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red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 04:11 PM Oct 2018

Name a good movie (or 2, or 3) with a bad title

Two very funny movies come to mind:

1) "Me, Myself & Irene" is a great comedy starring Jim Carey and Renee Zellweger
(especially that scene with the cow in the road)

2) "What Planet Are You From" was directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Gary Shandling, Annette Bening and John Goodman.

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Name a good movie (or 2, or 3) with a bad title (Original Post) red dog 1 Oct 2018 OP
Anything with the word American* in it... lame54 Oct 2018 #1
Except for American Graffiti! CurtEastPoint Oct 2018 #2
What about "American Graffiti"? red dog 1 Oct 2018 #3
good movie - the title has been repeated over and over... lame54 Oct 2018 #4
I agree red dog 1 Oct 2018 #6
American Hustle is good but it's from 2013 TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #12
Dude, where's my car? LuvLoogie Oct 2018 #5
Good one! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #7
With Six You Get Eggroll. Chipper Chat Oct 2018 #8
Taken underpants Oct 2018 #9
I'll check it out red dog 1 Oct 2018 #10
The Shawshank Redemption TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #11

lame54

(35,317 posts)
1. Anything with the word American* in it...
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 04:14 PM
Oct 2018

Enough already

*Not implying they are all good - Just so tired of it

lame54

(35,317 posts)
4. good movie - the title has been repeated over and over...
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 04:19 PM
Oct 2018

movies songs books - there are so many many titles with American in it

red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
6. I agree
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 04:32 PM
Oct 2018

In fact, except for American Graffiti, I can't think of any other film with "American" in the title that I've liked.

I heard that a newly released movie called "American Hustle",,based on the ABSCAM scandal, is pretty good..[Original title was "American Bullshit"]

underpants

(182,870 posts)
9. Taken
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 05:00 PM
Oct 2018

I thought "An Extraordinary set of skills" would have been better

"What Planet..." the scene where Shandling and Benning are in nonstop sex. She says "You even kept going when I was eating....I shouldn't have had the soup" or something like that. Very very funny. BTW - check out "Making Mike Nichols" documentary on HBO. Very good.

red dog 1

(27,845 posts)
10. I'll check it out
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 05:08 PM
Oct 2018

One of my favorite scenes was after he just got off the plane, and outside the airport he went up to a woman and tried to hit on her while slapping his buzzing crotch.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,211 posts)
11. The Shawshank Redemption
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 05:35 PM
Oct 2018

Amazing film, but it was a dud at the box office. Thankfully it found viewers on cable and video.

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