Thursday

There are a plethora of films with bad titles out at the moment. They involve a lot of abstract nouns, bad puns, and frequently have the definite article before them. Examples are: Fracture, Perfect Stranger, Premonition, The Messengers, Shooter, and Unknown. Going to the cinema as frequently as I do (or try to do), I believe I am beginning to see patterns in the types of movies released throughout the year. Of course, studios and theatres are aware of this already, but its subtleties are little known to the general public. Most realise that during the summer and winter there are blockbusters, and for Christmas and Easter there are children's films. What happens between them? There are lulls, but there are also mini-peaks in certain genres etc. At the moment I believe it is bad title season.