# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/21 "2003-06-16T14:53:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > \*\*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. \*\* That was the first one I thought of as well. It’s so stupid that Walken doesn’t even say the whole line; IIRC Grace Jones says “What a view!” and Walken says “To a kill!”. Subtle, no. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/22 "2003-06-16T14:59:05Z")
[Ernst Stavro Blofeld] You only live twice, Mister Bond [/Ernst Stavro Blofeld] ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/23 "2003-06-16T15:31:27Z")
[Micky Rourke] “I’m **The Pope of Greenwich Village** ” [/Micky Rourke] ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/24 "2003-06-16T16:11:11Z")
“It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird . . .” “My cousin Vinny!” ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/25 "2003-06-16T17:09:43Z")
A long time ago I saw a Sean Connery interview where he was discussing “Never Say Never Again”. In it, Sean said that Roger Moore was supposed to do a walk-on at the end of the movie where he would say to Bond “never say never again”. Some sort of scheduling conflict killed the scene. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/26 "2003-06-16T17:17:22Z")
There are a number of Bond films in which the title is said. **Dr. No** is the villain’s name. \*\*Goldfinger[b/] is the villain’s name. Bond is informed of Operation **Thunderball**. “ **You only live twice** , Mr. Bond.” A woman sings **Live and Let Die** at the Fillet of Soul. Scaramanga is referred to as **The Man With the Golden Gun**. The spaceship is named **Moonraker**. “What **a view**!” “ **To a kill.** ” Bond thinks the assassination attempt scared **the living daylights** out of the cellist. Bond’s **licence to kill** is revoked. The **Goldeneye** sattelite is stolen. “ **The World is Not Enough.** ” “Foolish sentiment.” “Family motto.” “So you live to **die another day** …” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/27 "2003-06-16T18:49:20Z")
If I recall correctly, in the novel _Clear and Present Danger_ it is explained that the President (under some law that might or might not be real - it’s been a while since I’ve read it) actually had to make the determination that so and so was, literally, a “Clear and Present Danger” to the US. The President (or his henchman) made this determination in regards to the drug trade, giving authorization to what happened afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/28 "2003-06-16T18:52:33Z")
In other words, he had to _actually say or write the words_. I don’t think the above made that clear. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/29 "2003-06-16T19:55:29Z")
Peter asked me once when I fell in love with Jack - I said it was While You Were Sleeping. Ugh! Susan ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/30 "2003-06-16T20:06:34Z")
[paraphrasing from memory] \* Maggie: You know what I feel like? I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof! Brick: Then jump off the roof, Maggie. Cats jump off all the time and land unharmed. Jump! Maggie: Where? Into what? Brick: Take a lover. [/paraphrasing from memory] It works in that one, much credit due to Tennessee, Liz, and Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/31 "2003-06-16T20:21:18Z")
**JohnT** is right about “clear and present danger.” That phrase is a legal term of art with a concrete meaning. Its inclusion in the movie was neither unusual nor tacked-on for the sake of the title. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/32 "2003-06-16T20:22:56Z")
It is time to put an end to your little trek through the stars… ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/33 "2003-06-16T20:44:02Z")
Sean Connery, emerging from a rusty door: "Welcome to **The Rock**! Then at the other end of the specturm you have movies whose titles have pretty much nothing at all to do with the movie unless you know some obscure piece of trivia. Case in point: **Straw Dogs** and **Reservoir Dogs**. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/34 "2003-06-16T21:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*It is time to put an end to your little trek through the stars… \*\* Zephram cochrane (Sp?) said something that ended with "traveling through space on some kind of ‘Star Trek’ " ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/35 "2003-06-16T21:31:09Z")
I think **matt\_mcl** was thinking of Q’s line to Picard in the very last episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, _All Good Things…_, which is also relevant in that when it became clear that Picard’s actions might destroy the very ship he was on, Q looked over at him and said, “Good-bye, Jean-Luc. _All good things_ must come to an end.” Anyway, whether it’s said by Q or Cochrane, it’s clear that there’s no way to make the phrase “Star Trek” sound like it makes sense in the English language. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/36 "2003-06-16T21:53:53Z")
I watched a movie the other night about this young attorney who gives up the law and spends his life in and out of prison, defying the police, and ultimately gets shot. There’s this one scene, though, where he blatantly throws in the title of the movie and says “I am Mohandas K. Gandhi”. I once saw a show, maybe a sketch comedy show that had an annoying guy at a video store. He would always say “Oh yeah, I was in that movie. I said the title line!” and when challenged, he’d pull out a tape with him edited in and saying things like, “I’m so sick of all these ‘Star Wars’”. Anyone know what the heck I’m talking about (this time I’m serious)? ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/37 "2003-06-16T21:54:19Z")
I beat you all. **Romancing the Stone** ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Tambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr\_Tambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Tambo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/38 "2003-06-16T22:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\* > Then at the other end of the specturm you have movies whose titles have pretty much nothing at all to do with the movie unless you know some obscure piece of trivia. Case in point: **Straw Dogs** and **Reservoir Dogs**. \*\* What’s the obscure piece of trivia you have to know regarding **Reservoir Dogs**? I saw an interview with Tarantino; about the title, he said he didn’t have a clue what ‘Reservoir Dogs’ meant, but he greatly enjoyed the various interpretations fans had come up with, and as far as he was concerned, they were all equally correct. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_the\_CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_the_CC)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/39 "2003-06-16T22:08:24Z")
Panama Jack, I saw that show… I think it may have been Kids in the Hall. He also claimed he had the title line in Out of Africa. The best part of that edit job was that he showed the video store employee he was arguing with footage from Africa in the film and then it suddenly cuts to him in what is obviously a fast food restaurant speaking a line that doesn’t exist in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145/40 "2003-06-16T22:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > \*\*I think **matt\_mcl** was thinking of Q’s line to Picard in the very last episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, _All Good Things…_, which is also relevant in that when it became clear that Picard’s actions might destroy the very ship he was on, Q looked over at him and said, “Good-bye, Jean-Luc. _All good things_ must come to an end.” > > Anyway, whether it’s said by Q or Cochrane, it’s clear that there’s no way to make the phrase “Star Trek” sound like it makes sense in the English language. \*\* I wasn’t correcting **matt\_mcl**. I was adding another reference to the name of the show. Z C _did_ say it in ‘First Contact’ Z C actually did make it sound sensical when he said it. He did this by saying it sarcastically - "Traveling through space on some kind of _star trek_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-ruined-by-saying-the-title-of-the-movie-during-the-movie/182145.md?page=3)