| Arthur | Hanna | Soul Surfer | Your Highness | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | Is this about King Arthur? Ooh ooh, or about the Aardvark from the children's books? | It's a nice name, and one of my coolest friends, but don't know any famous ones. | This movie is going to be about surfing, so that's pretty cool. | Will be about royalty, title suggests it'll probably be a comedy. | The only thing I am 100% sure about is that Soul Surfer will have some surfing in it- Point. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy
Rated PG-13 for alcohol use throughout, sexual content, language, and some drug references.
| Action/Thriller
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material, and language.
| Sport/Drama
Rated PG for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material.
| Comedy
Rated R for strong crude sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, language, and drug use.
| Wow, I was wrong about Arthur. Point goes to Soul Surfer for the first live-action movie of 2011 that isn't going to corrupt your mind. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "Meet the world's only loveable billionaire"
Tagline doesn't do it for me. Why do I want to meet a loveable billionaire?
1/5 stars
| "Young. Sweet. Innocent. Deadly."
A child assassin! Awesome plot.
3/5
| "When you come back from a loss, beat the odds, and never say never, you find a champion"
That's like 10 taglines all in one- too long.
2/5
| This Spring, prepare for their excellency.
Slightly anticipatory.
1/5
| Tagline. Point. Winner. Hanna. |
| Best Part of Trailer | Jennifer Garner's in this film?!?!?! She looks good. So does Helen Mirren. | I haven't been this excited about a trailer since I saw Salt! | This looks Blind Side- inspirational good. | Funny in a dirty, inappropriate way. | A second week in a row of good trailers. Hanna murders the competition- point. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Russell Brand from Get Him to the Greek and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. | Saoirse Ronan from The Lovely Bones and Atonement. | AnnaSophia Robb from Bridge to Terabithia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Because of Winn-Dixie. | James Franco from 127 Hours and the Spiderman trilogy. | Shoot, AnnaSophia and Saoirse are going places. For now, though, James Franco will win this point. |
| Best Cast | Helen Mirren (Red), Jennifer Garner (Alias), and Nick Nolte (I Love Trouble) | Eric Bana (Star Trek) and Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings) | Helen Hunt (Mad About You), Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), and singer Carrie Underwood. | Danny McBride (Pineapple Express), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), and Zooey Deschanel (Elf) | These are famous people. All four movies will split the point for the Best Cast. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Jason Winer also directed Modern Family. | Director Joe Wright also directed Atonement and Pride & Prejudice. | Director Sean McNamara has also directed several Disney channel shows. | Director David Gordon also directed Pineapple Express. | I believe Mr. Wright has the best street cred this week. |
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