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If Movie Titles were truthful.....

posted 6 years ago by AmeriGirl26 (15135)
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One thing that always annoys me is when the titles of some films just don't mesh well with what the movie's really about. One-word movie titles are the worst, particularly if it's just one of many words that could have been used in the movie's title. It's especially annoying if the movie's from a franchise, but doesn't mesh at all with the others in the series. I'll give some examples below:

Frozen - just call it the frickin' "Snow Queen" already, they did it in Norway
entire Twilight Series - "Bad Acting in the Woods"
Jurassic Park sequels - "Dinos Eat the People, Parts II-V"
Crash - "Racism in L.A."
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - "Old and Tired Money-Maker"
Reign of Fire - "Dragons Burn Everyone Up"
Aliens 3 and The Last Jedi - "This is What a Shitty Multi-Million-Dollar Fanfic Looks Like"
Mockingjay: Part 1 - "Two Hours in a Bunker"
K-Pax - "Kevin Spacey Faking Being An Alien"
Independence Day 2: Resurgence - "2-Hour Money-Making Snore-fest"
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - "Rehash of 'A New Hope' with a Girl."
Epic - "Awesome Rehash of 'Fern Gully'"

Feel free to add to these, particularly if it's a universally disliked film with a lousy title.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Jaws the Revenge - "Shark Roar!"

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 6 years ago

Percect😂!

[–] Chomsky89 (439) 6 years ago

Frozen is called "frost" in Norway. But you might be referring to something else.

[–] Stratego (31085) 6 years ago

"Frozen - just call it the frickin' "Snow Queen" already"

They really shouldn't, because it isn't an adaptation of Andersen's wonderful story in any way.

"Snakes on a Plane" - Totally misleading!

[–] twinA (4921) 6 years ago

Disney was going to call it "Snow Queen", but after their lesson learned from "The Princess and Frog", a stellar film with grand reception though lacking a wider market to sell stuff to, they decided to title it "Frozen" so it could also be marketed to boys and a more general audience. The rest is history. You either love or hate that snowman guy. Olaf, I think? Both so annoying and cute, argh!

~~/o/

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15135) 6 years ago

Yeah, he's a nice comical relief, and I do like Josh Gad, but frankly, I could have done without that stupid "In Summer" song.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

White Boy Rick - "2 hours of aimless scenes with mediocre acting, cliche gangster tropes and no relate-able characters".

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) - People in a boat throw basketballs into the fakest looking shark ever seens mouth.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 6 years ago

Rent...

'Rosario Dawson is so Hot!'

[–] db20db (17758) 6 years ago

Especially in this https://moviechat.org/tt1924429/Trance It has a full, frontal nude shot of her that will knock your socks off !

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 6 years ago

Oh I'm aware buddy
Rosario is too hot...I would pass out!!

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

No one would go see them.

Truth in advertising does not work.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15135) 6 years ago

This is supposed to be a way to tell jokes, particularly regarding films where the title isn't very descriptive or eye-catching. Some people can't even remember some of today's movies because of their forgettable titles.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Sorry. I’m not very funny. How about this?

Avengers: Infinity Wars: “If You’ve Seen 17 Previous Marvel Movies Before This, You’ll Understand The Movie. If Not, You Don’t Matter.”

Not actually funny. I hope that caustic counts.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15135) 6 years ago

I have a good one for that ;)

Avengers: Infinity War - "Big purple man steals stones and gets away with it"

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78628) 6 years ago

Oh, give yourself credit
That was pretty funny👍

Marvel movies are awesome but you do need to see them all to know what the hell is going on!