Movie Title Truth Percentage (spoiler alert) - Blu-ray Forum

PhysicalMediaMaestro · 05-30-2025, 09:28 PM

Before I go any further, I would like to thank Doomhunter for giving me this idea.

Some movies have titles that are completely true because the movies deliver (or even overdeliver) on their promises. Other movies have titles that are partially true or not true at all. The purpose of this thread is to list a movie title, assign that title a truth percentage from 0-100% (0% is completely false, 100% is completely true), and an explanation for the truth percentage.

I'll get things rolling by listing some movies with titles that are 100% true because the titles underpromise and overdeliver.

Title: "Twister" (1996)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: This movie doesn't give us just one twister, it gives us a total of seven tornadoes/funnel clouds.

Title: "Night At The Museum" (2006)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: We don't get just one night at the museum, we get three.

Now for a few movies that deliver exactly what they promise, no more and no less.

Title: "Home Alone" (1990)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: 8 year-old Kevin accidentally gets left home alone when his parents fly to Paris. He's at home and he's alone for most of the film.

Title: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: The central character narrates the story, promises to show us her wedding, and then shows us her wedding.

On to the titles that are less than 100% truthful.

Title: "Mission: Impossible" (1996)
Truth Percentage: 90%
Explanation: When the mission is described, it seems impossible-up until the end when it is accomplished.

Title: "Unstoppable" (2010)
Truth Percentage: 90%
Explanation: A runaway train seems unstoppable-until it's finally stopped.

Title: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2"
Truth Percentage: 80%
Explanation: While Toula is still the central character, the movie isn't about her wedding, but the wedding of her parents, who were only having a wedding ceremony because the one they had decades before wasn't legally valid. I would give this movie title a 100% truth percentage if Toula and Ian decided to have a second wedding.

Title: "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York" (1992)
Truth Percentage: 50% (or less)
Explanation: Instead of being left home alone, Kevin instead hops on the wrong plane and flies to the wrong city (New York, New York). And he spends quite a bit of time exploring the city, a city full of people, so can you really say that he's alone.

Title: "Party Girl" (1995)
Truth Percentage: 30%
Explanation: Yes, the central character gets arrested for throwing a party. But she spends the greater part of the film working at a library to pay her grandmother back for bailing her out. If you really want to see a party girl, I would recommend the 2006 Sofia Coppola film "Marie Antionette".

Please feel free to provide feedback or add your own titles, truth percentages, and explanations. Have a nice day and a great weekend.

starsteam · 05-30-2025, 10:02 PM

Title: Halloween (1978)
Truth Percentage: 99%
Explanation: Outside of the asylum escape scene, the film entirely takes place on Halloween day or eve (only theatrical version is applicable, the TV version had some scenes with undefined times).

Halloween II (1981)
Truth Percentage: 40%
The first act mostly takes place on Halloween eve but the rest of the film is early morning on November 1st.

(Someone else can do the rest)

Zivouhr · 05-30-2025, 10:02 PM

Movie title that isn't very accurate? I'll say Transformers live-action movies. It's about Transformers, but it's really about the human star where the first hour usually spends time with their way of life, and then they meet the Transformers who are really supporting cast members to the human star.

Street Fighter seems like a misleading title for the live-action film with Van Damme, as most of the time they weren't fighting in the streets, but other places.

Ecks vs Sever, that's 100% accurate, as they did fight each other, but the movie they were in was just okay at best.

I'll add in most of the Godzilla live-action films, where the humans are the stars the story focuses on most times, and Godzilla is just like a passing tornado, nuclear blast or storm.

Streamingsux · 05-30-2025, 10:08 PM

Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

10%

starsteam · 05-30-2025, 10:15 PM

Jurassic Park
20%
Of the six species of dinosaurs featured in the film, only two were actually from the Jurassic period. The rest were from the Cretaceous.

Streamingsux · 05-30-2025, 10:20 PM

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

0%

Juan de Internet · 05-30-2025, 10:26 PM

Brooklyn (2015)
40%
Feels like the screen time is about split evenly between Ireland and Brooklyn with a fair bit of time spent on the boat too.

Juan de Internet · 05-30-2025, 10:30 PM

Apocalypse Now (1979)
70%
The Apocalypse arrives more than two hours into the movie.

