# Great/surprising movie taglines... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461 "2010-09-12T01:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/1 "2010-09-12T01:38:46Z")
A blog just pointed me to [this one.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071338/) I LOL’ed, I admit it. As the blog said, one would almost suspect the only reason the movie was made was so they could use the tagline. Any others as funny? Or just intensely cool? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/2 "2010-09-12T01:43:10Z")
[Alien](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) 1st one that came to my mind. Not funny, but so cool i absolutely HAD to see the movie. . ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/3 "2010-09-12T01:57:23Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > A blog just pointed me to [this one.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071338/) I LOL’ed, I admit it. As the blog said, one would almost suspect the only reason the movie was made was so they could use the tagline. > > Any others as funny? Or just intensely cool? Okay, I snickered. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/4 "2010-09-12T03:07:30Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > A blog just pointed me to [this one.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071338/) I LOL’ed, I admit it. As the blog said, one would almost suspect the only reason the movie was made was so they could use the tagline. > > Any others as funny? Or just intensely cool? Wow, that has a surprisingly good cast. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/5 "2010-09-12T03:12:10Z")
I just was reminded of one today…[Alien vs Predator.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370263/) ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/6 "2010-09-12T03:13:19Z")
I once read somewhere that the title of the Monkees film _Head_ was specifically chosen so that if there was a follow-up, the tagline could read “From the men who gave you _Head_…” That may just be a rumour though. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/7 "2010-09-12T03:22:28Z")
Unfortunately I can’t recall any \*\*great \*\*taglines, only the really terrible one from Cocktail: When he pours, he reigns. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/8 "2010-09-12T04:25:48Z")
It’s hard to beat [Blazing Saddles.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/) ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/9 "2010-09-12T13:39:02Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > [Alien](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) > > 1st one that came to my mind. > > Not funny, but so cool i absolutely HAD to see the movie. > . I came here to post this. [Just watched the movie again last night, in fact.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577979) ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/10 "2010-09-13T18:32:41Z")
This one KILLED me at the movie theater when I saw it a few weeks back: [http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/08/sexy-tagline-alert-yogi-bear-wants-to-put-it-in-your-boo-boo](http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/08/sexy-tagline-alert-yogi-bear-wants-to-put-it-in-your-boo-boo) I’m glad I found the article linked above. I thought maybe I was the only one with a dirty, dirty mind. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/11 "2010-09-13T18:59:41Z")
Even without the sexual inneundo, that Yogi Bear poster is horrifying. The crazed ecstatic facial expressions and extreme close-up _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/12 "2010-09-13T19:03:10Z")
[Don’t Open Till Christmas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089038/) had a famously macabre tagline. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/13 "2010-09-13T19:08:01Z")
[The Mutilator](http://theposterpit.blogspot.com/2008/10/by-sword-by-pick-by-axe-bye-bye.html) By Sword, By Pick, By Axe, Bye Bye ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/14 "2010-09-13T19:47:56Z")
:eek: Based on the tagline, and the poster, one would think Yogi is buggering Boo Boo. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/15 "2010-09-13T20:02:18Z")
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - “Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic” ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/16 "2010-09-13T20:06:44Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > It’s hard to beat [Blazing Saddles.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/) I don’t get it ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/17 "2010-09-13T20:07:51Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > > [@HelenGawn](#): > > > > It’s hard to beat [Blazing Saddles.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/) > > I don’t get it Saga = sucka, I think. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/18 "2010-09-13T20:08:31Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > A blog just pointed me to [this one.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071338/) I LOL’ed, I admit it. As the blog said, one would almost suspect the only reason the movie was made was so they could use the tagline. > > Any others as funny? Or just intensely cool? You know, I have come back to your example a few times: > [@](#): > > Cockfighter…“An Impossible to Resist Movie!” It’s funny, to be sure, but from a nitpicky standpoint, the second part is NOT a “tagline” - it’s a “blurb” or an “endorsement” or something…it wasn’t crafted by the studio like “Alien - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”… …Carry on. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/19 "2010-09-13T20:11:39Z")
[Walk Hard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0841046/)’s tagline always made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/20 "2010-09-13T20:58:29Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > > [@Leaper](#): > > > > A blog just pointed me to [this one.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071338/) I LOL’ed, I admit it. As the blog said, one would almost suspect the only reason the movie was made was so they could use the tagline. > > > > Any others as funny? Or just intensely cool? > > You know, I have come back to your example a few times: > > > [@](#): > > > > Cockfighter…“An Impossible to Resist Movie!” > > It’s funny, to be sure, but from a nitpicky standpoint, the second part is NOT a “tagline” - it’s a “blurb” or an “endorsement” or something…it wasn’t crafted by the studio like “Alien - In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”… > > …Carry on. Um, I think he meant this part: Tagline: He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461.md?page=2)