# Completely misinterpret a movie title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345 "2009-03-30T20:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/21 "2009-03-30T22:31:15Z")
**New York Stories** Remember that northern English town that Braveheart trashed single-handedly? Well, Mel’s back and he’s _really_ pissed… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/22 "2009-03-30T23:07:17Z")
**Big Fish** – a remake of **The Old Man and the Sea**. **The Italian Job** – comedy about working for Ferrari motors **The Philadelphia Story** – straight play version of **1776** **Bowfinger** - - he’s the man, the man with the arrow’s touch . . . **Goldfinger** – King Midas in modern dress. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/23 "2009-03-30T23:14:31Z")
Die Hard A documentary expose’ of the manufacturers of Viagra who cover up a lethal contamination of a batch of the product. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/24 "2009-03-31T00:15:04Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > _Girl with a Pearl Earring_: Scarlett Johansson turns her head to the side at the worst possible moment. Brilliant. _The Breakfast Club_: Mimosas and pancakes with a book talk! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/25 "2009-03-31T01:05:43Z")
_Boys in the Band_: A coming of age story involving teenage males in the high school . . . chorus _The Color Purple_: Story in epistolary form about one sister telling another how she was turned on to S&M over the years ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/26 "2009-03-31T01:21:58Z")
_Watchmen_–Jewelry repair persons strike back after their positions are eliminated one by one by cheap disposable timepieces. _Bonfire of the Vanities_–Conflagration in a bathroom-supply warehouse. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/27 "2009-03-31T01:35:02Z")
_An American in Paris_ - Socialite gets laid. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/28 "2009-03-31T01:43:13Z")
_Down and Out in Beverly Hills_: Child of veteran Hollywood actors manages to come out of the closet _and_ stay cool with the local gangs at his local high school. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/29 "2009-03-31T01:48:19Z")
_The Professional_: The best hitman movie ever could have been an entirely different occupation. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/30 "2009-03-31T02:13:52Z")
_The Nighmare Before Christmas_: Documentary about air travel during the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/31 "2009-03-31T02:20:23Z")
Office Space: Competing realtors race to get the last lease, and discover what they really need is a new lease on life Superbad: A documentary about life in America’s newest supermax prison Dan In Real Life: Meta-Fictional humor on the big screen when Dan Castellaneta discovers that all the characters he’s voiced over the years have come to life, and they’re living in his apartment! Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle: Worlds combine when an Indian Warrior travels to medieval Britain to save his friend No Country For Old Men: An octogenarian cast off on an iceflow from Alaska ends up in a magical land There Will Be Blood: Biopic about the worst serial killer of the twentieth century ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/32 "2009-03-31T02:26:09Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > **Bedknobs and Broomsticks** : Angela Lansbury’s first venture into porn. **Bend it like Beckham** : ditto with David ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/33 "2009-03-31T02:39:09Z")
**Touch of Evil** : ditto with Mr. Knievil ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/34 "2009-03-31T02:42:55Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > **Babe**. Use your imagination. I used to think that must be a baseball movie. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/35 "2009-03-31T03:01:09Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > **Monsters Vs. Aliens:** Sulley and Mike battle Xenomorphs. _The Soup_ said it’s what happens when the Hiltons get mad at the help. ---
**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/36 "2009-03-31T03:06:27Z")
**The Truman Show** Biography of the 33rd President of the USA ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/37 "2009-03-31T03:09:39Z")
**Six Feet Under** : Bio-flick about conjoined triplets. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/38 "2009-03-31T03:13:46Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > _Bonfire of the Vanities_–Conflagration in a bathroom-supply warehouse. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/39 "2009-03-31T03:22:12Z")
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Disney cartoon about a bird who thinks that a jet airliner is his mom. Casablanca: George Lopez plays America’s first Hispanic president in this wacky comedy ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/40 "2009-03-31T06:58:54Z")
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