Movies That You Would Give A Different Name....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Requiem for a Dream

should be

Requiem for a Nightmare



Your Turn.........

[Richardo]

1. I don't know what I'd change it to, but 'Tin Cup' is the worst movie title I can think of.

For a mainstream studio release. (It was on TV the other night is why I even remembered to mention it)

[Auggie]

2. The Shawshank Redemption

The title of the novella was "Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption" -- too long for most theater marquees, but far better than just "The Shawshank Redemption"

I think "The Redemption" could have worked just fine.

Suggestions?

[arcadian]

18. Hope Springs Eternal

You left that out.

[peekaloo]

3. finally watched 'The Reader' last night

so 'The Nazi F*cker' comes to mind.

:hide:

[BlueIris]

4. "21 grams" should have been retitled...pretty much anything except "21 grams" (spoilers).

Because the title was "relevant" to exactly nothing in the entire crapfest of a film, and is only explained briefly in the last thirty seconds or so.

"Naomi Watts and Sean Penn Make Out a Lot"

"Sean Penn Phones It in for Two Hours"

"Better Performances By Non-Establishment Actors Are Marginalized Beneath the More Popular Stars"

"Nihilist Nonsense With Bad Editing"

...are just a few of my suggestions.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Keep going you guys...

I think you are doing a great job at renaming the Movies. :D :thumbsup:

[Taitertots]

6. Inglorious Bastards

should be renamed coffee house conversation. Because more of the movie is banal conversations than inglorious bastard related.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Not a movie, but "Bizarre Foods" should be renamed...

"Chubby Dude Eats Testicles".

[sarge43]

8. Se7en

should be

More Gross Than Hannibal

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. kick for the M-F crew ...

anyone, thoughts?

[CBGLuthier]

10. Most remakes should have the words

"Not Really" added to them.
For example

Not Really Rollerball
Not Really The Day the Earth Stood Still
Not Really I am Legend



and so on.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. The English Patient

"Two and a Half Fucking Hours of My Life I'm Not Going to Get Back"

[cyberswede]

12. LOL! I agree! n/t

[Rob H.]

16. A friend of mine came up with a great alternate title for that one:

The Endless Patient. Still makes me smile.

[cyberswede]

13. Ronin

Good movie, not a good title.

[unpossibles]

28. I disagree

I thought it was a good title for it.

[cyberswede]

29. maybe...

...once they explained in the movie what "Ronin" means, it made sense, but i don't think it was a good title for promoting the movie.

[unpossibles]

30. I see your point. As a nerd I knew the term already. nt

[Rambis]

14. Pulp Fiction: two word review and new title...."Shit Sandwhich"

:thumbsdown:

[TheMightyFavog]

15. I have one

Emma

should be

Boring as All Fuck.

Actually, you could do that with any adaptation of a Jane Austin work.

[Common Sense Party]

23. The A&E miniseries of P&P is WONDERFUL.

Keira Knightly can go jump in a lake, and all copies of the travesty she "starred" in should be melted down and recycled.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. Jane Austin...maybe. But

Jane Austen...no way ;)

btw: if fucking is boring to you, may I suggest that you are doing it all wrong :yoiks:

[TheMightyFavog]

31. Fucking is definetley not boring...

But Jane Austen adaptations, (And most British period dramas, Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, etc...) I find very boring.

Maybe it's because I'm a guy, maybe it because I like contemporary drams much better.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. The 1997 movie "Inventing the Abbotts" (starring Joaquin Phoenix)

Should be renamed "Poor Family Continually Gets Screwed Over By Rich Family."

[arcadian]

19. 'Showgirls' should be "That Girl from 'Saved by the Bell' gets Naked"

[insanity]

20. Pearl Harbor should be...

"CGI Explosions: The Sequel"
"Michael Bay Makes Another Stupid Movie"
"Cuba Gooding Jr is way better than Ben Affleck"

[Mad_Dem_X]

21. I've always thought "One True Thing" was a terrible title

It's so generic; it gives you no idea what the movie is about.

[Call Me Wesley]

22. Mine in favour of George Lucas:

The Phantom Menace --> One Half Hour Pod Race With A Kid And Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Midi-Chlorians, But Jar-Jar Was Babbling

Attack Of The Clones --> The Kid From The One Half Hour Pod Race Has Grown Up, Kisses A Princess And Fights Dracula Losing A Hand In CGI

Revenge Of The Sith --> Losing His Hand Made The Kid From The Half Hour Pod Race Angry, So He Kills Other Kids And Gets A Black Suit And A Mask At The End

[bif]

24. "Almost Famous" to "Almost Entertaining"

What a boring, nothing of a movie.

[kwassa]

25. "Eyes Wide Shut" to "Eyes Closed and Asleep"

[AsahinaKimi]

26. The Search for Spock ..

Should be..
"I.have.had.enough. of yooooooou!!!!"

[Bucky]

32. The Remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" should've been renamed...

"The Day the Audience Walked Out"

[sakabatou]

33. Godzilla ('98 US version)

Should be turned into: "Kaiju Fans Nightmare."