| Battle of the Year: The Dream Team in 3D | Prisoners | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | Wow, this sounds like a sequel or something, but I never heard of it before. | Wow, this sounds like an interesting movie with prisoners, but I never heard of it before. | Maybe I should have watched more advertisements this week. Both movies will get 1/2 point each.
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Best Genre
and Rating | Music
Rated PG-13 for language and some rude behavior. | Drama/Thriller
Rated R for disturbing violent content including torture, and language throughout | Perfect week. Two genres. Two ratings. Two 1/2 points each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | A basketball coach
Gives discipline to dance troupe
World Championships
| Two girls abducted
Dads take law into own hands
Cops ineffective
| Both plots seem good for their respective genres. The tie continues- another 1/2 point each. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: Dancing movie
CONS: but I wasn’t super impressed with the dancing, and there was Chris Brown | PROS: So many good actors, high quality film
CONS: heavy subject matter, not super original | While the trailer didn’t change my life, Prisoners gets a full point this round. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Josh Holloway from Lost. | Hugh Jackman from the X-men trilogy, Les Miserables, and The Prestige. | I thought Josh seemed a little out of place in this movie, but no matter, Hugh wins the point this round. |
| Best Cast | Chris Brown (Takers) | Jake Gyllenhaal (October Sky), Viola Davis (The Help), Maria Bello (History of Violence), Terrence Howard (Crash), Melissa Leo (The Fighter), and Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine) | The easiest point awarded in this column’s history. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and Director Benson Lee also wrote and directed the documentary Planet B-Boy, based upon the world dance competition. | Director Denis Villeneuve also directed Incendies, which was nominated for a foreign language Oscar. | Both newer directors (at least for me), another 1/2 point each. |
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