Image/Link of poster is broken. Bah!!!

New ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Poster Takes the Kitchen-Sink Approach, With Hideous Results

One of the most intirguing aspects of Sam Raimi‘s Oz: The Great and Powerful has been its eye-popping aesthetic. Earlier posters and the trailer were filled with dazzling color and lush landscapes — which, okay, were more than a little reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, thanks to the involvement of production designer Robert Stromberg. But the visuals weren’t really the big problem with that movie.

The latest poster retains the same fairy tale feel, but then cranks it up way, way too high. There’s a little bit of everything here, from flying monkeys to teapot houses and a fat, happy munchkin, but the slapdash way they’re thrown together makes the poster makes it look less like a professional piece of work than a slapdash collage assembled by a hyperactive kid emulating Lisa Frank.

Good gawd man... that's awful

New ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Poster Takes the Kitchen-Sink Approach, With Hideous Results

Good gawd man... that's awful

This is both and at the same time. Sheesh!

...is "we're making 20th century movies in a 21st century world."

...with Photoshop 2.0. Time to upgrade.

If it weren't for the fact that they say right up from that this is a Sam Raimi film, I would have guessed this was another Tim Burton production. I'm really not sold on this yet. A lot of eye candy for sure, but it's gonna come down to story and characters. I think this is a wait and see approach for me. Will wait till the reviews start pouring in from film-goers (not paid critics). I know I won't see this in the theater, but will put this on the maybe for 'Waiting For DVD' list.