| The Gallows | Minions | Self/less | WINNER
(1 point per category) |
| Clearest Title | An ominous title | The cute characters from Despicable Me! | A compound word with a backslash in the middle of it | Minions easily win this point. |
Best Genre
and Rating | Horror Thriller
Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror
| Animation/Comedy
Rated PG for action and rude humor | Sci-Fi/Thriller
Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language | Different genres. 1/3 point for each. |
Best Plot
(in haiku form) | High school boy was hanged
20 years later, he’s back
Wants to hang others | Minions backstory
Get a job with a bad guy
Comedy happens | Old man gonna die
Puts brain into young man’s head
Some complications | Self/less clearly has the most original plot. Point. |
| Best Trailer | PROS: A scary found-footage film, seems unique and scary
CONS: It’s another scary found-footage film | PROS: An entire film about Minions!!!!
CONS: Doubt it. | PROS: A very, very interesting plot, good actors, I was engaged
CONS: No clear cons from the trailer | Minions and Self/less split the point for the best trailer. |
| Coolest Lead Actor | Cassidy Gifford from God’s Not Dead. | The minions from Despicable Me. | Ryan Reynolds from The Proposal. | The Minions win this point. |
| Best Cast | I don’t recognize the other actors yet | The voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Carell, and others! | Ben Kingsley (Ghandi), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game), and Victor Garber (Alias) | Minions and Self/less split the point for Best Cast. |
Best Street Cred
For the Production | Co-writer and co-director Travis Cluff also wrote and directed Gold Fools. | Co-director Pierre Coffin also directed Despicable Me 1 & 2. | Director Tarsem Singh also directed The Cell, Immortals, and Mirror Mirror. | Close race, but Mr. Singh will win this point. |
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