they ALMOST decide to use the original poster concept...but then chicken out and screw it up by imposing floating heads, like for David Fincher's Zodiac. How totally unnecessary.

As for an example of a cheap-ass stock photo from some service that gives you no clue what it even is other than in it's most generic sense, I give you the DVD for the 1956 Western The Proud Ones. Now the people who might actually be interested in purchasing or renting this movie are exactly the same people who would appreciate knowing that Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan and Jeffrey Hunter are in it. Instead they've tried to keep it totally generic, I assume so that a thirteen-year-old who really liked the 3:10 to Yuma re-make and thinks Kurt Russell totally should have gotten the Oscar for Tombstone might accidentally rent The Proud Ones...which almost surely they will hate. What a great trick! Those who want to watch it may pass it up, and those who have no use for it may pick it up on a whim. Terrific.

Priceless Holden. I completly agree.

Off topic, but kind of related to your comments on The Proud Ones. It upsets me when I go into Wal-Mart and see something like The Fountain sitting on the self, but the fullscreen edition. People who are interested in The Fountain will not buy the fullscreen version, and people who want fullscreen movies, will likely not pick up The Fountain.

But that said, they could have done worse with the film... they used a head popping up from the ground and from the sky instead of a floating head.

http://www.thescreendirectory.com/tsdblog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/fountain-dvd.jpg http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JPAP.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

John McClane

01-16-08, 12:10 AM

How could that be the best when the little man is out of focus?He didn't say it was the best, he said it was his favorite.

iluv2viddyfilms

01-16-08, 01:02 AM

He didn't say it was the best, he said it was his favorite.

Good deal!

In any event, I was joking. I actually love that cover. Very good movie too.

ImNotGibson

01-16-08, 03:33 AM

Good deal!

In any event, I was joking. I actually love that cover. Very good movie too.
You had me going too!

And I gotta say the Smokin' Aces DVD is absolute garbage compared to this one sheet created for the movie's theatrical release. They should've just copy and pasted the poster onto the DVD covers!

http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/smokinaces-dvd.jpg http://www.cinemacomrapadura.com.br/filmes/poster/3181-2007-01-25-16:35:09_1.jpg

meatwadsprite

01-17-08, 11:50 PM

What's wrong with the Spinal Tap cover? Just because it's all black doesn't make it a bad cover.

This thread isn't just for bad covers - i was just comparing how both are exactly the same.

But if it was all black then it wouldn't say SPINAL TAP on the front either.

meatwadsprite

01-17-08, 11:57 PM

some really cool ones

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/IMAGES/MG/339722.jpg http://www.tvsnob.com/images/athf-dvd.jpg
http://www.dvdfuture.com/images/upload/IndyArt.jpg

meatwadsprite

01-18-08, 12:05 AM

I don't like how these films titles get changed around. I think the original titles without their series name before them - gives them more power as an individual film.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5361/003raidersrrptp4.jpg http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6540/180pxraidersdvdth2.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7291/009422010starwarstheemprp9.jpg http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9072/starwars5rw0.jpg

But I can easily say the newer versions of the films picture and sound quality is a million times better than the originals - I like the old titles better.

Iroquois

01-18-08, 06:40 AM

This thread isn't just for bad covers - i was just comparing how both are exactly the same.

Why should they be any different, though? I think the black cover works pretty well, all things considered.

But if it was all black then it wouldn't say SPINAL TAP on the front either.

I didn't literally mean all-black. You can see it's not all black, but if you had to describe the cover to somebody, you'd say it was all-black. You wouldn't count the title.

meatwadsprite

01-18-08, 09:53 AM

Why should they be any different, though? I think the black cover works pretty well, all things considered.

I never said they should be different and keep in mind this is Best and Worst

Iroquois

01-18-08, 10:03 AM

Oh. My bad.

meatwadsprite

01-19-08, 11:38 AM

Great movie , pretty bad DVD - espicially compared to the poster.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NSgA6d7cL._SS500_.jpg

And what's up with the Rotten Tomatoes thing on the top ? By their standards Superman 1 and 2 are better than this movie .

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/kingofkongposter.jpg

TheUsualSuspect

01-19-08, 02:45 PM

It's all about marketing people.

