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Like "Mercy Humppe" mentioned above, I have an aversion to most long titles. Despite the good ones like "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "Those Magnificent Men In their Flying Machines," for better or worse I've avoided films like:
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Crazy Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
more baby, more!
give it to me!
LOL!
How about:
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full Of Rain (1978)
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!) (1980)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
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Hmm... both those titles have colons. Maybe that's something to do with it. Are other titles with colons just as bad?
Not all. On the one hand there are -
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Of course there are also all of the sequel titles, good and bad, that can be written with colons -
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
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I have, never, ever, decided not to give a chance with a film score or watch a movie based on the titles and when i see movies like I married a monster from outer space, Curse of the demon, The party, Bacherlor party[57 one], Frankenstein meets the wolfman,etc etc etc, i am glad i didn't, don't judge a book by it's cover and remember a word is just a word, so is a title, which is made up of words, good day all.
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I can't imagine passing on a good movie score just because the title of the movie it was written for is dumb.
Neither can I, but I imagine that most of these lists are for fun.
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Jan 5, 2012 - 9:00 PM
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William R.
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This is a wind-up, yes?
Ignoring the content of the films, why on earth are these names offputting?
Since 'Manitou' is a well-known Native American term, you're on dodgy territory with that one, the 'quality' of the film apart. It's a term for what it is. Only the definite article is questionable.
'Elmer Gantry' is a wonderful tale of the rise of a fake evangelist, and is an evocative (even symbolic) name with a hint of satire in it.
'Taras Bulba' was a Cossack chief well represented in Russian literature and art. What's the deal? Is this some joke about Russian 'b' and 'v' and a girl called Tara?
The problem seems to be a narrowness of reference points or a misreading of ironic titles. In terms of political correctness, this is all weirdly dubious territory. Let's laugh at the Russian names we haven't heard of. HAS to be windup. Drumming the fingers, tapping the foot, waiting for the phone call etc..
What about 'thread titles that make you want to avoid the thread'?
A cogent voice of reason!
Even by the standards of this board, this is a bizarre and senseless idea for a thread.
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ACTUALLY, there are dozens of modern films which have titles that are meaningless, trite,
and forgettable.
You know the kind i mean.....
uhhhhhh
"IT"S LIKE THIS"
I CAN T REMEMBER THEM, ;LITERALLY!
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I avoided THE SECRET LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES for a long time 'cause of the title.
Terrible title, excellent film and score
brm
"Private Life," but I get your point.
You should also avoid "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975) .
tHANSK!
and yes, i did avoid the other one
bruce
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