In 1991, Oliver Stone directed a movie called JFK, and if you knew nothing about this movie, wouldn't you think it was a story about John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States?
But its not about John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the President. Its about John Fitzgerald Kennedy's assassination, all posthumous to the President.
Shouldn't JFK have been named something else? Like - JFK's Assassination?
dick_grayson
04-18-06, 04:49 PM
I agree. Independence Day have been called "That Time Aliens Attacked and The President Pitched In"
DVD King
04-18-06, 04:53 PM
I think it's a good point to make-- biopics in general seem to come with dumb, unethical names
lotsofdvds
04-18-06, 04:53 PM
Pearl Harbor should have been called "Some stuff before the surprise attack and then a bunch of stuff after it too"
Count Dooku
04-18-06, 05:03 PM
In 1991, Oliver Stone directed a movie called JFK, and if you knew nothing about this movie, wouldn't you think it was a story about John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States?
or Just For Knuckleheads
Joe Molotov
04-18-06, 05:09 PM
When I purchased Gandhi from Amazon.com, I was shocked to find that it was actually a movie about Gandhi, and not the man himself. It should have been titled "A Movie About Gandhi" to clear up confusion.
Groucho
04-18-06, 05:28 PM
That's nothing. Stone's Nixon has nothing to do with the reindeer. :mad:
dhmac
04-18-06, 05:30 PM
The movie is mostly based on Jim Garrison's book called On the Trail of the Assassins, which would've been a much better title for the movie.
Groucho
04-18-06, 05:32 PM
Another good title for JFK would have been The Lord of the Rings because its pure fantasy.
MartinBlank
04-18-06, 07:23 PM
That's nothing. Stone's Nixon has nothing to do with the reindeer. :mad:
um....it's Blitzen or Vixen.
FinkPish
04-18-06, 07:41 PM
um....it's Blitzen or Vixen.
Welcome to the boards. FYI, Groucho is a sarcasti-holic.
Palpadious
04-18-06, 09:24 PM
Another good title for JFK would have been The Lord of the Rings because its pure fantasy.
from a certain point of view
FinkPish
04-18-06, 09:43 PM
from a certain point of view
If you still believe anything having to do with a second or third shooter, I suggest watching any of the innumerable JFK documentaries that usually pop up around November. The one on the Discovery Channel (I think) had the best scientific explanation I've ever seen; each fact was gone over carefully and shown to have been absolutely possible to have been done by Oswald alone. I can't speak to the "conspiracy" aspect of it, but the shooting itself was wrapped up nicely.
majorjoe23
04-18-06, 10:08 PM
I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
GoldenJCJ
04-18-06, 10:22 PM
I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
yeah, but 50 mph isn't speeding. If it were up to me I would have called it Going Slightly Below the Speed Limit :D
PopcornTreeCt
04-18-06, 10:34 PM
This is the dumbest thread ever. There is no biopic about John F. Kennedy so the title still fits, until there is, it's fine. It's like asking why aren't the Florida Marlins called the Miami Marlins. Because at the time no other major league baseball team existed in Florida.
PopcornTreeCt
04-18-06, 10:35 PM
If you still believe anything having to do with a second or third shooter, I suggest watching any of the innumerable JFK documentaries that usually pop up around November. The one on the Discovery Channel (I think) had the best scientific explanation I've ever seen; each fact was gone over carefully and shown to have been absolutely possible to have been done by Oswald alone. I can't speak to the "conspiracy" aspect of it, but the shooting itself was wrapped up nicely.
I've watched numerous documentaries on the JFK assassination I've never seen one that didn't support multiple shooters. It's not like Oliver Stone made this stuff up.
GoldenJCJ
04-18-06, 11:15 PM
technically, the title Jurassic Park is misleading, It should've been called Cretaceous Park
JumpCutz
04-18-06, 11:25 PM
If you still believe anything having to do with a second or third shooter, I suggest watching any of the innumerable JFK documentaries that usually pop up around November. The one on the Discovery Channel (I think) had the best scientific explanation I've ever seen; each fact was gone over carefully and shown to have been absolutely possible to have been done by Oswald alone. I can't speak to the "conspiracy" aspect of it, but the shooting itself was wrapped up nicely.
Sure it's possible that Oswald acted alone, but logic dictates he didn't.
There is enough evidence to suggest that it was indeed a conspiracy. Who the conspirators were, of course, leads to endless conjecture.
Fact or fiction, JFK is an incredible piece of filmmaking. IMHO Stone's best work.
I'm also in agreement that this thread is pretty ridiculous.
DVD King
04-18-06, 11:43 PM
This is the dumbest thread ever. There is no biopic about John F. Kennedy so the title still fits, until there is, it's fine.
This is the dumbest thread ever, thanks to replies its getting. JFK is a bad title because it insinuates that his life is about being publicly assassinated. It doesn't have anything to do with a title already being in use or not.
FinkPish
04-18-06, 11:44 PM
Sure it's possible that Oswald acted alone, but logic dictates he didn't.
There is enough evidence to suggest that it was indeed a conspiracy. Who the conspirators were, of course, leads to endless conjecture.
Fact or fiction, JFK is an incredible piece of filmmaking. IMHO Stone's best work.
I was just talking about Oswald being the only shooter, which I why I said I couldn't really comment on the conspiracy element of it. Stone's film is indeed incredible and incredibly persuasive, and it nearly changes my mind about the event every time I watch it.
movielib
04-18-06, 11:53 PM
I've watched numerous documentaries on the JFK assassination I've never seen one that didn't support multiple shooters. It's not like Oliver Stone made this stuff up.
