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Shuggy:

--- Quote from: Lucise on October 05, 2006, 08:44:56 pm ---Titanic.


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

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Well, there's a whole genre of one-word or one-concept titles that give away the plot - IF you already know what happened:
Wolrd Trade Center
Flight 93
JFK
Patton
Pearl Harbour
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Passion of the Christ
Caligula


Still haven't heard many that completely obscure the plot. How about

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)

From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, don't you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matilda's science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life effects each of us differently -- how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy.

Amber:
"Dumb and Dumber" certainly speaks for itself.  The only other one I can think of is "Twister" - I look at the title and assume it's about a tornado.  There is more to the story of course, but at least that gives you a decent start.

ednbarby:
How about this one:  Shakespeare in Love.  That pretty much sums it up (though I realize it was about other things on another level, too).

Lumière:
Others:

My date with Drew (sums it up pretty nicely..lol)

Glitter ..
Well ok, it doesn't give away the plot but it damn well should've .. Possible titles for Glitter:

We Are Trying To Make Big Bucks Off Of A Music Diva Who Can't Act ..
Fluff Fluff Fluff ..
Way Up There With Movies Like Gigli ..


 ;D .. ok, enough messing about .. I better git back to work..

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