Holden Pike

06-10-08, 02:31 PM

This is the kind of marketing stupidity that makes me scream.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0017INRFY.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7WwY9kHhmWIsGM:http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/super_size_me_verdvd.jpg

Super High Me is a little documentary/spoof from comedian Doug Benson (who you may recognize from VH1's "Best Week Ever") where he takes the basic concept from Morgan Spurlock's fast food binger Super Size Me and uses marijuana instead of empty calories. A one-joke premise if there ever was one, but this isn't about the inherent quality of the movie. Take a look at the DVD cover above (which replicates the poster art, spoofing Spurlock's mouth full of fries) and the second cover which is also available for Super High Me below...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qUM-8174L._SS500_.jpg

Yes, that's right: this is the "conservative art" DVD cover. Exact same movie inside, but this one replaces the numerous joints for a cloud of smoke. What in tarnation is the point of this? If you have the kind of business or home, for that matter, where you are presumably worried about a young, impressionable person seeing a photo of a man comically smoking a dozen reefers at once...is this a movie you are ever going to stock or purchase in the first place?!? Who is this protecting, exactly? Is WAL-MART going to put the smoke-only version on their store shelves because they like the idea of making a buck off of the movie but don't want to "offend" with the cover? Doubt it.

Maddeningly ridiculous....in a marketing sense, of course.

Sexy Celebrity

06-10-08, 04:51 PM

^^^ Yeah, that is stupid. Looks like the man's a robot that's starting to go haywire.

Sexy Celebrity

06-10-08, 05:07 PM

Original movie poster for Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood...
http://japko.hapay.pl/series/friday13/friday_the_thirteenth_part_vii.jpg

DVD cover art for Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood....

http://www.xmission.com/~tyranist/horror/reviews/f/image/Fridaythe13th7(2).jpg

BORING!

Same goes for Friday the 13th's 5, 6 and 8 on DVD.

Ðèstîñy

06-10-08, 10:24 PM

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0017INRFY.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

As far as I am concerned, that one is fine.

However . . .

http://www.wordsfromhere.com/images/saw_poster.jpg

That being just a few cases away from Strawberry Shortcake, Scooby Doo, etc . . . when my daughter was picking out a cartoon. She was maybe 7. That pissed me off, and I'm willing to bet that they are still stuck in between the wall, and DVD rack. Oops!

PimpDaShizzle V2.0

06-11-08, 01:58 AM

This is my favorite DVD cover...

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/full_boxshot/409_box_348x490.jpg
That person is waaaaay too out of focus. For that to be accurate, that field would have to be very far away and rising at a very steep angle, or that person, landscape and house would have to be very small, like miniature scale small. Whoever was working the design should have backed off the blur.

But, the color correction is done really well, which in my mind, more than makes up for the blurred blob of a person. If the movie looks like that, I'd want to see it.

Holden Pike

06-11-08, 02:09 AM

If the movie looks like that, I'd want to see it.

It actually looks better than that. Malick's Days of Heaven is easily one of the most beautifully photographed films ever made.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion_images/current/img_current_1079_244.png

blibblobblib

06-11-08, 08:44 AM

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/108_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/featured_dvd/108_feature_350x180.jpg

The answer is twofold...
I always wondered that my self, thanks for clearing it up!It actually looks better than that. Malick's Days of Heaven is easily one of the most beautifully photographed films ever made.
I now very badly want to see this film.

Sexy Celebrity

06-11-08, 09:29 AM

This one I hate most of all.... the original movie poster for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2 (left).... which is making fun of the movie poster for The Breakfast Club (right)....

http://texaschainsawmassacre.com/tcm2/images/tcm2_poster.jpghttp://cheap-posters.net/posters/BREAKFAST.jpg

Hilarious. But here's the DVD cover art for the GRUESOME edition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2....

http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/reviews/tcm2dvdb.jpg

Creating such pathetic, godawful DVD covers should be illegal.

PimpDaShizzle V2.0

06-11-08, 01:32 PM

It actually looks better than that. Malick's Days of Heaven is easily one of the most beautifully photographed films ever made.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/reverseshot/archives/days-of-heavenPDVD_01401.jpg
SOLD!

I'm adding it to my list which already has A Woman Under The Influence which no one seems to carry. Effers'.

