Originally Posted By basil fan I know everybody and his brother hates the title "Tangled." So do I, though I love the movie. How do you feel about the title "Brave?" Does it make a difference that the movie doesn't come from a familiar story? It's Tough to Be a Bird www.whatsitsgalore.com/dinsey/tough.html
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Since Brave isn't based on any established classic story, sucn as Tangled was, it's not as noticeable or jarring to have this orginal story with a one word title like that. Having said that, it would certainly be more descriptive and romantic of Disney/Pixar if they gave it a title that wasn't the product of a marketing team that thinks in terms of being hip and edgy all the time. ORWEN: I sure don't like the titles they've come up with for The Snow Queen, whcih they're calling 'Frozen' or Rumplestiltskin, which they're calling 'The Name Game'. Those titles are down right disrespectful to the original stories. It's like trying to fix something that's not broken whenever you tamper with the title of an established classic. ORDDU: But, of course, Brave isn't an established classic. That one can easily pass under the radar without much fuss.
Originally Posted By matthewdort I hate the title "Brave". It explains nothing about the movie to me.
Originally Posted By u k fan Disney don't have a great track record for movie titles recently. Tangled Up Brave John Carter The Muppets What do any of those titles tell you about the movie. They're all so vague!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Brave was announced with a much more descriptive title: The Bear and the Bow. <a href="http://pixarplanet.com/blog/reese-witherspoon-on-the-bear-and-the-bow" target="_blank">http://pixarplanet.com/blog/re...-the-bow</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Remember when they went to the "high concept" tiles? When "Basil of Baker Street" was changed to "The Great Mouse Detective?" The joke was that Disney was going to go back and retitle all their films in the same manner. So "Dumbo" would become "The Wonderful Baby Elephant That Could Really Fly." Maybe they need to do that for their new releases...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I wonder if they worried that calling it "The Bear and the Bow" would make people who aren't into Disney as much as we are think that this was a sequel to Brother Bear, which wasn't exactly a box office juggernaut. Strangely enough, no Pixar title has been more than 3 words. Several have been just one word.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I doubt people would really confuse it with Brother Bear, since most people have completely forgotten about that movie. From what I can tell, most people who actually saw the movie thought pretty highly of it, which wouldn't hurt The Bear and the Bow's performance (though it may cause some disappointment when they realize it's a completely different movie).
Originally Posted By tonyanton It's funny that their animated film titles are getting shorter, while attraction names keeping getting longer!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Even though lots of contemporary attractions have excessively long names (The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel's Undersea Adventure, I'm looking at you and your silly tilda!), I think the longest title is still held by an attraction that opened in the 70's: The Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr Lincoln.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <From what I can tell, most people who actually saw the movie thought pretty highly of it, which wouldn't hurt The Bear and the Bow's performance (though it may cause some disappointment when they realize it's a completely different movie).> I saw it. Thought "eh" of it.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb My mom adores Brother Bear, but I think it's because she likes the idea of magically turning into a bear herself, hibernating IS an attractive idea to some ;-).
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: That's funny, Autopia Deb, duckling! My sisters and I thought Brother Bear was a very good film and we don't understand the negativity that some have toward it. It actually had moments in it that were just as powerful as Bambi and The Lion King.
Originally Posted By u k fan I'm afraid I'm in the "eh" category, but I like Treasure Planet so what do I know?!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert Here in Austria the movie will be called "MERIDA - Legende der Highlands", which translates into "MERIDE - Legend of the Highlands". I can't wait to see the movie after the huge Cars 2 disappointment.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne None of the Pixar films have great titles.. Finding Nemo is probably the pick of a bad bunch. Although the title 'Brave' tells me little about the film, it's not as bad as taking a familiar fairy tale and renaming it.. Tangled still baffles me there.. And so many people I know just refer to it as Rapunzel anway.. Especially Mum's..
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I even usually end up calling the movie 'Rapunzel', even though I know better. I wonder if they'll ever release it on DVD (or whatever magical technology we have in the future) and call it Rapunzel. I feel like there is some precedent for renaming films on subsequent releases, but I can't think of any right now. At DL a while back, I heard a little girl refer to the character as "Princess Tangled". I'm still not sure how I feel about that...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The Black Cauldron had its title changed in a certain country that escapes my memory at the moment. I believe it was re-named: Taran and the Magic Sword. ORWEN: The reason for that was to make it more descriptive, I think. ORGOCH: Yeah? Well it didn't work, sister! The movie bombed all over the dang place an' yer the reason why!!
Originally Posted By schnebs I think I like the Austrian title better. But then again, didn't Disney title "Tangled" as "Rapunzel" in Germany and Austria? I'm looking forward to seeing how the movie does in Austria - if only to prove that the U.S. marketing team's "we can't name it so it sounds like a princess movie" attitude is nonsense.
