Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Monday movie titles game

Since it's Easter Monday and no doubt raining in England (and here too), I think we all need a game to play. Here's a fun one, which I am stealing unashamedly from Lord Celery's blog.

Think of a famous movie. Change one letter (just one letter, mind) in the title, and produce a new movie, the one they could have had a lot of fun making if only they'd left that typo in the original proposal.

Let me start you off.

Dig Hard - Bruce Willis's lesser known gardening epic

Fission Impossible - the story of how the atom was split

Chariots of Fife - Ben Hur's visit to Scotland

Shrew
- you thought he was an over-sized green ogre, but in fact Princess Fiona was rescued by a tiny furry rodent with a Scottish accent

Paws - when the Australian coastline was terrorised by a man-eating chihuahua

Star Wart
- Steven Spielberg's budget-busting series about an inter-galactic facial blemish

The 39 Stops - life as a driver on the Northern Line

Schindler's Lift - the history of the world's third largest elevator company

Now it's your turn.
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20 comments:

  1. Iota, it's not raining in our small town in Hertfordshire, England today but it's not sunny either.

    I like the movie titles game! The examples you give are great! Very funny. I can't think of any at all right now but I read your post to my husband and this was his suggestion:

    "Stab Wars" - teenage life on the streets of Britain.

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  2. And with the simple addition of a hyphen to an existing classic title, I've just thought of the perfect name for the film, yet to come, that looks at the phenomenon of the blogosphere. It would be 'The Great E-scape'.

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  3. Who knew that Sarah Jessica Parker and her friends were really into the world of craft activity? All is revealed in 'Sew and the City'.

    Then there's the Bridget Jones sequel when she divorces Mark Darcy, moves to the country, marries a farmer, and we learn all about 'Bridget Jones's Dairy'. (Switching round two letters counts as changing one, I think.)

    I've got to stop this game right now.

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  4. Try a missing letter -

    'Spiderma'

    Life as a working mom and superhero.

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  5. I LOVE this game.

    Raiders of the Lost Arm
    King Pong
    Four Beddings and A Funeral
    The Gizard of Oz
    My mind is racing now!

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  6. Oh this is brilliant, but I know I'm going to be really bad at it!!
    And yes, it hissed down here all day, although they still went ahead with the Chicago Cubs season opener. Freezing!

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  7. After spending all week packing up the house ready to move, mine are:
    Gone with the wind - Gone with the wine
    Tess - Mess
    and I know it's really a series but can I be allowed
    House - Mouse after discovering a rodent had chewed through my hand knitted scarves in the cupboard under the stairs?
    and another series...
    Bones - Boxes
    Oh, this is very therapeutic!
    Fran x

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  8. And then there's the history of China, The Lord of the Mings. And the Scottish epic, Devolutionary Road. Lastly, the sequel to the Wind in the Willows, Revolutionary Toad. Oh no, sorry, that wasn't the last one, The Fridges of Madison County has just been yelled up the stairs...

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  9. About a Box
    Move Actually
    Silly Elliott
    Live and let Dig
    Slumbog Millionaire
    Chitty Chitty Gang Bang
    The Jungle Boot

    The possibilities are endless!

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  10. A Mug's Life
    Raiders of the Lost Bark
    Colt
    Weeping Beauty
    Snow Shite

    Oh dear, these are all kids' films. I must get out more!

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  11. Dirty Lancing - Knights in messy armours
    My best friend's bedding - Love in the launderette
    Slumhog millionaire - A truffel pig's muddy road to success

    HAHA. Love it!

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  12. Who is this Ed guy? He paid a visit at my place too? Doesn't he know most of us can't read it?

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  13. I gave you an award, you can pick it up at my blog, Bella is reading.

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  14. Ooh I like this one.

    Last and Furious (especially if you're a very competitive 4 -year-old).

    The Coat that Rocked - Tales of an uneven coat peg.

    Dead Man Talking - Tales from the grave.

    Pulp Diction - He never was good at talking.

    Forest Dump - Well if you can't find a loo what are you to do?

    Schindlers Lost - he never did have a good sense of direction.

    Might have to go off and think of some more!

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  15. THis has kept me going all through cooking tea.

    Glumdog Millionaire. - every sad dog has its dream.
    The mysterious case of Benjamin Mutton.
    The Boat that Mocked. and played Rock
    Apocalypse How?
    The Dear Hunter
    The SodFather (Parts 1 & 2 only)
    The Italian Jog - Michael Caine in an effort to get fit.
    Lord of the Pings - the 1980s video game fanatic
    Fop Gun - A Hugh Grant lookalike figher pilot takes on the Russians

    I'm loving this game.

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  16. Fabulous, just fabulous. My brain has gone curiously blank but love all the suggestions and know this will now haunt me as I lie in bed tonight...So if I suffer a bout of insomnia, it will be ALL your fault!

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  17. Tea time again. I got more

    It's a Wonderful Wife (obviously)
    When Harry let Sally
    Braveheard
    The cook, the thief, his wife and her cover

    I love this game.

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  18. I want to play! But my mind has gone blank....loved reading the others though! I'll have a think and come back.

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  19. Actually the weather's been beautiful in England, but always useful to have a rainy day option up the sleeve;-)

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  20. ha ha ha, love this game! And yet...and yet...I can't think of any. At least not any that are actually funny. I shall think on it some more...

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