Holden Pike

06-11-08, 04:25 PM

I'm adding it to my list which already has A Woman Under The Influence which no one seems to carry. Effers'.

http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/1409/250_box_348x490_w128.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/851/253_box_348x490_w100.jpg http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Hj2Qrpmbno6IhM:http://beerandscifi.com/wp-content/gallery/other/movie-madness-portland.jpg http://www.multcolib.org/images/logo-blue.gif

Don't know where you live in Portland, Pimpy, but Movie Madness (http://www.moviemadnessvideo.com/) over on SE Belmont definitely has multiple copies of it. And if you have a library card you can reserve the entire Criterion Collection five-film eight-disc set (they have it cataloged as "John Cassavetes Five Films") which you can reserve on their website HERE (http://catalog.multcolib.org/search?/Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R/Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R&SUBKEY=woman%20under%20the%20influence/1%2C11%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R&2%2C2%2C). There are only two holds right now on their eleven copies of the set, so I'll bet you could have it at your nearest library in a week or so and then you've got those discs for about three weeks. The Criterion version is definitely the one to rent, check out or buy. The Multnomah County Library system doesn't have the Criterion edition of Days of Heaven, though they do have the previous Paramount disc. And Movie Madness definitely has the Criterion Days of Heaven.

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/250_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/featured_dvd/253_feature_350x180.jpg

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/featured_dvd/409_feature_350x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/409_box_128x180.jpg

PimpDaShizzle V2.0

06-11-08, 06:08 PM

Don't know where you live in Portland, Pimpy, but Movie Madness (http://www.moviemadnessvideo.com/) over on SE Belmont definitely has multiple copies of it. And if you have a library card you can reserve the entire Criterion Collection five-film eight-disc set (they have it cataloged as "John Cassavetes Five Films") which you can reserve on their website HERE (http://catalog.multcolib.org/search?/Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R/Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R&SUBKEY=woman%20under%20the%20influence/1%2C11%2C11%2CB/frameset&FF=Ywoman+under+the+influence&searchscope=1&SORT=R&2%2C2%2C). There are only two holds right now on their eleven copies of the set, so I'll bet you could have it at your nearest library in a week or so and then you've got those discs for about three weeks. The Criterion version is definitely the one to rent, check out or buy. The Multnomah County Library system doesn't have the Criterion edition of Days of Heaven, though they do have the previous Paramount disc. And Movie Madness definitely has the Criterion Days of Heaven.

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/250_box_128x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/featured_dvd/253_feature_350x180.jpg

http://www.criterion.com/content/images/featured_dvd/409_feature_350x180.jpg http://www.criterion.com/content/images/128x180_boxshots/409_box_128x180.jpg
Movie Madness isn't that far away and I've got a membership there, but I've only used it a few times. I'm waiting for a couple more "hard-to-find/rent" movies to add to my list before I go there.

Thanks for the heads up on the library system too. I think I have some late fees. Probably Goosebumps from back in the day.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/WerewolfFeverSwamp.gif

PS:
Nice layout of the covers and stills.

king_of_movies_316

07-01-08, 09:41 AM

n3wt

07-04-08, 06:40 AM

I love the DVD case for the "Ulitimate Rambo Collection" but the only plroblem ive got with it is, it doest say what it is on the side of the boxset. Its a very nice boxset and you can tell what it is just when its in my cabinet YOU CANT SEE THE NAME that is the only thing wrong with it lol

http://www.sendit.com/img/video/cover_big/front-sorted/7001000/14/53/21.jpg

Hello My Name Is Ryan

07-08-08, 11:08 PM

I have to say I was very dissapointed with the DVD for Zodiac 2 disc edition. I was really hoping for a slip cover...i know it is supposed to look like an envelope, but...they could have made it like the Momento case or something...

n3wt

07-19-08, 09:15 AM

http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/3/3723-large.jpg
http://dvd.easycinema.com/easy/images/products/5/3755-large.jpg
I love these DVD Covers!

Hetgeit

08-20-08, 06:20 AM

I'm really fond of this one

http://www.redlist.be/images/C_est_arrive_pres_de_chez_vous.jpg

Justin

08-20-08, 01:04 PM

http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/sansho-the-bailiff.article.jpg

I'm a big fan of Mizoguchi and this DVD release made me very happy -- plus, the cover is absolutely beautiful.

http://wherethelongtailends.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/vampyrcc.jpg

Another great cover to accompany a great film

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_GbtM-aVze1A/Ro8sHOxHOJI/AAAAAAAABZY/rE8vSKmYoHk/s392.jpg

I adore this box set -- it is without a doubt, my favorite.

