Stupidest Movie titles

[Miller]

Dewey: Actually, Ballistic: Ecks v. Sever was based off a video game. Which probably explains a lot about the movie. Incidentally, I’m a huge video game geek, as are all my friends, and none of us had ever heard of the game before the movie came out. I don’t know that it would have been possible to find a more obscure property to make a bad film out of.

As for Neverending Story 2, I don’t see a problem with it. The story is never-ending, therefore it should have an infinite number of sequels. The stupid part is that there was never a Neverending Story 3, because without it, the story pretty much ends, doesn’t it?

[Ben]

*Originally posted by h.sapiens *
** “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,” which was released a year after the first movie should have been “I Know What You Did the Summer Before Last” **

I remember someone suggesting that if they had enough sequels, it would eventually devolve into, “Hey, you know what you did a few summers back? (taps head, nods knowingly.)”

[Ben]

*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky *
**It should be written into law that EVERY movie that has at least one sequel should be subtitled “:Electric Boogaloo” **

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life: Electric Boogaloo.

If the Lara Croft movie had any more colons, they might as well just send a telegram. LARA CROFT STOP TOMB RAIDER STOP CRADLE OF LIFE STOP

[IcicleFuzz]

I once watched an old horror movie called The Man Who Changed His Mind. About as terrifying as it sounds.

One movie which crops up occaisionally on a TV station here which is notorious for screening soft porn is Nude For Satan.

[Askance]

Rambo II: First Blood

So what was that red stuff in Rambo?

[Earl_of_the_CC]

Goats.

[Lisa-go-Blind]

On the new release shelf: Flossin

I have no effing idea what this movie is supposed to be about (it appears to be of the ghetto-happy benjamins-makin’ big-pimpin’ ilk), but the title has to be the stupidest one I’ve ever seen. Is this some sort of slang I was unaware of? It makes me think of trips to the dentist’s chair, a place that isn’t cool and that I would not like to be at for 90 minutes. (thinks: Maybe that’s why I never finished Novocaine…)

[Marley23]

If the Lara Croft movie had any more colons, they might as well just send a telegram. LARA CROFT STOP TOMB RAIDER STOP CRADLE OF LIFE STOP

LOL. I’ve had similar thoughts about the new Spy Kids movie. Spy Kids: 3-D: Game Over. If you’re making a sequel, either give the a movie a number or giving it a fucking sub-title. Movies titles this summer (since they’re all sequels) are turning into fucking essays.

[Kamino_Neko]

*Originally posted by Miller *
**As for Neverending Story 2, I don’t see a problem with it. The story is never-ending, therefore it should have an infinite number of sequels. The stupid part is that there was never a Neverending Story 3, because without it, the story pretty much ends, doesn’t it? **

There was, in fact a Neverending Story III.

And, apparently, two different TV series.

And, Andrew T, that series goes:

First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo III (1988)

[Kamino_Neko]

*Originally posted by Tengu *
**First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo III (1988) **

In light of this, it occurs that Rambo III is just a really stupid title.

[Marley23]

First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

That’s a lot of (first) blood, isn’t it?

[rjung]

*Originally posted by Miller *
Actually, Ballistic: Ecks v. Sever was based off a video game. Which probably explains a lot about the movie. Incidentally, I’m a huge video game geek, as are all my friends, and none of us had ever heard of the game before the movie came out.

I thought the idea was to have the game and the movie released simultaneously. Still, the lack of pre-release hype for the game was a major screwup.

[Bakhesh]

*Originally posted by Rube E. Tewesday *
**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. **

No offense taken Rube. Like I say I was completely oblivous to the horse. Why are horses given such stupid names? I long for a race horse called Geoff.

One more I want to add. Fried Green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. It may just be the unappetising concept of eating green tomatoes

[Bryan_Ekers]

Of course Die, Darkman, Die is just the German-dubbed version of the classic The, Darkman, The.

[refusal]

I’d nominate the American dance movie Shag, or rather whoever chose to release it in Britain without changing the title. Hopefully, post-Austin Powers, the mistake would not be repeated.

Others which seem really dumb titles are: China 9 Liberty 37 (apparently a western); They Call Me MISTER Tibbs (another stupidly-titled sequel); 99 and 44/100% Dead (which I’m told meant something at the time); and anything like The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck, which is the sort of title that makes you lose the will to live before you’ve even seen the movie.

[divemaster]

I nominate The, Darkman, The as the new worst title ever.

[towel2]

krush groove

[BMalion]

*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky *
**It should be written into law that EVERY movie that has at least one sequel should be subtitled “:Electric Boogaloo” **

Return of a Man Called Horse: Electric Boogaloo!

Fellini’s Satyricon II: Electric Boogaloo!

This has possiblities!

[TWDuke]

*Originally posted by refusal *
…**99 and 44/100% Dead (which I’m told meant something at the time)**…

“99 and 44/100% pure” was an advertising slogan for soap, which of course raised the questions (a) pure what? and (b) so what’s the other 56/100%?

Bakhesh
…Why are horses given such stupid names? I long for a race horse called Geoff.…

Racehorses’ names sometimes reflect their parentage. Seabiscuit’s sire was Hard Tack. Both names refer to sailors’ rations.

[mobo85]

*Originally posted by Marley23 *
**LOL. I’ve had similar thoughts about the new Spy Kids movie. Spy Kids: 3-D: Game Over. If you’re making a sequel, either give the a movie a number or giving it a fucking sub-title. Movies titles this summer (since they’re all sequels) are turning into fucking essays. **

The 3 in 3-D is the sequel number, I believe. Wasn’t the third Jaws movie Jaws 3-D?

And TWDuke, obviously, the other 56/100th of Ivory Soap is soap. The 99 and 44/100% purity must be air. That’s what makes it float. I guess.