Added by Aira on 20 May 2012 11:54

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Weird Translations... English to English

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340

2.9

2.6

Gigli

C'mon... The most logical thing to do was using the original title: Gigli is the main character's last name and most of all is an Italian word! (It means "lilies"). But they weren't happy with this, so they changed it with:

Tough Love - Amore estremo

801

3.1

2.8

Date Movie (2006)

Hot Movie - Un film con il lubrificante (a film with lubricants)

346

5.4

I Could Never Be Your Woman

They even dare to use a kind of "internet slang". I'm speechless...

2 Young 4 Me - Un fidanzato per mamma (a boyfriend for mom)

972

6.7

7.1

Let Me In

Blood Story

3.7

Nightmare City 2035 (2007)

???

2035 - The mind jumper

185

7.2

Made in Dagenham (2010)

We want sex

521

5.9

6.1

What's Your Number? (2011)

S(EX) List

6.2

Watching the Detectives

I love movies

Aira's rating:

188

4.9

5.1

Home Fries (1998)

Fast Food

6.1

Doomsday Gun

Big Gun

1570

5.5

5.9

She's All That (1999)

Kiss me

100

5.1

5.5

Hush (1998)

Obsession

Aira's rating:

2887

5.9

6.3

The Princess Diaries

Pretty Princess

6.8

Partition (2007)...

This "translation" is not even easy to remember for an Italian. So why? Why???

Destiny's Bride

1146

7.3

The Boat That Rocked (2009)

I love Radio Rock

Aira's rating:

568

5.9

6.6

Joy Ride (2001)

Radio Killer

6.2

4.6

You Got Served: Beat the World (2011)

This is Beat

748

7.2

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Mr. Hula Hoop

379

5.8

6.1

Deception

Sex List - Omicidio a tre (threesome murder)

Aira's rating:

309

5.3

5.5

Virtuosity (1995)

Virtuality

Aira's rating:

6.6

5.7

Drive, He Said (1971)

Yellow 33

139

5.9

5.8

It's Alive (1974)

Baby Killer

1450

6.6

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

The weird thing is they could use the Italian "Cenerentola" but prefered the English "Cinderella". I still don't understand why...

Cinderella - La leggenda di un amore (Legend of a love)

4.7

3.1

Clementine (2004)

The Enemy

3.6

3.2

Against the Dark (2009) (2009)

Last Night - Morte nella notte (Death in the night)

555

5.6

6.5

Sex Drive (2008)

Sex Movie in 4D

1362

6.3

7.1

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

American Trip

737

5.8

6.4

Van Wilder (2002)

Maial College

Note: "Maial" is an anglicized version of the Italian word "maiale", that means "pig". It has a meaning like Piggy College

164

4.8

4.9

Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006)

A sequel has always the (horrible) tile of the first film

Maial College 2

4.7

4.1

The Marksman (2005)

Nuclear Target

6.5

Love, Honor and Obey (2000)

The Funeral

Aira's rating:

1019

6.9

7.3

Death at a Funeral (2007)

Funeral Party

Aira's rating:

156

6.8

7.1

Crossroads (1986)

It has been suggested by Andygo. As he said, the original title refers to the song "Crossroads" of Robert Johnson. But in Italy it became

Mississipi Adventure

6.6

5.5

Rough Magic

Miss Magic

Aira's rating:

491

5.9

6.3

All Good Things (2010)

Love & Secrets

Aira's rating:

575

6.7

Away We Go (2009)

American Life

Aira's rating:

528

5.6

5.8

Haywire (2012)

Knockout - Resa dei conti (Reckoning)

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Title translations may be necessary in some cases, but sometimes I wonder what the hell went on translator's mind making such horrible and ridiculos choices.
These are Italian titles.
Note: some translations in English are literal, so they could make no much sense.

This is about the bizzare habit of translating English titles with other English titles.