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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 01-11-2008, 09:26 AM:
 
For some reason, any time I see this stupid movie title printed anywhere, it pisses me off. I just want to ship the trailers and posters and everything else back to the studio with a message that says, "Hey, Jackasses...," (ironically yet not surprisingly, the studio is Paramount), "...you need to fix this, then send it back to me."

Now I know the studio didn't name the movie. Well maybe they did. Or maybe they had some say, or made the suggestion.

Maybe it's actually not grammatically incorrect. Maybe I'm missing something. Or maybe it's just cool to be wrong.

Maybe I'm turning into an old fart.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-11-2008, 10:03 AM:
 
The only titles that piss me off are ones that have the word "movie" in the title. Scary Movie, Date Movie, A Goofy Movie, etc. Movies with "Movie" in the title tend to suck.

I also don't like titles where the entire joke of the movie is in the title. Like "Balls of Fury." You knew that movie was going to suck just by reading the title.
 

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Posted by Bruce Hansen (Member # 281) on 01-11-2008, 12:06 PM:
 
If we do not wish to look like total trash to the rest of the world, we should at least learn to use our own language correctly. "How She Moves". Let's face it, the rest of the world already hates us for our arrogance, let's not let them think we are unbelievable stupid as well.
 

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Posted by Tom Mundell (Member # 4555) on 01-11-2008, 12:07 PM:
 
The titles that annoy me the most are the ones that for no readily apparent reason need to be advertised by their ridiculous abbreviation (like ID4 for Independence Day). But yeah, I'd agree there has to have been a better title than How She Move!
 

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Posted by Ron Funderburg (Member # 4561) on 01-11-2008, 12:20 PM:
 
Since the movie is about the manner in which the girl moves her body and not the move she makes in her life the title is most certainly not grammatically correct. However, the film does have a move of location in it as well. Perhaps a better title so we can piss the most of us off would be "How She Move: Another Dumb Dance Movie".
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-11-2008, 01:55 PM:
 
Well I know nothing about this movie but looking at the stills on imdb.com, it's quite obvious the title is, shall we say, "ebonics inspired." If they changed it to "How She Moves," it loses all hipness, edginess, and street-ness.

Remember the movie "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka?" If they'd changed it to "I'm Going to Get You, You Fool" it would have done even less business than it did.
 

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 01-11-2008, 02:12 PM:
 
but there is a point here....would you remember the title How She Moves in a few years or How She Move. Basically you will remember the How She Move title because it was so stupid in the spelling. It did it's job.
 

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Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 01-11-2008, 03:16 PM:
 
Yes, I too am irritated by titles like this. I'm also irritated when the letter Z is substituted in place of the letter S, the number 4 is used in place of the word "for" (2 for "to" included), and other transgressions against the King's English.

I'm also pissed when people abbreviate phrases into acronyms such as IMHO, FWIW, LOL, and BRB.

Its texting and internet chat that makes us stupid. But what really causes me to flip out is when somebody in conversation calls my beloved state of Pennsylvania "PA"
 

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Posted by Ron Funderburg (Member # 4561) on 01-11-2008, 03:26 PM:
 
Aaron Mehocic actually I do use the letter z in place of s often in certain words and sometimes the other way round. This is due to the fact I read what my wife writes and it rubs off she is from England by way of Australia. Which is to say she was born in England spent a good deal of youth there and migrated to Australia. For just so you understand my meaning in this country we do not use Kings English sir it is American English which is a far cry from the Kings English my wife actually does use!

Oh and she finds our use of the word color instead of colour to be a oh so silly!
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-11-2008, 03:28 PM:
 
I may be part of the problem: I can't just muster up any indignation over grammar or spelling anymore. Some of my fellow citizens get irate over the mispronounciation of "Lubbock". That does not annoy me. (It rhymes with "Buttock", if your are curious.)
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-12-2008, 02:11 AM:
 
It doesn't piss me off - it's just an example of the Hip Hop idiom of American English. The title will do what it's supposed to do - reach it's target audience.

People who get angered by such things are old and mentally enfeebled and silly and need to be sent to a home.

Now back to watching my Wild in the Streets, Logan's Run, The Ballad of Narayama triple feature.
 

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Posted by Lyle Romer (Member # 1266) on 01-12-2008, 08:58 AM:
 

quote: Tom Mundell

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The titles that annoy me the most are the ones that for no readily apparent reason need to be advertised by their ridiculous abbreviation (like ID4 for Independence Day).

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quote: Paul Mayer

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People who get angered by such things are old and mentally enfeebled and silly and need to be sent to a home.

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Wow, I guess that explains it.

