Driving in Cars with Boys posted by parmanparman at 7:17 AM on August 14, 2006
Top Vampire
Top Sports Agent
Top Racecar Driver
Top Mafia Lawyer
Top Military Lawyer
Top War Protester
Top Martian Survivor posted by mcstayinskool at 7:17 AM on August 14, 2006
An Old Man Misses His Sled! posted by blahblahblah at 7:23 AM on August 14, 2006
Fred Madison Becomes Pete Dayton posted by dontoine at 7:26 AM on August 14, 2006
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. posted by SassHat at 7:28 AM on August 14, 2006
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:29 AM on August 14, 2006
A perfect description of the movie, actually. posted by splice at 7:32 AM on August 14, 2006
Jenna Jameson Does Four Guys, Two Girls, and a Medium-sized Zucchini posted by Cookiebastard at 7:32 AM on August 14, 2006
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (starring Clint Eastwood)
Confusion, Shooting, and Explosions
You Think Your Dad Is Mean! (does he sound like James Earl Jones?)
HAL Doesn't Do Doors
Two Cops Who Really Aren't Gay
The Indians Were The Good Guys
Thirty Years Ago, This was A Bad TV Show (parts 1 through 35)
Forty Years Ago, This Was A Good Cartoon
All Special Effects, No Plot posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:34 AM on August 14, 2006
Peter Sellers Acts Like A Goof and Causes Damage To Props, Scenery, and Stunt Doubles!
Al Pacino Cusses A Lot And Blood Splatters Across The Screen For Two Hours.
The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House!
Nah. I prefer the more cryptic movie titles, like Star Wars. posted by ZachsMind at 7:37 AM on August 14, 2006
delmoi: perfect posted by empath at 7:56 AM on August 14, 2006
Triumphal Ending
The Poorly Thought Out Invasion
Situation That Could Have Been Avoided If Woody Allen Was Not Involved
MacGuffin Quest II posted by robocop is bleeding at 7:56 AM on August 14, 2006
The Kid Who Sees Dead People. posted by billder at 7:59 AM on August 14, 2006
I've always been fond of "The Jerk". About as succinct as it gets. posted by Malor at 8:01 AM on August 14, 2006
Another Will Ferrell Movie
Another Adam Sandler Movie
Another Leslie Nielson Movie
Things Explode
Chickflick 2: The Same Old Stuff posted by blue_beetle at 8:02 AM on August 14, 2006
Kevin Spacey has a Midlife Crisis
White Man in South Dakota Hangs out with Indians
Over the Hill Baseball Player Pitches Perfect Game
Rich Guy Picks up Hooker and Keeps Her
Bridget Jones Writes a Bunch of Vapid Crap posted by pieoverdone at 8:15 AM on August 14, 2006
A Ragtag Band of Misfits Save the World
Turns Out, the Hero Murdered His Wife
Lost, Possibly Imaginary Daughters on an Improbably Large Plane posted by Biblio at 8:45 AM on August 14, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]
Harrison Ford's Wife Stole His Sperm, Froze It, Killed Harrison Ford's Girlfriend, And Then Put His Frozen Sperm In Her So That People Would Think He Did It, But Thank God He Has Gomez Addams As An Attourney. posted by Astro Zombie at 8:48 AM on August 14, 2006
Cars and Explosions!
Let's Fuck Up Another Philip K. Dick Novel
Further Proof That SNL Dropouts are Talentless Hack Whores
Al Pacino Sure Looks Tired posted by boo_radley at 8:48 AM on August 14, 2006
The Damp Girl on the VHS Cassette Will Kill You!
British Spy Saves the World and Fucks the Girl
Alien on a Spaceship posted by picea at 8:49 AM on August 14, 2006
Droogs who Tolchock Lewdies in the Litso and Gulliver posted by primer_dimer at 8:54 AM on August 14, 2006
All I have to say regards that damn movie posted they found for "Invasion U.S.A."
Wait, no, check that, that posted leaves me speachless.
Manly 80's stylings from Chuck Norris, shooting Uzi's randomly while looking stonefaced and dead sexy.
They're right. Chuck Norris wins. posted by daq at 8:58 AM on August 14, 2006
A trip up a river to kill the Special Forces colonel who dared to win his own way in Vietnam, while echoing Heart of Darkness posted by pax digita at 9:04 AM on August 14, 2006
Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit posted by cillit bang at 9:06 AM on August 14, 2006
The One Where Tom Cruise Runs posted by emelenjr at 9:07 AM on August 14, 2006
The Top 15 Chinese Translations of English Movie Titles
1) "The Crying Game" - "Oh No! My Girlfriend Has a Penis!"
