How many different variations on the movie title theme, <Blank>ing <Blanky>, can you think of? Here’s my list so far:
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Educating Rita
Drowning Mona
Losing Isaiah
Guarding Tess
There are more, I’m sure, but I can’t think of any at the moment. It seems to be a popular way to title a movie.
Eating Raoul.
Saving Private Ryan
Finding Forrester
Crying Game (Yeah, that one probably wouldn’t count)
Wow, I thought I had a bunch flowing forom my brain, but that’s all I could come up with.
Just thought of another one:
Raising Arizona.
Saving Ryans’ Privates
…oh what? This is not a porn thread?.. never mind then
Blazing Saddles
Romancing the Stone
Can I just add here that I find the <blank>ing <blanky> type of movie titles really annoying? I’m not even sure why; they just set my teeth on edge. Something to do with Hollywood’s version of an artsy, clever title, maybe?
Driving Miss Daisy
Just thought of another one:
Waking Ned Devine
Searching for Bobby Fischer (Does that count?)
Chasing Amy, too.
Another:
Being John Malkovich
featherlou wrote:
Yeah, I know what you mean. It’s an overused gimmick. Another such gimmick is naming the movie a person’s unusual first name, like North (about a boy named “North,” not about the direction north), or Willow, about a little person named “Willow,” not the tree. That kind of movie title is annoying to me as well.
Boxing Helena
“Brining Up Baby”, huh? Wow. I didn’t know there was a movie out about pickling infants. I’m gonna have to look into that.
::ducks and runs::
Regarding Henry
Sleeping Beauty
: ducks and covers :
Desperately Seeking Susan
Deconstructing Harry