tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7885385892671982898..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Question: Bad TitlingAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7558857461913497242009-12-01T17:44:18.050-05:002009-12-01T17:44:18.050-05:00Wow! How late am I?
I refused to see "Meet ...Wow! How late am I?<br /><br />I refused to see "Meet the Fokkers (sp?)," or "Zack & Mimi (or whoever) Make a Porno." Tasteless.<br /><br />I hate pretentious titles: "Bonfire of the Vanities" springs to mind.Mike K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17216987126441598720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44240927988367252512009-11-19T21:54:07.952-05:002009-11-19T21:54:07.952-05:00Stan, LOL! That works.Stan, LOL! That works.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85621843423439467842009-11-19T20:59:58.699-05:002009-11-19T20:59:58.699-05:00I’ve thought about this and can think of a few but...I’ve thought about this and can think of a few but the one that grates on me was a movie I hated. “Out of Africa.” I saw this with my first wife, and by the time it was over, I wanted to get the hell out of Africa. I know that’s not what you’re looking for, but it worked for me.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-88513649139712715222009-11-19T19:40:59.199-05:002009-11-19T19:40:59.199-05:00I don't like those either.I don't like those either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-1622212409355237752009-11-19T19:39:20.311-05:002009-11-19T19:39:20.311-05:00Anon, I don't care for the trend of using two ...Anon, I don't care for the trend of using two titles: like "Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest."<br /><br />I know they are doing it to create a franchise brand, but it really makes me think the work is more a product of marketing than of creativity.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-86499948182760641562009-11-19T19:34:36.357-05:002009-11-19T19:34:36.357-05:00I don't like long titles. The Englishman Who W...I don't like long titles. The Englishman Who Went Up a Mountain and Came down... Thats boring even writing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-54403885139812719632009-11-19T18:23:13.998-05:002009-11-19T18:23:13.998-05:00Writer X, I'd agree with both of those. I tho...Writer X, I'd agree with both of those. I thought the movie title sounded pretentious, and the book title tells me that he's got nothing to say that I would be interested in.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3348255403742065132009-11-19T18:00:37.649-05:002009-11-19T18:00:37.649-05:00I'd say the latest movie title that was a comp...I'd say the latest movie title that was a complete turn-off was MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. Too dumb to be funny or even remotely clever.<br /><br />Denis Leary has a book called WHY WE SUCK. Another turn-off.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-9776485952283262842009-11-19T16:02:11.722-05:002009-11-19T16:02:11.722-05:00Jed, I know what you mean. It feels like they are...Jed, I know what you mean. It feels like they are trying to steal something that isn't theirs.<br /><br />Scott, LOL! That's your autobiography huh? I agree about vague titles. I also don't like titles that seem to promise one thing but then come up with something else. I'm drawing a blank right now, but you get something like "King Lear" and it's about a two kids growing up in some rural backwater.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56733468212329589512009-11-19T15:36:40.274-05:002009-11-19T15:36:40.274-05:00I have nothing against this title but when Tyler P...I have nothing against this title but when Tyler Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" came out, I thought to myself, "Damn! There goes the title of my future autobiography!" :-D<br /><br />I remember people laughing at the trailer for a kung-fu flick called "Iron Monkey."<br /><br />And they laughed at a trailer for some college vampire flick called "Blood and Chocolate."<br /><br />I just hate vague titles:<br />"Intersection"<br />"Down to You"<br />"Double Take"... ad nauseamScottDSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-29354636972778567062009-11-19T15:29:10.937-05:002009-11-19T15:29:10.937-05:00my personal peeve are movies that appear to use po...my personal peeve are movies that appear to use popular song titles or lyrics as the movie title. A recent example is "Serious Moonlight." Whether true or not, I feel like the producer, director, or someone invisions using the song in question as part of the soundtrack for the film. Turns me immediately off, it does.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11105305505895806802009-11-19T13:02:33.123-05:002009-11-19T13:02:33.123-05:00I'll give you one right out of the gates: &qu...I'll give you one right out of the gates: "The Hurt Locker". . . wiskey tango foxtrot!<br /><br />Even putting aside that it was typical anti-military crapola, the title turned me off before I even knew what it was about.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com