Reply #3: My first thought was that...

[CBHagman]

...at least now a woman (Jodie Foster) is depicted with a gun, as opposed to clinging to the gun-wielding leading man. Remember how Ellen Barkin and Dennis Quaid were depicted in the non-steamy poster for The Big Easy?

But then I saw the poster for the Jodie Foster film, The Brave One, and she's looking more distraught than confident, whereas the pistol-packing men are in action hero or bad guy form.

To make matters worse, I saw the poster for The Brothers Solomon, which depicts two idiots having fun decorating a woman's pregnant belly. I sometimes think movie ad campaigns either haven't progressed an inch from yesteryear, or perhaps they've gotten worse.