The worst film titles?

[Just Bob]

Ignore the quality of the actual content. What are the worst titles you have seen?
A few of mine:

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
S1m0ne
Sexy Beast
Face/Off

[Dux]

Gigli

[Jax]

Anything that's really way longer than it needs to be, like Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events! I'd not heard of the books before the movie so it took me quite some time to 'learn' the whole title.

You know, I've always known Friend Green Tomatoes, as just that, I think, no Whistlestop Cafe on the end of it.

I can't think of any repulsive titles, but there are some titles where you know the movie is a low budget thing with bad effects and is basically going to be a bomb....

[Ez]

Ignore the quality of the actual content. What are the worst titles you have seen?
A few of mine:

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
S1m0ne
Sexy Beast
Face/Off

Not a bad title, coz I can't think of one, but a warning. DON'T watch S1m0ne! It not only has a bad title, but it is a truly bad movie. I watched it on the plane on the way back from the US, and oh it sucked.....it was really, really, awful....

[granath]

Bruce Almighty
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (no, I haven't seen this one!)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Not a bad title, coz I can't think of one, but a warning. DON'T watch S1m0ne! It not only has a bad title, but it is a truly bad movie. I watched it on the plane on the way back from the US, and oh it sucked.....it was really, really, awful....
What she said!!!

I'd also add Saw ( :crazy: )
Godzilla 2000
Thunderbirds
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Any film with Ashton Kutcher (besides The Butterfly Effect)
The Cat in the Hat
Envy (ugh, that one was SO lethargic)
Pirates of the Carribean. *ducks* Sorry, I just REALLY hate that movie :O

[Jax]

Pssst Bronzie, quick change it before she sees!! Ezzie is a gurlie not a buoy!! ;)

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Pssst Bronzie, quick change it before she sees!! Ezzie is a gurlie not a buoy!! ;)
Can I get away with saying it was a typo? :angel:

I guess the avatar with the guys in it threw me off... sowwy!

[Berd]

Fargo
:banghead: The movie should've had a different name.

[granath]

What she said!!!

I'd also add Saw ( :crazy: )
Godzilla 2000
Thunderbirds
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Any film with Ashton Kutcher (besides The Butterfly Effect)
The Cat in the Hat
Envy (ugh, that one was SO lethargic)
Pirates of the Carribean. *ducks* Sorry, I just REALLY hate that movie :O

Names, not content to judge this time... Do you really hate Ashton so much you're disgusted by the titles of all his movies? :redfruit:

[JayEgo]

Names, not content to judge this time... Do you really hate Ashton so much you're disgusted by the titles of all his movies? :redfruit:My thought also...

:evil:

The Fruit Machine was an odd title but that's 'cos I didn't get it for years :roll:

Latin Boys go to Hell is not just a daft title but a daft film!

Green Plaid Shirt doesn't do justice to the film content either IMO.

Ja¥son xx

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Names, not content to judge this time... Do you really hate Ashton so much you're disgusted by the titles of all his movies? :redfruit:
I don't hate Ashton Kutcher, I think he's hilarious in That 70's Show. But I just hate most of the movies he's in, they are so absurd, and filled with corny plots and bad acting, like My Boss's Daughter; Dude, Where's My Car (though it did have 3 scenes that were very funny), Guess Who, Just Married. The Butterfly Effect and Cheaper by the Dozen were the only ones I really liked with him in it.

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

and I only just realized that this thread is supposed to be judging only the names of the films :roll: sorry, I really need to pay more attention :blush:

[Just Bob]

Only the Lonely
The Hudsucker Proxy
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her
Batman Forever

[granath]

The Butterfly Effect :roll:

[Nenwen]

I actually forget the first part of this title but the rest of the title pretty much says it all...

"--Or, How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb"

Now that was not only a bad title but a bad movie as well.

[Yonuh Adisi Fiend Jedi]

White Men Can't Jump


It was a decent movie, but the title was all wrong IMO.

