# Make Movie Titles Less Impressive **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452 "2023-02-27T21:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/681 "2025-02-15T17:43:00Z")
_Another Thursday Morning in Cottington_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/682 "2025-02-15T18:17:25Z")
Well, Not _Literally,_ Of Course, Because That Would Be Stupid; Instead, He Uses A Gold-_Plated_ Gun. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/683 "2025-02-15T18:36:39Z")
Disgruntled Young Men 12 Happy Jurors Judgement at Poughkeepsie Just One or Two of the President’s Men ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/684 "2025-02-15T18:45:31Z")
February 2nd ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/685 "2025-02-16T02:09:10Z")
Paddington Station 2 Die Without Effort On Algae-Green Pond The Metrics In Trump’s Secret Service Mildly Amusing Girl ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/686 "2025-02-16T03:45:31Z")
_In Which a Psychotic Eagles Fan Can’t Manage a Relationship with a Young Woman_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/687 "2025-02-16T12:59:43Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _In Which a Psychotic Eagles Fan Can’t Manage a Relationship with a Young Woman_ …that title actually sounds more impressive. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/688 "2025-02-16T16:12:26Z")
It’s Never Funny in Philadelphia ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/689 "2025-03-01T12:22:21Z")
The Other TV Show Where Lee Majors Dealt With Crooks ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/690 "2025-03-01T13:34:18Z")
TV Shows _Baguette_—Food inspector Sgt. Joe Fryday and his partner investigate infractions in French bakeries _The Cat Patrol_—Allied animal welfare commandos patrol the streets for feral cats _McHale’s Gravy_—The misadventures of a misfit crew of chefs attempt to make gravy without lumps _Spandex_—Private detective Joe Spandex uses force to rip stretch fabrics apart _It Takes a Leaf_—The adventures of suave horticulturist Alexander Fungi, who grows leafy plants _The Big Vallee_—Singer Rudy Vallee’s late life battle with obesity _The Toast & Mrs. Muir_—A house haunted by burnt toast wreaks havoc on new tenant’s breakfast _77 Sunset Drip_—Wisecracking plumbers fix leaky faucets after dark _The Many Loaves of Dobie Gillis_—A young man schemes and attempts to steal loaves of bread ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/691 "2025-03-01T21:35:21Z")
_Less Miserable_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/692 "2025-03-02T00:41:15Z")
Superdud Tropic Blunder ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/693 "2025-03-02T07:53:09Z")
Clever. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/694 "2025-03-02T15:12:28Z")
Dial M For Mail Fraud The Curious Case of Benjamin’s Buttons Final Destination on the Yellow Subway Line Once Upon a Time in Des Moines Fall of the House of Pancakes ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/695 "2025-03-02T16:10:19Z")
I recall semi-watching some English movie (perhaps made for TV) and being distracted from the plot by trying to form an anagram of the title or of a character’s name, but the best I could do was _Dilrod and the Hurtloin_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/696 "2025-03-02T20:56:33Z")
Thunderblot & Clubfoot ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/697 "2025-03-05T12:25:17Z")
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Nope. Can’t make that sound duller. Maybe if he got demoted to Second Lieutenant Corelli? Or changing the instrument to a French horn or kazoo? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/698 "2025-03-05T17:03:29Z")
Captain Corelli’s Kazoo ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/699 "2025-03-05T21:19:23Z")
Minor Problem in Littler China Seven Girlfriends for Seven Brodudes Kitten on a Cool Tin Awning Local Velour ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/700 "2025-03-05T22:36:08Z")
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