Zivouhr · 05-30-2025, 10:30 PM

Bruce Willis in Armageddon. Truthful title? 0%. Watch 2012 for a true apocalypse.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Streamingsux

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

0%

You're probably right about that. Other than Luke Skywalker rising from the dead as a Force spirit, but not sure that was the intent of the title since he was only a supporting character, not the main hero. Rey, she wasn't a Skywalker at all, even if she wanted to be.

Juan de Internet · 05-30-2025, 10:36 PM

Celeste + Jesse Forever

[Show spoiler]

Streamingsux · 05-30-2025, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Bruce Willis in Armageddon. Truthful title? 0%. Watch 2012 for a true apocalypse.

You're probably right about that. Other than Luke Skywalker rising from the dead as a Force spirit, but not sure that was the intent of the title since he was only a supporting character, not the main hero. Rey, she wasn't a Skywalker at all, even if she wanted to be.

I'm not 100% positive what the intent of that title was....but I fear it literally is referring to Rey because she's a Skywalker now. Because she says so I guess. I could almost forgive the movie if it had had a different title and if she'd given her name as Rey Solo at the end. THAT would have made at least MORE sense..

Jay H. · 05-30-2025, 11:10 PM

John Dies at the End - 0%
Assault on Precinct 13 - 0%
Bad Dreams - 0%

starsteam · 05-30-2025, 11:26 PM

Destroy All Monsters (1968)
9.09%
Out of the 11 monsters that appear in the film, only one is destroyed.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
33%
The subplot involving the dark side of the moon is wrapped up before the film's halfway mark.

The Birds (1963)
88%
There certainly were some birds in that movie. Could have used some more maybe.

Zivouhr · 05-30-2025, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Streamingsux

I'm not 100% positive what the intent of that title was....but I fear it literally is referring to Rey because she's a Skywalker now. Because she says so I guess. I could almost forgive the movie if it had had a different title and if she'd given her name as Rey Solo at the end. THAT would have made at least MORE sense..

She really cried when her step-father more or less, Han Solo died, and Leia was technically married to Han Solo, as Leia Solo, so Rey Solo would make sense. They were more parents to her than Luke Skywalker, who was more of a mentor.

russweiss1 · 05-31-2025, 12:12 AM

Night of the Felines
0%

Just watched this yesterday and couldn't figure out why that was the title.

PhysicalMediaMaestro · 05-31-2025, 02:43 PM

Title: "Tangled" (2010)
Truth Percentage: 0%
Explanation: At no point do we Rapunzel's hair or anyone else's hair or anything else, for that matter, get tangled.

Title: "Shrek 2" (2004)
Truth Percentage: 50%
Explanation: Shrek does appear in this film, but does he find a brother or a friend that looks just like him? No, he does not.

Title: "RoboCop 2" (1990)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: When one RoboCop is not enough, OCP decides to build a second, and the film culminates in RoboCop and RoboCop 2 battling it out.

Title: "Problem Child 2" (1991)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: If Junior is Problem Child 1, then Trixie is Problem Child 2.

Title: "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015)
Truth Percentage: 50%
Explanation: If you thought Hotel Transylvania was opening a second location, you thought wrong.

Title: "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2015)
Truth Percentage: 100%
Explanation: The plot revolves around building a second location for the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Title: "The Princess Diaries" (2001)
Truth Percentage: 5%
Explanation: Mia doesn't become a princess until the very end, and only makes one entry in her diary.

Title: "The Cable Guy" (1996)
Truth Percentage: 50%
Explanation: Yes, The Cable Guy does successfully get Steven cable without charging Steven a cent. But he's not working for any cable company when he does so, which means he's probably broken one or more laws in the process. Also, the story isn't told from The Cable Guy's point of view but from Steven's point of view.

Doomhunter · 06-01-2025, 07:54 PM

50%. Mad Max Fury Road was less about Max (or the lady character) and more about the action, direction, vehicles and bad guys. Actually my fav characters were the “bad” guy Joe and the bald guy. Of course, ex-scientist the “Warlord Joe” was really the hero who thru his scientific brilliance had kept this conclave of humanity alive after the collapse of civilization. Using his special formulas to douse the citizens in radiation rejecting medicated water as often as he could. It’s unfortunate there was confusion and prejudice that led Max and Furioosa to destroy this fragile remnant of humanity he had managed to save. And definitely too bad that after they destroyed him and his radiation fighting inventions, 97.3% of the populace died from radiation poisoning.

