I actually believed the same thing for quite some time. That is just one of those movie titles that can easily lead to misinterpretation without any knowledge of the story behind the movie. (I've never seen that movie, but I figured out the title by reading film reviews for it).
Movie titles an often times be misleading. My favroite film is by Wim Wenders and is called "Wings of Desire." It was the basis for the movie "City of Angels." You can't call it a remake, because how does a woman who is a circus performer in one film somehow become a brain surgeon in the other? I often don't mention this film to people because the title sounds so pornographic. I often go with the original title, "Der Himmel Uber Berlin," but people can't find it under that name around here. If you want to watch it, try to obtain a VHS copy. I heard that the DVD version just trashed the subtitles.
One trend that I find very annoying is to name a movie after a line in popular music. -10 points if the name of the movie is the name of the song. -25 points if the movie is named after a song, but that song never appears in the movie.
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-Lydia Dietz, "Beetle Juice"
24 Jul 2005, 8:13 pm
