# Subtract a letter from a movie title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496 "2011-08-12T19:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/21 "2011-08-13T17:49:47Z")
A Kevin Costner sports trifecta: Field of Drams - “if you weigh it in archaic measurements, they will come” For Love Of The Gam - pitcher blows his no-hitter when he’s distracted by a woman with very shapely legs In Cup - the most rudimentary golf instructional video ever ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/22 "2011-08-13T19:59:10Z")
_Sock Corridor–_ Who left their laundry in the hallway? ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/23 "2011-08-13T20:09:15Z")
**Plane of The Apes** James Franco has had it with these motherfucking apes on this motherfucking plane. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/24 "2011-08-13T20:10:22Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The famous creationist dinosaur movie, **Jurassic Ark**. And the winner is… ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/25 "2011-08-13T20:17:20Z")
Two from Wes Craven: **The Hills have Yes** Deformed cannibals enjoy some early Rick Wakeman. **Cream** Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox enjoy some early Eric Clapton. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/26 "2011-08-13T20:38:18Z")
**Cat Away** : three hours of Tom Hanks stranded on a small deserted island trying to shoo an annoying cat. **Aws** : You’re gonna need a bigger crib… **The Thin** : Kurt Russell and crew are attacked by Kate Moss in the Antarctic. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/27 "2011-08-13T21:13:22Z")
> [@heathen\_earthling](#): > > The famous creationist dinosaur movie, **Jurassic Ark**. No, no! **Jurassic Ark** is actually the prequel to Sokurov’s 2002 masterpiece, and consists of a single, incredibly orchestrated 96-minute Steadicam shot of the Marquis de Custine wandering through prehistoric Russia making pithy comments on all the dinosaurs and cycads and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/28 "2011-08-13T22:04:51Z")
**Carface–** Optimus Prime becomes a drug kingpin. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/29 "2011-08-13T23:09:31Z")
**Cowboys and Liens** Daniel Craig trys to save the family farm from foreclosure. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/30 "2011-08-13T23:32:58Z")
**The Bi Lebowski** : no comment; I’ll let you do the math on this one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/31 "2011-08-14T00:52:39Z")
**The Men who Stared at Oats** – a stake out for a cereal killer. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/32 "2011-08-14T01:11:54Z")
**The Karate Id** : Freudian martial arts! **Weeney Todd** : exactly like _Sweeney Todd_, only replace the entire cast with midgets (sorry, “little people”). **Pedator** : Arnold, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura and the rest of the squad in a South American jungle being hunted by a teacher who captures them one by one and teaches them proper grammar. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/33 "2011-08-16T00:46:35Z")
Seepless In Seattle; It’s hard to find a house that doesn’t leak in a city were it rains every other day. Speed Acer; World’s fastest test taker. Peed Racer: Winner of the International Peeing Championship. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/34 "2011-08-16T01:06:41Z")
A Nightmare on El Street: Freddy visits the ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/35 "2011-08-16T02:31:35Z")
Moby Ick - The story of an obsessed captain bent on finding and killing a whale responsible for the loss of his leg and ship. He finally finds the stinking rotting carcass of the whale washed up on the shore of a small island. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/36 "2011-08-17T03:07:26Z")
**Saving Private Ran** - foot soldier caught up in epic Japanese dynastic war that coincidentally follows the plot of King Lear gets completely lost and disoriented in battle and when his evil scheming brothers are killed, accidentally invades Normandy. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/37 "2011-12-20T12:58:06Z")
**The Girl with the Dagon Tattoo** – Finally, a big-budget Lovecraft movie ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/38 "2011-12-20T13:42:25Z")
\*\*Seed \*\*-- Onanism at 55 miles per hour. **Who Framed Roger Rabbi?** – Noir crime thriller about an orthodox man accused of something rather unorthodox. **Ty Story** – Gripping biography of the guy who hosts TV’s _Extreme Makeover: Home Edition_. You’l be on the edge of your seat when mob yells “Move that bus!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/39 "2011-12-20T17:02:45Z")
\*\*\*Woking Girl \*\*\*- Melanie Griffith leaves Wall Street to open a Chinese restaurant ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtract-a-letter-from-a-movie-title/592496/40 "2011-12-20T17:16:05Z")
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