Thanks, Paul!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-12-2008, 01:09 PM:
 

quote: Lyle Romer

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I believe the reason that Independence Day picked up the "ID4" nickname was due to legal concerns about the title "Independence Day". The line in the "President's" speech about today is our Independence Day was put there due to the same concerns.

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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The only titles that piss me off are ones that have the word "movie" in the title. Scary Movie, Date Movie, A Goofy Movie, etc. Movies with "Movie" in the title tend to suck.

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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Remember the movie "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka?" If they'd changed it to "I'm Going to Get You, You Fool" it would have done even less business than it did.

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Heheh - I was working at a the Winchester Court Cinema (Memphis) when this came out. One of the staff put "I AM GOING TO GET YOU, SUCKER" out on the marquee. We all got a good laugh, but the manager made him change it.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-13-2008, 12:15 AM:
 

quote: Ron Funderburg

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So you think that there is an actual copy write protection on the term Independence Day?

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No, but there might be copyright protection.
 

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Posted by Matt Kerekes (Member # 2777) on 01-13-2008, 01:13 PM:
 

quote: Robert W. Jones

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They can keep it, just like a poster of an idiot holding holding two basketballs over his hips (Balls of Fury). Just as insulting.

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quote: Robert W. Jones

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I hate bad grammer what makes me go nuts.

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quote: Robert W. Jones

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ID4 = Independece Day (4th of July)
(it opened wide on July 3rd 1996)

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quote: Robert W. Jones

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I hate bad grammer what makes me go nuts.

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They can keep it, just like a poster of an idiot holding two basketballs over his hips (Balls of Fury).

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quote: Matt Kerekes

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Actually... The two basketballs over his hips were for the movie Mr. Woodcock - which was a horrible title to put on the marquee also. Balls of Fury did have a poster with a ping pong paddle and a ping pong ball on each side of the handle. Very funny... and insulting to some people.

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And "Mr. Woodcock" wasn't the first time that dumb idea was used either. I recall the poster from "Basketball".

But what really rubs me the wrong way are these stupid movies in general. They are formula films, that always end up the same, and have a very small built in audience. They target early teens, but can't be real 'teen' movies without getting an "R" rating, and then their target audience can't see it (without mommy coming along).

I mean, "Step Up" (sorry Disney) was a horrifically stupid film, which played in a large house for a week, then a week in the basement and then was gone. Who had a stroke and thought that "Step Up 2" needed to get made?
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-15-2008, 03:02 PM:
 
The Balls of Fury posters with the paddle and the 2 balls I recall vividedly (vividly?) as we were told to take those down by our corporate office, as customers found the poster to be offensive.
 

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Posted by Peter David Bruce (Member # 4447) on 01-15-2008, 04:43 PM:
 
maybe people just dont like ping pong.

one thing i can say about step up 2 is the dancing DOES look pretty impressive. but i wouldnt expect there to be much of a story in there, or any acting. I wouldnt pay to see it at the cinema. live, perhaps.
 

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Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 01-15-2008, 04:49 PM:
 
The paddle and ping pong balls were placed in such a way to resemble a penis with testicals.
 

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Posted by Poon Limpapun (Member # 4551) on 01-15-2008, 05:03 PM:
 
That isn't as rude as a local Thai movie we had here a few months ago. It's actually called "Mr.Fu*k" which actually means daikon (a type of vegetable) in our local language. Strange but True. And you've guessed it, the movie only made it in Thailand as it grossed for like 300K
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-15-2008, 08:14 PM:
 

quote: Darryl Spicer was the last to post

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"How She Move"

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quote: Blaine Young

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And "Mr. Woodcock" wasn't the first time that dumb idea was used either. I recall the poster from "Basketball".

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I assume you mean "Baseketball."
 

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Posted by Blaine Young (Member # 3992) on 01-16-2008, 01:12 AM:
 
Damn spell checker...
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-16-2008, 08:04 PM:
 
But the spell-checker wasn't the one who chose to accept the suggested correction!
 

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Posted by Blaine Young (Member # 3992) on 01-16-2008, 09:11 PM:
 
Damn idiot driving the mouse...
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 01-16-2008, 09:24 PM:
 
"How She Move" - Does this title piss anyone else off?...
For me, no.
 

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Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 01-16-2008, 09:30 PM:
 
Well, to be honest, the title irritates me a little bit more than pissing me off. I mean, talk about not using proper English.
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 01-17-2008, 12:19 PM:
 
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Poon, I think you have one of the coolest names I've ever seen on Film-Tech.

[/ot]
 

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Posted by Bruce Hansen (Member # 281) on 01-18-2008, 08:18 PM:
 
I think I'm going to carry one of those large felt tip markers with me, and add the "S" whenever I see one of thoes signs.
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 01-20-2008, 12:28 AM:
 
Oooh, that's a GOOD idea, Bruce!
 

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