there must be a logical reason for all
this shut up welcome to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 20 movies that picked the
wrong name
vin diesel is triple x
the situation you find yourself in is of
your own doing
well that's good news yeah for this list
we're looking at movies with inaccurate
misguided or just
bad titles that could have used some
tweaking remember that you can't always
judge a movie by its title as some of
these are classics
others however live up to their poor
titles what movie do you think picked
the wrong name
let us know in the comments number 20.
willy wonka and the chocolate factory
based on the book
charlie and the chocolate factory one
might assume that this adaptation is all
about willy wonka due to the title
yes the danger must be growing for the
rowers
keep on rowing and they're certainly not
showing any signs
that they are slowing
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yet charlie remains the true focus
throughout and the mysterious candyman
doesn't appear until the second act
the title was apparently changed to
promote quaker oats tie-in waka bar
which didn't even end up in stores while
charlie reclaimed his titular character
status in the tim burton reimagining
that film arguably put more emphasis on
johnny depp's wonka
wow that's good news yeah
number 19. arthur christmas okay
let's show them people operation santa
claus
is coming to town centered on santa's
son
this underrated christmas movie deserves
a wider audience
we think the title may have contributed
to its financial failure we get that
arthur christmas derives from father
christmas the english name for santa
claus
since arthur's surname is claus though
shouldn't it be called arthur claus
who knows maybe the filmmakers wanted to
avoid comparison to fred claus but
everyone seems to confuse this movie
with the aardvark and dudley moore
character
number 18 tangled alright listen
i didn't want to have to do this but you
leave me no choice
here comes the smolder
based on a fairy tale called rapunzel
about a character named rapunzel
this disney film was naturally going to
be called rapunzel
after the princess and the frog
underperformed however disney gave
rapunzel a more gender-neutral title
tangled so i have made the decision to
trust you a horrible decision
many audiences and even disney animators
like floyd norman found the change
unnecessary but it kicked off a trend
with the snow queen becoming
frozen what's next a princess in the
frog series just called tiana
oh wait number 17 army of darkness who
the hell are you
name's ash
housewares we love the evil dead movies
but
the titles can be confusing evil dead 2
is more of a remake parody of its
predecessor than a sequel
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while the third film is a direct
follow-up you wouldn't guess that based
on the name
being such a departure we suppose evil
dead 3 wasn't the most appropriate title
since it's part of the evil dead
franchise though we think army of
darkness should have kept its original
title
medieval dead number 16 xxx
this is one of those movies where you
need the announcer to clarify the title
in the trailer
vin diesel is triple x
shaken and stirred if you looked at the
poster
one might assume that it's called xxx as
opposed to
xxx we also wouldn't be surprised if a
few people thought the film was about an
alcoholic beverage
or the kind of movie you'd find in the
adults-only section of a video store
grand theft auto reckless endangerment
and that little bridge stunt of yours
makes you a three-time loser maybe ought
to call yourself triple x
why not just call it xander cage number
15
war for the planet of the apes i
did not start this war
this otherwise amazing trilogy has its
titles
all mixed up the first film should have
had dawn in the title
as the planet of the apes was just
beginning the second film should have
had war in the title
as the conflict between the humans and
apes started to escalate
then the third film should have been
rise of the planet of the apes as the
evolved primates inherit the earth
humans once ruled
there we fixed it number 14 brazil
it's hard to describe this utterly
unique sci-fi satire in one word
likewise the title does little to
reflect the plot
the movie doesn't take place in brazil
center on a character from brazil
or have anything to do with the country
while the name stems from the song
aquarella du brasil
which is featured in the movie it still
comes off as misleading
given its off-beat tone however you
could argue that having the wrong name
feels kind of right
number 13 the never-ending story we
understand that this fantasy movie's
title wasn't meant to be taken literally
there are many different ways to
interpret the story's never-ending
nature
i will rip you to trench at the end of
the day though
the movie concludes after 94 minutes to
paraphrase lionel hutz
that's fraudulent advertising this is
the most blatant case of fraudulent
advertising since my suit against the
film the never-ending story
if you really don't want the story to
end there are two sequels and
an animated series you know what you're
better off stopping where the first film
ended
inaccurate title aside number 12. honey
i blew up the kid
all right i confess i did it did what
i blew up the baby where the first film
had wayne zielinski shrink his kids
the sequel sees his two-year-old son
grow to the size of a building
adam don't touch the guitar
the title suggests something much darker
when we first heard it we all jumped to
the conclusion that zielinski literally
blew up his kid to smithereens obviously
that wasn't going to happen in a disney
movie but the title could have clarified
then again honey i enlarged the kid
isn't nearly as attention-grabbing
number 11 romancing the stone all right
cousin
as usual you got us in some serious yeah
this robert zemeckis film is an
adventure in the spirit of indiana jones
although the screenplay was written five
years before raiders of the lost ark
based on the title one would expect a
rom-com centering on someone attempting
to
literally strike up a relationship with
an actual stone or some sort of stone
creature
jesus christ we're in a lot of trouble
understatement of the year [ __ ] sure
there's romance
there is a stone and jewelers may
appreciate the title
death of the green jewel would better
