Misleading title - Top Five (2014) Discussion

[–] emibel19 9 years ago

Why would the title suggest hip hop anyway? It doesn't suggest anything in particular to me, so it's uninformative rather than misleading.

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[–] dnaceva 9 years ago

The movie is called "top 5" as in top 5 rappers..... They had 3 scenes where people talked about their top 5 rappers all of which could have easily been deleted cause they had nothing to do with the plot of the movie. Top 5 is a misleading title.

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[–] legendkillinpeopleschamp 9 years ago

If you don't live in NY you don't know what the hell Top five means.

Not misleading since most people have no clue it is referring to hip hop.

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[–] dnaceva 9 years ago

That's a dumb reply. People all over the world listen to hip hop. Typical New York arrogance.....

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[–] RockytheBear 9 years ago

No, actually, he/she is on the money with the NY comment. Asking who is your "Top 5" is an NYC standard that east coast peeps are likely to ask you once they meet you. It's their way of prejudging you, or if they should even waste time dealing with you.

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[–] dnaceva 9 years ago

I just had a discussion about top five rappers a few days ago. This was in Georgia.....

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[–] RockytheBear 9 years ago

Not saying it doesn't happen everywhere, but again, it's an east coast STANDARD that's been going on for years. With the release of this movie, I'm sure the trend will be spreading even more now.

But having said that, I do think it was dumb to name the title of the movie "Top 5," when that had absolutely nothing to do with the movie. It would've made more sense for the characters to name their top 5 comedians.

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[–] dnaceva 9 years ago

Hip hop has been worldwide for quite sometime. You must be living in a bubble to think the top 5 rapper conversations are new to any hip hop fans. Hip hop expanded out of NY a loooong time ago.....

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[–] RockytheBear 9 years ago

The movie's randomness of people suddenly asking "What's your top 5?" seemed to have you puzzled, and is also the basis of you starting this thread. I tried my best to explain to you that it isn't random at all in NYC, and it is a common, every day thing there, where the movie takes place. I also stated how I AGREE with you that it was a dumb title for this movie. However, reading comprehension seems to be a problem for you. So, you have a good night and Happy Easter.

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[–] David_Zen 9 years ago

I really thought they were top 5 stand-up comedians.

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[–] dannyvazmon1 7 years ago

, actually, he/she is on the money with the NY comment. Asking who is your "Top 5" is an NYC standard that east coast peeps are likely to ask you once they meet you. It's their way of prejudging you, or if they should even waste time dealing with you.

I live in the east coast and I've lived in NY, NJ, and now in Florida and I have never been asked what my "top 5" is. Maybe in certain crowds, but it is not as prevalent as you say.

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[–] uhrdavid 9 years ago

Just because you don't like it doesn't make it misleading. If you thought that this movie was about hip-hop, then you clearly either didn't watch the trailer, or are being willfully ignorant. After reading your responses to other comments on this thread, I can pretty accurately guess which one it is.

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[–] lebowskithedude 9 years ago

I wouldn't say it's a misleading title. I agree it's not the title I would've chosen, but how did it mislead you? Were you expecting Chris Rock to be playing a rapper or something?

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[–] shonoffilm 9 years ago

I kinda agree with OP. The top 5 was odd. I figured the film was about a comedian based on the movie poster before I read the synopsis. I figured top 5 referred to top 5 comedians, but it was actually hip hop. That seemed out of place.

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[–] benman46 9 years ago

The title has nothing to do with hip hop. Top five is a bonding game that has been around for many years, covering a whole range of subjects not just hip hop, top five movies etc. etc.

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[–] Howlin Wolf 8 years ago

It does seem a bit arbitrary... but at least it's IN the movie somewhere... and I don't think titles are that important, anyway.

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[–] Daenerys-Stormborn 8 years ago

Hahah! Total disconnect.

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