New Tomb Raider movie poster mocked for bad Photoshop job
Sep 22, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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The new Tom Raider movie with Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft is coming next year. The trailer is out, and so is the official poster. However, Vikander’s neck looks so long in the poster that it seems to provoke more comments than the actual movie. And on Twitter, it’s slowly turning into a meme.
The poster for #TombRaider has arrived!#AliciaVikander as #LaraCroft. pic.twitter.com/BO6SkMTcNo
— Only Film Media (@OnlyFilmMedia) September 18, 2017
To be fair, the actress does have a pretty long neck (which I think is beautiful, don’t get me wrong). But in the movie poster, it just looks awkward and unnatural. The Twitter users have been posting jokes about the poster, making fun of the “bad Photoshop job:”
It's ET pic.twitter.com/RLOlcOSaoL
— Kieron Ken (@KieronKenKenobi) September 19, 2017
— The Reel Ones (@thereelones) September 19, 2017
Tomb Raider or Tomb Raptor? Sup wit dat photoshop job, dawg? #tombraider pic.twitter.com/2sf6p9gHv9
— Sasha Perl-Raver (@sashaperlraver) September 18, 2017
One user even re-edited the poster to show what he thinks is the more realistic photo:
Anybody else notice the horrible Photoshop job on the Tomb Raider poster? Left: Theirs Right: My fix up. pic.twitter.com/BSVjOVu2d3
— Mike Mika (@MikeJMika) September 18, 2017
Of course, there’s the other side too. Other users have pointed out that she does have a long neck, even without Photoshop. Honestly, I couldn’t only blame bad editing job for this photo. While it certainly is photoshopped, there are other factors that make Vikander’s otherwise elegant neck look so weird in the poster. The pose is unnatural and unflattering, and so is the camera angle. What makes it even worse is the light, which makes the neck look longer and thinner than it actually is. Another Twitter user pointed that out, and I would have to agree:
https://twitter.com/thedazara/status/910090129477312513
So, while overdoing Photoshop is certainly something to avoid, it’s good to keep in mind that lighting and pose can make a huge difference. Both in a good and a bad way.
[via FStoppers; cover image: Tomb Raider movie trailer screenshot]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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12 responses to “New Tomb Raider movie poster mocked for bad Photoshop job”
Really? We’re micro-analysing her neck now? Oh, brother…
I know what I’d like to micro-analyse ?
To a photo retoucher this isn’t micro it’s a glaring and ridiculously amateur job
I don’t really care. Nobody does either. I’d seen this poster before and saw nothing wrong with it. People need to stop making a big deal out of nothing. It adds nothing productive to a conversation.
Glad that you can speak for the rest of us, but I am appalled at the terrible work of so called professionals.
People need to get off their high horses… go outside, live, work on yourself instead of finding flaws in everything else.
says the guy finding flaws in what others do.
You’re damn right! You have to admit people go way overboard looking for every over edit and out of proportion body part. Just like when you watch a movie, you should also suspend disbelief when looking at the marketing imagery. It’s a movie poster, not a text book.
I agree with you. My reply was mostly in jest.
Done by professionals it is worth the noticing the flaws, if it was a fun project for home no one would care
Couldn’t agree more!
People need to get a life if they have time to need to sit around and criticize a movie poster. How about they shut their mouths and go get a volunteer job to help somebody who has actual problems.