# Movies you got the wrong idea about based only on their titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299 "2008-10-10T07:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/21 "2008-10-10T13:31:33Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > My father passed the following wisdom to me when i asked about this movie, he said “son, do no see this movie for it contains no womans, no spiders and no kisses” As I recall there was a kiss. One between Raul Julia and William Hurt. Maybe not what you were looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/22 "2008-10-10T13:38:37Z")
I was a big fan of VH-1’s unsung series, _Bands on the Run_ - where several small time bands toured and played little clubs on their own, with reality show type contests in between to cull it down to the one remaining band, which was an effing great show … but I digress. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard they were creating a new show called _Making the Band_. You can also imagine my disappointment when I tuned in to discover there was no band any were remotely associated with the show. For those not in the know - it was a reality show dedicated to auditioning mostly talentlest pretty boys to become the next N-Sync. I was not impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/23 "2008-10-10T14:39:19Z")
I was getting ready to watch **Edison force** , a movie I knew next to nothing about. In my mind I imagined a possible plot: in the dawning of the century Thomas A. Edison recruits a bunch of orphan kids and gives them ELECTRICAL POWERS in order to FIGHT THE GERMAN SPIES, or something. It seems impossible that the actual movie could be worse than that. It was a movie with LL Cool Jay and that guy form N’Sync about corrupt policemen in a city named “Edison”. It was absurdly boring. Then there’s the movie **Rocket Science**. Just going by the name, I expected to be something on the lines of **October Sky** , or maybe even **Real Genius**. It was about a stuttering kid trying to make it in a High School debate team. Surprisingly good, I thought, by the way. A very successful attempt at making an anti-movie. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/24 "2008-10-10T15:01:00Z")
I remember being really impressed that Sylvester Stallone was stepping out of his comfort zone to play the composer Aaron [Copland](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118887/). ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/25 "2008-10-10T15:01:03Z")
_The Mission_ isn’t exactly an action-adventure about some daring rescue or commando operation. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/26 "2008-10-10T15:02:03Z")
I just remembered one: **Avalon** has nothing to do with Arthurian legends, or the middle ages as a matter of fact. Some people claimed that **Cinderella Man** did poorly because of its title… ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/27 "2008-10-10T15:03:17Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > As I recall there was a kiss. One between Raul Julia and William Hurt. Maybe not what you were looking for. Since i followed my father’s advice i did not know that 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/28 "2008-10-10T15:08:21Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I was a big fan of VH-1’s unsung series, _Bands on the Run_ - where several small time bands toured and played little clubs on their own, with reality show type contests in between to cull it down to the one remaining band, which was an effing great show … but I digress. I saw Flickerstick in concert once. They were really a damn good band and it’s a shame they were never able to step out of the shadow of being a “reality show band.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/29 "2008-10-10T15:09:55Z")
‘George the Third’ was not part of a trilogy. It’s true that some fingers were painted gold in ‘Goldfinger’, but it wasn’t why they chose the title. ‘To kill a mockingbird’ has no information on specific bird trapping. ‘Animal House’ did have a horse, but again it wasn’t why they chose the title. ‘The Longest Day’ was 24 hours, just like every other day. … However ‘Snakes on a plane’ does clearly explain the premise! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/30 "2008-10-10T15:15:37Z")
Last night on the Colbert Report: “Oliver Stone will be here to talk about his new movie W, which I assume is a prequel to Spike Lee’s X.” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/31 "2008-10-10T15:19:55Z")
As a pretty young girl my friend and I got ourselves all prepped to watch the movie Star Wars on TV. It was Ronald Regan talking about the Star Wars program. It scared us shitless. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/32 "2008-10-10T15:27:03Z")
You mean [The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083642/) _isn’t_ a porno flick? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/33 "2008-10-10T15:43:29Z")
I read a novel I enjoyed, “Dynasty” by robert Elegant. When the TV show Dynasty was announced I was excited. I was really looking forward to a weekely series set in Asia, with Asian stars. I was very disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/34 "2008-10-10T16:14:10Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > Not a movie, but I remember when I heard that HBO was going to air a drama called _The Sopranos_. I thought it was going to be about opera singers. They were afraid of that, apparently–hence the little gun in the letter r in the logo. Also, Jamie Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow, auditioned for it thinking it might be about singing, since she also sings. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/35 "2008-10-10T17:36:33Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > They were afraid of that, apparently–hence the little gun in the letter r in the logo. Also, Jamie Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow, auditioned for it thinking it might be about singing, since she also sings. my husband did not want to watch it for the same reason–i kept telling him we should watch it. he begrudgingly watched it during one of the first season marathons on hbo–the rest is history! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/36 "2008-10-10T17:58:22Z")
I didn’t bother watching Angelheart for a long while because I thought that it was a romance,boy was I wrong. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/37 "2008-10-10T18:02:24Z")
A.I. I thought it was going to be good hard sci-fi, not crap. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/38 "2008-10-10T18:06:25Z")
[sexy beast](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119/) i thought it was some sort of romance or something. far from it :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/39 "2008-10-10T18:14:33Z")
_Asian Creampies_ is not a cooking show, but that’s what I told my kids when it showed up on the satellite program guide. Yes, I have since set the guide to not show those titles ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299/40 "2008-10-10T18:18:46Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > _Asian Creampies_ is not a cooking show … Maybe not on the sites \*you \*visit it ain’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-the-wrong-idea-about-based-only-on-their-titles/467299.md?page=3)