JFK - inappropriate title for this Oliver Stone movie?
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? |
I agree. Independence Day have been called "That Time Aliens Attacked and The President Pitched In"
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I think it's a good point to make-- biopics in general seem to come with dumb, unethical names
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Pearl Harbor should have been called "Some stuff before the surprise attack and then a bunch of stuff after it too"
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
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?
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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.
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That's nothing. Stone's Nixon has nothing to do with the reindeer. :mad:
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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.
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Another good title for JFK would have been The Lord of the Rings because its pure fantasy.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
That's nothing. Stone's Nixon has nothing to do with the reindeer. :mad:
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
um....it's Blitzen or Vixen.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Another good title for JFK would have been The Lord of the Rings because its pure fantasy.
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Originally Posted by Palpadious
from a certain point of view
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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."
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Originally Posted by majorjoe23
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."
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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.
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
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.
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technically, the title Jurassic Park is misleading, It should've been called Cretaceous Park
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
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.
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. |
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
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.
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
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. |
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
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.
The Discovery Channel, Court TV and ABC have all had excellent documentaries in recent years supporting the "Oswald did it alone" theory.
Originally Posted by JumpCutz
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. |
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
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.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
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.
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uhh... nevermind.
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
Shouldn't JFK have been named something else? Like - JFK's Assassination?
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
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. |
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!" |
Originally Posted by MartinBlank
um....it's Blitzen or Vixen.
This movie isn't about reindeer either. :grunt: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg |
LHO
or be safe and go with JFK vs. LHO |
Don't forget the sequel: JFK v. LHO 2: This Time It's Personal
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No Electric Boogaloo = No Sale!
Now, who's gonna photoshop a movie poster using AvP font for JvL |
Originally Posted by Buford T Pusser
LHO
or be safe and go with JFK vs. LHO Landesverband Hessischer Omnibusunternehmer? |
Lee Harvey Oswald
I hear they're working on the sequel: LHO vs. JR. I hear the ending just comes out of nowhere! |
Originally Posted by Brain Stew
Lee Harvey Oswald
I hear they're working on the sequel: LHO vs. JR. I hear the ending just comes out of nowhere! |
Originally Posted by Bandoman
Don't forget the sequel: JFK v. LHO 2: This Time It's Personal
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Boogie Nights wasn't really about dancing. :(
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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.
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Originally Posted by LurkerDan
Boogie Nights wasn't really about dancing. :(
*sigh* |
Originally Posted by Joe Molotov
I thought the sequel was RFK vs. Sirhan "The Man Who's Last Name is the Same as His First" Sirhan.
(Trilogies tend to go downhill.) |
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