| Let’s Be Cops
| The Expendables 3 | The Giver | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | It’s a title. | It’s a title of the third film in a trilogy. | It’s a title of a very famous book! | The Expendables and The Giver split the point for recognizability. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Comedy
Rated R for language including sexual references, some graphic nudity, violence and drug use | Action
Rated PG-13 for violence including intense sustained gun battles and fight scenes, and for language | Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence | Three different genres, three similar 1/3 points each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | Two guys dress as cops
Everyone thinks they are cops
Funny things happen
| Famous Action Stars
All sign up to do third film
Not sure what plot is | “Utopian” world
All suppress their emotions
One kid will learn truth | The Giver has the best plot. Point. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: Comedic concept
CONS: I didn’t laugh a ton in the trailer | PROS: More than ten of the most famous action stars of all-time in this movie!
CONS: I don’t know what the plot is (Or why Kelsey Grammer is in the movie) | PROS: Very suspenseful, well-edited, based on great book
CONS: Not sure how liberal the movie was with the book’s plot | The Giver has the best trailer. Point. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Jake Johnson from New Girl. | Sylvester Stallone from Rocky and Rambo. | Brenton Thwaites from Maleficent. | The Expendables III has the coolest actor. |
| Best Cast | Damon Wayans Jr. | Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. | Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, and Taylor Swift. | The Expendables III also has the best cast. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and Director Luke Greenfield also directed Something Borrowed. | Director Patrick Hughes also directed Red Hill. | Director Phillip Noyce also directed Clear & Present Danger and Salt. | The Giver has the most street cred. |
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