# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/941 "2025-07-07T22:55:04Z")
A History of Violets ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/942 "2025-07-07T23:04:53Z")
_Gone with the Morbier_ _Island of Lost Sandwiches_ _Evil Bread II: Dough by Dawn_ _Duel in the Cream Cheese_ _12 Hungry Men_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/943 "2025-07-08T02:19:15Z")
Babette’s Feet ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/944 "2025-07-08T02:25:53Z")
Top Water Pistol Minor Tiff on the Bounty ---
**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:** [July 8, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/945 "2025-07-08T05:42:16Z")
_2001: A Space Odyssey_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/946 "2025-07-08T13:42:05Z")
Turmeric: A Spice Oddity ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/947 "2025-07-09T00:01:10Z")
Being John Houseman The Poplar Express Wimpy Joe Young The Lime Machine All Dogs Go To Purgatory ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/948 "2025-07-09T00:27:33Z")
All Queer on the Sunburnt Front ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/949 "2025-07-09T02:14:31Z")
Interview With the Umpire ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/950 "2025-07-09T02:53:00Z")
_A 2001 Honda Odyssey_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/951 "2025-07-11T05:15:55Z")
The Bathrobe A Mildly Amusing Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Friendly Acquaintances On a Train ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/952 "2025-07-11T05:18:30Z")
Sorry, what’s the joke there? _2001: A Space Odyssey_ is real, isn’t it? Or am I being obtuse? (It wouldn’t be the first time.) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/953 "2025-07-11T13:56:26Z")
Well, 2001 was a quarter century ago, and in that sense, the title is absurd when you look at what the story depicts. There might, I suppose, have been a timeline that could have led there in that time span, but it sure seems all but beyond the pale. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/954 "2025-07-11T15:57:44Z")
It’s a Kind Of Okay Life ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/955 "2025-07-11T20:47:57Z")
Double Indemnity Insurance Policy Fantastic Beets and Where To Find Them The Unusual Suspects ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/956 "2025-07-12T02:57:55Z")
Blue Velveeta That Thing You Spew ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/957 "2025-07-12T04:07:38Z")
Schindler’s Grocery List The Bridge over the River Wabash The Flatus of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/958 "2025-07-12T14:01:04Z")
The Nutty HHS Secretary Bringing Up Baby’s Sputum Spider-Man: Farts At Home ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/959 "2025-07-12T21:10:37Z")
How to Train Your Kitten ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-movie-titles-less-impressive/980452/960 "2025-07-12T21:36:06Z")
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