RFK · 06-01-2025, 09:41 PM

The Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover. - 100%
(There is a cook and a thief who has a wife that has a lover)

Night of a thousand cats - 10%
(I don't even think there are 100 cats)

The Whale - 0%
(There is no whale or fish of any kind)

05-30-2025, 09:28 PM	#1
PhysicalMediaMaestro Expert Member Member since:May 2025	Movie Title Truth Percentage (spoiler alert) Before I go any further, I would like to thank Doomhunter for giving me this idea. Some movies have titles that are completely true because the movies deliver (or even overdeliver) on their promises. Other movies have titles that are partially true or not true at all. The purpose of this thread is to list a movie title, assign that title a truth percentage from 0-100% (0% is completely false, 100% is completely true), and an explanation for the truth percentage. I'll get things rolling by listing some movies with titles that are 100% true because the titles underpromise and overdeliver. Title: "Twister" (1996) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: This movie doesn't give us just one twister, it gives us a total of seven tornadoes/funnel clouds. Title: "Night At The Museum" (2006) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: We don't get just one night at the museum, we get three. Now for a few movies that deliver exactly what they promise, no more and no less. Title: "Home Alone" (1990) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: 8 year-old Kevin accidentally gets left home alone when his parents fly to Paris. He's at home and he's alone for most of the film. Title: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: The central character narrates the story, promises to show us her wedding, and then shows us her wedding. On to the titles that are less than 100% truthful. Title: "Mission: Impossible" (1996) Truth Percentage: 90% Explanation: When the mission is described, it seems impossible-up until the end when it is accomplished. Title: "Unstoppable" (2010) Truth Percentage: 90% Explanation: A runaway train seems unstoppable-until it's finally stopped. Title: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" Truth Percentage: 80% Explanation: While Toula is still the central character, the movie isn't about her wedding, but the wedding of her parents, who were only having a wedding ceremony because the one they had decades before wasn't legally valid. I would give this movie title a 100% truth percentage if Toula and Ian decided to have a second wedding. Title: "Home Alone 2: Lost In New York" (1992) Truth Percentage: 50% (or less) Explanation: Instead of being left home alone, Kevin instead hops on the wrong plane and flies to the wrong city (New York, New York). And he spends quite a bit of time exploring the city, a city full of people, so can you really say that he's alone. Title: "Party Girl" (1995) Truth Percentage: 30% Explanation: Yes, the central character gets arrested for throwing a party. But she spends the greater part of the film working at a library to pay her grandmother back for bailing her out. If you really want to see a party girl, I would recommend the 2006 Sofia Coppola film "Marie Antionette". Please feel free to provide feedback or add your own titles, truth percentages, and explanations. Have a nice day and a great weekend.

05-30-2025, 10:36 PM	#10
Juan de Internet Expert Member Member since:Oct 2021 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	Celeste + Jesse Forever [Show spoiler]0%

05-30-2025, 10:02 PM	#2
starsteam Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Alabama 4K collection:457 Blu-ray collection:5476 DVD collection:3249 Digital collection:1331 Trading Score:261	Title: Halloween (1978) Truth Percentage: 99% Explanation: Outside of the asylum escape scene, the film entirely takes place on Halloween day or eve (only theatrical version is applicable, the TV version had some scenes with undefined times). Halloween II (1981) Truth Percentage: 40% The first act mostly takes place on Halloween eve but the rest of the film is early morning on November 1st. (Someone else can do the rest)

05-30-2025, 10:02 PM	#3
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	Movie title that isn't very accurate? I'll say Transformers live-action movies. It's about Transformers, but it's really about the human star where the first hour usually spends time with their way of life, and then they meet the Transformers who are really supporting cast members to the human star. Street Fighter seems like a misleading title for the live-action film with Van Damme, as most of the time they weren't fighting in the streets, but other places. Ecks vs Sever, that's 100% accurate, as they did fight each other, but the movie they were in was just okay at best. I'll add in most of the Godzilla live-action films, where the humans are the stars the story focuses on most times, and Godzilla is just like a passing tornado, nuclear blast or storm.