[TamTam]

"Gone with the Wind" just makes me think about breaking wind. :blush:

[sglandon]

"Gone with the Wind" just makes me think about breaking wind. :blush:

Oh, wow, I just..I don't even know how to respond. Wow....I can't believe you said that....It comes very close to blasphemy, you know? ;)

[Anareth]

Actually, I rather like titles like "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", and strictly speaking the movie, as opposed to the book, is just "Fried Green Tomatoes" (the book is indeed "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistestop Cafe", which isn't a bad title, either.)

"Gigli" is flat-out dumb, plus unpronounceable without assitance. Kiss of death for titles.

Nenwen: you're thinking of "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb".

Hm. "I Heart Huckabees". I HATE that title.

[Jeffrey555]

Bad title

Bad movie

Good parody song


Pirahna Women of the Avacado Jungle of Death

[geishagirl]

I hated "I Heart Huckabees" What was the point of the whole movie????Everything matters!

[carmella]

How about Attack of the Fiftyfoot Woman.

The movie is so bad it's a cult classic.

[Jay_Quessir]

The Butterfly Effect :roll:

How is that a bad title???

It describes the movie....and a very good description...

The Fog of War...<----Hee hee...sorry....it just doesn't seem very warlike. It's a documentary...

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

How is that a bad title???

It describes the movie....and a very good description...
I agree, I think it's a very apt title.

A Walk To Remember. I love the movie, I just don't get the title :confused:

[TamTam]

Oh, wow, I just..I don't even know how to respond. Wow....I can't believe you said that....It comes very close to blasphemy, you know? ;)
:razz: I wasn't talking about the movie itself. I'm sure it's a very good movie (although I haven't seen it myself). It's just the title and the gutter-mind wiring in my brain.

[Monkeysrule]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory. Why? Because it should be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, like the book. And the movie was horrible.

Ditto for Secret of NIMH (loosely based on Ms. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH)

[sglandon]

:razz: I wasn't talking about the movie itself. I'm sure it's a very good movie (although I haven't seen it myself). It's just the title and the gutter-mind wiring in my brain.

Well, then I guess you'll be forgiven - LOL! It IS a very southern thing, of course - and we southerners have very touchy pride. ;)

[Flinx]

I actually forget the first part of this title but the rest of the title pretty much says it all...

"--Or, How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb"

Now that was not only a bad title but a bad movie as well.Dr Strangelove, or How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb

[Flinx]

How about Attack of the Fiftyfoot Woman.

The movie is so bad it's a cult classic.Which version was the bad one?

[Milo]

Hm. "I Heart Huckabees". I HATE that title.
You beat me to it.

"Closer" I havn't seen the movie, but will somebody PLEASE tell me whether its pronounced clowzer or cloh sir??? (Other than that its not a bad title, I guess)

[Bronze-Dragonrider]

Never seen it either, but I'm almost certain it's supposed to be 'cloh-sir'

[Just Bob]

I actually forget the first part of this title but the rest of the title pretty much says it all...

"--Or, How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb"

Now that was not only a bad title but a bad movie as well.
Oh good, someone agrees with me. I have found Kubrick to be very hit-and-miss. 2001: a Space Odyssey also bored me to tears, but A Clockwork Orange was great, and Spartacus was very good as well.

Other bad film titles:
Freddie as F.R.O.7
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Sexy Beast
Truth or Consequences, N.M.

[Jax]

:bump:

[Miss Scarrlet]

The Sisterhood of the TRavelling Pants- it just sounds WRONG!

[Jax]

Ack!! I agree with that one! :crazy:

[Lady Faizah]

How come Star Wars: Attack of the Clones hasn't come up yet? Ugh, was that a bad title. It sounded like some cheesy B-grade movie. :crazy:

[selket]

how about attack of the killer tomatoes?

[Brenda]

How come Star Wars: Attack of the Clones hasn't come up yet? Ugh, was that a bad title. It sounded like some cheesy B-grade movie. :crazy:
I agree, I always hear "Attack of the Clowns"! And I don't even have a thing about clowns!

