Are movie titles getting ever-more boring? I will admit that I have not done the deep dive research to confirm it as a fact, but it certainly feels that way anecdotally. Rather than going with any clever and creative ideas, studios these days seem inclined to settle on the most generic options available – like character names and recognizable brands. For example, I question why Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer couldn't have been called American Prometheus (the name of the book on which it's based), and it sincerely bugs me that Regina King's new Shirley Chisholm biopic for Netflix is called Shirley despite the fact that there was a Shirley Jackson biopic called Shirley released just four years ago starring Elisabeth Moss. The latest evidence of this annoying Hollywood development is the upcoming horror movie Horrorscope changing its title to Tarot... and I'm definitely not the only one who is disappointed by this decision.
This lame title alteration was announced this morning when Sony Pictures released the first Tarot trailer, and it doesn't require intensive digging to find people who aren't happy with the choice. In fact, I'm not even the only staff member on CinemaBlend to take umbrage with the new name, as CB writer Jason Wiese has joined me in expressing discontent:
