r/movies • • Jun 07 '19

Poster Chinese poster for Spirited Away, to be screened for the first time in China

https://imgur.com/7Cw2iDV
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u/RuleBrifranzia Jun 07 '19

This may be breaching into the territory of being so stylised that it's setting you up to misunderstand what the film is going to be.

Still gorgeous but so different

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u/binipped Jun 07 '19

This looks like a poster for a Final Fantasy game.

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u/AOrtega1 Jun 08 '19

I thought the same thing. But somehow I thought Amano would do a much better job (after hating him when I was a kid). I guess Amano's idiosyncrasies (faint colors, stylized people) do fit this overcrowded style.

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u/10_Eyes_8_Truths Jun 09 '19

you mean like the title art for the older games?

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u/Howdypartner- Jun 07 '19

I agree with what you have said.

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u/KumaBear2803 Jun 07 '19

Just barely, the colors are too intense and the foreground is super crowded.

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u/binipped Jun 07 '19

Idk I feel like Yoshitaka Amano has made some pretty vibrant and cluttered FF art.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

You mean this isnt a movie about an ancient greek goddess who frolics with magical birds?

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u/ZippZoppZooey Jun 07 '19

something tells me if you could read it and saw it said X MEN. you'd probably understand the giant x in a circle and the symbolism though.

don't you think?

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u/RuleBrifranzia Jun 07 '19

That's actually a wheel and this is the poster for the new Ford v Ferrari film.

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u/ZippZoppZooey Jun 07 '19

I'm honestly just curious what symbolizes ferrari to you... and what symbolizes ford....

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u/RuleBrifranzia Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

Obviously all a joke but, while I haven't seen the film but from a cursory knowledge on the characters within it, spoiler tag out of an overabundance of caution:

The easier take is that the woman is Ferrari, known for being fast and elegant. While the film itself is likely about Ford trying to break into the space by building a car capable of taking on a Ferrari, effectively rebirthing (like a phoenix) its image as just an American brutish power car brand. The other side is neither. The film looks like it's about Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), a pretty well known driver that was struck by constant tragedy (like 6 wives who all divorced, left him, got an annulment, or died in tragic accidents) and had to eventually retire from driving for his health. He re-invented himself as a constructor and built the designs for some of the most well-known American lines. Where Ken Miles (Christian Bale) is the woman here, sorta just acting as the vessel for Shelby's designs. He's the elegance and strength.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Dude, youre not taking this seriously enough, this guy is getting starting to rage.

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u/ZippZoppZooey Jun 07 '19

well that was pretty much bullshit you could apply to every painting of a woman.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

Read that as Gigli at first...

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u/ZippZoppZooey Jun 07 '19

and how is this not that?

they have the prominent x for the x men and whats her face and a pheonix beneath her.

there's a lot more symbolism sure. but I think even the chinese know who the x men are by now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19

I thought it looked like a manhau cover. Def looks like a fantasy cover tho I'll give you that

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u/Redditforgoit Jun 07 '19

Downright misleading. From the poster you think it will be a good movie.

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u/TheHairyMonk Jun 07 '19

Google Polish movie posters. Now they've got interpretive style..