Well, I am not going to diagram sentences, but it seems to me that the subject in Things to Do in Denver When You are Dead is “You”. And the “the Grinch” seems like the subject in the other one. But perhaps they are not technically. If How the Grinch Stole Chrismas does not qualify then I would think that How Green was My Valley would not, either.
I am going to protest the inclusion of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” as there is no verb in the title, “raiders” is a noun.
Additions:
Debbie Does Dallas Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? All Dogs Go to Heaven
I guess Call Northside 777 doesn’t count as the subject is implied (as it is in many movies).
[ul][li]Romeo Must Die[/li][li]Batman Returns[/li][li]Mars Needs Women[/li][li]I Spit on Your Grave[/li][li]The Gods Must Be Crazy[/li][li]So I Married an Axe Murderer[/li][li]They Saved Hitler’s Brain[/li][li]Beavis and Butthead Do America[/li][li]Debbie Does Dallas[/li]Dude, Where’s My Car?[/ul]
-Money Talks
-Mars Attacks
-There’s Something About Mary
-She’s So Lovely
-Inspector Gadget … (haha, joke, get it?)
-Kiss The Girls
-Wag The Dog
-I Love Trouble
-Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park … (hah!)
-Romeo Is Bleeding
-Scream … (if used as a verb)
-She’s The One
-Lady Beware … (not sure about this one)
-The Lady Vanishes
-Analyze This
-I’m Gonna Git You Sucka … (ebonics count!)
-Meet Joe Black
-Live & Let Die
Yes, this is a neato idea … let’s see who can get the shortest movie title that is a full sentence. So far, the leader is They Live. I’ll go next:
Accepted: Airy Fairy Lillian Tries on Her New Corset All Dogs Go to Heaven Alice Doesn’t Liver Here Anymore Bang the Drum Slowly Beavis and Butthead Do America Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Catch Me a Spy
*Dad, Poor Dad, Momma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad * Death Becomes Her
*Death Takes a Holiday * Debbie Does Dallas Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead Dude, Where’s My Car? Earth Girls are Easy
*The Empire Strikes Back * Ernest Goes to. . . The Gods Must Be Crazy (and sequel) The Hills Have Eyes Honey, I . . . How Bridget Served Salad Undressed I am Curious Yellow I Know What You Did Last Summer I Love Trouble I Spit on Your Grave I Still Know What You Did Last Summer I Was a Teenage Werewolf
*If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium * I’m Gonna Git You Sucka The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
*It Came From Beneath the Sea * It Conquered the World It Happened One Night
*It’s a Wonderful Life *
*It’s a Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild World. * Johnny Got His Gun
*Journey to the Center of the Earth. * KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park Let’s Scare Jessica to Death Mars Needs Women Mister Deed Goes to Town Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
*Mr. Smith Goes to Washington * Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Paint Your Wagon Peggy Sue Got Married Please Don’t Eat the Daisies The Postman Always Rings Twice
*Quo Vadis * The Return of the Jedi Romeo Is Bleeding Romeo Must Die The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! She’s So Lovely She’s the One Shoot the Piano Player
*Singing in the Rain * So I Married an Axe Murderer
*Some Like It Hot * Start the Revolution Without Me Stop or My Mom Will Shoot Stop the World, I Want to Get Off Take This Job and Shove It There’s Something About Mary They Came to Cordura They Only Kill Their Masters They Saved Hitler’s Brain They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
*(Let’s) Throw Momma from the Train * To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
*The Vampire Beast Craves Blood * Wake Me When It’s Over What Did You Do In the War, Daddy? What Do You Say To a Naked Lady? Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? What’s Up, Pussycat? Who am I? Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
*Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? * The World is Not Enough You Can’t Take it With You You Only Live Twice
*Your Three Minutes Are Up *
Questioned: Analyze This (implied subject) The Athletic Girl and the Burgler (no verb) Batman Returns (no object as stipulated in the rules) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (no object as stipulated in rules) The Gay Shoe Clerk (no verb) Get Shorty (implied subject) Go (implied subject, no object) How Green Was My Valley Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (missing either object or subject, not sure which) Kiss the Girls (implied subject) Lady Beware (no object as stipulated in the rules) The Lady Vanishes (no object as stipulated in the rules) Live and Let Die (implied subject) Mars Attacks! (no object as stipulated in the rules) Meet Joe Black (implied subject) Money Talks (no object as stipulated in the rules) The Mummy Returns (no object as stipulated in the rules) Never Say Never Again (implied subject?) Raiders of the Lost Ark (no verb) Run, Lola, Run (no object as stipulated in rules) Scream (no subject or object) They Live (no object as stipulated in rules) Things To Do in Denver When You’re Dead Tomorrow Never Dies Wag the Dog (implied subject) The Whole Damn Family and the Damn Dog (no verb)
Rejected: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
obfusciatrist, you screwed up a bit. Many you put under “questionable” because they have an implied verb (you), but you left a lot of implied verbs under “accepted”. For instance: Bang The Drum Slowly, Catch Me A Spy, Don’t Be A Menace…, and Don’t Tell Mom… Also, How Bridget Served Salad Undressed and Singing In The Rain are under “accepted” yet they aren’t full sentences any way you look at 'em.
