Misleading Movie Titles

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What are some movies you consider to have misleading titles? Feel free to post many as you want.

-Serenity

-Million Dollar Baby

-The Hurt Locker
{How does a locker get hurt? I later found out the title is a military term.}

-Invincible

-Unbreakable

-There Will Be Blood
{My mom still thinks it's a horror movie with a creepy, beady-eyed serial killer who has a mustache, but it's actually about a greedy guy trying to get rich through the oil industry.}

-Snatch

-Monster's Ball

-Child's Play

-Beethoven {Yes, the one with the dog}

-Jarhead
{I thought this was a sequel to The Elephant Man, but it was actually a war movie.}

-Moneyball

-Cinderella Man
{I thought it was an LGBT movie about a guy who cross-dresses, but this was another movie about a boxer going against incredible odds.}

Last edited by AnonymousAnonymous on 23 Apr 2013, 7:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hi Anonymous. I like your thread. I was wondering, though. Would you be able to give a brief reason why each title is misleading? Thanks.

I have to admit I didn't quite understand the thread title until I saw this example

I can't really think of that many titles that struck me as misleading while I was watching the film.

The Naked Lunch ("I can think of two things wrong with that title." )

Home Alone 3

The Neverending Story.

I mean, it's about 2 hours long.

The Greatest Story Ever Told.

Yeah, right - so why aren't there any dinosaurs in it with laser beams for eyes?

Never saw the movie but the Neverending Story sure SEEMS 'never ending' when you read the book. And someone who hadnt read the book but who had seen the movie said the same about the movie.

But you're right- Jesus doesnt even engage in a single car chase-much less fight special effects dinosaurs!

Serenity is mis- leading if you do not know the context for the name from the series Firefly. The move is NOT serene. There is fighting, gore, flying space ships, close calls, death, lots of action, etc. It is epic, but if you go in not knowing what it is, you might definitely be disappointed.

Skyfall - Yeah. I'd like to really see that happen. A physics impossibility.
The Iron Lady - Not made of flesh, bones and blood, this Iron Lady should be like the six million dollar woman - all bionic.
Life of Pi - How can a string of numbers have a life?

Star Wars. No stars are at war. It should be called. War between the stars.

Back years ago, one of my friends thought The Dead Zone had a misleading title after we watched it. I guess he was expecting a zone where people were dead, or something.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

How about...

Dr. No
-How can a doctor say no? Yes, this was the first Bond movie in the Sean Connery series, but "Dr. No" was a crappy name for the villain.

Goldfinger
-If the villain's last name was "Goldfinger", where was a finger made from gold?

The Pink Panther films, mainly because they revolve around a precious gem rather than the panther himself.

The Great Mouse Detective
-How can a mouse be a detective...unless the title refers to a very short person?

Happy Feet
-How can feet be happy?

Kung Fu Hustle
-The title would have been much more appropriate if the movie was set in the 1970s.

I Am Legend
-People had the impression that this movie was about an egomaniac who describes himself as "legendary", but this was a sci-fi movie.

An Inconvenient Truth
-How can truth be inconvenient?

American Pie

What it was - A movie about horny teens or something.

What I thought - A boring documentary about Pie or something.

Avatar - Not affiliated with the cartoon of the same name.

Friday the 13th

What it was - A slasher flick series

What I thought - A bunch of people with a fatal curse of misfortune.

Friday the 13th Part IV The Final Chapter - They still made more sequels.

Batman Forever and Batman and Robin should have had their titles switched. (*cough* JoelSchumacherishistory'sgreatestmonster *cough cough*)

RED

What it was about: Retired CIA agents forced out of retirement.

What I thought it was: A Men In Black rip-off where all the characters live in a world where everything is red.

The Lincoln Lawyer

What it was about: A lawyer whose law office is his car. Based on the novel written by Michael Connelly.

What I thought it was: A movie about a lawyer whose law office is a car lot.

Magic Mike

What it was about: A semi-autobiopic inspired by Channing Tatum's years as an "exotic dancer."

What I thought it was: A movie about a magician named Mike who performs for audiences that are mostly women.

Actually, that's not misleading; the Pink Panther was the name of the diamond.

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