| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | It's Complicated | Sherlock Holmes | Nine | Up in the Air | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| CLEAREST TITLE | The world famous Chimpmunk Trio returns (along with the female group The Chipettes)
| Jane, although attracted to Adam, hooks up with her ex-husband, who is married to a younger woman | Detective Sherlock Holmes, and Watson, engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a worthy nemesis. | Based on the Broadway musical, Nine tells the story of a film director and his relationships with women. | Ryan's life, traveling around the country firing people, is about to be turned upside down. | Nine? Why is it called Nine? Up in the Air and It's Complicated are clever titles...but the point is split between the famous Alvin and Sherlock. |
BEST GENRE
& RATING | Family/Comedy
Rated PG for mild rude humor | Romantic Comedy
Rated R for some drug content and sexuality | Action/Mystery
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and a scene of suggestive material | Musical
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking | Dramedy
Rated R for language and some sexual content | Every movie has sexuality (The Chipettes!), but only one has intense action. Sherlock Holmes wins this round. |
| BEST TAGLINE | The SQUEAKquel
Ha. Chipmunks squeak. 3/5 stars for cleverness. | Divorced... with benefits
Haha. It changed the word friendship to divorced 4/5 stars. | Holmes for the Holiday
HAHA. it's a play on words and the Christmas release date! 5/5 stars. | This holiday season be Italian
Hm. Describes the setting. 2/5 stars. | The story of a man ready to make a connection
Haha. It's about relationships and airplanes! 4/5 stars. | There's no place like Holmes! Holmes is where the heart is! This movie is a Holmes-run! Point! |
| BEST PART OF TRAILER | Theodore seems cute. | Steve Martin seems funny. | Sherlock Holmes seems like an action hero! | Nine seems like a musical. | This movie seems good. | No really. Up in the Air seems really good. It wins this round. |
| COOLEST LEAD ACTOR | Jason Lee, from My Name Is Earl, was a professional skateboarder. | Meryl Streep, from the Oscars, has a Sesame Street character named after her (Meryl Sheep). | Robert Downey Jr., from Iron Man, was once a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live. | Daniel Day Lewis, from There Will Be Blood, was the first non-American Actor to win Two Best Actor Oscars. | George Clooney, from ER and the Ocean's Trilogy, owned a pet pig named Max for 18 years. | George Clooney and Meryl Streep are two of the coolest actors in Hollywood (with farm animal connections). They split the point! |
| BEST CAST MEMBER | The Chipettes! (voiced by Amy Poehler, Anna Faris, and Christina Applegate) | Meryl's love interests! (played by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin) | Watson! (played by Jude Law) | Famous Women! (Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, and Fergie) | Lesser known Women! (Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick) | Despite being a musical, even guys have to compliment the casting choices of Nine. Point! |
| BEST STREET CRED FOR THE PRODUCTION | Director Betty Thomas has also directed 28 Days, Dr. Dolittle, and The Brady Bunch Movie. | Director Nancy Myers has also directed The Parent Trap, What Women Want, and Something's Gotta Give. | Director Guy Ritchie has also directed RocknRolla and was married to Madonna. | Director Rob Marshall has also directed Chicago. | Director Jason Reitman has also directed Juno and Thank You for Smoking. | I may be biased, but Rob Marshall directed Catherine Zeta-Jones to an Oscar in Chicago. Retroactive point for him. |
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