I love this. Someone noticed that movie posters are always the same and collected them to prove it. Some of the design clichés are hilarious, like Tiny People On the Beach With Giant Heads in the Clouds or Legs Wide Spread.
These are some of my favorites, but you can find many more here. [ONTD via BomoArts]
The back to back.
The people or something else between widespread legs.
Tiny people on a beach with giant heads in the clouds.
Freaking big eye.

















Movie Posters From a Parallel Universe
The Evolution of Movie Poster Colours, Visualised
Movie Posters Should Totally Spoil the Plot, Right?
What about this one?
http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/monty-python-life-l.jpg
Now before you say there are people on a beach, there aren’t, it’s a desert. Anyway, their are no heads in the sky.
That follows the “Giant Letters carved out of stone” cliché often used for Biblical epics.
http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/144008.1020.A.jpg
Lets not forget the Blue/Orange contrast that seems to be present on most movies that are all “serious action”
Where’s the Action Movie posters with the hero (with occasional love interest being pulled along) in dramatic running pose in front of a massive explosion in the background?
See the source article.
Ah yes, totally missed the linkage.
More like “Posters for bad movies all look the same”
I mean just at a glance, I’d say 80% of these are shitty movies. If they can’t make the effort to make a good movie, why would they spend time and money on the poster?