As many of you know, I love dark, depressing films. But in times of stress and turmoil, we often prefer feel-good movies that take our minds off things and fill us with happy thoughts.
Which probably has nothing whatsoever to do with the popular (non-Iranian election) Twitter trend this week: #nicerfilmtitles. The idea is simple: You take a film title and alter it slightly in order to make it more heartwarming and spiritually uplifting.
For example, a few of my "nicer film titles":
The Affirmation of Jesse James by His Good Pal Robert Ford
Romeo and Juliet's Honeymoon in Mantua
There Will Be Kittens
The Redecorating of Hill House
The Day the Earth Brought Home Straight "A"s
The Open House of Usher
As Good as It Gets 2: It Gets Better
The Grapes of Warmth
Sweeney Todd: The Gentle Barber of Fleet Street
Jaws: The Reconciliation
The Hills Only Have Eyes for You, Baby
O Brother, There Thou Art
To Cure a Mockingbird
A Simple Plan That Works Out Well For Everyone
I Was a Teenage Nursing Home Volunteer
To Have and Have Even More Of
The Texas Chainsaw Logging Demonstration
Brazil II: Rio Vacation
Dr. Jekyll and Universal Health Care
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Having a Lovely Time in England
The All-Inclusive Couples Resort of Dr. Moreau
Staying in Las Vegas
Abbott and Costello Meet Jonas Salk
New Yeller
And now that you've got the idea, let's hear yours!
(Stop by Twitter and follow lockepeterseim to observe my daily work/procrastination process, see what I'm watching, what I'm avoiding writing, and other random thoughts and observations that are either off-topic for a film blog or mildly unfit for a family friendly environment.)
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 7:18 am
The Good, the Better, and the Beautiful.
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 8:42 am
Drag me to Hello Kitty’s Franchise Store!
Madea goes to a Spa
The Sunny Knight
The Exuberance of Khan
Star Peace I: The Fancy Mint
Star Peace II: A Lick of the Ice Cream Cones
Star Peace III: Romancing the Sith
Star Peace IV: A Past Hope Realized
Star Peace V: The Empire Gives Back
Star Peace VI: Retirement of the Jedi to RV throughout the Galaxy visiting their grandchildren
Parade of the Carribean: Lovely Black Pearls for everyone!
Accord of the Worlds
Pineapple Express
Kung-pao Panda…wait that’s worse!
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Live Nice
Live Nice 2: Survive Softer
Live Nice 3: Live Soft with Forgiveness
Life Nice 4: Retire Enslaved or Live Nice
Current in the Present Full
Current in the Present Full II
Current in the Present Full III
Conan the Librarian
Conan the Builder
Conan the Coach Potato
Alive Like You
Here’s a couple of tougher ones:
Genesis
Troff
Harder Onces:
Armageddon
Tron (Troff is the opposite command to Trace On)
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Charley! You totally stole Conan the Librarian from Weird Al’s film, UHF! Sometimes I think I’m the only one that’s ever seen that movie.
Posted on June 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm
the good, the gooder and the goodest
heal bill
dr. normalove
texas chainsaw treesurgeon
remodelling with the wind
phan of the opera
i’m gonna get you a sucka’
8 heads of kimchi’ in a dufflebag
Posted on June 19, 2009 at 6:38 pm
All great titles, but if I had to give out a kewpie doll, I’d have to go with “I’m Gonna Get You A Sucka” and “Phan of the Opera.” Awesome, Dave.