So I am just trying to decide which DVD box to redesign for the second project. Two movies boxes in terrible need of a redesign are Children of Men and Last King of Scotland. I am particularly draw to these two movies not only because the current designs are so unremarkable but more importantly they're very misleading. The Children of Men cover doesn't tell you anything about the movie, except that you can imply it's a Clive Owen action movie and it is. But if you've ever seen the film, its real focus are the deeper political and sociological themes (hope and hopelessness, immigration, the global wealth gap, etc). As for the Last King of Scotland, it misses the mark entirely. I honestly find this box to be comical. It looks like the movie is this inspiring, feelgood Forest Whitaker biopic, and it's most definitely not that. Last Kind of Scotland is a challenging and at time frightening depiction of a cruel but complicated dictator.
Anyone seen either of these?...
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Being a Netflix subscriber I rarely see the cover designs for movies. You're right Kristin, I love Children of Men, but if I knew nothing about it and was browsing the wall at Blockbuster, this wouldn't interest me. As for The Last King… all I can see is Forest's weird eye. Eee, creepy.
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