| Jumping the Broom | Something Borrowed | Thor | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | I think this has to do with a marriage tradition. | This definitely has to deal with a wedding. | A movie about a Norse God? Would be cool. Marvel's Norse God? Very cool. | While Thor is popular, just as many people could figure out that "Something Borrowed" is a chick flick. Both movies will split the point. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and language.
| Romantic Comedy:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, and some drug material.
| Action:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence.
| Thor's intense sci-fi action pounds the crap out of the other genres. Point. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "Sometimes the only way to get past family drama... is to jump over it."
1/5
Kind of clever, but who really talks about "jumping the broom" these days?
| "It's a thin line between love and friendship."
Horrible tagline. The whole movie is about a girl in love with a guy with a fiance.
0/5
| "Two worlds. One hero."
He's from heaven. And is now on Earth. Meh.
2/5
| I wish one of these movies borrowed a better tagline from another movie. Thor barely wins this round. |
| Best Part of Trailer | It looks entertaining. If you think the trailer is your kind of movie, it probably will be. | There wasn't one. This is a horrible plot even for a chick flick. | The guy looks super tough. And it looks like it combines realism and mythology pretty well. | And did I mention Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings? Automatic point for Thor. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Angela Bassett from Malcolm X and Boyz in the Hood. | Ginnifer Goodwin from Big Love and He's Just Not That Into You. | Chris Hemsworth from a small part in the Star Trek movie. | Chris might be popular soon, and Angela used to be, but Ginnifer is everywhere these days. Point for her. |
| Best Cast | Loretta Devine (Boston Public), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Paula Patton (Deja Vu), and singer Romeo. | Kate Hudson (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) and John Krasinski (The Office). | Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal), Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist), and Rene Russo (Get Shorty) | Thor breaks out the big guns and hammers and nails this round down (too much word play?) Point. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer Elizabeth Hunter has also written Beauty Shop. | Director Luke Greenfield has also directed The Animal and The Girl Next Girl. | Director Kenneth Branagh (acted in Hamlet V and Wild Wild West) has also directed Hamlet V and Much Ado About Nothing. | Kenneth Branagh has been nominated for four Oscars and brings some more street cred to this production. |
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