| Turbo | The Conjuring | R.I.P.D. | Red 2 | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | This movie should contain fast modes of transportation. | This movie should contain possessed humans. | This movie should have something to do with dying. | This movie should be the sequel to the movie Red. | Sequels always do pretty well in this round. Point for Red 2. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Animation
Rated PG for some mild action and thematic elements. | Horror
Rated R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror. | Action/Comedy
Rated PG-13 for violence, sci-fi/fantasy action, some sensuality, and language including sex references | Action/Comedy
Rated Rated PG-13 for pervasive action and violence including frenetic gunplay, and for some language and drug material | Almost the perfect week: PG, PG-13, R and three different genres...and then there are two action comedies! Turbo and The Conjuring will split the point. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | Snail wants to be fast
Radiation makes him fast
Time for Indy race | Based on true story
People move to possessed house
Spooky scares abound | Guy dies. Then “wakes” up
Joins Rest In Peace Department
He stops bad dead men | Ex- CIA men
Are now on hit list to die
They’re old and kick @$$ | Turbo clearly has the best plot. Have you ever seen that plot before? |
| Best Trailer | PROS: A snail dreams of going fast...cute!
CONS: Didn’t laugh out loud | PROS: Old people share their story and we watch the spooky flashbacks
CONS: But if everyone is telling the story, don’t we know that no one dies?? | PROS: Similar plot and feel of Men in Black
CONS: But can any movie be as good as the original Men in Black? | PROS:Lots of famous actors, Helen Mirren killing people
CONS: If you liked the movie Red, probably no cons | I actually liked R.I.P.D’s trailer the best (especially Jeff Bridges as a hot girl- funny). Point. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | The voice of Ryan Reynolds from The Proposal, Wolverine, and Just Friends. | Patrick Wilson from The Phantom of the Opera, Morning Glory, and Watchmen. | Jeff Bridges from The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and Iron Man. | Bruce Willis from The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, and Pulp Fiction. | Jeff Bridges is probably the coolest right now out of the four. Point for R.I.P.D. |
| Best Cast | The voices of Paul Giamatii, Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Hader, Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, and many more! | Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) and Lili Taylor (The Haunting) | Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal), Kevin Bacon (Mystic River), and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) | John Malkovich (Con Air), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (The Queen), Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) | Red 2 has the best cast for sure. (But any movie with Catherine Zeta-Jones will automatically win this round).
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Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and Director David Soren also wrote and directed made-to-video Madagascar movies. | Director James Wan has also directed Saw and Insidious. | Writers and Directors Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi also wrote Clash of the Titans. | Director Dean Parisot also directed a ton of different television shows. | And James Wan seems to have the best street cred. Point. |
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