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The Lego Movie | The Monuments Men | Vampire Academy | WINNER (1 point per category) | |
Clearest Title | Heck yes! | Maybe no. | Maybe yes. | The Lego Movie easily wins this round. |
Best Genre and Rating | Animation
Rated PG for mild action and rude humor | Action
Rated PG-13 for some images of war violence and historical smoking | Fantasy
Rated PG-13 for violence, bloody images, sexual content and language | Three different plots. A happy 1/3 point each. |
Best Plot (in haiku form) | Guy needs to save world Joins Batman and Gandolf team All made of legos | Hitler steals artwork Destroy it if he loses We go get it back | Vampire High School Friend protects heir to the throne Teenage vampires | Perhaps the best plot ever. Point for The Lego Movie. |
Best Trailer | PROS: A movie in the lego world! Many jokes for adults.
CONS: If you like that premise, there won’t be any cons. | PROS: Seems to be based on a real story?, with lots of famous actors
CONS: Not really action-y, at all. | PROS: High school drama and vampires.
CONS: You may not find it interesting if you aren’t a teen girl | The Lego Movie and The Monuments Men split the point for best trailer. |
Coolest Lead Actor | The voice of Chris Pratt from Parks and Recreation, Zero Dark Thirty, and Everwood. | George Clooney from ER, Batman, and Ocean’s 11. | I don’t recognize anyone yet. | George wins this point. |
Best Cast | The voices of Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Liam Neeson, and 1000 others. | Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity), Bill Murray (Groundhog Day), Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings), and John Goodman (Roseanne) | I don’t recognize anyone yet. | A tie for best cast for Legos and monuments. |
Best Street Cred For the Production | Writers and Directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord also wrote and directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. | Writer and Director George Clooney also wrote and directed Good Night, and Good Luck and The Ides of March. | Director Mark Waters also directed Freaky Friday and Mean Girls. | Three solid directors (well actually four), so 1/3 point for each movie. |