Yes! Thank you. I meant to post that.
In Plan 9 from Outer Space, “from” is purely a preposition, but “Outer” is an adjective describing “Space.”
In To Be or Not to Be, the first “To” is the first word in the title, so it gets capitalized. The second “to” is not really a preposition-- it’s forming an infinitive-- but those are not capitalized either. “Or” in the title is a coordinating conjunction, just like “and” or “but” would be. Conjunctions, coordinate or subordinate, are not capitalized.
Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator
They didn’t.
This was midnight showing at my college around 1981. I showed up a little late and knew the woman taking tickets. She said that she had seen it already, and I asked how it was. She said, “let’s put it this way, you won’t be disappointed, but you’ll wonder why you didn’t have anything better to do.”
Generally, but not always.. This is a case of ‘not always.’ Most style guides recomment capitalizing if the preposition is over four (or five, depending on which guide) letters. This easily fits.
Black Moon. Nothing in the film has any connection with the title. You have no idea what it’s about from that.
Of course, if you watch the movie, you have no idea what it’s about (but it’s still a fascinating film).
I somehow stumbled upon the IMDb credits page and just had to see what an “Automation Bunny” is. So, now I have the DVD.
Anything named “2”.
Example: “The Accountant” … “The Accountant 2”
I loved both movies, but they’re so unimaginative that they can’t come up with a unique name for the sequel?
They dumbed it down for the American audience.
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the U.S. is the only country where the title had to be “dumbed down.” I know it was titled “Philosopher’s Stone” in Canada.
I’m nominating Sssssss. It’s a movie about a mad scientist who turns people into snakes.
The Accountant 2: Electric Equity
Thr Accountant (2): Accounts Payable
The Accountant (2): Double-Entry Sequel
The parenthetical (2)s are optional.
The Accountant 2: The Depreciation of Curly’s Gold
I saw this at a drive-in. It was the second feature, and not the one I went there for, which was Bug (1975), based on the novel “The Hephaestus Plage,” about a swarm of chthonic, igniferous, and intelligent(!) cockroaches. As a teen I thought these were pretty cool, but now. . . not so much.
Accountant 2, IRS 0
As opposed to Black Moon Rising. Still doesn’t tell you anything about the movie, but at least it has a connection. (Decent little action flick written by John Carpenter starring Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton.)
If you are of an age from SoCal, Beach Blanket Bingo tells you everything you need to know about the movie!
I like the Joy Crookes song of the same name. But the films (!) look terrible.
I was going to mention this one but I don’t want to write it out either.
Added instead: Osombie. It’s about Osama bin Laden coming back as a zombie. The “s” is written as a backwards “z” just in case you didn’t get it.
Get rid of the “2”, and I like it!
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Mother, Jugs, and Speed
A Serbian Film
John Carter
Unless you’ve read Burroughs, you have no idea what the movie is about.
George Clooney has a bunch of titles that are meaningless until you see the film: Michael Clayton, The American, The Descendants, Three Kings.
TVtropes has a section called Artifact Title.
Octopussy. In the original Ian Fleming short story, the bad guy (who lived in a beach house) had befriended a small octopus, who would swim up to accept food from him like a feral cat. That ultimately led to the bad guy’s death (once again, James Bond had nothing to do with the final outcome!)
By the time it made it to a movie, Octopussy became the name of a beautiful international jewel thief.who never befriended an octopus.