POSTER BATTLE: My Kontrabida Girl vs Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang

Today, March 14, there is a battle of sorts in local mainstream cinema: GMA Films vs Star Cinema, and indie director Jade Castro vs indie director Richard Somes. I'm talking of two local mainstream movies opening today, of course. These are the romantic comedy My Kontrabida Girl, and the gothic horror Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang.

Who will sell more tickets on opening day? Which is a better film? Which will become a box office success? These questions can only be answered in a few days. For now, let's compare them through a tangible idea: posters. Let's have a poster battle.

Both posters below are the official posters.

Awkward hand placements and disappearing hands: yes, this is the poster for My Kontrabida Girl. It commits too many modeling sins (and styling issues) to make Tyra Banks absolutely furious. Rhian Ramos's gloves shrink her body by having the same color as her blouse. The large pearls help with the shrinking. And where is her right hand? Did Aljur Abrenica eat it? Bea Binene also has an alien hand in the inset.

The poster for Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang captures the movie's theme very well. Pregnancy and birth are put to the foreground by enclosing Erich Gonzales and Derek Ramsay in a womb-like figure, which is set in the middle of a grassland, telling the viewers about the setting of the movie. The typeface is also good. Genius.





















Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang has a better poster, if it isn't obvious.