Star Wars 2/10:
We’re told it’s a rebellion. This implies a war but it’s never outright stated. Also the fighting takes place in space and on planets and space stations. This would be like labelling a contemporary war film “planet wars”
The rest of the titles in this series are worse with one exception:
Attack of the Clones: 6/10
This was so close to a higher score! The clones are deployed in response to a buildup of materiel and attempted extrajudicial execution that is construed as an act of war- The title should have been Retaliatory Strike of the Clones. Even Counter-Attack of the Clones would have been acceptable. Nevertheless, despite a rocky, non-clone beginning to the movie, there are clones and they do attack things.
Jurassic Park: 3/10
While there is a park, it contains dinosaurs from all the eras of the cretaceous. Only dinosaurs, not any other form of prehistoric life. Honestly, I was generous with this rating. Sorry Spielberg, I’m just used to expecting more out of you.
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: 9.5/10
Much better fare from Spielberg. It’s about an extra terrestrial named E.T. Non-E.T. containing scenes may be important but take away from title accuracy.
Iron Man: 2/10
This early entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe should have been called Iron-Plated man, but he doesn’t even use iron for most of the movie and only drops the name near the end.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 10/10
This short holiday tale shows the delightful planning and execution of a theft of every material trapping of the titular holiday by the titular character. Though his intentions may have been subverted, there was nothing left to steal, I feel justified in a full rating.
Fight Club: 5/10
Falls victim to what a lot of movies do. Fulfills the basic premise of the title (has a club for fighting) and then messes it up with some sort of message delivered by an unreliable narrator.
The Matrix (1999) 10/10
At first it looks like this movie is going to take forever to get to the actual Matrix but then reveals you’ve been trapped in it the whole time. Further, the titular Matrix fulfills at least one and probably several of the dictionary definitions of A matrix.
Seven Samurai ?/10
So the Samurai are unemployed, which technically makes them Ronin, but over the course of the film they define themselves by serving the people they agree to defend. Accuracy of the title may depend on if you think titles and rank are rigidly defined by the system or if our actions define ourselves.
WALL-E: 10/10
That little robot sure is named WALL-E.
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