Worst Movie Title Ever?

Wacker

Hi guys,

What do y'all think is the wost movie title ever? As per my conversation with Galvasean, I'm against list threads that have no discussion too, so there is to be just one suggestion per post, and you must give a reason as to why the film title blows.

My suggestion is Braveheart. My reason: rather than hinting on an epic struggle for freedom and whatnot, it sounds like a Care-Bear. In fact, just writing that makes me wish I had photo-shop skills!

Any others?

JP Liz V1

The last Bond film Quantum of Solace was a bad title name

mike65

Salute of the Jugger, how bad is that as combination of words designed to tell you something about a film? Whats a Jugger, and why would it/him/her salute? Titles should not contain "bad" sounds and a "Jugg" is terrible.

youcancallmeal

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, I've never even seen this film but the title just really annoys me for some reason?

AnonoBoy

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad.

Awful name.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062067/

lizardfudge

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

DenMan

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

But I love this movie.

Zaph

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've no idea who's in it, what it's about or who it was aimed at, the word sisterhood in the title was enough to put me off. But wtf are "traveling pants"???

Latchy

Who is Harry Kellerman and why is he saying those terrible things about me ?:eek: (1971)

Zaph wrote: »

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've no idea who's in it, what it's about or who it was aimed at, the word sisterhood in the title was enough to put me off. But wtf are "traveling pants"???

That's a chick flick about 4 girls expierences of wearing the same pair of jeans .The scenery in the film was nice :pac:

lizardfudge

'The Pursuit of Happyness' is a terrible title. The bad spelling is horrible. I don't care if it's some plot point in the film... I don't know that when I see the title.

Then I also hate film posters that insult your intelligence by explaining how to pronounce the title... I'm looking at you Ratatouille and Igor!

Nevyn

mike65 wrote: »

Salute of the Jugger, how bad is that as combination of words designed to tell you something about a film? Whats a Jugger, and why would it/him/her salute? Titles should not contain "bad" sounds and a "Jugg" is terrible.

Still it's a nice bit of scifi.

Zaph wrote: »

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've no idea who's in it, what it's about or who it was aimed at, the word sisterhood in the title was enough to put me off. But wtf are "traveling pants"???

pants american idiom for trousers, in this case a pair of jeans, which each of the female lead gets to keep for a month and then post on to the next in the group of friends.

marwelie

Don't know whether its the worst, but its certainly the longest!

Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230575/

artvandulet

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!

A career low point for a screen legend....




Estelle Getty.;)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105477/

razorblunt

Percy Jackson <pause> and the Lightening Thief.

Giggles from the audience everytime a trailer has come on or a wtf?

ziedth

i thought attack of the clones was an awful name. Terrible movie too

lubie76

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

Morlar

Osmosis jones.

+ ;

Ernest feature films

* Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album (1983) (direct-to-video)
* The Ernest Film Festival (1986) (direct-to-video)
* Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1986) - character only has a cameo role
* Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
* Hey Vern, Win $10,000...Or Just Count On Having Fun! (1987) (direct-to-video)
* Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
* Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
* Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
* Ernest Rides Again (1993)
* Your World As I See It (1994) (direct-to-video)
* Ernest Goes to School (1994) (direct-to-video)
* Slam Dunk Ernest (1995) (direct-to-video)
* Ernest Goes to Africa (1997) (direct-to-video)
* Ernest in the Army (1998) (direct-to-video)

dublin 16 lad

lubie76 wrote: »

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

That's the first one that popped into my head when I saw the thread title, what a farce of a movie title!

kraggy

DenMan wrote: »

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

But I love this movie.

That's one of my favourite titles actually. Really.

My choice off the top of my head would be Edge of Darkness which is out at the moment.

Cheese on toast. And a ****é film to boot.

cashback

He's Just Not That Into You. :mad:

That has to be it for me.

HxGH

lubie76 wrote: »

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

Nuff said indeed

humanji

lubie76 wrote: »

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

Considering the film that it was, I think that's a great title. It tells you exactly what to expect and has the same tongue in cheek style that the film has.

Most of the James Bond films had terrible titles, but I suppose they didn't have much of a choice since they're based on the books. Octopussy though. Seriously!

mike65

Snakes on a Plane is the perfect genre title, like Incredible Strinking Man you know excetly what you are getting.

Beware "hippy" era movies that think they are cool

"Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?"

and titles that are longer than the film

"The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" usualy known as Marat/Sade

greendom

i know Snakes on a Plane does what it says on the tin but dreadfully uninspired title

number10a

Zaph wrote: »

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I've no idea who's in it, what it's about or who it was aimed at, the word sisterhood in the title was enough to put me off. But wtf are "traveling pants"???

