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Movie titles that give away the plot
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Sashca1007 on October 05, 2006, 01:31:25 am ---For some reason, the first title that came to my mind was: 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'. That title irritates me to no end, but maybe not as much as 'Can't Hardly Wait' ::) (No, I've not seen either of them.)
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Oh, Honey I Shrunk the Kids was a cute movie. Maybe because my kids were the right age when it came out, I saw it countless times. It didn't bother me.
I think any teen movie has a give away title: Sixteen Candles (about a birthday, natch); Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Adventures in Babysitting; Romie and Michelle's High School Reunion. No doubt what you are getting with any of them.
Being John Malkovich...now there is one that does give it away, but until you've seen it, you have absolutely no idea what it is going to be about. Some people, after they have seen it, still don't know. LOL. I loved this movie, btw.
Adaptation, instead of being named The Orchid Thief, was another one with a great title.
I could go on and on...
L
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: kelda_shelton on October 05, 2006, 04:02:39 am ---Brassed Off.
Ewan McGregor & Pete Pete Postlethwaite play miners and members of the mine brass band who are indeed brassed off that their pit is going to close down.
Love that film!
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The Full Monty came out not all that long afterwards and was a very similar story...but I though Brassed Off did a much better job with the subject.
L
Kelda:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on October 05, 2006, 06:48:03 am ---
Being John Malkovich...now there is one that does give it away, but until you've seen it, you have absolutely no idea what it is going to be about. Some people, after they have seen it, still don't know. LOL. I loved this movie, btw.
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I love seeing Cameron Diaz with that hair!
oh and brassed off.. I'm am completely bias there (although i love The Full Monty too) as I play in one of these british brass bands and have done for years and years. It's my geek movie because I sing my part along to all the pieces and say ooh ohh I've been there - I've done that...oooh oohh they are a GREAT band! and look she's so not playing that high C there. etc etc.
Again Billy Elliot is along the same lines..
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: kelda_shelton on October 05, 2006, 07:45:30 am ---I love seeing Cameron Diaz with that hair!
oh and brassed off.. I'm am completely bias there (although i love The Full Monty too) as I play in one of these british brass bands and have done for years and years. It's my geek movie because I sing my part along to all the pieces and say ooh ohh I've been there - I've done that...oooh oohh they are a GREAT band! and look she's so not playing that high C there. etc etc.
Again Billy Elliot is along the same lines..
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Yes, I think of Brassed Off, The Full Monty, and Billy Elliott as being the triumverate of miner movies, each showing how the town coped in a different way.
Since you brought it up, this gives me a chance to tell everyone again: I saw Billy Elliott: The Musical in London in August. Absolutely fabulous! I bought the CD and have listened to it over and over in the car. My daughter loves it as much as I do, and we have actually talked about going to London together to see the show. I am hoping comes to NY but apparently a final decision has not been made yet.
And if you don't believe me, ask Pipedream (Anke). She saw the show a few weeks ago when she was in London for the Euro Brokie get together. Her report: she liked it as much as me!
Leslie
Shuggy:
I wouldn't count either Brassed off or Ferris Bueller's Day off as giving away the plot (unless FB's DO was completely uneventful, which I doubt). If you heard of a film called Brassed Off, it might or might not have something to do with brass, but not necessarily brass bands.
And certainly not Being John Malkovitch - it wasn't called Being a Would-be Puppeteer Who Finds a Little Door in a Half-height Floor and Slides Down a Tunnel into John Malkovitch's Head, and then Invites Him to do it, When Everybody Turns Into Him, now, was it?
I meant to say this first time: the kind of film I mean is ones where a review can say "Don't see this movie, just read the title."
My main gripe with Honey I Shrunk the Kids is that it should be Shrank.
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