{"id":42432,"date":"2014-06-27T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=42432"},"modified":"2014-06-30T07:44:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:44:42","slug":"great-movie-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=42432","title":{"rendered":"What’s in a Name? Some Great Movie Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filmmakers aren’t exactly taking any kind of big risk when they slap instantly recognizable, highly lucrative, or\u00a0simply attention-getting names like “Spider-Man” or “Sherlock Holmes” or “Harry Potter…” or “Dracula” or “Joan of Arc” onto the titles of their films. But what about when you call your film something like…Tammy<\/em><\/a>? Will that upcoming film be of such quality that the fame of its name outstrips the notoriety of its star (Melissa McCarthy)? Will it become as beloved as, say, Marty<\/a>? <\/em>(No, that was a rhetorical<\/em> question) Will it morph into a kind of commonly acknowledged cultural shorthand, as was the case with Rocky<\/em>…or Forrest Gump<\/em>? When you hear the name “Joe”…do you think about a 1970 movie starring the late, great Peter Boyle…or do you think about\u00a0a 2014 film with Nicolas Cage? The movies were so good, you probably feel like\u00a0you actually know<\/em> Annie Hall, or Juno…but are you going to feel the same way about…Frank<\/em><\/a>? Movie Irv is\u00a0here to discuss movies with “name” titles:<\/p>\n

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