20 Movie Taglines That Make No Sense At All

11. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Well, this is confusing. Can you go there or not? It'd be pretty irritating if you booked a trip somewhere only to find out that it didn't exist when you arrived. Much like the movie itself, the tagline is confusing and poorly-worded to say the least. The Thirteenth Floor has some interesting philosophical ideas, but the whole thing is bogged down by overly-complicated plot machinations and weak dialogue. Ironically, the movie does exist but people didn't go there; it barely clawed back the $16m budget at the box office.

10. Lolita (1962)

I'm no expert, but I imagine they made a movie of Lolita the same way they make every other movie; with a budget, cast and crew. Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the controversial novel changed many aspects of the source material, and was a critical and commercial success. However, it seems strange that the notoriously obsessive Kubrick would allow the movie to be marketed so generically. An attempt to tease the general public into seeing a movie that bothered the censors, the tagline makes it seem as though the marketing department are questioning their own product. The answer to the question posed in the one-sheet is simple; they aged up the title character and toned down the sexuality.
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