Sawman3

08-20-08, 08:03 PM

Worst: The standard DVD cover art for Ichi the Killer. Not necessarily bad, but a let-down for me. They could have done much better... as it is it doesn't really imply much about the movie, and it's not a particularly unique shot.

http://www.nipponcinema.com/images/coverart/ichi_the_killer.jpg

Holden Pike

09-18-08, 04:24 PM

OK, here's something else I hate: not only do they change from the movie poster art for the DVD box, but they intentionally try and make it look like the existing cover to another movie. Such as...

http://www.filmdetail.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/88-minutes-poster.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/615/COL025615.jpg

http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/994/MCA024994.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/274/MCA032274.jpg

The poster for the Al Pacino would-be-thriller 88 Minutes was nothing special, but for the DVD they clearly went for the Matt Damon thing. I guess subconsciously you're supposed to think it's The Bourne Retirement?

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:iGj8NSfyHcJPbM:http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/al_finete/Eastern_Promises/Poster001.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/300/MCA033300.jpg http://product-images.infinityresourcesinc.com/video/144/064/TWC081064.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:n3U3ekXi19A7PM:http://www.cinemablend.com/images/reviews/2551/_11943394854318.jpg

The poster to Cronenberg's Eastern Promises was pretty damn cool, with the heavily tattooed hands against black. That image was shrunken and hidden among a bunch of boxes for the DVD release. Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream also had a mostly black poster, and it was scrapped in favor of a very similar box configuration. Remember that scene in the movie where a completely naked and heavily tattooed Woody Allen has a knife fight with Alan Alda's goons in the steambath because he wouldn't kill Scarlett Johansson and the baby? Eastern Dream? Cassandra's Promises?

I mean, it's better than floating heads...but not much better.

The Prestige

09-29-08, 10:01 AM

The DVD cover art for The Last Seduction is fantastic and done in true noir fashion. The fact that it's just her on the cover with the cigerette in her mouth emphasis the film's title even more. This IS the definitive seduction. Iconic stuff.

http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_images/114/40174114.jpg

king_of_movies_316

09-29-08, 10:07 AM

When it comes to DVD cover art im more of a straight-in your face syle cover art type guy.

I like ones with just one photo and no extra bits. DVD covers like Ichi the Killer grab your attention alot more than ones like the Bourne Supremecy.

The Prestige

09-29-08, 07:53 PM

As for my worst. I hate the Thirteen Ghosts poster. It just looks so repulsive. I can't even show an image. It's nasty.

The Prestige

09-30-08, 11:54 AM

I was hoping that they'd be brave and go with this poster for The Dark Knight upcoming DVD. http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/files/2007/12/the-dark-knight.jpg

Beauty personified. It's a shame they went for the more generic Michael Bay inspired poster. It's the one with the motorbike crashing through a window that looks three stories high...despite the fact that Batman never crashed through a window that was three stories high.. :indifferent:

Iroquois

10-02-08, 12:24 PM

Beauty personified. It's a shame they went for the more generic Michael Bay inspired poster. It's the one with the motorbike crashing through a window that looks three stories high...despite the fact that Batman never crashed through a window that was three stories high.. :indifferent:

Ergh. I winced at the thought of something that poor actually making it onto the DVD cover. None of the other posters on offer were good enough? I find that hard to believe.

The Prestige

10-02-08, 01:13 PM

Ergh. I winced at the thought of something that poor actually making it onto the DVD cover. None of the other posters on offer were good enough? I find that hard to believe.

I know. I just hope that there are alternate DVD covers in the future.

meatwadsprite

10-02-08, 06:09 PM

You could just make your own dvd cover for it in photoshop or find one on http://cdcovers.com

neiltracy

10-04-08, 09:39 PM

The movie was so-so, but the 3D Holographic cover for "Day of the Dead" was pretty cool in my book.

meatwadsprite

10-12-08, 04:34 PM

http://i35.tinypic.com/soye79.jpg

Pretty good ...

Iroquois

10-12-08, 10:51 PM

No, it's not.

Anyway, I believe I have a new nominee for "worst DVD cover I've ever seen" - went through my collection recently and I would like to nominate a badly-done cover for what is actually one of my favourite movies...The Warriors.

