The Movie Poster for Shia LaBeouf’s Next Film Inspires Various Opinions About Artistry, the Film and the Actor
Sometimes you just gotta shake your head and grin. It’s easy to offend as well as please others with our words and deeds. When it comes to an actor(ess) and their abilities, it’s difficult to take what others say seriously. For me anyway.
Part of my daily routine is to check out some of the entertainment news sites. I’m not always on top of things because I have other responsibilities, but as a movie fan keeping up with what’s going on in Hollywood (and around the world) is important to me. Anyway, I digress…
As a fan of Shia LaBeouf, articles with his name or movie projects catch my attention easily. When I checked my news feeds and the following showed up in Filmonic feed, I had to read:
Eagle Eye Poster Liam
Today, 06:19 AM
I thought one Shia LaBeouf was enough, however according to the makers of the Eagle Eye poster we need five! Maybe LaBeouf took the movie tagline, ‘If you want to live you will obey’, a bit too seriously and demanded five different images of himself on the poster or else the crew would get beatings. The [...]
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Not exactly an endearing endorsement for Shia, but I was intrigued by the “five different images” idea. After all, he’s transformed from cute as a bug’s ear to downright hot, in my opinion.
JoBlo.com supposedly had the exclusive but Filmonic followed suit rather quickly; they did credit JoBlo. As you can see, the poster is nothing special. It isn’t as bad as some have suggested. The actual articles that accompanied the images are nothing spectacular either; it’s the comments from readers at JoBlo that captured my interest.
Regarding the Poster:
- “Makes the film look totally boring, and typical.” Beatowner
- “This is supposed to get an audience excited?? Black and white giant heads? Pretty damn uninspired.” JDFunari
- “Oooh…not a very nice poster. Kinda’ Photoshop-ish if you ask me…[...] All those Shia shots blended onto one another make this poster look like some fansite splash / fan art / fan-made wallpaper.” Arvindh
- “It’s a pretty mediocre poster” Dead as History
Regarding Shia:
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Negative:
- “Seriously, there’s far more talented young actors out there that actually deserve the attention this no talent hack is getting. Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Ellen Page? Ben Foster?” tenebre
- “What is with this site’s love for Shia LaPeourk? What in God’s name is so interesting about that guy? Average dude, mediocre films and no one seemed to care ’till Transformers (which sucked hard, I might add).” OneFanToAnother
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Positive:
- “I think Shia LaBoeuf is an awesome actor. Even when he started his career as a young kid he could always really carry emotion and he was always totally beleivable as his character.” talknerdytome25
- “I don’t get the hate for Shia. Who in their right mind would turn down the chances this kid has had? It’s still early in his career and I think he has a long one ahead of him. Let him do the blockbusters before turning to smaller, dramatic movies.” Lucky Denver
Wow! Folks have no trouble expressing themselves. 
These statements did raise some questions in my mind…
- Do you think Beatowner considers all movies typically boring or does this poster make the movie look average or nothing special?
- When we speak of a movie starring Shia LaBeouf should we insert an actor not in the film into the conversation? For instance… Shia LaBeouf’s performance in Disturbia was mediocre; Ben Foster outclassed him all the way. Since Foster wasn’t in Disturbia, I’d say it’s pretty unfair to compare him to LeBeouf.
- Hasn’t Shia proved himself in smaller roles? A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and The Greatest Game Ever Played comes to mind.
The movie poster is what it is. The people involved with the film make the decisions and they must have seen something in this particular rendition that conveyed what they wanted. Shia LaBeouf’s name will draw audiences more than the poster anyway.
Admittedly, there are a number of actors and actresses that are sorely underrated and I agree that Ben Foster and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among them. However, they might be going for the smaller independent films by choice. Bashing a more recognizable actor doesn’t really help the ones being overlooked.
There are a number of actors I think are overrated. Should I comment on articles about them and suggest that my favorites are better. Not really my style, but if you think it prudent…
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