How to Get Rich Fast
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thomascolthurstK. W. and I were talking the other day about "Hot Tub Time Machine" and that brought up the general topic of movies whose premise is contained in their title, "Snakes on a Plane" being perhaps the phenomena's epitome. This caused me to wonder about films that betray the explicit promise of their name -- would any screen writer dare attempt such a thing?
Luckily, K. W. has an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema and was able to produce the example of Abbott and Costello Go To Mars, in which (spoiler alert!) Abbott and Costello do not go to Mars. Since then, I've also thought of the following semi-examples:
Jurassic Park -- The park and movie are entirely located in the Holocene.
Star Wars -- Only one war is depicted, and though a planet is destroyed in the course of combat, the fight is between two bands of humanoids, with nary a massive ball of plasma expressing support for either side.
Citizen Kane -- Charles Foster Kane's legal status as an American is never proven, though I'm told there is a director's cut with a lovely tracking shot of his birth certificate that the studio made him remove.
A Clockwork Orange -- Do I need continue?
Anyway, I'm deliberately setting a low bar here so that you can do better in the comments. You're welcome.
Luckily, K. W. has an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema and was able to produce the example of Abbott and Costello Go To Mars, in which (spoiler alert!) Abbott and Costello do not go to Mars. Since then, I've also thought of the following semi-examples:
Jurassic Park -- The park and movie are entirely located in the Holocene.
Star Wars -- Only one war is depicted, and though a planet is destroyed in the course of combat, the fight is between two bands of humanoids, with nary a massive ball of plasma expressing support for either side.
Citizen Kane -- Charles Foster Kane's legal status as an American is never proven, though I'm told there is a director's cut with a lovely tracking shot of his birth certificate that the studio made him remove.
A Clockwork Orange -- Do I need continue?
Anyway, I'm deliberately setting a low bar here so that you can do better in the comments. You're welcome.
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Date: 2010-04-18 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-19 02:53 am (UTC)Invincible, yes. Bright, no.
I did not see the sequel.
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Date: 2010-04-19 12:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-19 01:03 pm (UTC)Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Isn't this movie about how they never get to White Castle? (I haven't seen it.)
On a more serious note, Angela's Ashes (at least the book) does not mean what the title makes you think it does.
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Date: 2010-04-21 06:46 pm (UTC)"Alice in Wonderland" - She wasn't there! It was all a dream!
"The Wizard of Oz" - He isn't actually a Wizard!
etc.