Speaking On Movie Titles

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  1. Von Jones

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    Other than the obvious name with regard to the subject like John Wick about John Wick or Ghostbusters about ghostbusters, has there ever been a movie title that you thought just didn't fit the storyline?

    I watched on Netflix 'The Tourist' it was a pretty good suspenseful movie but at the end it left me thinking it just didn't fit the title.

    Of course I've been told that I analyze everything well, not everything.
     
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    I've finished Episodes 1 and 2 of The Tourist and I'm not sure what being a tourist has to do with it so far. I'm also not sure I'm going to watch Episode 3. I think this is going to be one of those shows that just keep adding more and more subplots to the main plot until you can't figure out where it is. Just like too many cooks spoiling the broth, too many subplots spoil the story.
     
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    I browse through the DVDs on the library shelves looking for something I might be interested in by reading the spine of the box they come in, but when the title gives no clue as to what the movie is about, I bypass a lot of good ones.
     
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    That is exactly the same thing that happens here on forums. People use some kind of a title that gives no clue what the thread is about, or sometimes use kind of a click-bait title (thinking it will draw people in) and the whole thread gets lost because the title does not give a good explanation of the thread topic, just like the movies and books that do the same thing.
     
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