Movie titles that don't fit the movie?
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Movie titles that don't fit the movie?
I am always fascinated by titles of movies and listening for the title in the dialogue of the movie somewhere. usually a title is clear cut, but sometimes it may be hard to distinguish a title from the actual movie it is named for.
and please keep in mind, this is just our opinions on why it doesn't work, no need to argue the reasons why it does.
1. Primal Fear ...just think there could be a better title for this psychological thriller.
2. The Burning ...doesn't really portray what this stalker horror film is all about.
so what are some movie titles that just don't fit the plot of the movie?
and please keep in mind, this is just our opinions on why it doesn't work, no need to argue the reasons why it does.
1. Primal Fear ...just think there could be a better title for this psychological thriller.
2. The Burning ...doesn't really portray what this stalker horror film is all about.
so what are some movie titles that just don't fit the plot of the movie?
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Originally Posted by tommyp007
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My pick:
Man Bites Dog
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Burnt Offerings -- there are no offerings, burnt or otherwise, in the film.
Bride of Frankenstein -- a more accurate title would be Potential Fiancee for Frankenstein's Monster
Bride of Frankenstein -- a more accurate title would be Potential Fiancee for Frankenstein's Monster
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Future War - it doesn't take place in the future, and there's no war.
House of the Dead- they were in the house for like 2 minutes.
Krakatoa: East of Java - Krakatoa was west of Java.
House of the Dead- they were in the house for like 2 minutes.
Krakatoa: East of Java - Krakatoa was west of Java.
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Half the kung fu movies with "Ninja" in the title have no ninjas in them.
Also, there's a great old horror comedy from 1945 called "Valley of the Zombies." It has no valley in it and no zombies. The villain is a guy who drinks blood but he's not really a vampire, either.
Also, there's a great old horror comedy from 1945 called "Valley of the Zombies." It has no valley in it and no zombies. The villain is a guy who drinks blood but he's not really a vampire, either.
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Eagle Vs Shark
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From Time Out's review of The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, a.k.a. Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary:
Steckler's imagination seems to have stalled after thinking up the title(s), neither of which is especially valid. A few cheap masks don't transform lurching extras into creatures strange or zomboid; and the teenager isn't a psycho until he runs into 'Mary' who in any case is called Estrella.
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Got this from a screenwriting forum I visit:
In raindance writers' lab: write + sell the hot screenplay, which is a pretty good book about how to write and sell the hot screenplay (exactly what it says on the tin), Elliot Grove says:
Reservoir Dogs had a very different meaning for us farmboys growing up in America. You city slickers, or Europeans, probably thought that this title was a cutesy arty title. And it is. But to me it had a different meaning which summed up the movie in two words.
As a kid we were told never to go into a dry reservoir. They did a lot of open quarry mining for gravel near where I grew up. There were two types of quarries - some quarries would hit a spring and fill up with water. We used to dive off the sides of these in the summer. Other quarries were dry quarries. There would just be a puddle in the bottom after a rain shower. Dogs and rats would fall down into the quarry, and be unable to get up. The only way they could survive was by eating each other. And every summer there would be a sad story about some kid who went down into a dry quarry and was ripped to shreds. Knowing that now, isn't that the story of Reservoir Dogs?
Reservoir Dogs had a very different meaning for us farmboys growing up in America. You city slickers, or Europeans, probably thought that this title was a cutesy arty title. And it is. But to me it had a different meaning which summed up the movie in two words.
As a kid we were told never to go into a dry reservoir. They did a lot of open quarry mining for gravel near where I grew up. There were two types of quarries - some quarries would hit a spring and fill up with water. We used to dive off the sides of these in the summer. Other quarries were dry quarries. There would just be a puddle in the bottom after a rain shower. Dogs and rats would fall down into the quarry, and be unable to get up. The only way they could survive was by eating each other. And every summer there would be a sad story about some kid who went down into a dry quarry and was ripped to shreds. Knowing that now, isn't that the story of Reservoir Dogs?