| Captain America: The Winter Soldier
| God’s Not Dead | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
Clearest Title | Sequel to Captain America. | Word. | Captain America and God are both pretty famous - 1/2 point each. |
Best Genre and Rating | Superhero Action
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, gunplay and action throughout | Religious Drama
Rated PG for thematic material, brief violence and an accident scene | These are definitely two different types of genres. 1/2 point each. |
Best Plot (in haiku form) | Cap America
There’s a new bad guy. He’s bad
We need your help now
| College dilemma
You write “God’s dead” or you fail
Guy has to make choice | As far as plots go….the second plot is by far more original. Point for God’s Not Dead. |
Best Trailer | PROS: A grandiose Marvel film in The Avengers canon, with great action sequences
CONS: None (but if bad guys are so bad, why don’t other Avengers help out?) | PROS: It teaches teenagers to stand up for what they believe and not to just go along with the popular crowd
CONS: It may be low-budget and religious, but at least it makes you think | I don’t know if this is sacrilegious to say, but Captain America 2 had the better trailer. |
Coolest Lead Actor | Chris Evans from the Fantastic Four and The Avengers. | Shane Harper in his first big role | Chris Evans is more famous at the moment, so point for him. |
Best Cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), and Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother). | Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), Dean Cain (Lois and Clark), and Willie (Duck Dynasty) | I’m sorry, are Willie and me the only people in this column without sixpacks??? The movies are actually going to split the point for best cast. |
Best Street Cred For the Production | Directors Anthony and Joe Russo also directed TV shows. | Director Harold Cronk also directed some other religious movies. | These directors have definitely secured jobs after these movies. Half point each. |