This is the film's original poster, which fits into the brilliant "hand-drawn" mold...

http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/the-warriors-1979-poster-ii.jpg

Compare it to the Ultimate Director's Cut cover, which is a stock photo that has been very badly Photoshopped onto a graffiti background. It's a very minor improvement over the film's original DVD release, which also looks like ass.

http://www.andyfilm.com/warriorshd07.jpg

For comparison's sake, here's the original....

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000541AM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

That's ever-so-slightly worse.

rice1245

10-16-08, 01:47 AM

i really really miss when they used to have painted movie covers this one is my all time favorite

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mcellis/Eden/aodlogo.jpg

more of the best...well not the best just some of my favs :D

http://www.impawards.com/2006/posters/blood_diamond.jpg
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/reanimator-movie-poster-small.jpg
http://www.impawards.com/1975/posters/one_flew_over_the_cuckoos_nest_ver1.jpg
http://collectingtokens.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/silence_of_the_lambs_ver2.jpg
http://www.impawards.com/1986/posters/platoon.jpg
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/weblog/film/schindlers_list.jpg
http://www.etoday.ru/uploads/2008/03/11/sweeney_todd_poster_big.jpg

This is an example of disembodied heads gone right

http://www.bizlevity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2-apocalypse-now-poste.jpeg
http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/poster-fuzz.jpg

and here's just some badass posters and what not

http://movieboxx.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/3-10-to-yuma.jpg

adidasss

10-31-08, 10:00 AM

I agree with Holds and whomever else has praised Criterion for it's cover art, I think they've set a whole new standard in that department. My two favorites thus far have been Brazil and Days of heaven...until I saw the cover for Dreyer's Vampyr (which is what prompted me to search for this thread). I see it's already been posted here, but it wouldn't hurt to see it again...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/photo/2008-07/41160690.jpg

I've actually never seen a single film by this man, but that cover alone made me want to watch them all. Now that's what I call good marketing.

Mr. Metro

11-01-08, 12:18 AM

WORST:
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii277/Niquie1992/dayofthedeadcover.jpg

BEST:
http://www.papermag.com/blogs/CannibalMan_.jpg

I agree.

re93animator

11-01-08, 10:33 AM

Best:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4391/thingjo8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Worst:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/6089/418uhwvimdlss500wq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

(http://g.imageshack.us/img395/418uhwvimdlss500wq4.jpg/1/)

king_of_movies_316

12-10-08, 08:35 AM

I have always hated the Silence of the Lambs poster.

Holden Pike

12-10-08, 08:46 AM

I have always hated the Silence of the Lambs poster.

http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:KK6plKgpcjBaIM:http://www.impawards.com/1991/posters/silence_of_the_lambs_ver2.jpg http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:5Z_7CDD4BLYr2M:http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PYR/NECA0007~The-Silence-Of-The-Lambs-Posters.jpg http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:aE7nnT-AqSwYfM:http://www.impawards.com/1991/posters/silence_of_the_lambs_ver4.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:LTZo4-kBBDWp4M:http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews27/a%2520silence%2520of%2520the%2520lambs/a%2520silence%2520of%2520the%2520lambs%2520SILENCE_LAMBS_D1-7.jpg

OK.

And what does that have to do with this thread?

Movie Maven

12-10-08, 08:19 PM

Horrible movie...but gorgeous artwork nonetheless ;)

http://i33.tinypic.com/ou2uyu.jpg

n3wt

03-04-09, 03:10 PM

I think these are stunning,

http://www.starwars.com/img/movies/saga/20080826news/dvd_saga.jpg

Holden Pike

03-04-09, 05:13 PM

I think these are stunning...

Stunningly awful? Then I agree.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/StarWarsMoviePoster1977.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/SW_-_Empire_Strikes_Back.jpg/200px-SW_-_Empire_Strikes_Back.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/ReturnOfTheJediPoster1983.jpg/200px-ReturnOfTheJediPoster1983.jpg

n3wt

03-04-09, 05:28 PM

They are very nice I must agree with you there but I do find the new one's very stunning. I love red and blue colour combination.

Holden Pike

03-04-09, 09:28 PM

I love red and blue colour combination.

Then why not just look at the real poster art wearing these?

