please stop the 'ing' 'noun' movie titles!
What is "ing" "noun"? No, it's not a new underground Hong Kong cinema style sweeping the nation, it's those pretentious titles that have a verb with an "ing" at the end (not sure what that is, past participle transient imperative or some such, I never was very good in grammar, what little they tought in school) and then a noun, usually a person. Right now at my local indie cinema there are two movies with those titles:
Being Julia
and
Finding Neverland
On IMDB, here is a complete list of "ing" "noun" movies.
Owning Mahoney
Serving Sarah
Regarding Henry
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Saving Pvt. Ryan
Saving Silverman
Boxing Helena
Losing Grace
Losing Isaiah
Losing Chase
Losing Hope
Losing Layla
Loving Jezebel
Finding Forrester
Finding Nemo
Finding Lucy
Finding Hope
Finding Christa
Finding Kelly
Chasing Liberty
Chasing Amy
Chasing Kevin
Chasing Destiny
Chasing Holden
Chasing Cain
Chasing Buddha
Killing Zoe
etc. i'm sure there are more
They are pretentious and unoriginal titles, trying to make the film sound more sophisticated than it is. The only solution is a complete boycott of any and all films with these titles and an angry email sent to the production house. Because (done in Diane Keaton voice from Godfather) "All of this MUST END". :)
And to cap it all off I just saw a new reality series with Farah Fawcett called "Chasing Sarrah".
kill me now.
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"Surrender Dorothy!"