| | The Box | A Christmas Carol | The Fourth Kind | The Men Who Stare at Goats | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | I hope this is a family film where children find a magical cardboard box ala Calvin and Hobbes. | I believe this will be similar to The Muppet Christmas Carol, but sans Muppets. | Reminds me of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. | I have no hopes, beliefs, or reminders in reference to this title. | Clearest title for my 10 bucks: A Christmas Carol. |
Best Genre
& Rating | Horror/Thriller
PG-13
I might have been wrong about the family film. | Animation/Fantasy
PG
Sans muppets. Apparently also sans live humans. | Sci-Fi/Horror
PG-13
I was correct. | Comedy/War
R
That's a combination for you. | A Sci-Fi movie, probably about aliens, wins this round.
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| Best Tagline | You are the experiment. | An IMAX 3D experience.
| There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction. | No Goats. No Glory. | Hahahaha. Goats is a play on words for guts. Genius. Point.
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| Best Part of Trailer | Cameron Diaz and the foreboding music. | Imagining the animation effects in 3D Imax. | Playing the "based on true events" card well.
| It looks humorous. Like a fun Clooney movie, not a serious one. | The Men Who Stare at Goats and A Christmas Carol split the point for the best trailer. |
| Lead Actor | Cameron Diaz from There's Something About Mary and The Mask. | Jim Carrey from Liar Liar, Dumb and Dumber, and the Mask. | Milla Jovovich from the Resident Evil Trilogy. | George Clooney from E.R. and the Ocean's Trilogy. | Wow, these are some pretty popular actors in genres that suit them. Each movie gets 1/4th of a point. |
| Best Cast Member | James Marsden aka Cyclops from the X-Men Trilgoy. | Robin Wright Penn aka Jenny from Forrest Gump and aka The Princess Bride.
| Will Patton aka the white coach from Remember the Titans. | Ewan McGregor aka Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars prequel Trilogy. | Robin Wright Penn is the coolest actor in this chart. Point for her. |
Best Street Cred
for the Production | This movie was based on the writings of Richard Matheson, who also wrote the novels I am Legend and What Dreams May Come. | Director Robert Zemeckis has also directed Beowulf, The Polar Express, Cast Away, Forrest Gump, and Back to the Future. | Milla Jovovich is the toughest-prettiest woman on the planet. | Actor Kevin Spacey has a Best Actor Oscar for American Beauty, and a Best Supporting Oscar for The Usual Suspects. | Wow, Robert Zemeckis has directed some classic films and he knows how to do a 3D animated movie (and he also has an Oscar). Point. |
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