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moremojo:
Titles of so-called adult productions often leave little in the way of imagination in terms of what they will reveal. I remember a softcore West German film that was transmitted on cable back in the early Eighties, whose English-language title was given as She's 19 and Ready.

Some examples of early, so-called primitive cinema are distinguished by prosaic, overly descriptive titles, such as Photographing a Female Crook and Electrocuting an Elephant.

I have noticed a trend since the early Nineties or so of really unimaginative titles, often involving a gerund, which basically desribe the narrative arc of the story in the tersest terms possible. Examples include Chasing Amy, Finding Nemo, and Finding Neverland.

opinionista:
How about John Travolta's The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. That sure gives away the entire plot! Even more than Jake Gyllenhaal's Bubble Boy, that sort of gives away the plot too. And also Getting Away with Murder starring Dan Aykroyd; She's Having a Baby with Kevin Bacon; Father of the Bride and The Man with Two Brains, with Steve Martin; The Breakup with Jennifer Anniston.

Lumière:
Titanic.


Well, you know how it is gonna end .. !  ;)

MaineWriter:
How about Plan 9 From  Outer Space? Since that movie had no plot, there was nothing to give away with the title.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is pretty descriptive, too.

L

delalluvia:
LOTR:  Return of the King (even Tolkien hated that title)
Star Wars III:  Revenge of the Sith

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