Terrible Movie Poster Tag Lines - Britmovie

Clinton Morgan · 16-01-2005, 01:29 PM

In the past decade or two it has been mandatory for film posters to have a tag-line. There have been tag-lines in the distant past ("It's Terrific!" for Citizen Kane being one example) but it would appear that a tag-line is mandatory for every film. With that there are a lot of terrible ones such as:

"Nice planet, we'll take it" Mars Attacks
"A monk, a punk and a chick in a kick-ass flick" Bullet-Proof Monk
"A way of life!" Quadrophenia
and alternately "The destruction of the Earth isn't the end of the world."/"Don't leave Earth without it." for The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

I can't think of any more at the moment but when I do see an atrocious tag-line my blood starts to bubble and I ask myself, "What is wrong with just the title and a picture of who is the main star?"

Bobj · 16-01-2005, 03:17 PM

Not sure if it was a tag line from a poster on a line from a trailer but I seem to remember from Jaws 4 - The Revenge (with Michael Caine)"This time it's personal!"

16-01-2005, 01:29 PM	#1
Clinton Morgan has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 158 iTrader: (0)	Terrible Movie Poster Tag Lines In the past decade or two it has been mandatory for film posters to have a tag-line. There have been tag-lines in the distant past ("It's Terrific!" for Citizen Kane being one example) but it would appear that a tag-line is mandatory for every film. With that there are a lot of terrible ones such as: "Nice planet, we'll take it" Mars Attacks "A monk, a punk and a chick in a kick-ass flick" Bullet-Proof Monk "A way of life!" Quadrophenia and alternately "The destruction of the Earth isn't the end of the world."/"Don't leave Earth without it." for The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. I can't think of any more at the moment but when I do see an atrocious tag-line my blood starts to bubble and I ask myself, "What is wrong with just the title and a picture of who is the main star?"

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16-01-2005, 03:17 PM	#2
Bobj has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 131 Country: iTrader: (0)	Not sure if it was a tag line from a poster on a line from a trailer but I seem to remember from Jaws 4 - The Revenge (with Michael Caine)"This time it's personal!"