Cool title
Very original.
shareNot really, there is already a film called Night Moves from the 70s, starring Gene Hackman. And a very fine film it is.
Also, Bob Seger released a very famous song by the same title in that period.
So no, it's not very original, sadly.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.
Thanks Sherlock.
shareAh, the sarcasm! But seriously, I wonder why the makers recycled the title of a moderately well known 1975 film that otherwise has nothing to do with the 2014 release.
'What is an Oprah?'-Teal'c.
My guess: ignorance and a lack of instinct for originality.
shareI thought that they couldn't use the title of another movie. Maybe they got permission or it's from the same studio.
shareby vbel » Mon Mar 31 2014 15:58:44
IMDb member since March 2009
I thought that they couldn't use the title of another movie. Maybe they got permission or it's from the same studio.
Actually that is the one (or main) thing anyone can take - though it may backfire - depending on your (or their) marketing and what people remember … etc.
Though sometimes a movie with a thinly plagiarized (inspired?) attempt and copy just about every other thing - except the title…. so you have that aspect too.
And of course, sometimes the movies are great in their own right - even if they are a bit of a 'copy'… or even a variation on a theme. As always, it is void where prohibited and your mileage may vary! o.O
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vbel: there is no copyright on titles.
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The 1975 Gene Hackman film is not a well-known film.
I bet most people who were watching movies in the 1970's wouldn't remember it.
You criticized this film for an 'unoriginal' title yet your big, bold comeback was "Thanks Sherlock"?!?! Take your own advice, *beep*
shareYou say this even after someone outright stated "Ah, the sarcasm!"
So I offer, Ah the sarcasm! And the puzzling folks that will never, ever, ever pick up on it.
shockothelight wrote:
You criticized this film for an 'unoriginal' title yet your big, bold comeback was "Thanks Sherlock"?!?!
I am not making a film or writing a book entitled "Thanks Sherlock" from which I am intending to profit or pass off as an original piece of work. share
Snide language is almost always a cover for inadequate thinking. Posters should reflexively second-guess themselves about taking such a tone: it doesn't help.
The title is certainly a footnote to the earlier film, a key scene of which takes place aboard a similar boat to the one in Reichardt's drama. Naming their film in reference to such an obscure detail is meant to encourage deeper thought about its implications. I'd be more interested in your insights than your accusations.