Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
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Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
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Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
I (Heart) Huckabees. Don't give me a title containing a symbol that I can't type.
I (Heart) Huckabees. Don't give me a title containing a symbol that I can't type.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
Nolan came up with the title "Intimidation Game" to fool people into thinking it was a different film ("Rory's First Kiss", the faux title for The Dark Knight, was much better at accomplishing this).
It was never for an instant going to be the film's actual title.
Other alternative (and possibly better) title ideas: Batman: Genesis, Batman Beginnings or what about just Batman? It would have flowed nicely with the second one being called The Dark Knight.
Nolan came up with the title "Intimidation Game" to fool people into thinking it was a different film ("Rory's First Kiss", the faux title for The Dark Knight, was much better at accomplishing this).
It was never for an instant going to be the film's actual title.
Other alternative (and possibly better) title ideas: Batman: Genesis, Batman Beginnings or what about just Batman? It would have flowed nicely with the second one being called The Dark Knight.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
I like The Batman. Here is a somewhat radical idea for an alternate title to BB, simply -
Bruce Wayne.
That name is almost as well known as Batman. Also the film really is about Bruce. About how he creates the identity and everything he was before Batman.
I like The Batman. Here is a somewhat radical idea for an alternate title to BB, simply -
Bruce Wayne.
That name is almost as well known as Batman. Also the film really is about Bruce. About how he creates the identity and everything he was before Batman.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
I offer The Door in the Floor for consideration, as well as Manos: The Hands of Fate and How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman.
Other bad titles (many of which are poor films as well, but some of which are quite the opposite):
Blue Crush
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Leonard Part 6
The Pursuit of Happyness
Seven Pounds
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
From Justin to Kelly
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Day the Clown Cried
The Rage: Carrie 2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Napoleon Dynamite
H.O.T.S.
B.A.P.S.
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Milk
How She Move
Snatch
Pootie Tang
There Will Be Blood
In the Land of Women
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanomo Bay
Sometimes They Come Back...Again
Sometimes They Come Back...For More
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Timecrimes
Redbelt
Birth of a Nation
Man with a Gun
And, perhaps, the worst movie title of all time...
The Day The Sky Exploded. And no, I did not make that up.
I offer The Door in the Floor for consideration, as well as Manos: The Hands of Fate and How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman.
Other bad titles (many of which are poor films as well, but some of which are quite the opposite):
Blue Crush
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Leonard Part 6
The Pursuit of Happyness
Seven Pounds
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
From Justin to Kelly
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Day the Clown Cried
The Rage: Carrie 2
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Napoleon Dynamite
H.O.T.S.
B.A.P.S.
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Milk
How She Move
Snatch
Pootie Tang
There Will Be Blood
In the Land of Women
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanomo Bay
Sometimes They Come Back...Again
Sometimes They Come Back...For More
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Timecrimes
Redbelt
Birth of a Nation
Man with a Gun
And, perhaps, the worst movie title of all time...
The Day The Sky Exploded. And no, I did not make that up.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
I think it is a neat and radical idea but even with Nolan going outside the conventional box for his movies, if he submitted Bruce Wayne as his title I think WB would reject it. For these reasons:
One, audiences go see Batman films for Batman. That's why "Batman" is usually in the title. Or at the very least, this is Warner Bros's mentality. So having a film that's "supposed" to be about Batman (at least from a studio perspective) being called Bruce Wayne might allow for some really dumb audience members to think this movie is not about Batman but indeed all about Bruce Wayne, even if all the advertisements showed Batman in the previews.
That's why, dumb as they are, 20th Century Fox slapped on the "X-Men United" subtitle onto X2 (because they thought no one would recognize that it was indeed an X-Men film).
The Dark Knight isn't even that unconventional because at least it infers to Batman with a nickname or moniker that regular audiences are familiar with. It at least infers that the film is about Batman.
Now while I totally agree with you that Bruce Wayne would be radical for all of these reasons, and thus ever more the reason to have it as a title, I don't see Warner Bros's ever allowing it, even with its penchant for giving Nolan a lot (and I mean a lot) of artistic freedom. I just don't see it happening, especially not back in 2004 when Nolan was an up-and-coming director and the Batman franchise was (at that point) dead in the water.
Because as much as I think the Batman Begins title is silly, it accomplishes two very important things: One, that this is a Batman movie, about Batman, and two, that it is about his origin. All of that summed up with the title.
I think it is a neat and radical idea but even with Nolan going outside the conventional box for his movies, if he submitted Bruce Wayne as his title I think WB would reject it. For these reasons:
One, audiences go see Batman films for Batman. That's why "Batman" is usually in the title. Or at the very least, this is Warner Bros's mentality. So having a film that's "supposed" to be about Batman (at least from a studio perspective) being called Bruce Wayne might allow for some really dumb audience members to think this movie is not about Batman but indeed all about Bruce Wayne, even if all the advertisements showed Batman in the previews.
That's why, dumb as they are, 20th Century Fox slapped on the "X-Men United" subtitle onto X2 (because they thought no one would recognize that it was indeed an X-Men film).
The Dark Knight isn't even that unconventional because at least it infers to Batman with a nickname or moniker that regular audiences are familiar with. It at least infers that the film is about Batman.
Now while I totally agree with you that Bruce Wayne would be radical for all of these reasons, and thus ever more the reason to have it as a title, I don't see Warner Bros's ever allowing it, even with its penchant for giving Nolan a lot (and I mean a lot) of artistic freedom. I just don't see it happening, especially not back in 2004 when Nolan was an up-and-coming director and the Batman franchise was (at that point) dead in the water.
Because as much as I think the Batman Begins title is silly, it accomplishes two very important things: One, that this is a Batman movie, about Batman, and two, that it is about his origin. All of that summed up with the title.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
You can type it, just takes a little more than looking at the keyboard.
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You can type it, just takes a little more than looking at the keyboard.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
Naked Lunch.
I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Naked Lunch.
I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues
Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
See I just never understood why people didn't pronounce it as "I Love Huckabees".
Get around the whole stupid Prince symbol thing the producers were trying to replicate. Beat them at their own stupid game.
See I just never understood why people didn't pronounce it as "I Love Huckabees".
Get around the whole stupid Prince symbol thing the producers were trying to replicate. Beat them at their own stupid game.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
The book was sickening enough that I never for a moment considered seeing the movie.Naked Lunch.
I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
be glad it didn't use another of the working tiitles/codenames: Cheese.
be glad it didn't use another of the working tiitles/codenames: Cheese.
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Great novel.
Shame about the film.
The book was sickening enough that I never for a moment considered seeing the movie.Naked Lunch.
I can think of two things wrong with that title.
Great novel.
Shame about the film.
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Re: Worst mainstream movie titles (in honor of X-Men Origins: Wolverin
I loved "Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain."
My entry:
"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
J.
I loved "Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain."
My entry:
"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
J.