| The Boy Next Door | Strange Magic | Mortdecai | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
Clearest Title | Is either a really good or a really bad thing | That can’t be good | That’s a name | Not very clear titles. 1/3 point each. |
Best Genre and Rating | Thriller
Rated R for violence, sexual content/nudity and language | Fantasy Animation
Rated PG for some action and scary images | Comedy
Rated R for some language and sexual material | Three types of genres. Nice. 1/3 point each. |
Best Plot (in haiku form) | Mom sleeps with young guy
Breaks up with him. He is sad.
He stalks her. Gets bad. | Magical creatures
Some live in dark. Some in light.
There’s war and some love. | Silly British Guy
Travels. Does some silly things.
I don’t get the plot. | Not a good week of plots. I guess Strange Magic gets the point. |
Best Trailer | PROS: Has J.Lo and it’s a thriller
CONS: May not be a good thriller, also may have cheesy dialogue | PROS: Kids might like it, looks like a neat fairy world (and was created by George Lucas)
CONS: I didn’t really connect with the plot or characters | PROS: Stars famous people, Johnny Depp in another quirky role
CONS: British quirky humor may be too much for most | Not a good week for trailers. 1/3 point each. |
Coolest Lead Actor | Jennifer Lopez from Out of Sight and Maid in Manhattan. | Animated Cast | Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Caribbean and Edward Scissorhands. | Johnny Depp wins this point. |
Best Cast | Kristin Chenoweth (The West Wing), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and Ryan Guzman (Step Up All In) | Voices of Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph and others! | Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man), Ewan McGregor (Star Wars), Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind), and others. | Mortdecai wins this point too. |
Best Street Cred For the Production | Director Rob Cohen also directed Dragonheart, xXx, and The Skulls. | Story by George Lucas who did Star Wars, of course. | Director David Koepp wrote Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man and others. | George Lucas has to win this point. |