| Chernobyl Diaries | Men in Black 3 | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | Russian nuclear powerplant site? Horror movie? | The third Men in Black movie? | Yes, Men in Black 3 is definitely the clearer title this weekend. Point. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Horror:
Rated R for violence, some bloody images, and pervasive language. | Sci-Fi Action:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and brief suggestive content. | Two different genres, two different ratings. Love it. 1/2 point for each. |
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars) | "Experience the fallout"
4/5 I like this tagline. Nuclear fallout. Plot fallout. Clever. | “They are back... in time”
4/5 Clever, because the actors are back, and they also go back in time. | I actually like both taglines too - 1/2 point for each movie. |
| Best Part of Trailer | Didn’t do it for me. I didn’t get emotionally invested in the story. | I didn’t care about this sequel, but the trailer made me interested in the plot. | I take my trailers seriously. Point for Men in Black 3. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Jesse McCartney. He was in a boy band, All My Children, and was the voice of Theodore in the Alvin Chipmunks movie. | Will Smith from Independence Day, I Robot, and Bad Boys. | You don’t get too much cooler than Will Smith. Point. |
| Best Cast | I don’t recognize the names of the other actors, but they have been in other movies. | Tommy Lee Jones (Batman Forever), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Emma Thompson (Love Actually), and smaller roles by Bill Hader and Nicole Scherzinger. | This is a close contest, but I think Men in Black 3 will win this round too. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Bradley Parker is making his directorial debut after doing effects on Let Me In, xXx, and Fight Club. | Director Barry Sonnenfeld has also directed the other two MIBs, Wild Wild West, and The Addams Family. | I love the Addams Family. Point for Barry. |
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