Summer’s over at Movie Smackdown! but we’ve got a lot to celebrate! Several new critics have joined in this year, the site traffic now sets a new record every month and we’re getting a lot of positive feedback for our new way to do movie reviews. For our new readers, we pick two films — related by theme, star, content, or whatever; usually one in the theaters and one on DVD — and review them against each other.
"Listen, it’s totally awesome about the baby and everything, but there’s a new Smackdown being posted so I’m just gonna go down to Starbucks and jack their Wi-Fi for a minute. You want a latte or anything?
Below, these are the movies that have ended up in our cage for a little film-on-film competition so far this year. Some are still in theaters, others just released on DVD, and others got reviewed just because we felt the films could use a good Smack.
COMEDY
- Balls of Fury (2007) -vs- Dodgeball (2004)
- Evan Almighty (2007) -vs- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Hairspray (2007) -vs- Hairspray (1988)
- I Think I Love My Wife (2007) -vs- The Last Kiss (2006)
- In the Land of Women (2007) -vs- Garden State (2004)
- Introducing the Dwights (2007) -vs- Meet the Fockers (2004)
- Knocked Up (2007) -vs- Junior (1994)
- Knocked Up (2007) -vs- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
- License to Wed (2007) -vs- My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
- Meet the Robinsons (2007) -vs- The Incredibles (2004)
- Mr. Woodcock (2007) -vs- Bad Santa (2003)
- Music and Lyrics (2007) -vs- Wimbledon (2004)
- No Reservations (2007) -vs- Big Night (1996)
- No Reservations (2007) -vs- Mostly Martha (2002)
- Ratatouille (2007) -vs- Toy Story (1995)
- Superbad (2007) -vs- American Pie (1999)
SCI-FI | FANTASY
- 28 Weeks Later (2007) -vs- Aliens (1986)
- 300 (2007) -vs- Sin City (2005)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) -vs- Armageddon (1998)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) -vs- The Incredibles (2004)
- Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (2007) -vs- Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Invasion (2007) -vs- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- POTC: At World’s End (2007) -vs- Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Premonition (2007) -vs- The Gift (2000)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- Superman III (1983)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- POTC: At World’s End (2007) -vs- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) -vs- The Matrix Revolutions
- Sunshine (2007) -vs- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Last Mimzy (2007) -vs- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- The Nines (2007) -vs- Go (1999)
- Transformers (2007) -vs- Independence Day (1996)
DRAMA
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007) -vs- Unforgiven (1992)
- A Mighty Heart (2007) -vs- Proof of Life (2000)
- Becoming Jane (2007) -vs- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Black Book (2007) -vs- Europa, Europa (1990)
- Disturbia (2007) -vs- Rear Window (1954)
- Fracture (2007) -vs- Primal Fear (1996)
- Grindhouse (2007) -vs- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) -vs- Die Hard (1988)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) -vs- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Nancy Drew (2007) -vs- Get A Clue (2002)
- Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) -vs- Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
- Ocean’s Thirteen (2007) -vs- Ocean’s Twelve (2004) -vs- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Once (2007) -vs- Music and Lyrics (2007)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) -vs- Carmen (1983)
- Perfect Stranger (2007) -vs- Shattered Glass (2004)
- Reign Over Me (2007) -vs- The Upside of Anger (2005)
- Rescue Dawn (2007) -vs- Papillon (1973)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) -vs- Mission: Impossible III (2006)
- The Good German (2007) -vs- Chinatown (1974)
- The Lives of Others (2007) -vs- The Conversation (1974)
- The Lookout (2007) -vs- Memento (2000)
- The Nanny Diaries (2007) -vs- The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- Vacancy (2007) -vs- Motel Hell (1980)
CLASSIC SMACK
- Casino Royale (2006) -vs- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
- Neverwas (2006) -vs- Finding Neverland (2004)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) -vs- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Primary Colors (1998) -vs- The Candidate (1972)
- Superman Returns (2006) -vs- Batman Begins (2005)
- The Fountain (2006) -vs- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) -vs- Michael Collins (1996)
- Without Limits (1998) -vs- Prefontaine (1997)
- World Trade Center (2006) -vs- United 93 (2006)
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