Poke the staff. Updated on January 11, 2023
On Twitter, people are messing around with movie titles after the screenwriter, author, and producer @jakethornton encouraged people to do so.
Make the movie title less intense. I will go first.
Mission: Possible.
— Jake Thornton 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@jakethornton) January 9, 2023
And it sparked no end of very funny responses, like this one from the great Michael McKean (Better Call Saul Robbed! Again!).
Cape Apprehension https://t.co/eQRRMXt8ar
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) January 11, 2023
And this!
Scott Pilgrim vs. his small circle of emo friends in the Toronto area https://t.co/TXxM6nQOGa
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) January 11, 2023
And all of these 30 warm classics deserve an award.
1.
Some like it room temperature
— Banja Pickin Chicken (@HJablowmi1234) January 10, 2023
2.
Police Roomba
— Haven McCord (@HMcCor) January 9, 2023
3.
The apocalypse is coming.
— Jake Thornton 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@jakethornton) January 9, 2023
4.
Navaronsky buns.
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) January 11, 2023
5.
Die softly
— Glenn Zipper (@Zipper) January 10, 2023
6.
1 Dalmatian
— Emerson Collins (@ActuallyEmerson) January 10, 2023
7.
Excuse me, but have you seen Red October?
— Craig Bruce Smith (@craigbrucesmith) January 11, 2023
8.
Brunch at Tiffany’s.
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) January 11, 2023
9.
The fifth sense pic.twitter.com/liUS0zTlCJ
— Luke (@whitelawluke) January 10, 2023
10.
Some of the president’s people
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) January 11, 2023
11.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Public Lore
— Joshua Erenberg (@JoshErenberg) January 10, 2023
12.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING
— Casey Tebow (@caseyshoots) January 11, 2023
13.
On the East Express
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) January 11, 2023
14.
The Empire is minding its own business
— Ian Boothby (@IanBoothby) January 11, 2023
15.
Texas chainsaw mascara
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) January 11, 2023
People have been making movie titles less intense – 30 fabulously lukewarm award winners
