I actually saw it in a theater when it came out...but nobody else was there.
If you name your movie Hudsucker Proxy, of course no one will show up. It's simply too stupid.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Xanadu, Ishtar, Mars Needs Moms, John Carter, Gigli and Special Agent: Ecks Vs. Sever also suffered from the stupid title = bomb syndrome.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Xanadu, Ishtar, Mars Needs Moms, John Carter, Gigli and Special Agent: Ecks Vs. Sever also suffered from the stupid title = bomb syndrome.
ooo... Fun, haven't posted in ages. But love a challenge.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash= LUNAR EFFECT
Lunar Effect is basically correlation of moon and erratic behavior of creatures on earth. Considering how batshit this moon-colony movie is, it fits.
Xanadu= MUSE
Simple. Understated. Movie about magical Greek Muse.
Ishtar= DEPARTURE LOUNGE
Lounge singers lives go in odd direction (hence departure) caught up in a coup that begins when their plane to Morocco has to fly via Ishtar. Might not fit the tone, but....meh....
Mars Needs Moms=
Hard to change the title really, because the small audience it did get probably was in part due to the book of the same name. But just for fun= ALIENS VS MOM (deliberate play/piggy-back on AVP franchise).
John Carter=
See above. Based on original IP/title. But again, just for fun= CIVIL WAR: MARS. Cheesy, but so is the film so tonally fits. Plus, intrigue. Not only is Mars inhabited, they're warring with each other. Also, ties in the US Civil War at the start of the movie.
Gigli= DISABLED
Hideous title, for a hideous movie. But it fits, particularly the tone. Kidnapped victim is mentally disabled. Gigli is deemed not able to do his job so lesbian assassin brought in. Gigli falling for her makes it hard to do his job. Plus, Gigli is emotionally disabled until he learns his lesson.
Special Agent: Ecks Vs. Sever= BALLISTIC
The actual game title. Perfect. No idea why they changed it.
A mixed bag, but I'd be way more inclined to watch any of these based on the revised titles than I am on the current ones.... Except Gigli.
Horrible, horrible, horrible title. Great movie. Horrible title.
No guy wants to see a movie called "The Princess Bride." No girl-over-age-11 wants to see a movie called "The Princess Bride."
If they had just titled the movie "INCONCEIVABLE!" it would have done better business. If they had titled it "ANDRE THE GIANT IN A MOVIE ABOUT PIRATES AND LOVE AND STUFF" it would have done better business.
When you look at good movies that bombed because of bad titles, then The Princess Bride is the WORST title of all time.
'Citizen Kane', 'The Magnificent Ambersons', 'Vertigo', 'It's a Wonderful Life', 'Lonely are the Brave', 'Ride the High Country', 'Raging Bull', 'King of Comedy'....I could go on. The list is very long. As I think I mentioned once before here, *none* of O. Welles' films made money except for 'The Stranger'.
BTW - also liked 'Scott Pilgrim' very much, and it did make $30 million, but I don't understand why it cost $60 m.. Guessing the animation.
When you look at good movies that bombed because of bad titles, then The Princess Bride is the WORST title of all time.
The greatest title for anything ever is for Rodney Matthews fantasy art book In Search of Forever. It's so spiritual and awe-inspiring. I think it would have been an appropriate title for Bride.
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