2) "Batman & Robin" - "Come to My Cave and Wear This Rubber Codpiece, Cute Boy"
3) "Barb Wire" - "Delicate Orbs of Womanhood Bigger Than Your Head Can Hurt You"
4) "Field of Dreams" - "Imaginary Dead Baseball Players Live in My Cornfield"
5) "Twister" - "Run! Ruuunnnn! Cloudzillaaaaa!"
6) "Babe" - "The Happy Dumpling-to-be Who Talks And Solves Agricultural Problems"
7) "Love, Valour, Compassion!" - "I Am That Guy From Seinfeld So It's Acceptable for Straight People to Enjoy This Gay Movie"
8) "Scent of a Woman" - "Great Buddha! I Can Smell You From Afar! Take a Bath, Will You?!"
9) "George of the Jungle" - "Big Dumb Monkey-Man Keeps Whacking Tree With Genitals"
10) "My Best Friend's Wedding" - "Help! My Pretend Boyfriend Is Gay!"
11) "The Piano" - "Ungrateful Adulteress! I Chop Off Your Finger!"
12) "Interview With The Vampire" - "So, You Are a Lawyer?"
13) "Leaving Las Vegas" - "I'm Drunk And You're a Prostitute"
14) "Face/Off" - "Who Is Face Belonging To? I Kill You Again, Harder!"
15) "Pretty Woman" - "I Will Marry a Prostitute to Save Money" posted by Gamblor at 9:32 AM on August 14, 2006
How Two Intrepid Reporters Brought Down a President posted by pmurray63 at 9:33 AM on August 14, 2006
Nymphs, a Mouse, Brooms, and Hippopotamuses Dance to the Classics While Dinsoaurs Die and Evil Appears posted by pmurray63 at 9:36 AM on August 14, 2006
the world gets hot while some loser does powerpoint posted by pyramid termite at 9:41 AM on August 14, 2006
Sandra Bullock is for Some Reason Desirable
Ten Bucks for Two Hours in the AC
Wasn't This Actor/Actress Good in a Previous Role?
Tommy Lee Jones Sure Gets a Lot of Work
Animated Objects that Should Not Talk Do So with the Voices of Popular Commedians posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:52 AM on August 14, 2006
The Greatest Load of Bullshit Ever Told. posted by Joeforking at 9:55 AM on August 14, 2006
I always thought that any movie where the actor plays a tortured retarded person overcoming the odds or an attractive actress makes herself look ugly should be called "May I please have an Oscar?"
My daughter seems to want to watch a movie about once a year called "Steve Martin Seems to be Willing to do Some Pretty Joyless Things for Lots of Money".
Bad Lieutenant is the most apt title ever I think. posted by Divine_Wino at 10:15 AM on August 14, 2006
Viral Marketing Campaign Supposedly Containing Within It An Actual Movie posted by gurple at 10:19 AM on August 14, 2006
Cars Go Fast - Fuzzy Monster
That's what my 3 yr old calls racing games for the Xbox. posted by raedyn at 10:29 AM on August 14, 2006
Banjo Music and Tubby Man Squealing posted by nathan_teske at 10:30 AM on August 14, 2006
(hardly original, but...)
The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre posted by LordSludge at 10:34 AM on August 14, 2006
Three Dumb Asymmetrical Expressions, or Skewed Bewilderment, Twisted Rage, and Crooked Smirk--The Complete Series, starring Harrison Ford. posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:34 AM on August 14, 2006
Generic:
Western:
Evil person hoisted by own petard with assistance from hero
Chinese:
Fighting over ancient relic, many die
Celebrate my child molesting father's birthday? No chance! i'd rather shatter the illusion of a happy family
Experiments with childrens' minds leads to Tokyo blowing up, again posted by asok at 10:35 AM on August 14, 2006
Tom Cruise Drives a Car Real Fast
Tom Cruise Flies a Plane Real Fast
Tom Cruise Has a Retarded Brother
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman Need to Have More Sex
Tom Cruise in the Future!!
(I really hate Tom Cruise...) posted by LordSludge at 10:36 AM on August 14, 2006
You need look no further than the movies of Troy McClure:
The President's Neck is Missing!
