Bakhesh, I probably came off snarky when I didn’t mean too. Your example of a stupid title just seemed funny to me. Like CalMeacham, I’m old enough to remember when references to Seabiscuit were still common in popular culture on this side of the Atlantic, and there was recently a popular book of the same name on which the movie is based. Maybe no title is really stupid if you just know where people are coming from.
I’m sorry, the correct answer is Ballistic: Ecks v. Sever.
Three nominations:
**Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad [/b}
I am Curious (Yellow)
The Hudsucker Proxy
Yeah, it’s the “[b}” part of the title that makes it so dumb. :smack:
It should be written into law that EVERY movie that has at least one sequel should be subtitled “:Electric Boogaloo”
Thank goodness somebody else noticed this. Not that I would’ve seen the thing anyway, but it was pretty damn stupid. The title is too long in any case.
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
A bit of a running joke in my flat.
I vote for From Justin to Kelly.
I mean, here I was thinking it was a transgender thing.
And one of the Pokemon graphic novels was called Pikachu: Electric Boogaloo. Not that anyone wanted to know.
Seconded. I caught the end of this last night on cable. I want that half-hour of my life back.
I remember seeing the posters when the film first came out. Who the fuck is Ecks? And why do I care that he/she is fighting Sever? And who’s Sever again?
I would understand if this was based on a comic book or novel or earlier films (ala Freddy vs. Jason or Alien vs. Predator), but as far as I can tell the film was the debut for those characters.
Stupidest. Title. Ever.
There are worse ones, but one that always struck me as I walked through the video store was Leonard, Part 6. Add to that an insipid image of a mugging Bill Cosby on the box, pure marketing genius.
A running joke for some of my friends as well. Ditto for Breakin’ 2: Electric Bugaloo, which is a gag for pals and also for almost everyone at B-Fest (if anyone else knows what that is).
Manos: the Hands of Fate - c’mon… it’s like saying “Brasos: the arms of stuff.”
Chu-Chu and the Philly Flash
Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire. They’re supposed to be nicknames of the protagonists, but those are NOT believable in the slightest if you ask me.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION may be a wonderful movie, but the title is pure guano.
FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA. Euphonious, but incorrect. Krakatoa was WEST of Java. Granted, it’s a little hard to find on a map these days, but * still. *
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS, in which they go to Venus.
CAN HIERONYMUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS? A wild ‘n’ groovy 60’s sex romp directed by and starring Anthony Newley. Joan Collins plays Miss Polyester Poontang. Ed Wood made several films that were better than this one. I am serious.
And a little known made-for-TV travesty:
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Good GOD, what an infantile, awful title. It’s about a planeful of Catholic schoolgirls that crashes on a desert island, and when men discover the island years later, the girls have all grown up into luscious bikini-clad bimbos that still have the minds and understanding of children. The young women have names like Chocolate and Bambi. Ick, ick; ICK! And no, it’s not a spoof. It’s supposed to be a drama!
There is not a word in this that is false, except for “directed” and “starring.” And also, I’d suggested that all of Ed Wood’s movie were probably better than this. I’m surprised I didn’t remember to suggest this one myself. Brain was probably trying to bury the trauma of seeing it.
On a related note, the same thing bugs me about Final Destination 2. Shouldn’t Final Destination [1] have been the end of the road?
I once saw a god-awful horror movie named “Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator.”
This is true logically (FINAL is FINAL, dammit!) and also because Final Destination really, really sucked.
Well, Final Destination 2 is no different in that respect from The Neverending Story 2. I mean, if the first one never ended…
My addition: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.