Sometimes a movie can get almost everything right.
Solid script, good director, talented cast, etc.
Bad movies with bad titles are nothing new.
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The following ten movies may be fondly remembered, but their titles should’ve been forgotten.
One thing no one is coming to defend, however, is that title.
Bond movies have a history with unique titles.
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The blame can’t be laid at the producer’s feet for coming up with this title.
It originated with Bond creatorIan Fleming as the title of a short story featuring the spy.
That film, starringChris EvansandDakota Fanning, features people with telekinetic abilities on the run in Hong Kong.
6’Halloween' (2018)
Director: David Gordon Green
Halloweenis not a bad title.
A moment like that deserves a bit more creativity.
It might work well for a fantasy or a supernatural horror film.
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Fans now should just be thankful the film wasn’t released under its working title:Ballbreaker.
A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.
This makes it all the more frustrating that this film’s title falls short.
Nopewas meant to evoke the way audiences often react to horrifying films by recoiling or turning away.
Unlike Peele’sGet OutorUs,which have titles that feel thematically connected to their movies,Nopefeels like a punchline.
Who or what the title is referring to is something of a debate.
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Or does it refer to thenature of the alluring but brutal gangster lifestyleitself?
The film never tells, andmany viewers didn’t find out because they were turned away by the title.
A classic film with a very confusing title.
Sexy Beastis available to rent on Prime Video in the U.S. Did audiences really need to be told that the moviesRogue OneorSolowere, in fact,Star Wars Stories?
No and no, and would absolutely watch that romantic comedy.
The real mystery is why studios continue to try and fix things that aren’t broken.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery follows Detective Benoit Blanc’s continuing detective work in Greece.
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Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery follows Detective Benoit Blanc’s continuing detective work in Greece. When tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends to his private island, Benoit Blanc must step in to solve the case when one of them is killed.
