Awful movie titles

[hoverdonkey]

Enjoyed the film, but



is a shocking title and put me off it for quite a while

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Huffnagle.

[lipsink]

Great little movie. A bit of a shit title.

"Okay, so what I'll do is I'll just adjust this over here..."

[SavageHedgehog]

Man on Fire was based on a novel of the same name, which had been filmed before under the same title in 1987 with Scott Glen and Joe Pesci.

[madhair60]

(Whoever tagged Honey I Shrunk the Jews, that made me laugh, so kudos)

Quantum of Solace?

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Huffnagle.

Dr Magoriums Wonder Emporium

(I can rarely think of one without the other)

[SavageHedgehog]

Quantum of Solace?

Yep, a very clunky title no matter what (perhaps valid) reasonings they gave for it ("It represents Bond's emotional state after the last film!" "We're staying true to Fleming by using one of his titles!")

[hoverdonkey]

Man on Fire was based on a novel of the same name, which had been filmed before under the same title in 1987 with Scott Glen and Joe Pesci.

I didn't know that. Doesn't stop it being a shit movie title though. They didn't have to stick with the name

[SavageHedgehog]

I agree, that was just a bit of a trivia and an explanation for why they used it, not a defence.

According to IMDB (so, y'know, salt) Man on Fire was a bit of a pet-project for Tony Scott; he wanted to direct the original Man on Fire but he was turned down for not being acomplised enough. Seems unlikely given that he had just directed a blockbuster and they went instead with an unknown named Elie Chouraqui, but who knows.

[mycroft]

"We're staying true to Fleming by using one of his titles!")

I can't wait for when they do 007 in New York which, if there's any sense left in the world, will be a two-hour musical montage of Roger Moore taking photographs of tourist attractions, waving at friendly policemen, and doing that thing where you enter a shop and emerge a second later with bags and bags of stuff, being waved on your way by a cheerful shopkeeper.

[thecuriousorange]

Don't forget a shot of one of those WALK/DON'T WALK signs changing.

[thecuriousorange]

They're not even trying any more.

[Braintree]

Not out yet but the long awaited sequel...

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps

Just ridiculous.

[thecuriousorange]

[lipsink]

What's wrong with that?  'Squite good.

Really? I thought it sounded quite silly!

[madhair60]

Stuart says:
I know nothing about this film, but the poster makes me want to see it
Stuart says:
: I
Graham says:
Lol
Graham says:
It's a ninja assassin?
Stuart says:
yeah
Graham says:
A ninja who is an assassin?
Graham says:
Or an assassin ninja?
Graham says:
I mean
Stuart says:
yeah a ninja who assassinates, or a guy who assassinates ninjas
Graham says:
Ninja Assassin

[An tSaoi]

it reminds me of The Simpsons, when the television network comes up with the name Police Cops.

[SavageHedgehog]

Memorable and accurately parodied by... someone or other (OK, not that memorably) as The Ridicules of Chronic.

They re-released Pitch Black on DVD at the time as The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black. I guess that makes the full, canonical title of the second film The Chronicles of Riddick: The Chronicles of Riddick.

[scarecrow]

[samadriel]

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

Oh, that got taken.  Okay, Freakish Fredney and the Flubtabulous Cheese Fudge Factory.


"Now, we need something that sounds hipper than 'The Occurrence'..."


Imbecilic.

Oh, any attempt to call 'Seven' 'Se7en'.  A seven is not a V.  "Seven" should be pronounced "Seven".  "Se7en" should be pronounced "Sezen", with one's tongue pushing one's lower lip forward from below.

(Whoever tagged Honey I Shrunk the Jews, that made me laugh, so kudos)

Yesss.

[uncle_rico]

I don't know what's more shocking... the title?  Or the fact that the film itself is only rated PG?!?!

The 70's were a more liberal time, weren't they?

[boxofslice]

I kinda want to see BOSS n**ger now.  How bad can it be?

[mycroft]

That's a fantastic title!

The sequel's called Get Up and Walk, You Bastard!

[Tiny Poster]

What's wrong with Boss n**ger and The Perfect Storm?

[SavageHedgehog]

I don't know what's more shocking... the title?  Or the fact that the film itself is only rated PG?!?!

The 70's were a more liberal time, weren't they?

There was definitely something strange going on with US ratings in the early 70s; the profane and injection-happy Panic in Needle Park was also rated PG, as were the unpleasant rapes of Billy Jack and Outlaw Josey Wales.

Anyway bad movie titles:

And that wasn't some cheapie to fleece grandmas who aren't sure what Disney films look like, that was Filmation's attempt to break into the big leagues with a celebrity voice cast

[falafel]

"Now, we need something that sounds hipper than 'The Occurrence'..."

Always reminds me of that Supremes song.

Oh, any attempt to call 'Seven' 'Se7en'.  A seven is not a V.  "Seven" should be pronounced "Seven".  "Se7en" should be pronounced "Sezen", with one's tongue pushing one's lower lip forward from below.
Yesss.

Sesevenen, surely? Sounds like an Austrian fishing village.

[Utter Shit]

Freddy Got Fingered. But fuck you, that film is fantastic.

[thecuriousorange]

Oh, any attempt to call 'Seven' 'Se7en'.  A seven is not a V.  "Seven" should be pronounced "Seven".  "Se7en" should be pronounced "Sezen", with one's tongue pushing one's lower lip forward from below.
Yesss.

By the same token, how the hell should I pronounce this:




As for The Perfect Storm, it's one of the dullest titles ever. I'm sure that the term perfect storm probably means something in nautical terms, but we don't know what. It should have been called The Wild, Uneven and Unpredictable Storm. A perfect storm doesn't sound like that much of a problem - or even a necessarily bad thing.   

[samadriel]

"Perfect storm" is a fairly everyday colloquialism, isn't it? (For when everything goes wrong at once in just the right way to cause a disaster). Maybe not that everyday, I guess...

[Utter Shit]

I would consider it a pretty well known phrase. Not to mention an apt one for that film.