Which probably means you've seen the ones on the History Channel which I like to call the Mythtery Channel.
The Discovery Channel, Court TV and ABC have all had excellent documentaries in recent years supporting the "Oswald did it alone" theory.
Sure it's possible that Oswald acted alone, but logic dictates he didn't.
There is enough evidence to suggest that it was indeed a conspiracy. Who the conspirators were, of course, leads to endless conjecture.
I strongly disagree. The evidence for a conspiracy falls apart upon examination.
Fact or fiction, JFK is an incredible piece of filmmaking. IMHO Stone's best work.
On that I agree. I think as cinema the film is a masterpiece and I love it even though as history I think it is a steaming pile of bullshit.
Jericho
04-19-06, 12:05 AM
This is the dumbest thread ever. There is no biopic about John F. Kennedy so the title still fits, until there is, it's fine. It's like asking why aren't the Florida Marlins called the Miami Marlins. Because at the time no other major league baseball team existed in Florida.
That's like calling a team the California Angels, even though there are other California teams. Then changing it to Anahiem. And then changing it to Los Angeles Angels, even though Los Angeles means "The Angels". So the team is The Angels Angels? What does that even mean? That's even worse than the Buffalo Bison
BigDan
04-19-06, 01:11 AM
This is the dumbest thread ever. There is no biopic about John F. Kennedy so the title still fits, until there is, it's fine. It's like asking why aren't the Florida Marlins called the Miami Marlins. Because at the time no other major league baseball team existed in Florida.
I think the bigger question is why they're the Marlins when the plural of Marlin is Marlin.
Cygnet74
04-19-06, 01:35 AM
uhh... nevermind.
awmurray
04-19-06, 10:44 AM
Shouldn't JFK have been named something else? Like - JFK's Assassination?
Well, unfortunately, I would guess that most people think of JFK's Assassination when they hear JFK.
mllefoo
04-19-06, 11:18 AM
Sure it's possible that Oswald acted alone, but logic dictates he didn't.
There is enough evidence to suggest that it was indeed a conspiracy. Who the conspirators were, of course, leads to endless conjecture.
Fact or fiction, JFK is an incredible piece of filmmaking. IMHO Stone's best work.
I'm also in agreement that this thread is pretty ridiculous.
Watch the Ticka to Ride episode of Red Dwarf. It explains everything perfectly.
Bandoman
04-19-06, 11:20 AM
This thread is hilarious. :lol:
Don't most people have some idea what a movie is about before going to see it? I have never, ever gone to a movie based on the title alone without knowing anything else about the movie. "Waterworld? Sounds great!"
I hear they're working on the sequel: LHO vs. JR. I hear the ending just comes out of nowhere!
DoubleDownAgain
04-19-06, 02:35 PM
Lee Harvey Oswald
I hear they're working on the sequel: LHO vs. JR. I hear the ending just comes out of nowhere!
Who's he? :)
Joe Molotov
04-19-06, 03:04 PM
Don't forget the sequel: JFK v. LHO 2: This Time It's Personal
I thought the sequel was RFK vs. Sirhan "The Man Who's Last Name is the Same as His First" Sirhan.
LurkerDan
04-19-06, 03:37 PM
Boogie Nights wasn't really about dancing. :(
Numanoid
04-19-06, 04:12 PM
I thought this thread was going to be about Stone's movie Born On The Fourth Of July. I would have agreed then that JFK was an inappropriate title, since he wasn't born anywhere near July 4th.
Bandoman
04-19-06, 05:01 PM
Boogie Nights wasn't really about dancing. :(
Yet in a way, it was.
*sigh*
Nick Danger
04-20-06, 10:24 AM
I thought the sequel was RFK vs. Sirhan "The Man Who's Last Name is the Same as His First" Sirhan.
Followed by Ted vs. The Pale Blue Dot!
(Trilogies tend to go downhill.)
eedoon
04-20-06, 11:26 AM
I too think that JFK is a misleading title. I mean, there's no JFK airport at all during the three hours of the movie. -ohbfrank-
;)
Dean Kousoulas
04-20-06, 11:38 AM
This thread is a government coverup
Dashed
04-20-06, 11:51 AM
Well, unfortunately, I would guess that most people think of JFK's Assassination when they hear JFK.
Thats what I think. when the average person hears the word JFK what do the majority of people associate that name with. My suspicion that tha assassination, the airport will be the biggest. If it was about the airport the Terminal would be a better title for it.
resinrats
04-20-06, 12:27 PM
The name should be based on the song lyrcs: "JFK Blown Away, What else am I supposed to say?"
FinkPish
04-20-06, 01:02 PM
The name should be based on the song lyrcs: "JFK Blown Away, What else do I have to say?"
Fixed.
modfather
04-20-06, 04:48 PM
Who's JFK?
Canadian Bacon
04-20-06, 07:22 PM
damn Raiders of the Lost Ark should be changed to Raiders of the Last Ark of the Covenent
everyone will think it's about Noah's Ark
:sad:
Count Dooku
04-20-06, 08:43 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- I always thought that was about these guys --> http://www.razorgator.com/images/football/NFL/oakland-raiders.jpg
I have an even worse case of inappropriate titling than JFK...I rented a film called LBJ and it had nothing to do with the president, it was just some smutty film about a guy who loves bj's.
Buttmunker
04-21-06, 02:53 PM
All I know is, if someone wanted to make a movie about JFK Airport, all hell will break loose as to "title protection."
Kelly Bundy tried to pronounce it once: "Jiffkk" I don't think she saw the movie, though.
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