With the exception of the teaser trailer, the marketing for X-Men: First Class has been -- thus far -- underwhelming. As director Matthew Vaughn told /Film about the initial character photos, "I said, 'What the f*ck is this sh*t,' and Fox is running around trying to figure out what happened as well. [...] It's like a bad Photoshop, which maybe it was by someone. It didn't reflect the movie." Which brings us to the latest posters released by the studio. Photoshopped? Yes. The "worst studio-released posters of the year," as some on the interwebs are saying?
"Yes!" you shout, chuckling at your monitor. OK, I get it: the Photoshop job could have been more elegant, but these aren't on the level of The King's Speech. Or even Dead Awake. For starters, the silhouette concept is pretty cool, and I can at least wrap my head around the floating head crotch shots -- you don't cast good looking actors like Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy and relegate them to the shadows. Get those mugs out there! Of course, another head shot or two of each actor would go a long way to making future First Class posters slightly more appealing, but still: Not terrible!
[via /Film]