Other titles:
O Brother Where Art Thou
Shrek
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

[Anareth]

Attack of the Clones is still better than "The Phantom Menace." (Face it, all the Star Wars titles are on the cheesy side--they're supposed to be, they're afternoon serials.)

I think "O Brother Where Art Thou" is a good one--it's intriguing, it's somewhat lyrical.

Question, is the issue with "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" more because "pants" doesn't always mean outerwear in some vernaculars?

"Shrek" is a weird title.

"Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In the Hood" is absurd. And of course that is precisely what it's supposed to be, as it's a parody.

[Milo]

How come Star Wars: Attack of the Clones hasn't come up yet? Ugh, was that a bad title. It sounded like some cheesy B-grade movie. :crazy:
It is...

:redfruit:

[Lady Faizah]

It is...

:redfruit:Okay, like some low-budget sci fi. :razz:

I don't like Star Wars, but it's hardly low-budget.

[Flinx]

Don't know whether this is a bad title or just plain weird.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

[JayEgo]

Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsI'd just thought of this one having been confronted by the trailor att he cinema the other day... Looks like pants too! :roll:

Ja�¥son xx

[Staerwyen]

Deuce Bigalo male jigalo (andno I dont think I spelled any of that right). I took my nephews ones 7 the others 4 to rent movies and that was on the self with garfield and they of course had to know what the tittle ment.

[TamTam]

How come Star Wars: Attack of the Clones hasn't come up yet? Ugh, was that a bad title. It sounded like some cheesy B-grade movie. :crazy:
:laugh:

One of the writers in the weekly newspapers here deliberately ignored the real title of that movie and called it "Clones are Attacking Everybody!" instead.

[Kugai]

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[Grey Bear]

You know its bad when I have to defend films because people don't like the titles :D

Right. Lets start with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

The title refers to a line in a poem by Alexander Pope ("Eloisa to Abelard"), which is quoted in the film as follows - "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd!" One could say that this ties into the theme of the film that Jim Carrey's character wishes for a happier life without Kate Winslet clogging up his memory. (And no doubt I'll have to defend the film against the Jim Carrey Haters now...)

Doctor Strangelove is a satire and the title reflects that. Pure and simple, people.

As for really dodgy films with even dodgier titles - try any of the Star Wars nonsense. I know that George Lucas is just pandering to the most common denominator when it comes to film-making (the man has hardly ever won plaudits for anything but special effects), but lordy, "Attack of the Clones"? "Revenge of the Sith"? That last one looks awfully rude. No, sorry, but Lucas takes it for me. The man can't write a screenplay to save his skin ("Anakin, you're killing me!" Well, get it over and done with so we can go watch something more worthwhile, you whiny little imbeciles) and his films....ugh.

oh, but if you want one of those "Does what it says on the tin" film titles - try The Green Slime or Mars Attacks! Pretty explanatory as to what happens, non?

GB

[Milo]

I kinda like the looooong drawn out titles. I don't hear anybody complaining about "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and that's reasonably long compared to most. :evil:

[Anareth]

Grey Bear--like, five people mentioned the Star Wars movies. Talk about being late to the party. As I pointed out, they're supposed to be afternoon serials a la the classic (ie not stupid 70s) Flash Gordon flicks, ergo, cheezy titles. I mean, come on, the translation of the film that most directly inspired the first Star Wars is "The Hidden Fortress" (which Lucas slipped in as a line) and I'm pretty sure that's not losing a lot in the translation from the Japanese. Still a good/entertaining movie.

I've never seen "Eternal Sunshine...." but that's because every time I've seen Jim Carey in something he strikes me as being an evil gumbified spawn of Satan. The title seemed pretty cool, in the vaguely pretentious vein of things like "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds." I find Pope too long-winded, though. I'd rather read Frost, and crib him for titles, too. Of course so do a lot of other people. Though at least not as much as Shakespeare. (Someday, though, I'm writing "Exit, Pursued By Bear." So are about three billion other people, but you've got to love an author where even the stage directions flow.)

[Kugai]

Die Hard

Great Film, but the Title can give you some ...... interesting imagery!!!

:D ;)