The Most Poorly Titled Movies of All Time

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Black Snake Moan comes to mind. The name sounded like a porn film and the poster wasn't any better. Neither were the advertisements. To be honest, Black Snake Moan had what jas to be the worst marketing campaign ever.

But then I watched the film on cable and it actually wasn't that bad. The acting was pretty good, including another surprisingly good performance by Justin Timberlake (along with him in Alpha Dog.)

 

[Ipodman]

The place I'm living in is a Chinese speaking majority. And we always manage to mutilate English movie titles. A mum bringing her kids to the movies will have a hard time saying Despicable Me. "Me" in Chinese means noodle, which makes it funnier.

 

[Heretic]

Two of my favorite Horror movie titles:

Gutpile
and
Monsturd

As far as the worst titles:

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Human Stain

Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Thir13en Ghosts

Step Into Liquid

Gleaming The Cube

 

[Homer J. Fong]

The Human Stain

Step Into Liquid

There could be another category, "Eww, does that mean what it sounds like?" just for those two.

 

[That-Guy]

This is a pretty bad title that I first heard about in Entertainment Weekly some time ago. It's based on a play. It's such a long winded and ridiculous title. See for yourself:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/

lol...the Old Spice Guy is in it.

 

[That-Guy]

-the upcoming 5nal Destination

I don't know what's worse...

1. That title

2. The fact that they are making yet another one of those stupid movies

3. The fact that Karl Urban is still so desperate for work that he actually signed onto it

 

[Ipodman]

change "5" to "A" and we have a winner

 

[That-Guy]

lol, I'm sure there's a porn version called that.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

Predators.
The FIrst Avenger.

 

[That-Guy]

Really? You thought Predators was bad?

I don't know, I think it works pretty well, since the movie is intended as both a sequel and a restart.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

"Predators" sound to much like a hip hop gang, think "PREDATORZZ" or a documentary about rapists.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Wow, that was on your mind.

I guess at the end, instead of fighting the Predator, Royce should have confronted the Predator and said. "Why don't you take a seat."

 

[Figs]

Black Snake Moan comes to mind. The name sounded like a porn film and the poster wasn't any better. Neither were the advertisements. To be honest, Black Snake Moan had what jas to be the worst marketing campaign ever.

But then I watched the film on cable and it actually wasn't that bad. The acting was pretty good, including another surprisingly good performance by Justin Timberlake (along with him in Alpha Dog.)

Although I didn't catch it in the theatre, just seeing Ricci in those short shorts ****ting it up, I knew I would have to watch this film.

I don't know what's worse...

1. That title

2. The fact that they are making yet another one of those stupid movies

3. The fact that Karl Urban is still so desperate for work that he actually signed onto it

This makes me sad.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Karl Urban is in the fifth Final Destination.

Jesus, Bones/Eomer what the hell is wrong with you? Your career is fine. You play freaking Bones and Eomer!

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, if Urban isn't careful, he could Nicolas Cage himself into a career full of crappy movies.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Priest looks bad enough. I mean it looks like Legion. The only difference is that Paul ettany has a cross on his head.

 

[That-Guy]

Haha.

They should change the title to that.

Coming Next Summer...

Paul Bettany With a Cross On His Head

 

[Figs]

Karl Urban is in the fifth Final Destination.

Jesus, Bones/Eomer what the hell is wrong with you? Your career is fine. You play freaking Bones and Eomer!

While he picks some good to great movies at times he also does some crap too. Pathfinder and Doom, although I enjoyed Doom as a mindless horror/action film but I do realize it's a bad film overall. Call it a guilty pleasure.

 

[scifiwolf]

I always thought Attack of the Clones was a crappy title. I hated it when I was 16, and still hate it now.

 

[That-Guy]

I think all three of the Star Wars prequels have pretty crappy titles, but I agree, AOTC is the worst. I get that Lucas did it as a homage to the cheesy sci-fi flicks of the 19050's and 1960s... but there is a reason those films ended up on Mystery Science Theater 3000. They were baaaaaaaaad.

But then, so was AOTC, so maybe Lucas was just trying to clue us in with that title.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

The only Star Wars title I dislike is Revenge of the Sith, but just because I thought the title I had in mind was better, Fall of the Jedi, which would have made for a nice parallel to Return of the Jedi.

 

[That-Guy]

I hate super-vague titles.

True Crime
Harsh Times
True Romance
High Crimes

 

[Ipodman]

The Planet of the Apes sequels are really confusing...

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, they are. It's hard to remember (just by the titles) what order they're in.

 

[some guy]

Haha.

They should change the title to that.

Coming Next Summer...

Paul Bettany With a Cross On His Head

Speaking of Paul Bettany,

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World