# Movies that are ruined by saying the title of the movie during the movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145 "2003-06-16T03:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/1 "2003-06-16T03:35:38Z")
Why do movies have to do things like this? We know the name of the movie. Why does a character have to say the name of the movie in a line? I understand it happens all the time, I don’t mind it when it happens in movies like “Black Hawk Down”. It doesn’t sound bad or cheesy when it comes up in the movie. But when they force the line, that’s when it pisses me off: “Awesome **Point Break** ” “They pose a **clear and present danger** to us” “Welcome to **con air** ” MtM ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/2 "2003-06-16T03:41:06Z")
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/3 "2003-06-16T03:55:28Z")
Oh, I just watched **Black Hawk Down** tonight for the first time…(awesome flick by the way). That’s what I thought about when I saw the title of this OP. Maybe you should ask…“why do they name the movie after a memorable line?” ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/4 "2003-06-16T04:22:19Z")
I think the best example of this has to be **A View To A Kill**. The phrase barely makes sense even when you consider it as a Duran Duran song. Still, it was spoken by Christopher Walken, so it can’t be all that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Necromancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@Necromancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/5 "2003-06-16T05:02:26Z")
Maybe saving Private Ryan is the one decent thing we’d pull out of this whole God-awful mess. ---
**Author:** ![Tradnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@Tradnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tradnor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/6 "2003-06-16T05:05:58Z")
I pronounce you **the Fellowship of the Ring**. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/7 "2003-06-16T06:03:05Z")
“And Igby goes down!” Seemed like a very random scene in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/8 "2003-06-16T06:16:15Z")
Who can ever forgive Gregory Peck for saying “Moby Dick” _ **SO MANY TIMES** _ in a movie with the same title? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Shellhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e56c9b/32.png) [@Old\_Shellhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Shellhead)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/9 "2003-06-16T06:40:36Z")
“It’s gonna be just like **The Italian Job**.” _groan_ ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/10 "2003-06-16T07:52:44Z")
I was just thinking: what if when I’m writing a movie script and I can’t find an adequate title for the movie, it suddenly appears a line that _may be_ the title? I suspect, for example, that **The Full Monthy** could have been developed this way (just guessing). ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/11 "2003-06-16T07:54:52Z")
Oops, sorry, it’s **The Full Monty** but it works anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/12 "2003-06-16T07:58:11Z")
Hopefully it’ll feel less forced if it develops that way. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/13 "2003-06-16T08:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > **I think the best example of this has to be A View To A Kill.** Thanks God that other James Bond movies don’t do that. It would be ridiculous to hear Roger Moore saying to Barbara Bach: “You are **The Spy Who Loved Me** , my dear”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/14 "2003-06-16T08:22:12Z")
Or Pierce Brosnan to drop “So you lived to **Die Another Day** ” into the middle of the new one. That one was going to be my nomination, actually… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/15 "2003-06-16T12:47:01Z")
OTOH, when they say the title to **They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?** , it’s absolutely perfect. ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/16 "2003-06-16T13:06:09Z")
To be fair though, **Point Break** was already ruined. It stuck out painfully when the title was partially said during **Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels**. “Lock, stock, the fuckin’ lot” ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/17 "2003-06-16T13:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grousser \* > \*\*Thanks God that other James Bond movies don’t do that. \*\* For the record, I’ve only ever seen two James Bond movies - **A View To A Kill** , which I nominated, and **From Russia With Love**. . . in which he didn’t say the title out loud . . . he just used the title to . . . well . . . to autograph a picture with. **Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!** ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/18 "2003-06-16T14:05:14Z")
[HIJACK] It’s always bugged me when the director puts his name in the title. Like: John Carpenter’s blah…blah…blah “Oooo…look! **I** created this movie! Nobody on earth could have directed this. Remember…remember…ME” [/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/19 "2003-06-16T14:11:44Z")
I think that is sometimes done, **Marine One** , to get around legal issues. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. Maybe this isn’t the same thing, but it seems like Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” was named because the title “Dracula” was owned by some other movie studio. On second thought, maybe this is two different issues. Maybe someone will come along to set it straight. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/20 "2003-06-16T14:28:06Z")
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