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=7170&stc=1&d=1300110876

.
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meatwadsprite

03-04-09, 09:41 PM

http://i41.tinypic.com/2vuh2fs.jpg

n3wt

03-04-09, 10:18 PM

Then why not just look at the real poster art wearing these?

http://antiques.lovetoknow.com/images/Antiques/thumb/2/24/3D_glasses_istock.jpg/325px-3D_glasses_istock.jpg

I shall give it a go, cheers Holden :laugh:

Even though I love the original poster/VHS/DVD art I do love the Red and Blue boxset's. IMO they are very nice :yup:

Justin

03-04-09, 10:27 PM

Lars von Trier's Europa:

http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/cover_art4/europa-cc.jpg

meatwadsprite

03-05-09, 12:06 AM

http://www.jewishflicks.com/images/ben%20hur.jpg

Harry Lime

03-05-09, 12:24 AM

Pretty well any DVD cover from The Criterion Collection is of great quality.

adidasss

03-05-09, 04:51 AM

More Criterion:

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp229/fingerquotes/ledoulos_1.jpghttp://dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/images/2702souf.jpg

zedlen

04-09-09, 05:14 AM

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/biglbowlingballcase-440x524.jpg

Caitlyn

04-09-09, 09:58 AM

I really like this one...

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp229/fingerquotes/LTROIposter.jpg

n3wt

04-16-09, 01:54 PM

Evil Dead Limited Book Of The Dead Edition.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005RYLE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://www.filmid.planet.ee/pilt/bookofthedead3.jpg

http://www.deadites.net/images/edbotd_web.jpg

http://www.filmid.planet.ee/pilt/bookofthedead1.jpg

I love this case, it is awesome mine turned up today and I was shocked at how great the book itself is.

martian leader

04-16-09, 04:24 PM

I like the covers for the following movies.

Mars Attacks

The Italian Job ( remake)

Puppet Master

Earth vs the flying saucers

:yup: :yup: :yup: :yup:

meatwadsprite

04-16-09, 04:47 PM

As cool as the Lebowski bowling ball and the Evil Dead book are - I would never buy them because they don't look like they would fit well on my dvd rack.

n3wt

04-16-09, 10:12 PM

As cool as the Lebowski bowling ball and the Evil Dead book are - I would never buy them because they don't look like they would fit well on my dvd rack.

The Lebowski case is awesome but I would need a specail place on my DVD racks :yup: and the Evil Dead book come's in a plastic outter case with a cardboard slip on the top of the case, and it fits quite nicely in the shelf but it is slightly bigger than any other case up there.

Harvey Dent

06-29-09, 07:32 AM

http://i30.tinypic.com/24mgitj.jpg
Love that one. Poster is better though
http://i41.tinypic.com/2egb1mv.jpg

regnif

07-04-09, 06:58 AM

I have no idea how to post pictures here so i m just gonna spell them out ...

the covers i love

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (beautiful)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (dreamy)

the one i dont:

HIGH FIDELITY (A hard days night rip off)

dvdstorefront

07-12-09, 01:02 PM

JBriscoe won lol

brokenblade

01-11-10, 08:58 PM

"Ergh. I winced at the thought of something that poor actually making it onto the DVD cover. None of the other posters on offer were good enough? I find that hard to believe."

The Dark Knight has some of the worst theatrical posters ever. The motorbike cover and the cover of Batman standing in front of a building with the fire shaped like a Batsignal.

That teaser poster for The Dark Knight was the best poster for that film I've seen.

DexterRiley

01-19-11, 04:58 AM

The pet peeve of mine is when they make a DVD cover that not only bears little or no resemblance to the original, and instead misrepresents the tone or content.

For instance the 1983 Michael Douglas ethical drama

http://204.244.128.121/assets/product_images/1020/365473.1020.A.jpg

became

http://www3.mediaboxchina.com/cdn/1274456562-6912.jpg

If you have seen the movie, you know Douglas plays a Judge with a crisis of conscience, who at no point in the film brandishes a firearm.

shnooky

01-20-11, 06:07 PM

Grandmas boy has the most awesome cover, lol. Id post the cover but its not letting me.

Vert

07-25-11, 12:23 PM

What is with how prevalent floating heads are in cover art? Is there some kind of subliminal impact on the viewer akin to the golden ratio or something?

Holden Pike

07-30-11, 10:33 AM

What is with how prevalent floating heads are in cover art? Is there some kind of subliminal impact on the viewer akin to the golden ratio or something?

HERE (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/47d8df4123/movie-poster-floating-heads-from-fod-team-and-brian-huskey?rel=player&playlist=310726) is an answer.

