2010 was great year for HD imagery on the walls outside of theaters, as well as on indoor screens. The mark of a great poster comes when you get to the end of the year and remember a design and title even if you never made it to the box office to see the film. The exceptional ones may have even convinced you to make Friday night plans and dole out 12 bucks for a ticket. Boasting some innovative layouts and homages to masterpieces of the past, as well as a keen grasp of what catches the eye, here are our top 10 picks for 2010 movie posters that will still be imprinted on our minds in 2011, 2012 and long after.
2. “The Runaways”
Simplicity wins out in this symphony of thinly veiled erogenous cues that is also a literal depiction of the Runaways’ hit song “Cherry Bomb.” The sparks, the cherry and the drip could have appeared alone with the film’s title and still been an effective teaser. The poster boils the concept of a Runaways biopic into a concoction that’s about as simple as they come, and as far as blunt messages go, this one wields a mighty large club. Source
