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Classic Movie Poster: Barbarella

Now that it's been announced that there will be a new Barbarella movie coming out (Hear that sound? That's the rumour mill warming up to give you a ton of false rumours on who is going to be Barbarella in this one), let's have a good look at the old poster. I'm not sure they are going to go for the same angle ("The space age adventuress whose sex-ploits are among the most bizarre ever seen"), which might actually be quite a shame. The poster has some great artwork and shows you right away what you can expect: hot women running around almost naked, weird creatures (evil and non evil) and some outrageous locations. Who doesn't want to see the old Barbarella after seeing this poster?

Classic Movie Poster: Meatballs

You might be curious as to what's so classic about this movie poster, but this is a good example of a poster that promises a movie that is just a lot of fun, and nothing more. It's funny to see Bill Murray in this particular role on a poster, showing that in his past, he wasn't just the grumpy man we have seen in so many of his movies. Besides that, it's a poster with more going on than what meets the eye in your first time seeing it, which is always a plus. I'm not sure about the tagline though. It's rather long and could have done with being a little bit more snappy. Besides which, how can something make you very hilarious? However, the movie is a lot of fun to watch and became pretty successful, which meant it soon got inferior sequel after inferior sequel, logically without Murray.

Classic Movie Posters: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Nowadays, movie posters just aren't this 'verbal' anymore. People making movie posters these days try to bring forth their message with just a single line of text, aiming more to grab their viewers attention with strong imagery. And honestly, who has the time to read a long text on a movie poster anymore? Well, I still think it's a shame, because "They're Taking Trains... They're Taking Banks... And They're Taking One Piece Of Baggage!" clearly makes you wonder what that baggage is that they are taking (hint: it's not the bike). Then of course there's that great image next to the text, which only adds to the power this poster has. Plus, I have a thing for these vertically oriented posters, although, obviously, they are more difficult to fit on your door when you want to brighten it up with some movie history...