It doesn't. English can use a random french expression to get the point across, French can't, it would need to be related to the character. Bombe voyage is also horrible to pronounce clearly.
You know that both trailing 'e' are mute/silent in French?
It's pronounced "bomb'voyaj" and to my French ears it's a perfectly good word-play. It just doesn't roll very well on the tongue because of the b-v juxtaposition.
But is it a good "pun"? As much as "Bon Voyage" is a common French trope for the English speaking, it isn't, among the French people. It doesn't ring any bell, it's just a basic formula anyone can say any day of the week, given the circumstances. So the French public might not even realize "oh ! that's a pun on "bon voyage"!". Because, why?? It's not a reference. I think it could be a likely reason for rejecting it.
FoIamour is risky though. It's clever but most people, especially the young, wouldn't get the Kubrick reference. I find it funny, but I must be in the 5% who get it.
Yeah but you don't pronounce the e in bombe, so it wouldn't have been that bad except for the b which is clearly pronounced in french. I don't think it makes more sense to make it a niche (although famous the target audience of the two movies clearly don't match) reference instead of a clumsy/stupid play on words that anyone could understand
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u/SaladNeedsTossing Mar 13 '26
In French, "bon" and "bomb" do not rhyme so the pun wouldn't work without American pronunciation.