# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/41 "2003-08-14T16:23:22Z")
How about Fargo. Even though it is linked to Fargo, ND most of it takes place in Minneapolis and Brainerd Minnesota. I don’t know if people would have seen a movie called “Brainerd”. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/42 "2003-08-14T16:46:17Z")
good burger shoulda been called utter shit ---
**Author:** ![LSD-25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@LSD-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSD-25)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/43 "2003-08-14T17:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by benthames \* > \*\*I think it’s on IMDb…It’s named Magnolia because that’s the street Julianne Moore is driving down at the beginning of the movie. \*\* There is a Magnolia Avenue in the film, but that’s not where the name came from - it’s just one of many subtle references to the title that appear in the movie. I’ve remember Paul Thomas Anderson being asked why it’s called Magnolia and he didn’t want to give any specific reason, I think he just liked the idea that it wasn’t a straightforward title and fits with the different feel of the film. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/44 "2003-08-14T17:30:43Z")
Hi, To be fair to Primal Fear as a title- that is the title of the book the movie is based on. I think Shawshank Redemption should have had the full “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” title of the original S.King story. Both great flicks (Primal Fear despite Richard Gere and because of Edward Norton) though, no matter what they are called. ---
**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 15, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/45 "2003-08-15T11:25:25Z")
My apologies to Edward the Head. I did appear on a cable access quiz show. I did it as a favor to a friend who’s the host for the show. It was filmed a year ago and no one outside of Montgomery County, Maryland has ever seen or will ever see it. I had forgotten about it. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/46 "2003-08-15T11:46:55Z")
> [@](#): > > At this point, the only way I can save face is to bring up the ten plus Final Fantasy video games. What’s up with that? 10 mainline games in the series FInal Fantasy Mystic Quest, an SNES peice of crapola, which was made mostly to insult the intelligence of American gamers, and ironically may have been one major reason why RPG’s took so long to catch on. 4 Gameboy games 1 Tactics game/PS1 Coming out: FF X-2, the very first true sequal ever in the Final Fantasy series FF XI, an MMORPG (which looks really cool, no matter how it plays) FF XII, about which at this time we know nothing of FF Tactics Advance: a new FF tactics game on the Gameboy advance (the first was so popular its a rare and valuable find buyable only on e-bay, not counting the reprinted version) The reason behind this is threefold. First, having Final Fantasy in the title is a signal to gamers that this game has very good production values, and is a top priority for Squaresoft. Second, there is certainly a desire to cash in on the best name in the business. Third, in a sens there is a desire to keep the storytelling and themes of Final Fantasy alive forever. And of course, the reason they started with that name is legend… ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/47 "2003-08-15T15:16:31Z")
What if it was just a very long continuation of the game? I remember the gameboy ones. Fun, if rather annoying. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/48 "2003-08-15T18:03:39Z")
The Postman Always Rings Twice What postman? The Philadelphia Story Hardly about the city. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/49 "2003-08-15T18:15:23Z")
I love **Babylon 5** , but the title made me think the TV series was a spinoff of some long-running movie series (because of the “5”). You know, like “Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors: The Series” or something. I eventually learned better, and the B5: Season 3 DVD set just came in the mail 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/50 "2003-08-15T18:35:17Z")
Why do people only want to rename movies they didn’t like? For every “They should have renamed _Battlefield Earth_ to _Sucky Sucky Suck-o-rama Suckfest_.” we should have a “They should have renamed _The Mummy_ to _Totally Awesome Well-Spent Two Hours_.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/51 "2003-08-15T19:40:23Z")
I always thought **Rambo III** was named wrong, because there was no **Rambo II**. Based on the previous two movies, **First Blood** and **Rambo: First Blood Part II** , it should have been called **Rambo II: First Blood Part III**. ---
**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 16, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/52 "2003-08-16T02:09:28Z")
Actually, it could have been “Rambo: First Blood Part III,” but not “Rambo II” - because there was no Rambo I. Technically. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/53 "2003-08-16T02:17:46Z")
I thought “Minority Report” was a terribly uncommercial title. Didn’t seem to hurt the film tho. Then there’s the sequel to “I Know What you Did Last Summer” which shoulda been “I Know What you Did the Summer Before Last.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/54 "2003-08-16T03:42:24Z")
_Casablanca_ should have been _Rick’s Place_ And _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_ was neither final nor Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733/55 "2003-08-16T04:46:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*Grape-Nuts – no grapes, no nuts! \*\* Reminds me of Woody Allen’s explanation for why “Bananas” is so named: “Because there are no bananas in it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-do-you-think-are-misnamed/194733.md?page=2)