I’m sure this type of thread has been done before, but I didn’t see one up currently, and I thought it would be fun. The idea is simple: take the title of a film and make a totally different movie. I’ll start.
Friends With Benefits: A germaphobe is picky about his social circle, insisting that all of his close companions have health insurance.
No Way Out: They thought they were going to have some fun at the corn maze. They were wrong…
The Last Airbender. “In a world in which balloon animals have been outlawed…”
Cinderella Man: high-school student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive Cinderella…
Millers Crossing: they thought he could take a practical joke, they were wrong.
Iron Man: a widower with four young kids overcomes the odds and keeps his family finances afloat by working all hours to start up a laundry service.
The Thing Michael Chiklis gets a solo spin-off! Who funded this? Marvel kills Ben Grimm in a fit of pique over 20th Century still releasing FF material!
The Manchurian Candidate: after an amendment to the US Constitution, a Chinese-American becomes the first immigrant to run for President.
Alien vs Predator - illegal immigrant engages in game of cat-and-mouse against border patrol agent.
Gone With the Wind - She had the winning lottery ticket in her hand. Then…
Star Wars - Celebs with guns.
Lord of the Rings: John Lord becomes ringmaster for the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
No Country for Old Men: a remake of Logan’s Run.
X-Men: Days of Future Past, a documentary about a transgender Moody Blues tribute band.
Titanic - The Dirk Diggler Story.
Space Jam - The Smuckers family on Mars.
The Last Starfighter: the story of the last F-104 in active service.
I’m picturing Peter Parker losing shoes which villains trip over.
In play:
Best in Show: Pete Best is the fourth Beatle.
Is it bad that I would watch this movie?
Primer: An introduction to macroeconomic principles, using lots of housepainting metaphors.
Two actresses, both finding their careers slipping away desperately need a part in the new Hot director’s Magnum Opus to put things back on track. They will use every Hollywood contact, PR Flunky, Gossip web site and rumor mongering to bring the other down and take that Part for themselves. It’s STAR WARS.
Casablanca - Un documental sobre la mansión presidencial de los Estados Unidos.
The Day the Earth Stood Still: A swords-and-sandals desert epic about the Israelites’ battle against the Amorites, under Joshua’s leadership.
Guardians of the Galaxy: A crack industrial counter-espionage team fights to keep Nestle agents from stealing the secret recipe for Milky Way from M&M/Mars.
The Natural: A documentary about the health benefits of organic, non-GMO food.
Moneyball: Scrooge McDuck’s fortune grows so vast that three cubic acres isn’t enough any more, and Duckville doesn’t have room for expansion, so he builds a huge spherical space station to swim around in it in zero G.
In case anyone thinks it’s fun, I’ll do the trailer tripe without naming the movie:
"From Wholecloth Pictures–
"An abandoned hotel on a lonely mountain–
"A scuffed shoe–
"A psychic valet–
“Are you ready for—?”