There some amazing, descriptive or just plan tough movie names out there.
And then there are the mouthfuls that make you wonder what their creators were thinking when they came up with them.
Here's our definitive list of the stupidest movie monikers around...
Star Wars (1977)
The Rubbish Name: Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing)
Who He Is: He's the Empire's Big Dog aside from Darth Vader on the Death Star. It's implied he's even senior to the Sith Lord as he has the balls to talk back to him without fear of a throat-crushing punishment.
Okay, so maybe it's a title. But "Grand Moff"? Really? The Empire thought that was a good military term?
What He Sounds Like: The galaxy's swinging-est porn star and all-round ladies' man.
Given how wrinkly he is, we doubt it, but then look at Michael Douglas.
Disturbia (2007)
The Rubbish Name: Kale Brecht (Shia Labeouf)
Who He Is: A house-bound teen who, after one arrest too many is stuck in his room and notices a possible murder happening in his neighbour's house.
He decides to investigate, Rear Window-style.
What He Sounds Like: The sort of snooty, poetry-quoting jerk who gets in the way of true love for two acts in a romantic comedy, before the heroine decides she loves the spunky, blue-collar hero.
Think the sniffly violinist in Ghostbusters that Bill Murray mocks- that type.
Kill Bill: Vol 2 (2004)
The Rubbish Name: Beatrix Kiddo (Uma Thurman)
Who She Is: She mostly goes by the code name The Bride as part of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, before she decides to quit and her old colleagues track her down to murder her.
But she escapes death and, lacking her real name, swears revenge.
What She Sounds Like: It's probably better she doesn't remember for a while - no one with her name could do what she does.
"Beatrix Kiddo" sounds like a comedy rabbit in an animated movie.
Next: Valentine McKee, Flipper Purify, Dickie Greenleaf
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Toursiveu
Dec 9th 2009, 11:27
How can you forget about Cyborg? Jean-Claude Van Damme's character is named Gibson Rickenbacker. And the bad guy is... Fender Tremolo!
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Hadouken76
Dec 9th 2009, 12:57
wes mantooth is a silly name but still makes me smile lol
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joedav87
Dec 9th 2009, 13:34
Bob Lee Swagger? ok it sounds like a hillbilly name, but there is a reason for it. S.W.A.G.G.E.R = Sophisticated Wild a*s Guess in sniper lingo. so bob lee is a swaggerer. also its a class film, with a tour de force perfomance from Danny Glover. "who gives a s**t? its over. i win. you lose"
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Lingdada
Dec 10th 2009, 0:37
Those hilariously awful names are pure Python,all s****hed from the Ministry of Silly Names!! Bring back Trevor and Siegfried!!
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milkboymedia
Dec 11th 2009, 5:22
Igby is clearly the one with the weird name in "Igby Goes Down". And what the c**p is wrong with Beatrix Kiddo? That's my daughter's name. (Admittedly, not the "Kiddo" part though)
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RastaFresh
Dec 13th 2009, 9:42
C'mon people! I don't tell me you forgot Kurt Russell's name in Escape from NY (and LA) - Snake Plissken!!!
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mcghater
Sep 6th 2010, 17:26
all of adam sandlers characters
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BennettsVest
Sep 7th 2010, 17:49
Admittedly there are a few REALLY stupid names there, but most of them seem to be lumped in there because they're foreign... Everyone who commented above had far more valid suggestions than the ones actually featured.
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Faers
Sep 10th 2010, 13:42
Hit and miss - some of these names need to be put into context. Chev Chelios and Crank go hand in hand for example. I mean, you haven't mentioned Auric Goldfinger for example. It's hardly your average name, but it the context of the James Bond universe, it is.
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QuietLife
Oct 18th 2010, 8:46
How could you miss out Castor Troy/Pollux Troy from Face/Off??? Surely the daftest names in cinema!
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