| Epic | Fast & Furious 6 | The Hangover Part III | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | Great title! Not sure what the movie is about
| Ah yes, the sixth Fast & Furious | Ah yes, the third Hangover | Fast & Furious and the Hangover III will split the point for most recognizable title |
Best Genre
and Rating | Animation
Rated PG for mild action, some scary images, and brief rude language | Action
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action and mayhem throughout, some sexuality, and language | Comedy
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence | Sweet nectar of the gods! Three different movies and three different genres. I love it. 1/3 point each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | A girl shrinks her size
Joins battle of leaf fairies
Funny slug sidekicks | Bad guys drive fast cars
F and F crew recruited
Crazy fast car stunts | Back in Las Vegas
Three friends have another night
Of raunch, danger, fun | Battle of leaf fairies. You don’t hear that plot every day. Point for Epic. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: Lots of famous voices, epic forest battle, for the whole family
CONS: No cons if you like this type of movie | PROS: Has great car stunts (and planes and tanks), Michelle Rodriguez is back
CONS: No cons if you like this type of movie | PROS: THE FUNNIEST TRAILER I HAVE EVER WATCHED (giraffe scene)
CONS: No cons if you like this type of movie | That giraffe scene. I laughed so hard all 20 times I watched the trailer. Point for Hangover III. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | The voice of Amanda Seyfried from Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, and Dear John | Vin Diesel and Paul Walker from some of the other Fast & Furious movies. | Bradley Cooper from Silver Linings Playbook, Limitless, and Alias. | Silver Linings Playbook is my favorite movie. Alias is my favorite TV show. Hence, B-Coop gets point for coolest actor. |
| Best Cast | The voices of Aziz Ansari, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Beyonce, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, and Steven Tyler | Dwayne Johnson (The Scorpion King), Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar), and Ludacris | Ed Helms (The Office), Zach Galifianakis (Due Date), Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), and Heather Graham (Austin Powers II) | Three impressive casts. Each will get an impressive 1/3 point. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Chris Wedge also directed Robots and Ice Age | Director Justin Lin also directed three other Fast & Furious films. | Writer and Director Todd Phillips also wrote and directed Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and the other Hangovers. | Each director knows how to make their kind of movie. A final 1/3 point each. |
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