Taken from my back porch at noon today
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Movie Titles
If I had to choose a movie with a title that tells the story, I'd choose Snakes on a Plane. It's so obvious what will happen in the movie. The premise is in the title. There will be a plane, and on this plane there will be snakes. You can tell it's an action movie because there really shouldn't be snakes on a plane. That's dangerous. And that's where Samuel L. Jackson comes in.
My favorite movie is Triplets of Belleville. Yes, it's a French film, but it's animated. What's so interesting is the movie seems to mostly be about the orphan boy Champion and his grandmother. Their relationship is the main focus of the film. It's odd that it's named after the three sisters who used to be this awesome Vaudeville group but are now this old quirky, odd jazz group. The triplet sisters are the ones that help bring Champion and his grandmother back together. The grandmother joins the sisters, and she discovers that her orphan grandson has been kidnapped. The title is perhaps named after the three sisters because unlike American films, the French like to be subtle in their titles.
Think of such French films as Amelie(about Parisian life), The 400 Blows(about a young trouble maker) and A bout de Souffle (about an American girl who hides a criminal). Compare these titles to such American films as Snakes on a Plane(about snakes that infiltrate a plane), Spiderman(about the superhero Spiderman), Monster In Law(about an unbearable mother in law), and Edward Scissorhands(about a guy named Edward who has scissors for hands). Perhaps the French subtlety is something I admire.
My favorite movie is Triplets of Belleville. Yes, it's a French film, but it's animated. What's so interesting is the movie seems to mostly be about the orphan boy Champion and his grandmother. Their relationship is the main focus of the film. It's odd that it's named after the three sisters who used to be this awesome Vaudeville group but are now this old quirky, odd jazz group. The triplet sisters are the ones that help bring Champion and his grandmother back together. The grandmother joins the sisters, and she discovers that her orphan grandson has been kidnapped. The title is perhaps named after the three sisters because unlike American films, the French like to be subtle in their titles.
Think of such French films as Amelie(about Parisian life), The 400 Blows(about a young trouble maker) and A bout de Souffle (about an American girl who hides a criminal). Compare these titles to such American films as Snakes on a Plane(about snakes that infiltrate a plane), Spiderman(about the superhero Spiderman), Monster In Law(about an unbearable mother in law), and Edward Scissorhands(about a guy named Edward who has scissors for hands). Perhaps the French subtlety is something I admire.
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