Deceptive Movie Titles

[coRtALoS]

One thing I've noticed about some of the greatest movies to be released in our lifetimes, is many of the greatest never seem to have the right kind of advertising or movie titles.

Titles like "Fight Club", and "American Beauty" never really struck me as movies worth watching. "Another Teenie-bopper film" I used to refer to them as.

I was hoping some of us could try to compile a list of excellent intellectual or thoughtful movies. Ranging from depressing (but brilliant), to unique. Movies that many of us may not have seen for one reason or another, whether we don't know anyone that might've already seen something, or if maybe the movie was titled improperly.

To start us off, and give you an idea of what I'm looking for, here are some movies I've seen before, that I never considered watching until a friend forced me to watch it, to which I fell in love with by the end.

Try to give as accurate of a description as possible without giving away any spoilers!

Donnie Darko - Definately not a movie you'll understand while baked/drunk. Not a movie I'd recommend while in either condition either, as some scenes might ruin that feeling of bliss. Very thoughtful, and will leave you with more to think of once the movie's over, than you will while watching it. You are required to watch this if you wish to live.

Fight Club - Don't let the name fool you, but don't take it as something you might easily be able to follow. It will make you question what is and isn't reality in your own life.

American Beauty - Not your typical Reese Witherspoon film. This film tracks the lives of about four different people, all with extremely different views on life, all mingling with each other at one point or another. If nothing else, watch it for the bag scene, and the dialogue during it. This movie will make an impact on you if you haven't seen it already.

Requiem for a Dream - This movie should be renowned for the best "Shoot-Yourself-In-The-Head" depressing movie of our lifetimes. If you think your life's bad, this movie will put you to shame. Very weird, and best if watched with a friend (not girlfriend). One of the best soundtracks I've heard in a long time as well.

[x42bn6]

Gigli - far from being 'giggly' and a gig. Painful as needles.

[Thistle]

Mighty ducks.... like where the hell were the ducks? I heard no quacks.

[Forged]

Salton Sea- Quite an odd movie, not your average val killmer movie.

Kids- This movie is just really ****ed up.

Darko is much beter when you are shrooming, only then do you understand how amazing the soundtrack really is.

Requiem was one of the most depressing movies ever...

[Emperor Pan I]

Ginger snaps - A modestly-scaled Canadian werewolf movie. "Ginger Snaps" is one of the darkest werewolf films made, and one of the most realistic, too. It's a story about a teenage girl who acquires the mythical hairraising powers of the species after being attacked and mauled in Canadian woods.

Death to Smoochy.- Im sorry, I don't know what the hell, but it was funny as hell. I can't believe I watched it, but it was definately NOT what I expected. Not a kids movie at all, instead it was rather dark but funny as hell.

[Zaku]

Originally posted by Forged
Kids- This movie is just really ****ed up.?

Seen that movie, and that is ****ed up...

[Kamikaze]

battle royale- entire classes of students are taken by the government to an island where they're forced to fight to the death. can you trust your friends, when at the end of 3 days if more than 1 person is alive everyone is killed.


Ginger snaps and Donnie Darko are 2 of my favorite movies

[ORC-r0x0r-ROC]

Urm I've seen battle royale and isn't that a bit of a spoiler? I thought a beautiful mind was very intellectual and got me thinking after the film but I think that was named correctly though, I think of any more films likie that right now.

[Thistle]

The matrix was good.

[Galatia]

Trainspotting - very dark but extremely humorous movie about scottish teenagers that would rather shoot heroin than be like their parents. Very original movie making. Watch it - if you can stand the accent

[Samsara]

Originally posted by Pan

Death to Smoochy.- Im sorry, I don't know what the hell, but it was funny as hell. I can't believe I watched it, but it was definately NOT what I expected. Not a kids movie at all, instead it was rather dark but funny as hell.

I agree,
"how the hell did you **** wally the whale?"
"THAR SHE BLOWS!"

Snatch- Fight Club meets The Sopranos, one of my fave movies.

[DigitalElite]

Snatch is a great movie! I love it

and the mighty ducks is about a hockey team named the mighty ducks, and they have a duck call! have you even seen it faerie?

[R[s]T]

thers a cartoon with ducks at the same time..

[coRtALoS]

Originally posted by Kamikaze
battle royale

****ing awesome movie. Haha, can't believe I didn't mention that.

Originally posted by Samsara
Snatch- Fight Club meets The Sopranos, one of my fave movies.

God, this thread's going to make me go out and rent all these movies at once at this rate.

Lotta good movies I've seen so far, and a lot of good recommendations I'll have to check out. Keep em comin!

[Ntrik_]

God, this thread's going to make me go out and rent all these movies at once at this rate.

Damn it I wont have enough money to rent em all! Better starting searching and dling B)

Battle Royale 2 is out, but first one > second one.

[coRtALoS]

I heard that as well. Haven't seen it yet, but I will. It's a sequel to an amazing movie. It deserves the attention of fans of the first movie.