YES!!! YES!!!! That's the one!! I went on to this thread solely to mention that film.

But I couldn't think of the name.

Skerries

Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust

Duggy747

Skerries wrote: »

Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust

Brilliant!

Percy Jackson <pause> & The Lightning Thief is pretty crap.

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) Oooooo-kay?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055946"]Eegah (1962)
(URL kept screwing up and I couldn't be arsed fixing it a 3rd time :pac: )

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) lulz :pac:

Fat Guy Goes Nutziod (1986) About an escaped fat mental patient who gets up to all sorts of fun in the city.

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)

Sssssss (1973) Imagine walking into the video shop and asking if they have this? "Sorry, I'm wondering if you have SSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssss!!!!!"

Giselle

Canabalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers. (C.H.U.D.). 1984.


A masterpiece about zombie types living in the sewer system, a brilliant movie for all the wrong reasons.

sprinkles

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Last Airbender (not out yet)

Wacker

lubie76 wrote: »

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

When I heard the title Snakes On a Plane from a mate, I burst out laughing and decided that no force known to man would stop me from going to it. I doubt I'm alone in this respect. For this reason, I would contend that Snakes on a Plane is one of the best movie titles ever. Megashark Vs Giant Octopus is a pretty good title too!

Another suggestion for worst movie title would be Sorcerer, William Friedkin's remake of the classic Wages of Fear. Could the title give a more misleading impression?

Hank_Jones

Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerd in Paradise.

Revenge of the Nerds IV : Nerds in Love

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)

^^Who am I kidding, that's probably the best title for a movie ever.^^

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057181/

mike65

Agree completely about Sorcerer, bizzare title which can only have harmed its chances.

johnny_ultimate

lubie76 wrote: »

Snakes on a Plane. Nuff said!!

There are snakes. They are on a plane. The only way the title could be any more effective and literal would be if it was entitled "Snakes on a Plane, and Samuel L Jackson Has Had Enough of Said Mother****ing Snakes, on a Mother****ing Plane" :pac: It was initially called Flight 121 (until the powers of the internet campaigned for change), which is so very awful.

However if we are talking about bad titles, there is one bad film title to rule them all. One that thinks a pun is the highest form of comedy. One of such forehead slapping ineptitude that I have hidden it in spoilers, lest your eyes get stuck when they start to roll. Yes, I am talking about

Who's Your Caddy.

There should be a swear filter to block out any mention of said film (although I'm guessing you pretty much get exactly what it says on the tin in that case too - racial stereotyping on a golf course).

JP Liz V1

Pecker makes me laugh

Anakin.S

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The last Bond film Quantum of Solace was a bad title name

I liked the name, the meaning of it really fits in with the story.

My vote would be for 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar' or 'the man who went up a hill and came down a mountain'

Lirange

Anakin.S wrote: »

I liked the name, the meaning of it really fits in with the story.

What is the meaning then?

Anakin.S

Quantum - A quantity or amount

Solace - comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.

so it means 'An Amount of Comfort in Sorrow'

So going after the people who killed Vespa makes him feel better in his own grief

Well in my head it makes sense

pickarooney

To wong Foo and the yayo siterhood of the traveller's pants are great shouts for terrible terrible titles. Some of the others are brilliant.

AttackThePoster

Morlar

Pearl Harbour.

marwelie

Morlar wrote: »

Pearl Harbour.

A candidate for possibly the title of Worst Film Ever :Dbut can't say its qualifies for the Worst Movie Title Ever, it does exactly what it says on the tin.

See Tora, Tora, Tora http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066473/ if you want to see a good film about the bombing of Pearl Harbour IMO

Fizman

Gigli.

Pretentious title for what is apparently an atrocity of a film. I can't even begin to imagine what the relevance of the title is.

pwd

sprinkles wrote: »

The Last Airbender (not out yet)

blame james cameron for that one

pwd

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Very misleading. It suggests some relationship with the graphic novels of the same name.

uncleoswald

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

I've tried to find out what this movie is about and read some reviews but I can't get past the title, it breaks my brain.

DublinWriter

Revenge of the Sith...

...Sith being an anagram of you-know-what.

DublinWriter

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

...great filum though.

scudzilla

Snakes on a Plane



CLOSE THREAD

kumate_champ07

'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'

'I am Legend'

'The Day After Tomorrow'

pwd

DublinWriter wrote: »

Revenge of the Sith...

...Sith being an anagram of you-know-what.

revenge of the sith is an anagram of "heroes fight event"

Lirange

Anakin.S wrote: »

Well in my head it makes sense

ha, alright. Makes slightly more sense now. The title just sounded a bit cloying.