Snakes on a plane!!!
This morning sucked -- so much that I made a hugely dramatic "omigod life sucks waaaaaaah!!!" locked post that I quickly deleted (but tons of love to 'Sea for replying in the interim.) Nutshell: my first class was incredibly rowdy, so I lost it and yelled at them, which caused my boss to yell at me. Fun, fun, fun. I suppose that was the nadir, because the rest of my classes were surprisingly good and cooperative. So yay.
Anyway. I needed something to cheer me up, and I remembered hearing about the upcoming movie... Snakes on a Plane. Quite possibly the BEST MOVIE TITLE EVER. Just thinking about it makes me nearly bust a gut laughing. The IMDB synopsis: "On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody, let loose a crate full of deadly snakes." How can that not be awesome? I remember seeing an interview with (I think) Samuel L. Jackson where he said that they changed the original title because, really, "snakes + plane" is all you need to know.
Personally, I think other directors should take a cue from this. Forget coming up with some fancy title for your movie or TV show. Just name it after the plot. Some possibilities....
Titanic: Cruise Ship Sinks
Independence Day: Aliens Blow Shit Up
Harry Potter: Wizards at Boarding School
Finding Nemo: Fish Gets Lost
Spider-Man: Guy Turns into Spider
Lost: People on an Island with Polar Bears
BTVS: Girl Kills Vampires
Apologies for the snakespam. I really needed some cheering-up today, and right now, "Snakes on a Plane" still has me howling with laughter.
Anyway. I needed something to cheer me up, and I remembered hearing about the upcoming movie... Snakes on a Plane. Quite possibly the BEST MOVIE TITLE EVER. Just thinking about it makes me nearly bust a gut laughing. The IMDB synopsis: "On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody, let loose a crate full of deadly snakes." How can that not be awesome? I remember seeing an interview with (I think) Samuel L. Jackson where he said that they changed the original title because, really, "snakes + plane" is all you need to know.
Personally, I think other directors should take a cue from this. Forget coming up with some fancy title for your movie or TV show. Just name it after the plot. Some possibilities....
Titanic: Cruise Ship Sinks
Independence Day: Aliens Blow Shit Up
Harry Potter: Wizards at Boarding School
Finding Nemo: Fish Gets Lost
Spider-Man: Guy Turns into Spider
Lost: People on an Island with Polar Bears
BTVS: Girl Kills Vampires
Apologies for the snakespam. I really needed some cheering-up today, and right now, "Snakes on a Plane" still has me howling with laughter.