When people ‘made movie titles less intense’ was one of our favourite things on Twitter – 26 adrenaline-sapped crackers
Twitter isn’t quite as much fun as it used to be – presuming you’re not a social media addict with a penchant for all things far right – and it got us pining nostalgically for the old days.
And the old days – well, not that old it turns out – didn’t come much better than this, a magnificent tweet about making movies less intense that took off – really took off – to fabulous effect.
Make a movie title less intense. I’ll go first.
Mission: Possible.
— Jake Thornton (@jakethornton) January 9, 2023
It prompted no end of very funny replies like this from the great Michael McKean.
Cape Apprehension https://t.co/eQRRMXt8ar
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) January 11, 2023
And also this!
Scott Pilgrim vs. His Small Circle of Emo Friends in the Greater Toronto Area https://t.co/TXxM6nQOGa
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) January 11, 2023
And these 26 lukewarm classics surely all deserve an award of their own. A very small and not much written about one, obviously.
1.
Some Like It Room Temperature
— Banjo Pickin’ Chicken (@HJablowmi1234) January 10, 2023
2.
Roomba Cop
— Haven McCord (@HMcCor) January 9, 2023
3.
Apocalypse Soon.
— Jake Thornton (@jakethornton) January 9, 2023
4.
The Buns of Navarone.
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) January 11, 2023
5.
Die Mildly
— Glen Zipper (@Zipper) January 10, 2023
6.
1 Dalmatian
— Emerson Collins (@ActuallyEmerson) January 10, 2023
7.
Excuse Me, But Have you Seen the 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 Men
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) January 11, 2023
11.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING
— Casey Tebo (@caseyshoots) January 11, 2023
12.
On the Orient Express
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) January 11, 2023
13.
The Empire Minds Its Own Business
— Ian Boothby (@IanBoothby) January 11, 2023