Another fairly bland poster. Viggo Mortensen isn't the box office draw he needs to be in order to pull of this poster. His homely image will certainly not pull in his small legion of female fans and the critics' notices only serve to push a few more people away, not to mention the poster's lack of connective theme.
We've seen this same tale a number of different times and in many different ways. It's starting to get a bit old. The settings look terrific and Viggo Mortensen can't be bad, but it's just tiresome sometimes to watch these movies time and time again.
I'm sure we would have heard more already if this had been an Oscar contender...after all, it is one of Oscar voters' favorite subjects.
I have not seen this film.
-Wesley Lovell (December 14, 2008) Original
-Wesley Lovell (December 28, 2008) New Poster