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Worst title

posted 15 years ago by Forknbeans
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'In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale' has to be one of the worst titles ever conceived for a movie. It's so long, awkward and clunky, why the hell did they change it from just 'Dungeon Siege'? Not that that's a great title, but at least it's succinct. Even 'In the Name of the King' is awful. It's almost like they were trying to phonetically associate it with 'Lord of the Rings', hoping that people confuse an Oscar winning classic to a direct to video POS. They even threw in John Rhys Davies to add to the confusion. Behold:

GUY #1: Gonna rent a movie tonight, any suggestions?

GUY #2 (being drowned out by construction noise): Yeah! Check out <jackhammer sound> of the <dump truck sound> ...ing with John Rhys Davies, it's UNBELIEVABLE!"

CUT TO: GUY #1 AT VIDEO STORE

GUY #1: Ah, 'In the Name of the King' with John Rhys Davies, this must be the one. Man, I cannot wait, I'm so PSYCHED!

CUT TO: Disappointment.

[–] metalhead7321 15 years ago

Its better then

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

[–] FuxieDK 8 years ago

The "Dungeon Siege" part also confused me..

There are no dungeons, nor any sieges, om the movie.

[–] zaphod08 8 years ago

It was loosely based on the video game series, Dungeon Siege. In the first game, the protagonist starts off as a farmer.

In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.