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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Favorite Movie Titles Blogathon


Brittani at Rambling Film is doing her first blogathon, and it's a brilliant idea. Here are the rules:
1) Going through the alphabet, list your favorite movie title beginning with each letter.
2) You don't have to necessarily like the movie to use its title.
3) Use the banner at the top of this post in yours.
4) Please have submissions in by Friday, May 23rd. (But I'll be honest, if you send them to me after that date, I'll still add them to my post.)
Note: I tried to avoid literary titles, since they already existed before they were turned into films.

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Deconstructing Harry

Enter the Void

A Fish Called Wanda

Good Will Hunting

Happythankyoumoreplease

Inside Llewyn Davis

John Tucker Must Die

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Medium Cool

Nil by Mouth

Once Upon a Time in America

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Quiet City

Romance & Cigarettes

Shadow of a Doubt

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Upstream Color

Velvet Goldmine

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

xXx

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 21, 2014 at 4:04 PM

    I was intending on avoiding literary titles too, but then decided to hell with it!

    And where is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Like...HELLO!!!!

    LOL, these are great though. I love these varied lists.

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    1. JoshMay 21, 2014 at 4:13 PM

      Thanks man! Haha, I LOVE Eternal Sunshine's title, but I was also trying to mix it up, since I figured it would be a popular choice.

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  2. s.May 21, 2014 at 5:28 PM

    Great choices! Love "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Velvet Goldmine" the most!

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    1. JoshMay 21, 2014 at 9:08 PM

      Thanks! Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels would be high on my list of favorites. It's a perfect title.

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  3. Brittani BurnhamMay 22, 2014 at 7:42 AM

    Great picks! Thank you so much for joining in on this. I love Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. Such an awesome title. (and one I seriously need to re-watch)

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    1. JoshMay 22, 2014 at 5:06 PM

      Thanks! It was fun participating. Yeah, you should rewatch Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. It's so good!

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  4. ruthMay 22, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    What an eclectic collection, but I expect nothing less from you Josh! Oh you've seen Romance & Cigarettes! I saw that at TIFF and though it was too dirty for a morning screening (as John Turturro said himself when he introduced the movie), I enjoyed it. Boy Winslet's performance was quite something, I never saw her being so vulgar! Walken's great in it as well.

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    1. JoshMay 22, 2014 at 5:07 PM

      Thanks Ruth! Haha, Romance & Cigarettes is different, for sure. I really enjoyed most of the performances in it, though.

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  5. Alex WithrowMay 22, 2014 at 4:28 PM

    Of course we have like 4 in common, ha, that's awesome! You kind of went with long, more story-based titles where possible, which is exactly what I did. Upstream Color... man, how perfect a description.

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    1. JoshMay 22, 2014 at 5:09 PM

      That's great! I tried to stay away from some titles that I knew would be popular, like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yeah, I guess those kinds of titles are more memorable to me. Upstream Color really is a fantastic title. Love it!

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  6. JoshMay 22, 2014 at 5:05 PM

    Thanks. Oh, I HATE John Tucker Must Die... I just like the title.

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  7. SDGMay 22, 2014 at 11:59 PM

    Love inclusions of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Before the Devil knows You are Dead. Not only these are awesome movies but these titles are so apt. If I take part as well, possibility is growing every minute, I'll include these two for sure. :)

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    1. JoshMay 24, 2014 at 5:23 PM

      Oh, those might be my favorite titles, actually. Hope you decide to take part!

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  8. John HitchcockMay 23, 2014 at 7:11 PM

    I didn't give much thought to whether I used literary titles or not, but I did find myself often trying to omit titles that started with "The" or similar words. I don't think we got any of the same choices here.

    I certainly haven't seen most of these, but A Fish Called Wanda is a great title (and a hilarious movie) as is Once Upon a Time in America. I haven't seen Shadow of a Doubt but the title itself sounds very appropriate given it looks like a very grim film noir.

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    1. JoshMay 24, 2014 at 5:27 PM

      I love those titles so much. Most of these films I'd recommend, except for ones like John Tucker Must Die and xXx (unless you're in the mood for a cheesy action movie).

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  9. msmariahMay 30, 2014 at 9:17 AM

    Great choices. I absolutely love love Velvet Goldmine. I completely forgot about that movie. I've really enjoyed reading everyone's choices.

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    1. JoshMay 31, 2014 at 11:55 PM

      Thanks. It's a solid flick, and I love the title so much.

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