# What movies do you think are misnamed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733 "2003-08-12T21:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/1 "2003-08-12T21:30:12Z")
I’m watching **The Storm of the Century** on ABC. Granted the storm was big but it is not the gist of the movie. The main part is the demon or whatever it is. Yet from the title you wouldn’t even know it was a horror flic from Stephen King. Any other movies you think are mistitled? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/2 "2003-08-12T21:38:41Z")
_The Long Kiss Goodnight_ ---
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/3 "2003-08-12T21:49:50Z")
my big fat greek chickflick how to lose a chickflick in 10 days maid in chickflick you’ve got chickflick sweet chickflick alabama the chickflick planner pretty chickflick wild wild west: should have been “wild wild hunk of crap” oh, and: The breakfast club - they never seemed to explain why they came up with that name for themselves in the essay. ---
**Author:** ![Ferg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@Ferg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferg)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/4 "2003-08-12T22:13:45Z")
The Neverending Story. (Someone had to say it!) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/5 "2003-08-12T22:18:29Z")
No, not Never Ending Story… Never Ending Story Part **Two**! After all, if the first one never ended… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/6 "2003-08-12T22:29:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*No, not Never Ending Story… Never Ending Story Part **Two**! > > After all, if the first one never ended… \*\* Everyone always says _Neverending Story_. And they’re always wrong. If there hadn’t been a sequel, guess what? THE STORY WOULD HAVE ENDED! What they really needed to do was make an infinite number of sequels, so the story never stops. However, considering the second one (and, from what I’ve heard, the even-worse third one), it’s best that they didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/7 "2003-08-12T22:31:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by greck \* > \*\*wild wild west: should have been “wild wild hunk of crap” > > oh, and: The breakfast club - they never seemed to explain why they came up with that name for themselves in the essay. \*\* Why not “Wild wild chickflick” and “The chickflick club”? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/8 "2003-08-12T23:01:06Z")
**Best of the Best** wasn’t. **The Greatest Story Ever Told** wasn’t either. And of course, **Krakatoa, East of Java** , for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/9 "2003-08-12T23:26:40Z")
**Gigli** should have been **Dummi**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/10 "2003-08-12T23:42:53Z")
The movie about a cop and a waitress winning the lottery had an excellent title, taken from a real New York Post headline: _Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip._ But some pinhead at the studio had to change it to _It Could Happen to You._ ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/11 "2003-08-13T03:51:29Z")
The only case where I came out of a movie saying, “That was a great film. Somebody should have picked a better name” was _Chungking Express_: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109424](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109424) I would have called it _California Dreaming_, even though that would have only applied to the last half of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/12 "2003-08-13T04:10:30Z")
**JuanitaTech** —Oh, that is just _weird_…that’s the _first move_ that came to mind when I saw the OP… ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/13 "2003-08-13T06:40:07Z")
**The Banger Sisters** ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/14 "2003-08-13T10:12:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Everyone always says _Neverending Story_. And they’re always wrong. If there hadn’t been a sequel, guess what? THE STORY WOULD HAVE ENDED! What they really needed to do was make an infinite number of sequels, so the story never stops. However, considering the second one (and, from what I’ve heard, the even-worse third one), it’s best that they didn’t. \*\* A sequel isn’t a continuation of the same story, Miller. It’s a new story. The only way “Neverending Story” would have been an accurate tale would be if the movie never ended. “Neverending Story” was a whole new movie, whole new story, whole new characters. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/15 "2003-08-13T13:35:27Z")
For a recent example, I thought **American Wedding** was a very poor title for a second sequel to **American Pie**. It sounds like a generic chick flick. They could have come up with _something_ better. Also, **28 Days Later** sounds like the sequel to **28 days**. ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/16 "2003-08-13T13:37:37Z")
_The Naked Lunch_ ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/17 "2003-08-13T14:01:01Z")
godzillatemple, you took mine! _G_ So I will offer instead A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- no clocks, no oranges! Yeah yeah, I know… _L_ ---
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/18 "2003-08-13T14:29:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grousser \* > \*\*Why not “Wild wild chickflick” and “The chickflick club”? \*\* :dubious: Look, you’re obviously new to the whole renaming movie business, maybe you should keep your day job.😉 ---
**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/19 "2003-08-13T14:33:11Z")
Of course, _ **Eight Legged Freaks** _ is missing the all important hyphen. It should have been named _ **Eight-Legged Freaks** _. It’s not about 8 freaks who have legs, it’s about an indeterminate number of freaks who each have 8 legs. (My wife is a school teacher. She _cares_ about this stuff). ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/20 "2003-08-13T14:46:20Z")
**Eight Legged Freaks** should have been “Two-Legged Freaks”, as is the people who paid money to see it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733.md?page=2)