The Name Game
So Generic….
With America obsessed with naming their children such completely attention-grabbing and off-the-wall names, it makes me wonder when movies will catch up to the trend!
People are choosing the most absurd names for their children, yet movie after movie, the protagonists especially, always have such generic names.
Now in no way, shape or form am I exaggerating on these naming tendencies.
…For instance, actress Shannyn Sossamon, (A Knights Tale and Rules of Attraction) named her son “Audio Science.”
……………..Come, the freak, on.
Can you imagine what little self-confidence this poor child must have?!
…Can you imagine how the mothers and other children must stare at them at the playground????
I think Gwyneth Paltrow paved the way for odd names though, when she and her Coldplay hubby named their firstborn “Apple.”
Really?!
My best friend recently had her first son and blessed him with the beautiful name of “Jacob.”
She told me that when she told others of his name their first question was how she would spell it.
…Um….I’m PRETTY SURE there has never been an alteration on the spelling of that name, people.
…So, back to my point, movies just aren’t following this trend for some reason. Here are some examples of generic names in movies in my Netflix Queue.
“The Haunting of Molly Hartley”–Molly
“S. Darko”–Samantha
“What Goes Up”–Lucy
“I Love You, Man”–Peter
“FreeJack”–Alex
“Knowing”–John
“Crazy/Beautiful”–Nicole.
So as you can see, everyday human beings are walking around trying to come up with the most “creative” and different names, but screenwriters are sticking with the most conventional to name their nutty characters.
If you look at what these movies are ABOUT and who these characters ARE, you’ll see that their names are so unbalanced.
But that’s just me.
cty