Vert

07-31-11, 08:41 PM

^Thanks. Haha, the Crash floating heads was a compilation of floating heads.

muvebox

08-15-11, 08:26 AM

I can not post links already but "Grave of the vampire" is something hilarious. This is the ugliest cover I have ever seen in my life. It looks like a left handed monkey on crack have drawn it...

HitchFan97

09-10-11, 01:29 AM

I always liked the cover of the Blade Runner 4-disc edition, which I own, with the original awesome poster art holographic.

Iroquois

09-14-11, 05:29 AM

I know that the above poster is a plant/spammer/whatever, but that post missed the point of the thread so hard it actually gave me a headache to read.

EDIT: Never mind, it's deleted.

Nausicaä

09-14-11, 03:08 PM

All these are in my collection. Some dvd/blu-ray covers I think are fantastic.

Studio Canal do lovely designs for their blu-rays, pretty simple designs but wonderful:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VFtBklthL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E1FpCTGFL.jpg

Also the company Masters of Cinema do some stunning designs:

Nosferatu is one of my favourites and one reason I went for this edition

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZKbMN1sIL.jpg

I adore this one too:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JC6TWTE9L.jpg

This one for the original Funny Games is good, it's a white/silver tape image slipcase, and the red design appears through a slit in the slipcase:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51crii1QItL.jpg

Some steelbooks look gorgeous:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GRDHS1B0L.jpg

A recent one where I prefered the steelbook design:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61xvFV7MAhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

A simple design for the blu ray release of Grindhouse:

http://www.screenjabber.com/files/grindhouse-blu-ray.jpg

The American blu ray release of Black Swan, a shiny cover for packaging:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41slz1DrcdL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Criterion collection films, as pointed out already, do astonishing designs:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KFSns13sL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/criterion-joanofarc.jpg

Skepsis93

09-18-11, 03:26 PM

The Black Dynamite cover is pretty darned fantastic.

http://media2.shopto.net/boxart/ICON10201.jpg

Fits the feel of the film perfectly.

Raven73

05-16-19, 03:44 PM

Love this cover. It reminds me of a punk rock album or something.

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/56ce76d9-f5d9-43ed-a339-1cddeddf12b1_1.97ec0d7f273ec2e28c0b5d3ad8c77254.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF

WorldFilmGeek

05-16-19, 06:42 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y37fM2kGXkw

Strangefilms9

05-26-19, 06:23 AM

The mist 2007

54493

Can't think of the worst at the moment

Raven73

06-10-19, 03:15 PM

I like the symmetry and style of this.

https://dvdcover.com/wp-content/uploads/freedvdcover_indiana-jones-and-the-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981-dutch-950x632.jpg

Raven73

06-10-19, 03:19 PM

Iconic.

https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/e3616cad-07b9-4d8c-99ff-b9cb9fc69f03_1.5fa197800a1b7bb21855f9a572cec21e.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF

Raven73

06-10-19, 03:21 PM

Love this one.
http://www.musicalparadise.com/image/cache/data/DVD/national-lampoons-vacation-dvd-movie-500x500.jpg

Raven73

08-07-19, 11:12 AM

I like this cover:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rW79-kW-L._SY445_.jpg

TheUsualSuspect

09-11-19, 11:26 PM

I don't know if this is good or not.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91EII88KT4L._SL1500_.jpg

Raven73

09-13-19, 03:23 PM

I don't know if this is good or not.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91EII88KT4L._SL1500_.jpg

Makes me think it's an animated movie.

WorldFilmGeek

09-16-19, 02:38 PM

This Italian Karate Kid-ripoff is getting a Blu-Ray master from 88 Films.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0613/1313/products/88FB354_Karate_Warrior_slipcase_3D_800x.jpg?v=1567170129

MoreOrLess

09-20-19, 04:23 PM

I don't know if this is good or not.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91EII88KT4L._SL1500_.jpg

The original poster/VHS cover was very generic I spose so it wouldn't take much to improve it...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Vampires_%281998%29_poster.jpg/250px-Vampires_%281998%29_poster.jpg

That kind of cartoonish art though feels like it would be much more suitable for something were most viewers would already know the original well rather than a fairly obscure late career Carpenter film.

Probably an indiction that James Woods name(or face) isn't the draw it once was.