reflect its adventurous tone though
number 10 the constant gardener look old
chap do you think i could stop doing
that a moment
something wrong going into this
thrilling drama
we anticipated something a tad more
tranquil gardening is such a peaceful
activity
we figured that the biggest conflict
would be peter rabbit eating some of
refined carrots
either that or maybe his azaleas might
get stepped on that title did not
prepare us for a movie where finds is
widowed and a corporate scandal is
unearthed
although there is gardening it ties in
more figuratively to the hero's journey
don't try and play detective number nine
book of shadows
blair witch ii you know if you don't
believe in the blair witch then why the
hell did you bother to come
i thought the movie was cool coming off
its immensely popular predecessor we
were intrigued to find out what the book
of shadows was
more than 20 years later we still don't
know what the book of shadows is
it is never mentioned or seen in the
film despite popping up in the teaser
perhaps the title was a gimmick to
attract the charmed audience
in any case why does the subtitle come
first it should at least be
blair witch ii book of shadows what is
this
what did you make us do number eight
edge of tomorrow based on the light
novel all you need is kill
most audiences underestimated this
sci-fi flick due to its marketing
it's obvious i don't belong here
so please sergeant there has to be a way
i can make a phone call
an uninspired title like edge of
tomorrow doesn't represent the film's
inventive screenplay or cool action doug
lyman wanted to call the film live die
repeat
although the studio didn't take his
suggestion until the film's home media
release
if that sequel is still happening please
keep the reported title
live die repeat and repeat we wonder
what the third movie's title is gonna be
listen to me listen to me
neither one of us is getting out of here
number seven
avengers age of ultron whenever the
avengers assemble
we expect epic things while age of
ultron is by no means small in scale
the story doesn't quite live up to its
intimidating title
wouldn't have been my first call but
down in the real world were faced with
ugly choices
to make matters confusing the movie also
shares the same title as a marvel comics
crossover event
which has a completely different
storyline although the minds behind the
movie said it would have a different
plot
why didn't they just come up with a new
title it's also not exactly age of
ultron
seeing as how the avengers defeat him in
a few days tops
well that was easy you know with the
benefit of hindsight
number six bambi ii for a dark period
disney had a habit of releasing
direct-to-video sequels to their
animated classics
it's difficult to explain oh at least
some of them were sequels
others took place somewhere in the
middle of their predecessors
like tarzan 2 and fox and the hound 2
bambi two is an
interqual that fills the gap between the
emotional scarring and the titular deer
getting twitter painted
despite the two it's no sequel at least
the lion king one and a half was honest
number five i still know what you did
last summer
this slasher sequel takes place a year
after the first film
so technically it should be called i
know what you did two summers ago
i know what you did last summer too also
would have made more sense
as is the title is about as competent as
our main characters
who think the capital of brazil is rio
de janeiro oh no
did you say rio no
yes
actually brasilia by the way hey maybe
this movie should have been called
brazil
we didn't even answer the radio question
right this whole thing was a setup
number four saw the final chapter if
friday the 13th taught us anything it's
that the final chapter is never the
final chapter
at least not in the horror genre the
situation you find yourself in
is of your own doing nevertheless the
saw franchise continued this gimmick
with its quote-unquote final chapter
despite being followed by 2017's jigsaw
with more films coming adding to the
confusion the film is alternatively
known as
saw 3d which just gets us mixed up with
saw 3.
why wasn't the movie simply called seven
it's quite flattering how many people
have responded to my story and if i can
help a few people along the way then
then i'm i'm pleased
number three troll two this title has
one word
and one number and neither is accurate
there must be a logical reason for all
this
shut up for starters the film has no
trolls
the villains are vegetarian goblins
hence why the original script was called
goblins
the higher-ups didn't have much faith in
the film however gee you can't imagine
why
so they falsely advertised it as a
sequel to troll
even though there was no real connection
we all know what this movie should have
been named
oh my god
number two star wars episode two attack
of the clones
i don't like sand it's coarse
and rough and irritating
and it gets everywhere star wars is
another franchise that got its titles
turned around
since episode 1 commences anakin
skywalker's origin story
that film probably should have been rise
of skywalker and episode 9 should have
been the phantom menace given the
emperor's resurrection
somehow palpatine returned
wait do we believe this it cannot be
however the one that really draws our ir
is attack of the clones
sure the clones get to do some fighting
in the climax but the real
attack comes in the next movie when
order 66 is executed
before we unveil our top pick here is an
honorable mention
mission impossible rogue nation a whole
nation doesn't go rogue
the mission wasn't impossible and this
title is all wrong
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number one the karate kid while a karate
kid remake wasn't necessary
this film gave the familiar story a
fresh spin by moving to china and
focusing on kung fu
students oh great that solves everything
for me i'll just
go down to school and straighten it out
with the teacher no problem
so why wasn't the film called the kung
fu kid or
even the kung fu dream as it's known in
china we get that the karate kid is a
brand name but
we still would have made the connection
now whenever somebody mentions the
karate kid
we have to ask 1984 or 2010 thanks
be respectful i got it i put my jacket
on a thousand times
i took it off a thousand times okay this
is stupid
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