The Boatjacking of Supership 79
They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall
The Frontier Family Get Deer Ticks posted by PlusDistance at 10:44 AM on August 14, 2006
Don't forget Futurama's TV show "Single Female Lawyer"
-theme song-
Single female lawyer
fighting for her clients
wearing sexy miniskirts
and being self-reliant posted by dkirk78 at 10:53 AM on August 14, 2006
I remember a pirate movie called, inexplicably, Pirate Movie... posted by pax digita at 11:00 AM on August 14, 2006
Oh, and then there's The Last Remake of Beau Geste. posted by pax digita at 11:01 AM on August 14, 2006
In honor of Snakes On A Plane slithering into theaters this coming weekend...
Honor? Really? posted by prostyle at 11:07 AM on August 14, 2006
prostyle, sometimes two Rs can look like an N. posted by fidelity at 11:31 AM on August 14, 2006
Man, that Civil War was Long!
Stella be Crazy
Rick Still Thinks About Paris Sometimes posted by Gilbert at 1:29 PM on August 14, 2006
They forgot "Honey, I shrunk the kids" posted by darkripper at 1:41 PM on August 14, 2006
Five guys who aren’t Keyser Soze, except one of them is, it’s probably this guy, except it isn’t.
Keanu Reeves: standing around and talking.
Not an adaptation of the novel, but look! it’s got the same title.
Drug writer paranoid wife secret Bill Lee agent shoot typewriter cockroach Cronenburg substance Interzone giant insect Islamic Burroughs Africa port bug powder hallucination biography exterminator. posted by Smedleyman at 2:00 PM on August 14, 2006
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) or (2006)
this is what's great about Hollywood: Freedom of Choice posted by I, Credulous at 2:12 PM on August 14, 2006
Black Hawk has Crashed.
G.I. Jane is a women.
Guy that can't form new memories, uses tattoos, polaroids and notes to himself instead, seeks revenge. posted by econous at 2:34 PM on August 14, 2006
(Your Favorite Actress) Shows Her Tits. posted by Demogorgon at 3:15 PM on August 14, 2006
Two Lonely Americans meet in Japan.
Charlie Kauffman does not want to make the Orchid Thief into a movie. posted by drezdn at 3:19 PM on August 14, 2006
Tom Hanks is nice posted by Sparx at 3:46 PM on August 14, 2006
Alice's Restaurant. posted by Demogorgon at 3:58 PM on August 14, 2006
Quirky Parisian Girl posted by Flashman at 4:02 PM on August 14, 2006
Quirky Parisian Girl meets bloated sodomist posted by Sparx at 4:21 PM on August 14, 2006
Spike Lee Sure Has Issues With White People, Parts I through however many there are posted by emelenjr at 4:35 PM on August 14, 2006
Some Spanish translations (retranslated to English):
Thelma and Louise - An Unexpected Ending
Snatch - Pigs and Diamonds
Police Academy - Crazy Police Academy
Hot Shots - Crazy Pilot Academy
The Naked Gun - And Where is the Policeman?
Airplane - And Where is the Pilot? posted by Penks at 4:54 PM on August 14, 2006
Let's Fuck Up Another Philip K. Dick Novel
This made me laugh. Hard.
4200 feet of film
I think this is my favorite though.
Hmm,
Guys catch ghosts.
People play kids game to save gym.
Black guy with sword kills vampires.
Nah, I'm no good at this. Carry on. posted by quin at 6:40 PM on August 14, 2006
Belle/Bitch
Lam+Drag
2001 Minutes
Xanadon't posted by rob511 at 9:14 PM on August 14, 2006
"Jews on a Train"
I'm glad you included a link, because I was thinking you meant "Throw Mama from the Train," which deserves at least an honorable mention.
George Clooney Fucks up Another One (subtitled: He Can't Act, But Women Seem to Love Him). All purpose, really, but I'm thinking mainly of Solaris. He might do well as the pompous ass in Flow My Tears as the obnoxious self-loving aging celebrity, because he could play himself. posted by Eideteker at 2:22 AM on August 15, 2006
Tom Hanks Finds Meg Ryan Attractive. posted by dubold at 6:38 AM on August 15, 2006
what about Home Alone? posted by dubold at 6:38 AM on August 15, 2006
I Swear It's Not The Drugs, It's Me Mum and The War Wot Killed Me Daddy. posted by owhydididoit at 7:41 AM on August 15, 2006
In the latest Disney blockbuster, a motherless youth finds that his strange new friends are just what he needs to overcome the big problem, using teamwork and courage. posted by Megafly at 4:33 PM on August 16, 2006
Cowboys can be Homosexual, Too. posted by spock at 7:06 AM on August 21, 2006
He's Keyser Soze!
She's a man!
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