| Hop | Insidious | Source Code | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | The definition of Hop is "to make a short, bouncing leap." | Insidious is to be "stealthily treacherous or deceitful." | Source Code is "the original format of a computer program before it is converted." | These titles aren't telling me anything about the movies. At least Insidious sounds cool, so point for that movie. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy
Rated PG for some mild rude humor.
| Horror
Rated PG-13 for thematic material, violence, terror and frightening images, and brief strong language.
| Action/Thriller
Rated PG-13 for some violence including disturbing images, and for language.
| While I like mild rude humor as much as the next guy, I'm a bigger sucker for the Thriller genre. Point for Source code. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "Candy, Chicks, and Rock n' Roll"
Haha! Chicks sounds indecent, but it's a movie about Easter!
4/5 stars
| "It's not the house that's haunted."
Creepy, especially on the poster with the devil kid.
3/5
| "Make every second count."
Yawn.
0/5
| Every sentence sounds innocent at Easter time...I love chicks...I want all the chicks I can get...Hop scores this round. |
| Best Part of Trailer | What should have been the worst trailer in the history of the world (based on plot/poster), sold me by the end. Cute. | What should have been a bland horror trailer actually gave me a Paranormal Activity-interesting vibe. | BAM! It's another day-is-repeating-type movie, but who doesn't love those? | Good week for trailers. Source Code wins out for the best trailer (even if I don't understand the science behind it). |
| Coolest Lead Actor | James Marsden from the X-Men trilogy and Enchanted. | Patrick Wilson from The Phantom of the Opera, Watchmen, and Little Children. | Jake Gyllenhaal from Prince of Persia, Donnie Darko, and The Day After Tomorrow. | Impressive group of men. I say that platonically. Jake barely wins the point for the Best Actor. |
| Best Cast | With Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately), a cameo by David Hasselhoff, and the voices of Hank Azaria (Simpsons) and Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek). | I didn't recognize anyone else in the cast. | Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) and Michelle Monaghan (Mission Impossible III) | Chicks dig big casts. Hop wins the point this round. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Tim Hill also directed Alvin and the Chipmunks and Garfield. | Producer Jason Blum also produced Paranormal Activity I and II, and The Reader. | Producer Jeb Brody also produced Little Miss Sunshine and Sunshine Cleaning. | Insidious's trailer said, "From the producers of Paranormal Activity and Saw," which is enough street cred to take this point. |
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