| Green Lantern | Mr. Popper's Penguins | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | Based on a comic book superhero...I honestly don't know the difference between him and the Green Hornet. | Based on a children's book...I honestly have never heard of it. | I'm guessing the Green Lantern is more popular than Mr. Popper, so he'll win this round. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Action/ Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action.
| Comedy
Rated PG for mild rude humor and some language.
| Comedy or Action - either one works for me. The movies will split the point. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "One of us...becomes one of them"
A human being joins a green superhero team...sure the movie will be cooler than that...
2/5
| "N/A"
Idiots- this point was the Penguins' for the taking if they wrote anything down...
0/5
| "In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall, escape my sight, in our darkest hour, there will be light"....the other tagline of Green Lantern...some fanboy is getting pretty excited. |
| Best Part of Trailer | Did a good job of explaining the backstory- could be good? | The trailer definitely advertised a groin shot and a dancing animal scene...but on a brighter note it has Jim Carrey... | Neither trailer really did it for me...both movies will split the point again. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Ryan Reynolds from The Proposal, Wolverine, and Definitely Maybe. | Jim Carrey from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, and Ace Ventura. | Ryan Reynolds might be going places, but for now Jim Carrey is still the cooler actor. Point. |
| Best Cast | Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) | Angela Lansbury (Murder She Wrote) | The babes will split the point. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Martin Campbell has also directed Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro, and Golden Eye. | Director Mark Waters has also directed Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. | Martin Campbell got street cred from the world with Casino Royale, but I've liked him since Mask of Zorro. |
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