there's a best/worst band names topic in music, so maybe it'll work for movies.

I actually can't think of any off the top of my head, but i'll put a list together. Meanwhile, anyone else want to start it off...

The BEST worst movie title has always been The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies

one of my favorite titles is eternal sunshine of the spotless mind cuz i think it fits the movie really well. And of course...I cant forget to mention the upcoming Samuel L Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane

Yea I think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great film title, fits very well with the film and just sounds really good!
There are loads of films that have crappy film names ermm trying to think of an example, but I actually can't but most teenage rom-coms have rubbish names. Not that I'm stereotyping they're not all crap.

Worst:

"2 Fast 2 Furious" Usage of the number two is simply a sad attempt at "Urbanization" and even without the ridiculous numbers, the entire concept is stupid.

"Saw" Creates difficulty talking about it. Generally, one does not wish to say something to the effect of "I saw 'Saw' last night" or "Did you see 'Saw?"

"Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" needs no explanation, I am of the opinion that neither of the Wayans' brothers have a single ounce of talent.

"SwimFan" is not a word.

"Sky Captain and the World of Tommorrow" is far too long, I would hope that a movie title has less than ten syllables.

"You got served." Who, me?

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I think that, for the film's style and the era it's paying homage to, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is a fantastic title. As mentioned before, the poetic genius of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and the genius in simplicity of "Snakes on a Plane" certainly rank. One of my all-time favorites, though, has to be "L'avventura". Now, it may not seem impressive, but the title gives completely different perspectives on it depending on how you translate it. While most translate it as "The Adventure", I find the alternate translation, "The Fling", to be far superior and more fitting.

As for worst titles? Yeah, I gotta go with "2 Fast 2 Furious" and "Jeepers Creepers".

Any movie that starts with an "ing" verb....

BEING John Malkovich
FINDING Forrester
FEELING Minnesota
RAISING Arizona
STEALING Harvard
MAKING P-Bo Puke....

...the list goes on and on

How about "Snakes on a Plane" coming out this summer? http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/snakes_on_a_plane_a..._hissstory_20060326/

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Originally posted by LordSmoogsbottomIII:
....I cant forget to mention the upcoming Samuel L Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane

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How about "Snakes on a Plane" coming out this summer?

How about Snakes on a Plane?

best movies shawn of the dead and twister

worst movies doom and the matrix series of movies

Here are some pretty bad ones:

The Aristocrats - sounds too much like that Disney movie about cats, but is actually about this nasty joke.

Dark Water - oo, scary....NOT! Sounds more like what happens after spicy taco night at José's mexican restaurant

Stay Alive and all the other stupid horror titles that all seem to have two words in them

She's the Man - they seriously couldn't think of a better title for this movie?

Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - the two possessives make it sound too clunky

Running Scared - maybe it's the fact that there were two paul walker movies released in like the same week, but i feel a little queasy saying this one.

Cheaper by the dozen 2 - I have no problem with the title, it's the fact they made a sequel to that piece of crap that pisses me off

Good Titles:

V for Vendetta - The guy who wrote the comic book probably thought this one up, not the Wachowski bros., but i love this title

Walk the Line - sounds so much better than if they had called it "Cash" or "Johnny"

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - kinda random, but I think it sounds pretty sweet

I love & hate Starship Troopers!

No contest here: Million Dollar Baby. Worst title ever, and seems to have nothing to do with the movie at all. Not that it stopped it from making a zillion bucks mind you, but I'm of the sneaking suspicion that these days if Clint Eastwood put his name on a stinking pile of shit, people would still declare it a masterpiece. Oh, that's right, he already did, I forgot all about Mystic River.

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No contest here: Million Dollar Baby. Worst title ever, and seems to have nothing to do with the movie at all.

Not worst ever by a long shot, but pretty bad. I loved the movie and the title sounds decent, but it doesnt make much sense. Does it imply that Hilary Swank's character won a million dollars in prize money, or she's worth a million dollars to her coach, or what?

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I'm of the sneaking suspicion that these days if Clint Eastwood put his name on a stinking pile of shit, people would still declare it a masterpiece. Oh, that's right, he already did, I forgot all about Mystic River.

While I respect your right to have your own opinion, the film got four stars from Ebert and an 84 metacritic rating from 42 critics. It's hard to beleive that every one of them was just praising it because it was from Eastwood. I'd personally give it about a 75: well written story, but morose and depressing the entire movie and way too slow.


More bad movie titles:

April's Shower - wow, clever...but somehow I feel stupider hearing it.

The Sisters - Partly filmed in my hometown, but unfortunately seems to be a crappy movie (hey we had Animal House). I hate titles like this that are extremely simple and generic. Choosing a movie title is a chance to set your film apart from other films and be unique. Why choose such an unoriginal title?

Other generic/irrelevant titles - The Man, Monster, Prime, Proof, Saw, the Friday movies, Along came a Spider

The Wild - It's official, I hate everything about that movie.

Phat Girlz - Do i have to explain it?

Hoot - sounds dumb

Taxi - sounds too much like Taxi Driver, if someone ever mistakenly rented the former, it would be a waste of $5 and the one minute they spend before they realize the horrible mistake they made.

They - very overlooked Wes Craven movie. I wonder why.

fear dot com - they intentionally made it lowercase, made "dot" a word, and put spaces between the words

S.W.A.T. - They played that stupid theme song every five minutes in that movie, that alone should be enough to banish it to the bowels of movie hell

Slither - uggggggghhhh....

"Lucky Number Slevin" - can't really decide if it's bad or good, but it sounds like a B-movie title from the 50's

Re: Mystic River

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While I respect your right to have your own opinion, the film got four stars from Ebert and an 84 metacritic rating from 42 critics. It's hard to beleive that every one of them was just praising it because it was from Eastwood. I'd personally give it about a 75: well written story, but morose and depressing the entire movie and way too slow.

Heh... fair call. I guess I was exaggerating a little for effect. I didn't hate Mystic River altogether, but it was just one of those movies whose critical reaction seemed almost universally off to me. Maybe I was missing something (and I did see it in a plane, which is never good for getting into a movie properly), but what I saw from it was some hammy overacting from all concerned (particularly Sean Penn: "Is that my DAUGHTER in there?!" *ugh*), and an utterly stupid Lady Macbeth speech at the end in which we were supposed to feel something for an utterly unsympathetic character.

Just my two cents, but perhaps I should watch it again (not in a plane this time!), and get over my Eastwood-hate

Mystic River is way overrated, and I think that Million Dollar Baby is better, even if it has some unbelievable parts. Neither film is "bad", but discussing individual films is always difficult because no matter how sure you are about your opinion, another person is just as sure, but 180 degrees apart.

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Worst:

"Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" needs no explanation, I am of the opinion that neither of the Wayans' brothers have a single ounce of talent.

I disagree. There is one Wayans movie that I love. And, it has a fun title.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

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"Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" needs no explanation, I am of the opinion that neither of the Wayans' brothers have a single ounce of talent.

I guess that fact that there are currently 4 Wayans brothers stinking up the silver screen, I'd say that 'neither' should be replaced with 'any'. I do agree that, guilty pleasures aside, they all can be found in the filing system under 'Horrible'.

What was the name of that terrible film that came out a few years ago with Antonio Banderas and that attractive Asian actress who was in the CHARLIE'S ANGELS films (I can't believe I'm blanking out on her name)? Banderis and that actress played dueling secret agents. I didn't see the film, but the name was atrocious.