| Get Him to the Greek | Killers | Marmaduke | Splice | Winner
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | 50% chance it's a movie about Athens. 50% a movie about fraternities. | 75% chance it's a stylish action movie. 25% it's a comedic action movie. | 100% chance it's based on the Marmaduke comic strip. (Lord, help us.) | Based on dictionary.com, 25% chance to be either about cutting/combining rope, trees, marriage, or electromagnetic tape. | I really hope Splice is about electromagnetic tape. Point for Marmaduke for clearest title. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy
Rated R for strong sexual content and drug use throughout and pervasive language.
| Action/RomCom
Rated PG-13 for violent action, sexual material, and action.
| Family Comedy
Rated PG for some rude humor and language.
| Sci-fi Horror
Rated R for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence, and language.
| I've typed the other three phrases countless times in this column. "Sci-fi violence" might be a new one for me. Point for Splice. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "Arriving this summer (hopefully)"
While the 'hopefully' is based on the plot, I really think that makes you want to find out more about the movie that might not be released.
2/5 stars
| "Marriage: Give it your best shot"
Hahaha. While the plot of finding out your spouse is a spy isn't unique, this tagline is.
3/5 stars
| "Live Large"
Clever, it's a saying and the movie is about a Great Dane.
3/5 stars
| "On June 4th...meet Dren"
Eh. The date isn't that clever, but we are meeting an entirely new species.
2/5 stars
| Not a bad week for taglines- no 1's. Also no 4's or 5's. Everyone can have 1/4th of a point for this round.
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| Best Part of Trailer | Funnier than I thought it would be- I laughed 7 times (more than I thought I would) | Funnier than I thought it would be- I laughed 2 times (more than I thought I would) | Wow, I did not think I was going to smile at all, but I laughed 2 times (more than I thought I would) | I didn't laugh at all, which is probably good for the genre....but it didn't do much else for me. | Man, I don't know what I just ate, but I had the giggles today. Get Him to the Greek wins this round by a mile. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Jonah Hill from Superbad, Knocked Up, and the guard in Night at the Museum 2. | Ashton Kutcher from That 70's Show and Whatever Happens in Vegas. | Owen Wilson (voice of Marmaduke) from Zoolander and Wedding Crashers. | Adrien Brody, from The Pianist and King Kong. | Jonah Hill was good in his trailer (more so than the other three), and he will be taking home the point today. |
| Best Cast Member | Russell Brand from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. | Katherine Heigl from Grey's Anatomy, 27 Dresses, and Knocked Up. | Christopher Mintz-Plasse (voice of another dog) was in Superbad and Role Models. | Sarah Polley from a ton of critically-praised independent movies and the Dawn of the Dead remake. | Katherine Heigl is the most famous out of this lot. She'll get the point this round. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Nicholas Stoller has also directed Forgetting Sarah Marshall. | Director Robert Luketic has also directed The Ugly Truth, 21, Monster-in-Law, and Legally Blonde. | Director Tom Dey has also directed Failure to Launch and Shanghai Noon. | Director Vincenzo Natali has also directed Paris je t'aime. | All directors seem competent enough. 1/4th of a point for each of them. |
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