I took a stab at it. English teachers, please correct me where i’m wrong (just don’t give me a detention).
Full Sentence with non-implied subject and object: Airy Fairy Lillian Tries on Her New Corset
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Dad, Poor Dad, Momma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad
Death Becomes Her
Death Takes a Holiday
Debbie Does Dallas
Earth Girls are Easy
The Empire Strikes Back
Ernest Goes to. . .
The Gods Must Be Crazy (and sequel)
The Hills Have Eyes
Honey, I . . .
I am Curious Yellow
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Love Trouble
I Spit on Your Grave
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
It Came From Beneath the Sea
It Conquered the World
It Happened One Night
It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild World.
Johnny Got His Gun
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Mars Needs Women
Mister Deed Goes to Town
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Peggy Sue Got Married
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Quo Vadis
Romeo Is Bleeding
Romeo Must Die
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!
She’s So Lovely
She’s the One
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Some Like It Hot
Stop or My Mom Will Shoot
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
There’s Something About Mary
They Came to Cordura
They Only Kill Their Masters
They Saved Hitler’s Brain
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
The Vampire Beast Craves Blood
What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?
What Do You Say To a Naked Lady?
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
What’s Up, Pussycat?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
The World is Not Enough
You Can’t Take it With You
Full Sentence with non-implied subject and no object: You Only Live Twice
Your Three Minutes Are Up
Who am I?
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dude, Where’s My Car?
Batman Returns
How Green Was My Valley
Lady Beware
The Lady Vanishes
Mars Attacks!
Money Talks
The Mummy Returns
They Live
Tomorrow Never Dies
Full Sentence with implied subject and object: Wag the Dog
Never Say Never Again
Meet Joe Black
Live and Let Die
Kiss the Girls
Get Shorty
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Bang the Drum Slowly
Analyze This
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Catch Me a Spy
Wake Me When It’s Over
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Throw Momma from the Train
Take This Job and Shove It
Start the Revolution Without Me
Shoot the Piano Player
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
Paint Your Wagon
Full Sentence with implied subject and no object: Scream
Run, Lola, Run
Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Go
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill
Rejected: The Whole Damn Family and the Damn Dog
Things To Do in Denver When You’re Dead
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Gay Shoe Clerk
The Athletic Girl and the Burgler
Singing in the Rain
The Return of the Jedi
Journey to the Center of the Earth
How Bridget Served Salad Undressed
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Fate Is The Hunter
Come Fill The Cup
I’ll Cry Tomorrow
The Lady Forgets
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
I Married An Angel
The Horn Blows At Midnight
It Happened One Christmas
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
They Came From Within
King Arthur Was A Gentleman
My Stepmother Is An Alien
Don’t Look In The Basement
Eat My Dust!
It’s Alive
He’s Not Your Son
The Bad News Bears Go To Japan
It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas
Earth Girls Are Easy
It Happens Every Spring
Kill The Umpire
Here Come The Tigers
A Winner Never Quits
Drive, He Said
Heaven Is A Playground
Butterflies Are Free
It’s Nothing Personal
They Made Me A Criminal
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Who Is Julia?
She Married Her Boss