Tinker, tinker, little movie poster...

This Movie Poster Monday we'll be reviewing "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". This week's five points of the poster are:

(Image credit: Flicksandbits.com)

1) Normally we discourage movie poster designers from putting too many words or numbers on a poster (cause the kids don't like 'em) but in this case it's pretty cool. They've used about a million cans of Alphabet soup to make a mosaic of a giant Gary Oldman face. Scary and cool all at the same time.

2) Tailor? No. Soldier? No. Spy? Maybe. But, another word would better describe what Gary Oldman looks like here and that is 'crazy dictator'! Like all crazy dictators he has giant, old-guy glasses. We've seen monster frames like this modeled by the crazy likes of Kim Jong-Il, Robert Mugabe and Larry King... If the goal of the designer was to creep us out a bit, then promotions for everyone!

3) Colin Firth is in this movie? Why isn't he on the movie poster? Everyone knows that nothing sells a movie poster like Mr. Darcy! They really missed a huge marketing opportunity here. Who could forget his work on the Bridget Jones's Diary poster? Then they decided they didn't need him on the movie poster for the sequel... All I'm saying is that it's been a while since I've seen a movie poster for a Bridget Jones's Diary movie...

4) Hahahaha, Benedict Cumberbatch... I hope it's a stage name, because otherwise his parents were really cruel.

5) Why is he wearing a glove? That's not common attire for crazy dictators. Tailors don't wear them, soldiers sometimes, spies rarely (too suspicious) so maybe he's a soldier. I guess that makes sense, most crazy dictators get their start in the military. This movie poster is an endless mind puzzle, maybe it's actually a secret spy thing pretending to be a movie poster! That (to paraphrase Kanye West) would be "Cray"!

In conclusion, based on this thorough analysis I predict that "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" will gross $20.9 million in its opening weekend.