I hate when a movie title is someone's name.

Don't forget Selena!

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I've never given this much thought, but your probably right. However I have thought about this when it comes to songs. I've thought it just seems weird to write an entire song about just a person. One song that has always annoyed me that I can think of is "Mr Jones" by the Counting Crows. Same with "Brian Wilson" by the Barenaked Ladies. Two of the stupidest songs I've ever heard.

I don't really mind that, though I do agree it's a bit lazy and a story can benefit from a more original title.

HOWEVER I think it's worse when it's a historical or biopic, since there's probably a wealth of life stories you could pull from for a title. If it's a fictional character, like Amelie or Rambo, I don't mind as much, since the movie is about the fictional narrative they've constructed for them.

What really gets my goat are films that only take one of someone's full name. They do this especially with remakes and biopics, I find, an example being 'The Times of Harvey Milk' from 1984 being condensed to just 'Milk' in 2008. But yeah, things like 'Capote', 'Ray', it feels like they're trying to add a weight to the name that just isn't there.

I don't feel that these title are necessarily lazy. Sometimes, it only makes sense that a work is named after the most important character (who will be the protagonist in at least 90 % of the cases, but not always).

I neither agree nor disagree with your statement, but what’s the alternative for “Forrest Gump”?...Town Fool....Village Idiot...The Dr. Pepper Dolt?

'this is martin bonner'
i think that's a great title. doesn't say much about what you're going to watch, perhaps, but after you've watched the film, it fits it perfectly.

Or numbers.