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Good & Bad Movie Titles: Is "Quantum of Solace" a Bad Title?
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Zaz
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Oct '98
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Date Posted:
1/15 7:10pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Are We Done Yet?"
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Next: "Fracture" - "Another uninteresting one-word title that does nothing to convey the plot or tone of the film. In reality, this is a legal thriller about a young D.A. unsuccessfully trying to prosecute a guilty-as-sin murderer (Anthony Hopkins). Would you be able to figure that out from the word "fracture?" The title does at least have a thematic connection to the story, but it's the kind of thing that some people get and others need to have explained to them. A better title: "Next Stop, Death Row""
How about "Guilty As Sin"?
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The_Face
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Date Posted:
1/15 7:21pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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Ummm, "Burden of Proof"?
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Armenian_Jedi
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Date Posted:
1/15 9:59pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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great movie, and a great title. The title doesn't seem great until you watch the movie though.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:03pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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The problem is, who's going to give it a chance based on that title?
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Reynar_Tedros
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:17pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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Great movie, one of the best of '07 (shame it came out so early in the year, Hopkins should be up for an Oscar nom). Have no problem with the title.
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Armenian_Jedi
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:24pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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Who would see a movie called "Big" or "Speed" or "Traffic"
Apparently a lot of people.
and plus, Fracture still made 90+ million...
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:39pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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The problem is, it sounds like torture porn. Or maybe a documentary on an ER.
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Reynar_Tedros
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:47pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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Well, Speed sounded like a documentary on the harmful effects of amphetamines in young adults.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/15 10:48pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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"Speed" had a good trailer, though.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/17 7:52pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Fracture"
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Next: "Vacancy" - "Yet another one-worder, this one for a horror picture about a motel where unsuspecting visitors are forced to make their own in-room snuff film. The title itself isn't offensive, but it doesn't convey the gruesome nature of the plot either. A better title: "Check Out Time"
My vote: "Wake Up Call"
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The_Face
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Date Posted:
1/17 8:36pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Vancancy"
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1/17 8:36pm (1 edits total)
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I don't think a horror movie like this needs to convey "horror film" based solely on an out-of-context title. These things are so over-marketed (Vacancy certainly wasn't an exception), and the ads always make it very clear what it is. As for when people have forgotten the commercial campaign - well these movies aren't exactly built for longevity.
Wait a minute... Vancancy, Zaz? 
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/17 8:50pm
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Vancancy"
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Shaddup.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
1/19 9:30am
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"Vancancy"
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Next: TMNT - "It stands for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," but conventional wisdom says things aren't hip unless you can abbreviate them. Hence, Kentucky Fried Chicken has morphed into simply KFC. When you have a perfectly descriptive title already, why shorten it? A better title: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Even better title: "TWBOT" ("This Was Better on Television")
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Nrf-Hrdr
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Date Posted:
1/19 9:46am
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"TMNT"
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Can I nominate the new "Rambo" for this thread, if it hasn't come up already? It makes what was already the series with the probably the most inconsistent titling system of all time even sillier. The series will now go:
First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Rambo III
Rambo
I propose for maximum confusion value they call the next one "Rambo VI: First Blood Part 1"
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Darth Dark Helmet
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Date Posted:
1/19 10:21am
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RE: Good & Bad Movie Titles:"TMNT"
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Zaz posted:
Next: TMNT - "It stands for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," but conventional wisdom says things aren't hip unless you can abbreviate them. Hence, Kentucky Fried Chicken has morphed into simply KFC. When you have a perfectly descriptive title already, why shorten it? A better title: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Even better title: "TWBOT" ("This Was Better on Television")
I think part of this too, came from trying to differentiate itself from the first movie, also called, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Calling that movie by the full name, and the recent by TMNT is an easy way keep straight which movie you're talking about.
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