05-30-2025, 10:08 PM	#4
Streamingsux Power Member Member since:Feb 2018 Location:Texas	Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 10%

05-30-2025, 10:15 PM	#5
starsteam Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Alabama 4K collection:457 Blu-ray collection:5476 DVD collection:3249 Digital collection:1331 Trading Score:261	Jurassic Park 20% Of the six species of dinosaurs featured in the film, only two were actually from the Jurassic period. The rest were from the Cretaceous.

05-30-2025, 10:20 PM	#6
Streamingsux Power Member Member since:Feb 2018 Location:Texas	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 0%

05-30-2025, 10:26 PM	#7
Juan de Internet Expert Member Member since:Oct 2021 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	Brooklyn (2015) 40% Feels like the screen time is about split evenly between Ireland and Brooklyn with a fair bit of time spent on the boat too.

05-30-2025, 10:30 PM	#8
Juan de Internet Expert Member Member since:Oct 2021 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	Apocalypse Now (1979) 70% The Apocalypse arrives more than two hours into the movie.

05-30-2025, 11:10 PM	#12
Jay H. Blu-ray Baron Member since:Oct 2019 Trading Score:2	John Dies at the End - 0% Assault on Precinct 13 - 0% Bad Dreams - 0%

05-30-2025, 11:26 PM	#13
starsteam Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Alabama 4K collection:457 Blu-ray collection:5476 DVD collection:3249 Digital collection:1331 Trading Score:261	Destroy All Monsters (1968) 9.09% Out of the 11 monsters that appear in the film, only one is destroyed. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 33% The subplot involving the dark side of the moon is wrapped up before the film's halfway mark. The Birds (1963) 88% There certainly were some birds in that movie. Could have used some more maybe.

05-31-2025, 12:12 AM	#15
russweiss1 Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Feb 2012 Location:Southern California	Night of the Felines 0% Just watched this yesterday and couldn't figure out why that was the title.

05-31-2025, 02:43 PM	#16
PhysicalMediaMaestro Expert Member Member since:May 2025	Title: "Tangled" (2010) Truth Percentage: 0% Explanation: At no point do we Rapunzel's hair or anyone else's hair or anything else, for that matter, get tangled. Title: "Shrek 2" (2004) Truth Percentage: 50% Explanation: Shrek does appear in this film, but does he find a brother or a friend that looks just like him? No, he does not. Title: "RoboCop 2" (1990) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: When one RoboCop is not enough, OCP decides to build a second, and the film culminates in RoboCop and RoboCop 2 battling it out. Title: "Problem Child 2" (1991) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: If Junior is Problem Child 1, then Trixie is Problem Child 2. Title: "Hotel Transylvania 2" (2015) Truth Percentage: 50% Explanation: If you thought Hotel Transylvania was opening a second location, you thought wrong. Title: "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2015) Truth Percentage: 100% Explanation: The plot revolves around building a second location for the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Title: "The Princess Diaries" (2001) Truth Percentage: 5% Explanation: Mia doesn't become a princess until the very end, and only makes one entry in her diary. Title: "The Cable Guy" (1996) Truth Percentage: 50% Explanation: Yes, The Cable Guy does successfully get Steven cable without charging Steven a cent. But he's not working for any cable company when he does so, which means he's probably broken one or more laws in the process. Also, the story isn't told from The Cable Guy's point of view but from Steven's point of view.

06-01-2025, 07:54 PM	#17
Doomhunter Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2021 Location:New England 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:659 DVD collection:207 Prime collection:1	50%. Mad Max Fury Road was less about Max (or the lady character) and more about the action, direction, vehicles and bad guys. Actually my fav characters were the “bad” guy Joe and the bald guy. Of course, ex-scientist the “Warlord Joe” was really the hero who thru his scientific brilliance had kept this conclave of humanity alive after the collapse of civilization. Using his special formulas to douse the citizens in radiation rejecting medicated water as often as he could. It’s unfortunate there was confusion and prejudice that led Max and Furioosa to destroy this fragile remnant of humanity he had managed to save. And definitely too bad that after they destroyed him and his radiation fighting inventions, 97.3% of the populace died from radiation poisoning.

06-01-2025, 09:41 PM	#18
RFK Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2015	The Cook, the thief, his wife and her lover. - 100% (There is a cook and a thief who has a wife that has a lover) Night of a thousand cats - 10% (I don't even think there are 100 cats) The Whale - 0% (There is no whale or fish of any kind)

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