This Weekend, Watch This

A comparison for the new releases for June 20-22, 2014

By Curt David

June 21, 2014

She was everything I dreamed she'd be. Sweet surrender. Oh, what a night.

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New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch? Some movies sound awesome (Dumb and Dumberer), but then do not do too well commercially. Other movies star your celebrity crush (Cameron Diaz in The Sweetest Thing), but then do not get much love critically. Still other movies are recommended by friends (but friends can be idiots). And if you are like 61%* of people, you are not even aware of which movies are being released, yet alone which movies you should pay your hard earned money on.

I’ll save you the hassle of researching every movie by comparing the new releases for each weekend in this column. Then I’ll tell you which movie you should watch in the theaters.

For the weekend of June 20th, the new movies in wide release are Jersey Boys and Think Like A Man Too.







Jersey BoysThink Like A Man TooWINNER
(1 point per category)
Clearest TitleSounds like a broadway musical. Sounds like a sequel.Half point for Jersey Boys and half point for Think Like A Man Too.
Best Genre
and Rating
Musical Biography
Rated R for language throughout
Comedy
Rated PG-13 for crude sexual content including references, partial nudity, language and drug material
Diverse genres. 1/2 point each.
Best PlotStory of four men
Who Became the Four Seasons
Drama and Music
Couples in Vegas
Guys night out and girls night out
Who does it better?
Jersey Boys sounds like a better plot. Point.
Best Part of TrailerPROS: Seems like a good story with an amazing soundtrack
CONS: none, if you don’t mind a good musical
PROS: Has Kevin Hart being funny
CONS: none, if you found the characters humorous in the first film
Typical musical. Typical sequel. 1/2 point each.
Coolest Lead ActorChristopher Walken from Pulp Fiction and Catch Me if You Can. Kevin Hart from Ride Along and This is the End. Hart and Walken can split this point.
Best CastThe four original singers from the broadway show The Jersey Boys.Gabrielle Union (Bring it On), Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button), and Adam Brody (The O.C.)I guess Think Like A Man Too wins this point.
Best Street Cred
For the Production
Director Clint Eastwood also directed Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino. Director Tim Story also directed Fantastic Four and Ride Along. And Clint Eastwood is street cred. Point for him.




So out of a maximum of 7 points per movie, Jersey Boys scores 4 points and Think Like A Man Too scores 3 points and a gold star.

You may interpret this column for your own movie preferences. For example, if you want to watch a movie getting great reviews, feel free to watch The Rover. However, if you are still on the fence, please read the following conclusions from the scientific data gathered in this column.

Conclusion 1: On paper, Jersey Boys is the best movie to watch this weekend.
Conclusion 2: Each week I give a gold star to the movie with the best tagline. Think Like A Man 2's "This summer place your bets" wins.
Conclusion 3: Wicked. That’s a broadway musical that should come to the big screen.

*Statistic is completely made up.




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