| Avatar | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| CLEAREST TITLE | A band of humans is pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population. | Plot: Highly successful Manhattan couple has to enter the Witness Relocation Program | Did You Hear About the Morgans? is exactly what someone would say if a highly successful couple disappeared....clever title, point. |
| BEST GENRE & RATING | Sci-Fi/Action
Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language, and some smoking. | Romantic Comedy
Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and some momentary violence. | Doesn't there seem to be a discrepancy between the content of what makes these films PG-13? No matter, movies shouldn't include smoking. Therefore, Did You Hear About the Morgans gets the point. |
| BEST TAGLINE | From the director of Terminator and Titanic, James Cameron's Avatar. | We're not in Manhattan anymore. | So Avatar doesn't have a tagline, just some (impressive) credentials on the poster... so by default, Did You Hear About the Morgans has the best tagline. |
| BEST PART OF TRAILER | THE MOVIE LOOKS AWESOME! (Visually and plotwise) | Sarah Palin reference, interesting plot (for a romantic comedy), some funny moments | I'm not even trying to jump on the Avatar bandwagon. I didn't even want to see it. Now, the trailer won me over! Point for Avatar. |
| COOLEST LEAD ACTOR | Sam Worthington, from Terminator Salvation, will next be seen in Clash of the Titans. | Sarah Jessica Parker, from Sex and the City, will next be seen in Sex and City 2. | If I don't pick Sam Worthington as the coolest actor between these two, none of my guy friends would ever speak to me again. Point for Sam. |
| BEST CAST MEMBER | Best known as Ripley from Alien, Sigourney Weaver ranked #81 on Empire Magazine's Sexiest Stars in Film History. | Best known for Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, Hugh Grant ranked #43 on Empire Magazine's Sexiest Stars in Film History. | Good looks aside, Sigourney Weaver is fricken' Ripley from Aliens! She easily wins this point. |
| BEST STREET CRED FOR THE PRODUCTION | Director James Cameron has also directed Terminator, Aliens, and Titanic. | Director Marc Lawrence has also directed Two Weeks Notice and Music and Lyrics. | Directors aren't usually the only names that appear on a film's poster. Unless you are James Cameron. Forget the actors, point for Mr. Cameron. |
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