It’s almost the end of the year and this means this is as good a time as ever to have a look and see what 2010 brought in terms of best and worst in everything. As far as movies go, below is a list of the most boring movie titles of the year.
On the premise that a good movie must first have a good title, MovieFone set out to determine which were the releases that better stood out from the rest because of how boring their titles were.
Of course, this doesn’t hold any water the other way around: there have been some pretty excellent films that did have poor titles, without losing anything in terms of quality, says the e-zine.
An honorable mention goes to the recently released, star-packed romantic comedy “How Do You Know,” which not only is lackluster in terms of plot and performance, but it’s also been cursed with a too generic title that fails to offer the smallest insight into what the flick could all be about.
“Remember Me,” starring “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson as a brooding and troubled guy finding love, comes up next, with MovieFone saying the title is almost a guarantee that no one will remember it once the film is over.
“Let Me In,” one of the most critically acclaimed releases of 2010 is a remake of a film called “Let the Right One In,” that comes with a title perfectly illustrating how films are “dumbed down” for Americans, says the aforementioned e-zine.
“That title is the biggest problem. The nicely-worded original title, ‘Let the Right One In,’ had sinister connotations, but this one has been reduced to a simple, soft title that any non-vampire drama could have used. The only positive is that it can’t be mistaken for the original,” MovieFone argues.
Up next is “Life as We Know It,” which, according to MovieFone, also takes the cake for being among 2010’s worst rom-coms. The title is so vague that it could have easily been stuck to “Lord of the Rings” and it would have still made sense because, why not, LOTR is still about “life as we know it,” fictional as it may be.
The recently released “Never Let Me Go” is up next. Based on an original novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, this title is faulty because it hints of a rom-com (it’s not) and fails to relate to the dystopian world where clones are used for organ harvesting, which is where the action takes place. Then again, the book was called the same.
“Dear John” and “Letters to Juliet” come up next: both star Amanda Seyfried and both have uninspired and boring titles.
“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” is among MovieFone’s most boring titles of the year
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“Firstly, is there anything less cinematic than someone writing a letter? Secondly, couldn’t they have come up with something more dynamic than ‘John’ and ‘Juliet’? What about some memorable nicknames? Why not ‘Dear Meathead’?” MovieFone writes.
Speaking of ties, the next position also goes to a duo of titles, both futile (and boring) attempts at kicking off franchises in the vein of “Harry Potter”: “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” and “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”
Not only are these two titles excessively long – which prompted audiences to refer to them mostly as “the owls movie” and “Percy Jackson (Jackson who?)” – but they also set a dangerous precedent for upcoming sequels. What will these be called, MovieFone asks.
Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere” is also ranked in this list. A good film (the e-zine considers it one of this year’s best), it has a soft title that will make it easier to forget, which is actually quite a shame.
“If you love a movie, that’s a huge help in remembering a soft title like ‘Somewhere.’ And, indeed, in this story of a lost and bored Hollywood actor, the title more or less fits. But it’s still one of those very minor, passive titles that will totally disappear if someone is combing through the current listings,” MovieFone says.
Honorable mentions also go to “The Town,” “The American,” “Just Wright,” “The Switch,” “The Next Three Days,” “You Again,” “Takers” and “Why Did I Get Married Too?”
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