better? worse? the same?

I've made some improvements on my last set of roughs. Some thoughts:

1. my new self-created font is the headline "OLIVER STONE". I like this much better..more modern and says "Stone" me because it's edgy.
2. I'm using an ultrathin Bernhard font for the subtitle and movie title. I like it for the subtitle, but it's getting lost on the movie title. Maybe I need a different font, or possibly convert to outlines and raise the stroke size.
3. I changed the gun in the Platoon poster and took out the sunlight effect. The color is altered slightly here, and I'm thinking I may need to lighten the orange to more of a white to get it in line with the other posters.
4. The U-Turn poster is totally redone, save for the concept. The background color was changed to more of a sandy color. The move takes place in the desert. The black in my old rough was just too strong and overpowered the other posters. I also change the image and bumped down the size to match the other posters. I was hesitant to use a closed pair of shears, but it's consistent with the other images...ie. the gun isn't being fired and the sword isn't being wielded. I added a different effect to this image as well...oh and that "sto.." is the Istock watermark, not me being clever with my director's name. i have not purchased this image yet.
5. Obviously I need to add the AFI logo yet, etc.

Sorry to ramble, time for your thoughts...