| The Counselor
| Jackass presents: Bad Grandpa | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | I’m getting sick of two word movie titles starting with “The”. | Jackass presents. Nuff said. | You know what you’re getting when Jackass is in the title. Point for Bad Grandpa. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Crime
Rated R for graphic violence, some grisly images, strong sexual content and language | Comedy
Rated R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use. | Two different types of genres, two similar 1/2 points awarded to each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | Guy has a new wife
He gets caught up with crime stuff
The sh*t hits the fan
| Guy dressed as grandpa
Films live reactions from folks
Kind of like Borat
| That sounds like the plot of every crime movie, so Jackass will get yet another point! |
| Best Trailer | PROS: Really famous actors, seems serious and dramatic
CONS: I didn’t really get the plot from the trailer. Nor did it make me care. | PROS: Crude humor/pranks, reactions of people not knowing they are being videotaped
CONS: May kill some brain cells if you watch it. | Neither of the trailers were super impressive. 1/2 point each. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Michael Fassbender from Prometheus, X-Men First Class, and Inglourious Basterds. | Johnny Knoxville from Jackass, The Ringer, and Dukes of Hazzard. | Michael Fassbender is the coolest actor this week. First full point for The Counselor. |
| Best Cast | Penelope Cruz (Pirates of the Caribbean 4), Cameron Diaz (There’s Something About Mary), Javier Bardem (Skyfall), and Brad Pitt (Fight Club) | There’s a child actor in on the jokes - the rest of the movie is filming regular people (so no cast) | And another full point for The Counselor! |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Director Ridley Scott also directed Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Prometheus, and Alien. | Writer and Director Jeff Tremaine also wrote or directed all movies Jackass. | Whoa, a come from behind victory, with a third full point in a row for The Counselor! |
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