Double Feature Duel
(Rd2):
The Man Who Wasn’t There vs. Shrek Forever After
The Man Who Wasn’t There vs. Shrek Forever After
Title: I love how Shrek turned “Shrek
4” into “Shrek Forever After,” but it’s unfortunately matched up against the
best title in the tournament so far. (Point, Man 1-0)
Funnier: Saving ink. (Point, Shrek 1-1)
Better Turn: The Coen Brothers know how
to turn. (Point, Man 2-1)
Better Ending: The Coen Brothers do
have a way of closing out a movie that not only twists around and turns back in
on itself like a Mobius strip, but also isn’t a musical montage to a Carpenters
song. (Point, Man 3-1)
Better Message: Shrek actually had a
message. It’s not the Coen Brothers’ strong suit. (Point, Shrek 3-2)
Better Acting: Live action that doesn’t
completely suck > animation. (Point, Man 4-2)
More Creative: The Man Who Wasn’t There
was a triumph of mood that put me back in that time period and I can’t believe
it’s going to pull off another upset. Cinderella is dancing. (Point, Man 5-2)
Poster: It ain’t ogre til it’s ogre.
I’ll take that over the overly slanted text. (Point, Shrek 5-3)
Watch again: I think I may need to
watch The Man Who Wasn’t There again just to remind myself how much I didn’t
like it so it doesn’t win the whole damn thing. (Point, Shrek 5-4)
Overall: I can’t believe this 4-bug
movie beat 7 and 6.5-bug movies to get to the Sweet 16. Winner: The Man Who
Wasn’t There (5-4)
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