| Contagion | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Creature | Warrior | WINNER
(1 point per category)
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| Clearest Title | Sounds like it has to do with diseases = Sci-Fi movie probably. | Sounds like a parody of a biopic = Comedy movie probably | Sounds like a negative term for a big animal = Horror movie probably. | Sounds like a fighter = Epic historical action movie probably. | None of the titles are super clear, but at least Bucky Larson has more than one word in it. Point for the Star. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 for disturbing content and some language.
| Comedy
Rated R for pervasive crude sexual content, language, and some nudity.
| Horror
Rated R for bloody violence and grisly images, some sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and some drug use.
| Sport/Drama
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language, and thematic material.
| Shoot, four distinct genres, and I predicted three of them correct. Point for The Warrior for surprising me with a sure-to-be inspirational genre. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "The world goes viral September 9th"
Near perfect tagline, plot-related, nice play on words, date included.
3/5
| "There are no small actors, just small parts"
Hilarious when read on the funny poster and knowing the plot is about a guy trying to become a porn star.
3/5 | "Terror has teeth"
Meh. I guess terror has teeth means that it has substance and that the creature is half-crocodile
2/5 | "Family is worth fighting for"
Whoa. Definitely an inspirational movie.
1/5 | Contagion and Bucky Larson split the point...I wish I could make a funny tagline about an STD right now. |
| Best Part of Trailer | It was good. It made you forget you were in your living room...and then afterward, made you glad you were back in it. | It was entertaining, not laugh-out funny, but Napoleon Dynamite trying to make a porn movie is funny. | It was a horror trailer. That's all. | I tried to resist, but I got inspirational- goosebumps | Contagion, Warrior, and (maybe due to a momentary lack of judgment) Bucky Larson will each get 1/3 of the point for the best trailer. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Matt Damon from Good Will Hunting, The Departed, and the Bourne trilogy. | Nick Swardson from Reno 911. | Sid Haig from The Devil's Rejects and other horror movies. | Tom Hardy from Inception. | While Nick Swardson made Reno 911 hysterical, Matt Damon is slightly cooler- point for the latter. |
| Best Cast | Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), and Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes) and Kate Winslet (Titanic) | Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow) and Don Johnson (Miami Vice) | Mehcad Brooks (13 episodes of True Blood) | Joel Edgerton (King Arthur) and Nick Nolte (I Love Trouble) | Contagion, simple plot but impressive cast. Point. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Steven Soderbergh also directed the Ocean's trilogy, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic. | Director Tom Brady also directed The Hot Chick and The Comebacks. | Director Fred Andrews has done production design on a lot of products. | Director Gavin O'Connor also directed Miracle. | Gavin has done some impressive work, but Oscar-winner Steven clearly takes the point home. |
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