Most un-aptly named movies.

Frank Black

As ‘The Mods' seem to be showing a remarkable amount of restraint at all the movie/tv/book threads recently appearing in AH, I said I’d chance my arm with this one.
What movies have the most un-apt titles?
I’ll start with a few

• The Never Ending Story - old Simpson’s joke I know

• The Greatest Story Ever Told - Hardly

• Don’t Look Now – come on, you kinda have to.

• Apocalypse Now – any film over 3 hours long should not use ‘Now’ in the title.

mackg

The Rock: He was nowhere to be seen

Aodan83

Super 8. There weren't 8 of them and none of them were exactly super.

Dan133269

Free Willie

W.Shakes-Beer

Deliverance.

What exactly was delivered? A meat roll to the anus?

Hande hoche!

Funny people was not particularly funny.

hardy_buck

"dont be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood"

TheIrishGrover

True Romance

Best example of a terrible movie title destroying it's box office potential: Tarantino script, Tony Scott director, cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer as Not-Elvis, Gary Oldman. Hell, you had Dennis Hopper in it as a sane GOOD GUY!!! (And he has the best scene in the movie)

Emiko

Aodan83 wrote: »

Super 8. There weren't 8 of them and none of them were exactly super.

Super 8 is the type of camera they used to make their zombie movie.

Brilliant movie.



*if anyone goes to see it, make sure and stay for the end credits

tightropetom

"The Happening" should have been called "Nothing's Happening"

:rolleyes:

Fago!

Goodfellas - they were all pricks!

mathie

The Beaver.

flutterflye

Trainspotting.
Very disappointing- no train spotting at all :rolleyes:

Frank Black

I went to see 'The Day after Tomorrow' on the 02nd of June 2004.

The 04th of June bore no resemblance to the movie at all.

TimeToShine

reservoir dogs, the fuk was that about

leviathon

Naked Lunch

I can think of at least two things wrong with that title...

CardBordWindow

Die Hard


He lives!

talla10

Dracula Dead and loving it!

He didnt seem too happy at all!!

The King of Moo

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:
The planet doesn't rise at all, just rotates and spins around the sun as usual.

--Kaiser--

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Deliverance.

What exactly was delivered? A meat roll to the anus?

de·liv·er·ance/diˈlivərəns/Noun
1. The action of being rescued or set free
2. A formal or authoritative utterance.

mackg

Kill bil...actually never mind

Turpentine

"Anchorman" - not a ship in sight.

Ruu_Old

Man on Fire. No Denzel Washington running around in flames. Disappointed!

Wolflikeme

Aodan83 wrote: »

Super 8. There weren't 8 of them and none of them were exactly super.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_mm_film

Beverley Hills Cop - he was actually a Detroit cop.

--Kaiser--

Fargo

They didn't actually go very far

foxyboxer

The Phantom Menace

--Kaiser--

foxyboxer wrote: »

The Phantom Menace

The menace in question was Darth Sidious, whom is only seen in hologram
(I think)

goose2005

Ronin - there were no masterless medieval samurai at all.

maxxie

The Commitments!

They broke up after like 2 gigs!

Im black and im proud! That chap would wana invest in a mirror!

--Kaiser--

TimeToShine wrote: »

reservoir dogs, the fuk was that about

A reservoir dog is a rat, basically someone who squeals/snitches to the police. Makes sense in the context of the movie

Air_Bass

Pulp Fiction - didn't see Jarvis Cocker anywhere (...oh wait maybe that was him in the gimp suit?)

Emiko

OSI wrote: »

It was pretty shit to be fair. It managed to have an even gayer ending than ET. Which considering a good chunk of the movie was shit blowing up, was very annoying.

Horses for courses.

I went to see it for the second time last night, actually.

(but that was only because I promised I'd bring someone to see it, and I had to let on I hadn't seen it the first time, with oohs and aahs in all the right places)

Frank Black

Air_Bass wrote: »

Pulp Fiction - didn't see Jarvis Cocker anywhere (...oh wait maybe that was him in the gimp suit?)

That's cause it was only Fiction.

You're thinking of Pulp Faction.

fatguy2k1

mackg wrote: »

Kill bil...actually never mind

well, kill bill vol.1 ends and bill is still alive....

Elephant - i didn't see one elephant in that (piece of sh1t) movie

Monty Burnz

White Chicks.

They were black dudes.

ILikeBananas

The Barbarian Invasions

Sounds like an early Swarzenegger movie right? Wrong!

The Barbarian Invasions, like its predecessor, examines the varying politics -- economic, personal, and sexual -- at play among an aging group of friends, lovers, and ex-spouses. This time around, leads Remy and Louise are divorced, with their son Sebastien living in capitalist splendor in London. But the slightly estranged family is brought together by Remy's losing battle with terminal cancer, and the hedonistic, ex-radical father and straight-laced son have to overcome their differences.

saintsaltynuts

Rain Man what a con Martin King wasnt in it.

El Weirdo

flutterflye wrote: »

Trainspotting.
Very disappointing- no train spotting at all :rolleyes:

Got a receipt, mate?! Got a receipt?!

Oral contract, mate. Ain't worth the paper it's written on.

--Kaiser--

El Weirdo wrote: »

Got a receipt, mate?! Got a receipt?!

Oral contract, mate. Ain't worth the paper it's written on.

"..but I couldn't make out the dialogue"
"Trainspotting mate? I'm not surprised!"

El Weirdo

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

"..but I couldn't make out the dialogue"
"Trainspotting mate? I'm not surprised!"

All in Scotch, ain't it?

flutterflye

El Weirdo wrote: »

All in Scotch, ain't it?

I tried to read the book before.
Waaaay harder to understand than the movie.
War and Peace a doddle compared to it!
All written in bloody Scottish-English!

Wetai

To Kill a Mockingbird - They didn't kill any birds!

Dermighty

Tree Of Life

It should have been called: BOLLOCKS!

El Weirdo

flutterflye wrote: »

I tried to read the book before.
Waaaay harder to understand than the movie.
War and Peace a doddle compared to it!
All written in bloody Scottish-English!

It's actually one of his easiest books to follow. Although, I think I'd read Maribou Stork Nightmares before Trainspotting so had had some practice.

You do tend to speak in a Scottish accent for a few weeks after reading one of his books though.

ondeball

There will be Blood.

Frank Black

ondeball wrote: »

There will be Blood.

There was

candy-gal1

Dermighty wrote: »

Tree Of Life

It should have been called: BOLLOCKS!

Couldnt agree more there tbh
Should have been called Tree of death, thats what youll feel like while watching it! :rolleyes:

recylingbin

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo shaould have been called:
Män som hatar kvinnor

Coriolanus

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

True Romance

Best example of a terrible movie title destroying it's box office potential: Tarantino script, Tony Scott director, cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer as Not-Elvis, Gary Oldman. Hell, you had Dennis Hopper in it as a sane GOOD GUY!!! (And he has the best scene in the movie)

I thought that was part of the joke?

Napper Hawkins

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.

Curious me bollix.

I have no interest in seeing this film and never will.

ArPharazon

Shag

A film about girls dancing.
My 12 year old self was very dissapointed.