The Opossum of Menace
Chicago Tribune journo, Steve Johnson – no relation to Geelong’s maverick goal-sneak – has lampooned the latest Bond movie.
Not the car chases, the stunt sequences, the steely M-stare, but the title. Up there with other lousy Hollywood handles (think Minority Report, or WALL-E, or Close Encounters Yada Yada), The Quantum of Solace warranted Johnson’s jokey alternatives:
The Modicum of Pumice
The Cardamom of Venice
The Bacterium of Hospice
To see the longer list, as well as such inspired reader suggestions as The Biorhythm of Tortoise, take solace here.
What movies do you think suffered from bad-title-itis? Shawshank Redemption seemed destined to bomb at the box-office, a name like that, but word-of-mouth ensured its own redemption. Other films have not been so lucky.
Any other good films/bad titles worthy of a podium finish?