# When titles disappoint **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055 "2023-07-15T02:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 21, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/41 "2023-07-21T00:28:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > Penn and Teller Get Killed > > Been forever since I’ve seen this, but wasn’t the title on this one 100% accurate? I remember the movie ending with them both dead in a murder-suicide. They’re still alive today. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/42 "2023-07-21T00:29:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > They’re still alive today. Right. They are living with Tupac and Elvis, I bet. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/43 "2023-07-21T03:06:45Z")
“Here You Come Again” - Dolly Parton ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/44 "2023-08-10T07:02:21Z")
The title _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ made me think that the revelation of said individual would be pretty weighty and meaningful. But when it happened, it felt almost like an aside, like a bit of fun trivia. In any case, still a pretty cool movie. ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/45 "2023-08-10T17:44:42Z")
I overthought the title and came up with the spurious theory that (former) King Edward and Wallis Warfield Simpson’s son (if they had one} could illegitimately called the half blood prince. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/46 "2023-08-11T01:45:36Z")
While living in the Stuart Woods apartment complex in Herndon, Virginia, I came across a paperback written by an author using the pen name of Stuart Woods. It unsurprisingly had no link to my apartment complex, and turned out to be a warning not to purchase any more books from this author. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/47 "2023-08-11T15:46:57Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > There was a band in the early 70s by the name of “Free Beer.” They were a bar band. I’ll bet they really brought in the crowds when their name was on the signs and marquees. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/48 "2023-08-11T16:25:16Z")
The movie “Zombeavers” had far less nudity than I expected from that title. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/49 "2023-09-25T21:41:30Z")
I’ve got one. > **[Rabid otter bites dog and man in Jupiter](https://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/jupiter/rabid-otter-bites-dog-person-in-jupiter)** > > An otter with rabies bit a person and a dog Saturday in Jupiter, according to the Florida Department of Health. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/50 "2023-09-26T14:59:31Z")
The new movie _Barbie_ is about a doll and not Klaus Barbie. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/51 "2023-09-26T15:20:44Z")
I wasn’t _disappointed_ with the title of the movie ‘Killing Zoe’ after I watched it, but I was perplexed, because-- spoiler for a 30 year old (jeez, really?) movie-- Zoe was very much alive at the end, and it’s not like anyone had been actively trying to kill her, despite being a bank robbery hostage for much of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/52 "2023-09-26T16:32:43Z")
I suppose you were also perplexed by _John Dies at the End._ (I for one was relieved!) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/53 "2023-09-26T16:38:20Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I suppose you were also perplexed by _John Dies at the End._ It’s been awhile since I saw that, but IIRC, I was perplexed by a lot more than the mere fact of the title 😁 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/54 "2023-09-26T16:38:20Z")
When I first heard about the film _Mountains of the Moon_ (1990) I assumed it was science fiction. By the time I got around to watching it, I knew it was about John Speke and Richard Burton and their explorations in Africa, so I wasn’t actually disappointed. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/55 "2023-09-26T16:50:31Z")
You must’ve really been shook up by **The Last King of Scotland** > **[The Last King of Scotland (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland_(film))** > > The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor. The film stars Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, and Gillian Anderson. The title of the film refers to Amin's claim of being the King of Scotland. > The Last... ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/56 "2023-09-26T16:54:02Z")
On the Basis of Sex, a biographical legal drama film based on the life and early cases of Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/57 "2023-09-28T11:48:16Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > The new movie _Barbie_ is about a doll and not Klaus Barbie. You are not the first person to make such a mistake. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uJMPom6-xmA/maxresdefault.jpg "Rat Race (3/9) Movie CLIP - The Barbie Museum (2001) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMPom6-xmA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055.md?page=2)