| Baggage Claim
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Don Jon | Rush | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | Probably a comedy? | Sequel!!! | An updated story of Don Juan? | Probably an action film? | Since Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was such a good movie, the sequel wins the point because I already want to see it. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language. | Animation
Rated PG for mild rude humor | Dramedy
Rated R for strong graphic sexual material and dialogue throughout, nudity, language and some drug use | Action/Biography
Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language, some disturbing images and brief drug use | I have a gift of guessing genres based on their titles (except Don Jon). 1/4 point for each of these diverse films. |
Best Plot (in haiku form)
(out of 5 stars) | Girl wants a husband
Meets up with all her Exes
Works for the airlines
| Guy has to return
To place that makes food monsters
Dangerous mission
| Jon, good looking guy
Meets very good looking girl
And he looks at porn | Two racecar drivers
Their rivalry on the track
Based on true story | Food monsters. Plot point for Meatballs. |
| Best Part of Trailer | PROS: Attractive people, watchable
CONS: I didn’t laugh at all | PROS: That’s a comedy! I laughed a ton!
CONS: Not one, I declare! | PROS: Seriously, the cast is too good-looking, also movie looks good too
CONS: Some trailers might make the subject matter seem lighter than it is | PROS: Looks well-acted and well-made
CONS: The plot was just average (no offense to real-life characters) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Don Jon had the best trailers. 1/2 point each. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Paula Patton from Precious, Deja Vu, and Mission Impossible 4. | The voice of Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live. | Joseph Gordon-Levitt from Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. | Chris Hemsworth from Thor, Avengers, and Snow White and the Huntsman. | Joseph Gordon-Levitt is one of the coolest actors ever. Point. |
| Best Cast | Adam Brody (The O.C.), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Taye Diggs (Chicago) | The voices of Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, and many more! | Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers), Julianne Moore (soon to be in Hunger Games), and Tony Danza (Who’s the Boss?) | Olivia Wilde (House M.D.) | This is a tough choice. I think Don Juan gets another point though. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and Director David Talbert has also written and directed nationally acclaimed touring plays. | Director Denis Villeneuve also directed Incendies, which was nominated for a foreign language Oscar. | Writer and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt has also acted in 10 Things I Hate About You, 50/50, and Looper. | Director Ron Howard also directed Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind. | Ron Howard is street cred. Point. |
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