| | Daybreakers | Leap Year | Youth in Revolt | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | I'll pay to see this movie if it is a James Cameron sci-fi movie about destroying the sun. | I'll pay to see this movie if it is Bill Murray's sequel to Groundhog's Day. | I'll pay to see this movie if it is really called Senior Citizens in Revolt starring Betty White. | The titles aren't really that clever. All three split the point by default. |
Best Genre &
Rating | Horror/Thriller
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, and brief nudity.
| Romantic Comedy
Rated PG-13 for sensuality and language.
| Dramedy
Rated R for sexual content, language, and drug use.
| Romantic Comedies should come out in a month from now. We haven't had a horror film in awhile - point for Daybreakers. |
| Cleverest Tagline (out of 5 stars) | Take "The Matrix" and "28 Days Later," and you've got "Daybreakers."
Those are two good movies.
1/5 stars
| Anna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th. This is not her boyfriend.
Then why is she flirting with him? 0/5 stars
| He wasn't a rebel until he found his cause.
Ha, that is a good play on words!
4/5 stars
| Youth in Revolt has the best tagline by far! Point! |
| Best Trailer | Clever twist on a vampire movie. Vampires are in charge, humans are in the minority. | Not too clever romantic comedy plot, but does leave you with the ultimate cliffhanger. | Typical Michael Cera movie? No! He has a crazy split personality! | Daybreakers is the coolest trailer by far. Wins this round. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Ethan Hawke from Training Day (but I liked him better in two episodes of Alias.) | Amy Adams from Enchanted (but I liked her better in three episodes of The Office). | Michael Cera from Juno (but I liked him better in 53 episodes of Arrested Development). | Who am I kidding? I like Amy Adams in anything she is in. Point for her. |
| Best Cast Member | William Dafoe from Spider-Man, The Boondock Saints, and Finding Nemo (Gill). | John Lithgow from Terms of Endearment and 30 Rock from the Sun. | Jean Smart from polar opposite TV shows: 24 and Designing Women. | Jean has won three Emmys. But the point is going to be split between the two gentlemen, each nominated for two Oscars. |
Best Street Cred
for the Production | Written and directed by newcomers Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig.
| Written by Deborah Kaplan, who also wrote Made of Honor and A Very Brady Sequel. | Directed by Miguel Arteta, who also directed many tv shows. | Shoot, Ms. Kaplan actually has the most street cred. She also wrote Josie and the Pussycats, Surviving Christmas, Can't Hardly Wait, and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. |
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