Bad Titles

"Smokey and his Colleagues on their Third Occasion of Challenging the Interstate Commerce Laws regarding Alcholic Beverages without Preservatives"

"Through Bush and Gore," as opposed to "Saving Private Ryan."

"Adventures with the Lowest Bidder," as opposed to "Apollo 13."

"The Joys of Killing a Fawn's Mom and Setting the Woods Aflame" instead of "Bambi."

"Rats in the Baby Crib" instead of "Lady and the Tramp."

ETA: I really, really like the title "Rats in the Baby Crib." Must do something with that.

"Snap out of it honey. You've lost your friggen' mind." instead of Notebook

"The Neverending Story" as opposed to "Terms of Endearment"

"The Untouchables" as opposed to "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"

"Why I Shot My Dog" instead of "Old Yeller."

"Gang Banging in New York" rather than "West Side Story."

"Supersize Me" as opposed to "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
"Leave It to Beaver" as opposed to "A River Runs Through It"
"March of the Penguins" as opposed to "The Sound of Music"
"All Quiet on the Western Front" as opposed to "Little House on the Prairie"
"Saw!" as opposed to "Evan Almighty"
"My Great Big Fat Greek Wedding" as opposed to "The Deerhunter"
"Get Smart" as opposed to "Flowers for Algernon"
"Running Scared" as opposed to "We Were Soldiers"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" as opposed to "Beauty and the Beast"
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" as opposed to "Hannah and Her Sisters"
"Field of Dreams" as opposed to "101 Dalmations"

Saving Ryan's Privates

OMG, you guys are hilarious with these! Bravo! Brava! Bravo!

"I'm a Schizophrenic and So Is My Imaginary Friend!" versus "A Beautiful Mind"

'Yanks Can't Fight Fer Dhit' instead of 'The Patriot'
'Wandering Around Lost Underwater in a Foreign Language' instead of 'Das Boot'
'Arguing Between Parents and Putting the Kid Between Them' instead of 'Not Without My Daughter'.
'An Exposition of the US Patriot Act' instead of '1984'.
'Comparisons Between Small and Large People' instead of 'Gulliver's Travels'.
'The Use of Untranslated Imaginary Languages in Modern Literature' instead of 'The Lord of the Rings'.
'Failures in Catholic Chiropractic Methodology' instead of The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.
'I Lost My Sheep' instead of 'Jason and the Argonauts'.
'Old-fashioned Ideas We Need to Ignore' instead of 'The US Constitution'.


Theognome

Jaycinth said:

Or 'Movies we'd never pay to see', 'Books we'd never pick up to read'

My good friend, Brenda and I were joking around and we came up with movies/books we liked but would never touch if they had bad titles.

Examples:

If Nelson Demille had named 'Plum Island'...'Lump In The Middle of the River'...would it have sold?

Or better yet: 'Luke and the Very Bad Day' as opposed to 'Star Wars'.
now, this is getting to be fun:
"Dude, F*** the Nazi's and Play the Piano' as opposed to 'Casablanca'

Whatcha all got????

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Eh? It's the content that matters, not the title! Films and books become famous because the people who portray the story make the films and books famous and writers who write good novels which are made into films, do so at their own pleasure!

Duped said:

Eh? It's the content that matters, not the title! Films and books become famous because the people who portray the story make the films and books famous and writers who write good novels which are made into films, do so at their own pleasure!

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Now this reminds me of fast-flying aircraft.

Theognome

"Live and Let Die" as opposed to "Love Story"

Should I read

"The Monosyllabic Army Deserter"

or

"Farewell to Arms"

????

"You hired me to find your girlfriend...now I'm doin' her in the jungle."
Against all Odds

"Really, Don't Go In the Water" instead of "Jaws".

'The TV's acting funny' as opposed to 'Poltergeist'.

Theognome

"Bill Gates and Steven Jobs at College" instead of "Revenge of the Nerds".

'How to Properly Feed Worms' instead of 'Dead Poets Society'

Theognome

"Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels" as opposed to "All the President's Men"