# Worst movie title? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180 "2007-11-20T14:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/21 "2007-11-20T15:50:28Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] _Ssssss_—Or however many "s"es are supposed to be in it. Forget trying to pronounce it (not that you’d ever need to). [/QUOTE] Speaking of not being able to pronounce things, I still don’t have any idea how to say **Gigli** (Not that I’d ever need to.) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/22 "2007-11-20T15:51:44Z")
I’ll go with you on **Ya Ya** but **Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants** is a great title. It’s about a bunch of girls who are as close as sisters and they mail a pair of pants to each other, thus the pants “travel.” It describes the movie and it’s evocative with a great flow to it. What would you have called it? **They Mail Some Jeans**? I personally thought **Meet the Robinsons** was a bit vanilla and didn’t fit the movie. but then Pixar isn’t so great at titles, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/23 "2007-11-20T15:53:25Z")
What’s wrong with **Ya-Ya**? I never saw the movie, but I read and loved the book, and thought it was intriguing and appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Genital\_Warthog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/edb3f5/32.png) [@Genital\_Warthog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genital_Warthog)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/24 "2007-11-20T15:53:45Z")
[The Man with the Smallest Penis in Existence and the Electron Microscope Technician Who Loved Him](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374020/) ---
**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:** [November 20, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/25 "2007-11-20T15:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > I personally thought Meet the Robinsons was a bit vanilla and didn’t fit the movie. but then Pixar isn’t so great at titles, anyway. 1.) I kinda like the title 2.) It was Disney animation, which isn’t Pixar. Pixar has pretty good titles. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/26 "2007-11-20T15:54:38Z")
Yeah? See, I’m like, "what about quiz shows? A scandal? Oh. Hm. Well why not _I’ll take ‘The Great Quiz Show Scandal of the 1950s’ for 200 Alex._ Hee hee. Or something. Just QUIZ SHOW reeks of ‘woo woo this is so important’ to me. :rolleyes: Like a guying pitching the movie and doing a big headline with his arms. "The title? Just … QUIZ SHOW. That’s IT! ::: arms pan ::: _Quiz Show_. I thought of another one: a horror movie called The Frighteners. 😛 You’re kidding, right? I’m scared … I’ve been _frightened_. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/27 "2007-11-20T15:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] **Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium** [/QUOTE] This keeps making me think of the Troy McClure classic: **The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel**. I don’t think either of them are particularly attractive titles. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/28 "2007-11-20T15:55:37Z")
Here’s another: [**The Glimmer Man**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116421/). The relevance of the title isn’t made manifest except by a throw-away aside by one of the characters, 3/4 of the way through the movie. And unlike the other movie that does a similar thing (_Chasing Amy_), this one just falls flat. I went, “huh?” out loud when I saw the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/29 "2007-11-20T15:56:07Z")
Syngenor. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/30 "2007-11-20T15:59:53Z")
Closed for Remodeling ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/31 "2007-11-20T16:06:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Yeah? See, I’m like, "what about quiz shows? A scandal? Oh. Hm. Well why not _I’ll take ‘The Great Quiz Show Scandal of the 1950s’ for 200 Alex._ [/QUOTE] Maybe it was the poster that got me. “Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.” Robert Redford. John Turturro. Ralph Fiennes. Yeah, I’ll see that. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/32 "2007-11-20T16:22:55Z")
A recent title I can’t stand is **Michael Clayton**. I enjoyed the movie, but whenever I’m discussing it I call it “Micheal… uuuh… something- with George Clooney” because I just can’t remember the title. It’s not the worst ever, but it is laaaaaaaame. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/33 "2007-11-20T16:27:52Z")
**Krakatoa, East of Java**. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/34 "2007-11-20T16:30:44Z")
I actually like _Mr. Magorium…_ as a title. Kind of whimsical. Not sure I’ll go see it though. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/35 "2007-11-20T16:32:09Z")
[Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096142/) Hmm…on second thought, that might be the \*\*greatest \*\* title ever. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/36 "2007-11-20T16:32:28Z")
How about **Amazon Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death**? Or **Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine**? Winners, both. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/37 "2007-11-20T16:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] How about **Amazon Women in the Avacado Jungle of Death**? Or **Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine**? Winners, both. [/QUOTE] **Cannibal Women** , I believe. We really should be precise here…this is a science. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/38 "2007-11-20T16:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Krakatoa, East of Java. Not a bad title, actually, aside from the geographical error (which I’ve written of before on this Board). It’s dramatic, and says where it takes place (Krakatoa, which at least is right), and to anyone who knows a bit of history, it indicates what it’s probably about. I have to agree about **Ballistic** and **Metalstorm**. Those are prety awful and obscure. I’ve mentioned Sorceror. **Sorceress** is just about as bad. It’s been the title of three movies. One of these didn’t even involve any actual sorceresses. It’s absurd to describe such different films with the very same title. Just goes to show that you can’t judge a movie by its title. [http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sorceress](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Sorceress) ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/39 "2007-11-20T16:47:44Z")
[**13 Tzameti**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475169/). Good movie, but. . . ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180/40 "2007-11-20T16:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] This keeps making me think of the Troy McClure classic: **The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel**. I don’t think either of them are particularly attractive titles. [/QUOTE] I totally agree with this, and would like to add that **Love in the Time of Cholera** sounds like a romance novel that Marge Simpson would be seen reading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-title/427180.md?page=3)