Thursday, August 17, 2006

Does what it says on the tin...

The summer can't end officially until I've seen...



You have to wonder how many less obvious titles were mulled over in the boardroom before they finalised via the Plain English Campaign. I'm going for...

  • Ophidiophobia
  • No-Legged Freaks
  • Lord of the Fangs
  • The Poisoned Adventure (Almost an anagram...)
  • Slytherin' (Cash in on the Harry Potter crowd...)

Please feel free to add yours.

More interestingly, I wondered what this approach might throw up if applied to other films. Would you have gone to see...

  • Bomb on a Bus?
  • Prats on a Boat?
  • Monsters in Space?
  • Christians in Bedroom Furniture?


But the best thing about the film is the website, where you can persuade people to go and see it (even though it will be utter toss of the highest order), by leaving them a personalised voicemail narrated by the totally bona fide (or possibly a fairly convincing sound-a-like) Samuel L Jackson.

How can I resist?

3 comments:

  1. So did it live up to the hype of the best worst movie of the summer?

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  2. Ok. A VERY late comment I know but just seen a trailer for this film. I'm sensing a "Does what it says on the tin" theme going on for film producers considering titles . . .www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/f11570/Right_At_Your_Door. What's going on with the world?

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