# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/81 "2009-04-02T12:14:53Z")
The Color of Money–In other countries it’s not always green. Deep Throad–Mark Felt biopic (well,duh…) Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory–Gay porn flick about a guy with one wonka of a willy and really packs it in. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/82 "2009-04-02T12:20:32Z")
The Long Good Friday - Robinson Crusoe’s first gay porn flick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/83 "2009-04-02T13:02:06Z")
Good Will Hunting–Gay cruising. The Simpsons–A movie about O J’s families. Rated R for bloody violence. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/84 "2009-04-02T13:30:52Z")
Patton- The wacky tale of Einstein’s first job All the President’s Men- The wacky tale of the first gay president ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/85 "2009-04-02T13:53:58Z")
**From Dusk Till Dawn: Beware of Doug** writes a term paper and sucks Salma Hayek’s toes. OK, really, he just writes the paper. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/86 "2009-04-02T15:13:04Z")
After evil samurai murder their shepherd, the youngest members of the flock study the ways of the ninja before seeking revenge. _ **The Silence of the Lambs** _: coming to a theatre near you in Summer 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/87 "2009-04-02T15:43:14Z")
Blade Runner–Reality TV Show where contestants earn points by running barefoot across various dangerous items. Sponsored by Gillette. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/88 "2009-04-02T16:24:09Z")
Rocky Horror Picture Show–Stallone is getting way too old to be doing sequels. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/89 "2009-04-02T16:33:36Z")
_Dead Poets’ Society_ - a historical zombie flick. William Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Emily Dickinson come back to let English teachers know what they really think about the way their works are presented. _The World’s Fastest Indian_ - a Jim Thorpe biopic. Oh hell, when I heard the title, I thought it was a Jim Thorpe biopic :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/90 "2009-04-02T19:48:52Z")
Mark Parisi did[one](http://www.offthemark.com/daily.php/?go=1237867200) a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/91 "2009-04-02T20:02:48Z")
_Looking for Mr. Goodbar_: No, really, a whole movie about Diane Keaton’s late night quest to find an open store that’s not out of her favorite chocolate candy. > [@flodnak](#): > > _The World’s Fastest Indian_ - a Jim Thorpe biopic. Oh hell, when I heard the title, I thought it was a Jim Thorpe biopic :smack: _The Indian in the Cupboard_: Mrs. Thorpe just couldn’t take hearing about those medals he won way back when for the eleventy-millionth time – and she certainly couldn’t go to the police afterward. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/92 "2009-04-02T20:11:54Z")
Network — Facebook users get frustrated with forced invites on applications and declare they’re Mad A5 He11 + they aren’t going to tweet it anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/93 "2009-04-03T19:54:26Z")
_Transformers_ – Adventures in electricity distribution _The Other Side of Midnight_ == Studies in insomnia ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/94 "2009-04-04T02:49:38Z")
A man. A lunch of cabbage and beans. A meeting with the top bosses. A meeting that lasts and lasts. The economy crisis! Jobs, profits failing, what to do? He hears it. He feels it. It’s building. He shifts in his seat. Uncomfortable. Pain. Talking. Talking. Pain rising. He must hold on! He must! Oh no! The Pain! It’s…GONE WITH THE WIND! And now so is he! Company problem solved. Meeting adjourned. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/95 "2009-04-04T03:06:30Z")
**Holes** : … Do I really have to spell this one out for you people? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/96 "2009-04-04T12:27:44Z")
Catch-22–Police have to round up two entire football teams whose players have gone crazy. Hillarity ensues. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/97 "2009-04-04T13:52:56Z")
Come and celebrate little Danny’s _bar mitzvah_! That’s right: _Ocean’s Thirteen_! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/98 "2009-04-04T16:44:16Z")
And on a related note, why is it so hard to find a copy of the first ten movies in the Danny Ocean series? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/99 "2009-04-06T12:51:38Z")
**Hope Floats** : Long-lived entertainer has an unfortunate encounter with It. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345/100 "2009-04-06T14:46:06Z")
**Iron Man** : Backwoods recluse has an unfortunate reaction to his mail-order pills and sets out to confront the manufacturer. **Star Wars** The Baldwin clan decides to finally destroy the man who shares their name, but not their lack of talent. **Water Boy** The biopic of Michael Phelps. **The Notebook** A story of notes taken in 5th period chemistry. Oh, and there’s some love thing going on too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-misinterpret-a-movie-title/491345.md?page=6)