# Most misleadingly titled movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870 "2009-08-18T18:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Joey\_Tightlips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@Joey\_Tightlips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_Tightlips)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/41 "2009-08-19T17:02:45Z")
**True Romance** - not a lighthearted date movie. 🙂 Also, I think **Oldboy** could not possibly have a title to prepare the viewer for what they are going to get (but I guess that’s part of what makes it so memorable). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/42 "2009-08-19T17:14:39Z")
_24 Grams_ has nothing to do with cocaine. _Watership Down_ sounds like it should have a sort of Titanic theme going on. It doesn’t. Buncha rabbits. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/43 "2009-08-19T17:57:42Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Fight Club I know this is a pretty lighthearted thread, but can we really make out a complaint against Fight Club? Some guy really does form a club where the members engage in bare-knuckle fights with each other, according to rules that get mentioned in scene after scene; the narrator talks about people he’d like to fight, explains that the bruises on his face are from fighting, describes how the guys in the club have been getting tougher, and, yes, watches as the whole thing gradually spirals out of control – starting when each member is told to start a fight with a total stranger, and escalating to the point where a pack of them will bully a cop, and, sure, it just gets bigger and bigger from there for the adrenaline-soaked men who go on and on about masculinity and testicles in between fight after fight after fight after fight in their private arena, often involving the guy who does a lot of sit-ups and cheerfully threatens the occasional co-worker to get more money for more nights of the aptly-named Fight Club. What more were you expecting from a movie called Fight Club? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/44 "2009-08-19T18:00:44Z")
_The Greatest Story Ever Told_. Turns out it was all full of religion an’ shite. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/45 "2009-08-19T18:05:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …What more were you expecting from a movie called Fight Club? Would you just stop _talking_ about it, for crissakes? ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/46 "2009-08-19T20:11:30Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > What more were you expecting from a movie called Fight Club? A better marketing campaign, perhaps? I still hear complaints from people who think it’s a macho testosterone-driven flick which symbolizes what’s wrong with Hollywood these days, even though they’ve never seen the movie itself. I’d like to tell them what it’s really about, but you know, rule #2… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/47 "2009-08-19T20:34:54Z")
With a movie entitled _What’s the Worst That Could Happen?_, there is an implication that the movie itself isn’t. Yet, alas… ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/48 "2009-08-19T20:57:58Z")
Snakes on a Plane. The snakes weren’t _on_ the plane, they were _in_ the plane. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/49 "2009-08-19T21:27:17Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Sorceror** – a great film, but it sounds like it’s some Carlos Castaneda thing. Even after seeing it, I still didn’t understand the title. It was YEARS before someone pointed out where it came from. I so agree that this was a great film. I firmly believe if this had a better title it would not have bombed at the box office. As it was the people who would have liked it didn’t go to it thinking it was a Merlin the Magician thing and those who went looking for a sword and socerey flick left in the first five minutes. (the pun was intentional) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/50 "2009-08-19T22:02:00Z")
I’ve heard “Kiss of the Spider Woman” panned with “No kisses, no spiders, and no women.” (I really need to watch that). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/51 "2009-08-19T22:18:21Z")
_The Seven Year Itch_ has nothing to do with eczema. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/52 "2009-08-22T04:30:01Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I’ve heard “Kiss of the Spider Woman” panned with “No kisses, no spiders, and no women.” IIRC there were indeed kisses – just no women. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/53 "2009-08-22T08:08:25Z")
**Star Wars** : The stars didn’t fight anybody, they just sat there in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/54 "2009-08-22T11:10:40Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > IIRC there were indeed kisses – just no women. 🙂 Sonia Braga wants to have a word with you, Mister.:dubious: At first it was the title, _Lars and the Real Girl_ that made me iffy. Then it was the description of the movie. Eww. Sounds like a porno. Last night I saw the movie and it was charmingly quirkish or quirkishly charming but either way I liked it. Title is kinda dumb though. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/55 "2009-08-22T11:23:02Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > **Happiness** I don’t need to read the rest of this thread; You Win! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/56 "2009-08-22T11:34:43Z")
Another old one; **An Andalusian Dog** ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/57 "2009-08-22T11:38:37Z")
I _still_ think **The World’s Fastest Indian** should have been about Jim Thorpe. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/58 "2009-08-22T11:39:01Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In my own case, I was confused that **Freedomland** wasn’t about [an amusement park.](http://www.benros.com/images/Freedomland%20Images/freedomland.htm) It was in the book. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/59 "2009-08-22T16:35:02Z")
As someone’s signature on this board points out, Krakatoa is not west of Java. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870/60 "2009-08-22T17:29:39Z")
**Dances With Wolves** was not the musical, circus little number that I was expecting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-misleadingly-titled-movies/506870.md?page=4)