| Dope | Inside Out | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | One word title | Two word title | These titles tell me nothing. 1/2 point each. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Dramedy
Rated R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity, and some violence-all involving teens | Animation
Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some action | Two different genres and ratings. Nice. 1/2 point each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | There’s an urban kid
Trailer didn’t show the plot
That is all I got | There’s a normal girl
We see voices in her head
As fun characters | Inside Out gets this point. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: I don’t know what the movie is about to write anything here
CONS: Seriously, what is this movie about? Maybe a coming of age movie? I don’t know. | PROS: A Pixar movie with an hilarious trailer, this looks like gold
CONS: None | And Inside Out gets this point. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Shameik Moore in his first big role | The voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Bill Hader. | And this point. |
| Best Cast | The voice of Forest Whitaker narrates the film | And the voices of Diane Lane, Frank Oz, Mindy Kaling, and others! | And this one. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Writer and director Rick Famuyiwa also wrote and directed Brown Sugar and The Wood. | Writer and Director Pete Docter also wrote and directed Monsters, Inc. and Up. | And this one. |
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