Summer Blockbusters 2009
Paul Arendt, MSN Movies

Blockbuster Death Tournament 2009!

Blockbusters 2009 (images © Warner Bros Inc/Paramount/Universal/Sony Pictures)

Hollywood is gearing up for a summer of blockbusters. In the next few months, your local multiplex will be a celluloid battleground as Star Trek dukes it out with Transformers, Harry Potter takes on Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Wolverine scraps with  Michael Mann’s gangster epic Public Enemies.

But which of these mega-budget spectaculars will be getting your crisply laundered tenners? You could wait for the reviews and the box office receipts. Hell, you could go and see all of them. Or, you could do what we’ve done: construct an entirely imaginary blockbuster deathmatch arena and see which movie’s heroes come out on top. Ladies and gentlemen, let the games begin...

Inglourious Basterds vs Harry Potter (images © Universal/Warner Bros Inc. 2009)
Wolverine vs Terminator Salvation (Twentieth Century Fox/Sony Pictures)
Round One: Star Trek vs Watchmen
Round One: Transformers vs Public Enemies
Round One: Watchmen vs Terminator Salvation
Round One: Wolverine vs Harry Potter
Round One: Public Enemies vs Star Trek
Round One: Inglourious Basterds vs Transformers
Quarter Final: Star Trek vs Wolverine
Quarter Final: Harry Potter vs Transformers
Quarter Final: Public Enemies vs Watchmen
Terminator vs Inglourious Basterds
Transformers vs Watchmen
Inglourious Basterds vs Star Trek
FINAL: Star Trek vs Transformers
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