Movies that would be interesting if they were more literally connected to their titles?

[Jayson1]

I can think of some movie idea's that might work if you took the name of the movie and made a more literal story from that title:
1 "The Hills Have Eyes": A movie about a bunch of hills with eyes in them. With eyes you would imagine they would be self aware so what would a self aware hill think about and how would humans interact with them.

2 "Star Wars": A movie were movie stars go to war with sports stars. It get to the point were they start using weapons and fighting each other over some undefined objective. Perhaps money or more attention from the general public.

3 "Scream": a movie were the characters yell and scream ever line. Might be a romantic comedy but it still doesn't change the way they talk to each other and even the bit characters do like a waiter or taxi driver the main characters have to interact with for maybe one scene.

4 "Batman" A movie about a superhero that is part human/ part baseball bat. Perhaps head and torso make up the human part and arm,legs,neck and private part are baseball bats that extend from the human parts.

Jason

 

[scotpens]

We did a similar thread over on the Classic Horror Film Board about movie titles that sound like horror/monster flicks but are something altogether different.

The Conqueror Worm. Not a single giant man-eating worm in the entire picture!
The Night of the Iguana. Well, there's an iguana in it, but not a giant monster one that comes out at night and stomps cities flat.
Attack of the Puppet People. I was expecting tiny doll-size aliens to descend en masse and attack people by biting them on the ankle.

 

[Greg Cox]

Blade Runner isn't about speeding ice skaters at all!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Reservoir Dogs

A movie about dogs who swim in the reservoir.

The Wolf of Wall Street

A wolf has gotten loose in wall street.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

2 "Star Wars": A movie were movie stars go to war with sports stars. It get to the point were they start using weapons and fighting each other over some undefined objective. Perhaps money or more attention from the general public.

I was thinking even more literally would be far more interesting: A war between actual stars in the universe.

 

[tharpdevenport]

"The Fast and the Furious"
A movie about people who can run really fast and they're furious about it for some reason.

 

[Jayson1]

What about "Hamburger Hill" A hill filled with tons and tons of hamburgers.

"Apollo 13" A movie about the Greek God of Apollo and what he was like when he was just 13 years old or a movie about Apollo Creed from "Rocky" who has been cloned many times and this movie is about the clone 13 in these experiments.

"Charlie's Angels" I movie about a man named Charlie who has enslaved those God based lifeforms for some kind of motive.

Jason

 

[Turd Ferguson]

"Beetlejuice"
There's a new diet craze where the main liquid being ingested is the juice from squished up beetles.

"Get Smart"
Several kids decide to enrich themselves by attending university.

"Raising Arizona"
The Governor of Arizona decides he wants his state to hold the record for the highest state above sea level.

"Sucker Punch"
Some jackass runs around and punches random people before running off.

"Twister"
Two hours of people playing the classic game.

 

[Jayson1]

"Cape Fear" A movie about people afraid of people who wear capes.

"Flash Gordon" A movie about a disturbed man named Gordon who goes around wearing a trenchcoat and flashing woman when he see's them.

"The Horse Whisperer" A story about a Horse that only makes horse sounds to people's ears because he/she doesn't want others to hear them.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" A move about a vampire named Buffy who loves to ride slays to a point were she is better than anyone else at it.

"Bug" A movie about a kid who keeps driving his/her parents off the wall late at night when they just want to get some sleep.

Jason

 

[Turd Ferguson]

"House of 1000 Corpses"
The new house down the street, much to the chagrin of the neighbors, is being constructed using some unconventional building materials.

 

[Kor]

"Rocky" is two hours of footage of a landscape with lots of rocks on the ground.

Kor

 

[tharpdevenport]

"Milk"
A film about milk.


"Last Chance Harvey"
After an endless stream of excuses, Harvey Weinstein is given one final chance to confess and turn himself in.
If successful, it will lead to a sequel that ties into the universe of "Milk", called "Harvey Milk". It's best not to describe the plot.


"Green Lantern"
It's a lantern -- painted green!


"Jumper"
He threatened to jump. They didn't listen.


"The LEGO Movie"
People playing with Lego's. Because buying a movie ticket is cheaper than buying Legos. Or even tickets for a whole family.


"The Rock"
You won't be able to wait to tell your friends -- none of them have a rock this big.

 

[Jayson1]

"Canadian Bacon" A movie where Micheal Moore eats Canadian Bacon from different locations and picks his favorite spot.

"New Jack City" A brand new city has just been created named 'Jack City" and we follow several of it's occupants.

"Hoop Dreams" The story about a basketball hoop that comes to live and we see what this new life dreams about when it sleeps.

Jason

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Punch Drunk Love

The punch is spiked, and everyone at the party gets so drunk they start making love.

 

[Mojochi]

Wonder Woman It's a simple tale about a curious lady, who just ponders a lot of stuff

Cast Away Fishing... just a lot of fishing. Specifically the parts dealing with how to put fishing lines in the water

Moneyball Story of an inventor who tries to take on the wallet industry with his revolutionary ball for storing currency

Young Guns Documentary on the proper way to break in recently manufactured firearms

And I think everyone is forgetting the obvious one
Star Trek A guy decides to take a walk on a star. He dies

 

[Jayson1]

I got another one for, Cast Away: It's a movie about a film set were everyone is trying to make a film but for some reason the cast of the movie is never around. They are away, somewhere and it's the directors job to find each of them and get them to the set.

Jason

 

[Kor]

Dr. No - a physician with high ethical integrity who refuses to prescribe to patients who just make excuses to try to get narcotic painkillers. Just say "no" to prescription drug addiction.

From Russia With Love - A tourist visiting Russia sends postcards with these words on them.

Goldfinger - A guy with a prosthetic finger made of gold.

Thunderball - A fascinating documentary about the new sport with a ball that makes a loud thundering noise during the whole game.

Casino Royale - The royal family plays poker in their own private casino for two hours.

You Only Live Twice - Some guy dues and comes back to life and dies again, and doesn't come back to life after that.

Kor

 

[TheCrankyCardassian]

Dang it! I was going to say Thunderball as a medical documentary about testicular related sports injuries.

 

[Mojochi]

No Country For Old Men - A silly comedy about the madcap antics of lovable grumpy old men (Matthau, Lemon) having to protest the format change of their favorite old timey, country & western radio station

Dog Day Afternoon - The tale of a cartoon puppy getting mix up one afternoon in a quirky adventure

Minority Report - An inside look at the productivity of the diversity branch of a company's Human Resources department

Saw - Lumberjacks, just a lot of busy lumberjacks, competing to see who's the best lumberjack

Spoiler

Stallone

 

[Jayson1]

Magic Mike: A story about a man named Mike and how he loves to entertain people with his magic skills.

Saving Private Ryan: Private Ryan becomes a aithest and he has a Christian friend who feels he needs to save him so he will go to heaven.

Do the Right Thing: Story about someone who knows they are destined to someday have sex with Thing from "The Adams Family" but when they find Thing the discover their is two of them because one has been cloned and this person had to figure out which version they were supose to have sex with.

Jason