For my visual text, I am going to write about a new movie I just got, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. I have not actually viewed it yet but I loved the previous 2 movies so I'm sure that this will be just as excellent. The front of the cover has the movie title across the top section of the cover with Harold and Kumar placed in the middle of the cover with Neil Patrick Harris next to them and 2 girls dressed as angels at the ends. Without the movie title saying “Christmas” there's no way that you could imply it’s a movie that takes place around Christmastime. The background is not very visible because the characters take up the majority of it but there is a faint sight of snow which implies winter but it is really hard to tell from just a quick glance at the cover. The back of the cover is more obviously Christmas and winter time related. It gives a quick summary of the movie, as all backside movie covers do, but the scene shots that are on the back show more of a Christmas themed movie. There's a robot with a red apron on (a Christmas color) and it’s holding a tray with food on it and what appears to be holly (it’s a small-ish picture so I can't really tell). Also the pictures along the bottom show Christmas trees and an evil snowman which are all Christmas and winter themed items. If you know anything about the Harold & Kumar movies, you know that they will have some stupid moments in them so to show that, there's a picture of them in their boxers, tied to a pole with some rope. This picture implies the kind of shenanigans that they get themselves into. Overall the front and back covers don’t really match up but they all have the different elements that are in the Harold & Kumar movies. I think it’s a good DVD cover and I can't wait to watch it.
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Perhaps having one of the characters on the front dressed as Santa or one of the elves would have made it more apparent on the front that it was more Christmas oriented. As I know nothing about this series of movies, I really can't contribute much more then that.
ReplyDeleteI have watched almost all of the Harold and Kumar movies except the last one. When I was looking at the DVD cover it made the movie look kind of stupid to me, so I did not get it. After you watch it let me know how it was.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen this one yet but just from the cover it sounds amazing. I wonder what you make of the different covers and why you think the people who made them did that?
ReplyDeleteIt is weird that the cover wasn't very Christmas themed...interesting. I love the first two films. I haven't seen this one yet though. Something about them making a Christmas movie is kinda weird to me so I've been putting it off. Something I've always wanted them to make though was a storyline that featured their Jewish stoner friends from the first film. I always wanted to know what kind of night they had.
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