# Subvert a Movie Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868 "2011-12-20T17:27:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/1 "2011-12-20T17:27:04Z")
In many cases, a film title gives you little idea what to expect… **Total Recall** - A serious defect has been found in our product, there is only one solution. **Happy Feet** - Fred Estaire biopic. **City of God** - Life in Vatican City. **Goodfellas** - Steve Martin and Billy Crystal buddy movie. \*\*The Seventh Seal \*\*- …of a seventh seal. Cuteness squared. **For a Few Dollars More** - Telemarketing drama. **North by Northwest** - John Candy leads a troop of scouts on a hike in Oregon. **Finding Nemo** - Jack Ryan must track down the famous pirate captain before the Soviets. **Moon** - Sure I don’t need to spell this one out. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/2 "2011-12-20T19:19:23Z")
**Remember the Titans** - primer on the origins of Greek religion. **The Seven Percent Solution** - Fed chairman explains the prime rate. **King Kong vs Godzilla** - wrenching divorce and custody battle. **Three Kings** - yet _another_ poker scam movie. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/3 "2011-12-20T21:31:30Z")
\*\*The Wizard of Oz \*\*- a stage magician tours Australia. \*\*Star Wars \*\*- an epic battle between movie studios. **The Hustler** - a porn movie. **Babe** - another porn movie. **Close Encounters of the Third Kind** - the last in a trilogy of porn movies. **Kramer vs Kramer** - a schizophrenic movie-length Seinfeld episode. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/4 "2011-12-20T23:31:00Z")
**Serenity:** An introduction to Buddhist meditation **Shrek:** a biography of the star of _Nosferatu_ ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/5 "2011-12-21T00:59:15Z")
**The Hustler:** A wrenching biography of a disco dancer. **To Kill a Mockingbird:** Shaddup goddammit, I’m trying to get some sleep. **Full Metal Jacket:** Designers make a trench-coat from aluminum foil. **Old Yeller:** A day in the life of Pat Buchanan. ---
**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 21, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/6 "2011-12-21T01:12:38Z")
**The Day the Earth Stood Still** – California gets a break from the latest round of earthquakes **The Fellowship of the Ring** – Buddy movie about professional wresters **The Time Machine** – John Harrison invents the world’s most accurate chronometer in the 18th century, but gets rooked by the British government **The Matrix** – Linear Algebra made Fun and Easy! **The Matrix Reloaded** – Doing Linear Algebra on the Computer for Fun and Profit! **Matrix Revolutions** – How to use matrices to perform calculations to rotate images in space ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/7 "2011-12-21T13:20:00Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > **King Kong vs Godzilla** - wrenching divorce and custody battle. That one made me smile. **Lawrence of Arabia** - Adam Sandler is out of his depth. **Some Like It Hot** - Texan chilli cook-off rivalry. **Rashomon** - Gotta catch em all! **Casablanca** - We demand unconditional surrender of the axis powers. **The Big Sleep** - Rip Van Winkle disney pic. **Battlefield Earth** - Sci Fi film with interesting plot and convincing acting. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/8 "2011-12-21T13:32:32Z")
**silence of the lambs** : a Bedtime childrens movie ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/9 "2011-12-21T13:49:34Z")
**Casablanca** - a Day in the life of the first Mexican US President ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/10 "2011-12-21T14:09:39Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > **Old Yeller:** A day in the life of Pat Buchanan. Hilarious and timely! **The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo** - A five-year-old receives [the skin of a Yakuza](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIET1ebJ9SY&t=2m0s) syndicate leader as a Christmas Gift. YouTube link; pertinent portion begins at ~3 min. mark **Mars Attacks** - You’ll never see candy bars the same again. **Pulp Fiction** - The REAL story behind the paper industry. **The Gods Must Be Crazy** - Documentary which asks the question: Did God tell Herman Cain to run for President just to humiliate him? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/11 "2011-12-21T14:15:36Z")
**Milk** - Errol Morris lovingly traces the production of a bottle of milk. **To Kill a Mockingbird** - a gang of young thugs plot to kill a particular type of bird. **Das Boot** - a man has to argue with his favorite shoemaker about the quality of the left boot of the pair he has recently bought. **Groundhog Day** - a couple hope to rekindle their failing marriage by having the meal they had the night they met - roast groundhog. And today’s the day. **The Sixth Sense** - a boy has trouble with his vision but his sixth sense helps him get by. **The Elephant Man** - Errol Morris again. He transcends an otherwise boring collection of elephant bric-a-brac. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/12 "2011-12-21T16:34:38Z")
_The Conversation_ - a coupla white chicks sitting around talking _Silver Streak_ - a documentary on Johnny Depp’s makeup artist from _Sweeny Todd_ ---
**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:** [December 22, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/13 "2011-12-22T19:19:55Z")
The Girl Who Played With Fire: Story of a female arsonist. Twilight: The time between day and night. No plot, just a 2 hour long shot of a sunset. The Green Hornet: Gamma radiated hornet. The Green Lantern: Gamma radiated lantern. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/14 "2011-12-23T03:02:32Z")
**Alien** : Uplifting story of Mexican national, Jose Mendez, and his experiences buying a house in a Dallas suburb. Winner of several Golden Globes and Oscar nominated for best foreign film. **Aliens** : Comedy about Jose’s family coming from Mexico to live with him. First Hollywood production in the franchise. Mixed reviews. **Alien 3** : Jose’s wife gives birth to triplets, all three voiced by Bruce Willis. Universally panned by critics. Sells more tickets at the box office than both of the previous films combined. **Alien vs Predator** : “Riotous” comedy in which Jose engages in a slapstick battle with a talking Coyote, voiced by Chris Tucker, who wants to steal the Mendez’s family’s taco recipe. Fuck you Hollywood! Just fuck you! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subvert-a-movie-title/606868/15 "2011-12-23T14:56:21Z")
Best Picture Winners, all redone by literalists: Slumdog Millionaire - Labrador retriever living in poor area finds bag containing $1,000,000. Schindler’s List - Schinder goes to Macy’s for a long shopping trip. West Side Story - Builders construct a ranch on 11th Avenue in Manhattan. Gone With The Wind - Scarlett loses many possessions in a hurricane. How Green Was My Valley - Area signs up for lawn treatment, which works well. Midnight Cowboy - Joe waits until the stroke of 12:00 to put on his hat and head out to the range. The French Connection - A couple changes planes at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The Sting - Man encounters bee. Dances With Wolves - Canus lupus does the tango and macarena. The English Patient - Man checks into London hospital. The King’s Speech - Charles II gets up and bores his subjects for 2 hours.