NAME EXPERT GIVES THUMBS DOWN TO NEW ‘STAR WARS’ MOVIE MONIKER
NAME EXPERT GIVES THUMBS DOWN TO NEW ‘STAR WARS’ MOVIE MONIKER
LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) – George Lucas has just released the title to his upcoming Star Wars installment: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – but the name is being panned by one naming expert. Meredith Muncy – who’s named films for several film studios – says Episode II – Attack of the Clones is just too long and awkward to be easily remembered by filmgoers. Even worse, she says the title sounds like a cheap B-movie, which implies it has cheesy special effects and little emotional depth. Muncy says if anyone other than Lucas released a film with a name like that, it would probably flop at the box office. However, she admits Lucas “...could have named the film ‘Engelbert Humperdinck’ and people would still go to see it.”
Wed 08-08-01