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| ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'' || ''[[Krull]]'' || Fantasy films from the 80s, each was set in an exotic world ruled by an evil force. A fortress must be penetrated. ||[[The Dark Crystal]] was done by [[Jim Henson]] which meant, of course, [[Muppet|animatronic puppets]] while [[Krull]] was live action. ||Each have their fans, so let's just say it's a draw and leave it at that.
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| ''[[Destination Moon]]'' (1950);<br /><br />''[[Tintin|Destination Moon]]'' (1950), unrelated || ''[[Rocketship X-M]]'' ||''Moon'' was scientifically accurate, featured a script by [[Robert A. Heinlein]], and pretty much kicked off the "space adventure" genre of film; ''X-M'' featured [[Space Is Noisy|sound in space]], [[Space Friction|rockets stopping when the engines cut out]], and eventually ended up on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. ||Another case of the ripoff making it into theaters first; ''Destination Moon'' was famously advertised as "Two years in the making!", and ''X-M'' took advantage of it. ||''[[Destination Moon]]'' (film).<br /><br />The 2-part ''Tintin'' series was [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620063826/http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3p.html#tintin more scientifically accurate and prescient] than either of them, and eerily similar in plot, but didn't cross the pond.
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| ''[[Independence Day]]'' || ''The Arrival'' (also, ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'') ||[[Alien Invasion]] movies released in the summer of 1996 (or late autumn, in the case of ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!''). ||Aside from involving an alien invasion, they are ''nothing'' alike. ''[[Independence Day]]'' was the big-studio production with a big budget, big stars, big promotion and churned out an even bigger profit. ''The Arrival'' was intended to be more of a thoughtful thriller, with only one brand-name star (Charlie Sheen). It never had a chance. ||''ID4'': Can anyone actually remember ''The Arrival''? (Yes! The guy looked like [[Half-Life|Gordon Freeman]]!)
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|''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001) ||''[[Dungeons & Dragons (film)||Dungeons & Dragons]]''||[[High Fantasy]] in a magical land of elves, goblins and other fantastical creatures based off legendary and sacred nerd franchises. (Both distributed by New Line Cinema.)|| ||LOTR by a landslide.
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|''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001) ||''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001)|| First installments of high-budget film adaptations of popular and beloved fantasy series, with an overlapping viewer demographic, released within a month's difference of each other. || || A tie, or, better said, both films win. Both LOTR and HP were incredible box-office hits, grossing about $900 mln each, successfully launching their respective film franchises, [[Visual Effects of Awesome|revolutionizing the use of CGI in movies]] and [[Genre Turning Point|greatly raising the prestige of the fantasy genre]].
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|''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]'' || ''[[The Cave]]''<br />''The Cavern'' ||Horror movies with similar titles, made in the same year, and all three about a group of cavers who go spelunking, meet something unpleasant, and die.|| ||When it was released in America one year afterward, ''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]'' ended up becoming known as "Like ''[[The Cave]]'', but it doesn't suck." ''The Cavern'' is much more obscure than the other two, but definately the worst of the lot.
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| ''[[Inside Job]]'' || ''[[I Want Your Money]]'' || Competing documentaries about the ongoing economics crisis, released one week apart in October 2010. ||While the former places the blame on both capitalism and politics, the latter (a [[Documentary of Lies]]) places all of the blame on [[Barack Obama]] (who wasn't even President when it happened). || ''[[Inside Job]]'' was critically acclaimed, became an arthouse hit and won an Oscar, ''[[I Want Your Money]]'' was critically savaged and only lasted a week in most theatres.
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| ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' || ''[[Country Strong]]'' || Troubled country singers (played by Oscar winners who do their own singing) make comebacks while trying to navigate potential new loves and [[Younger and Hipper]] rivals. || While ''Crazy Heart''{{'}}s male protagonist is long past his prime, ''Country Stong''{{'}}s female protagonist is still wildly popular. ||''Crazy Heart'' earned [[Jeff Bridges]] an Oscar; ''Country Strong''... ''really'' didn't go that way for [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]. Also, in a roundabout way Paltrow's character falls for [[Tron: Legacy|Bridges' son]].
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| ''[[No Strings Attached]]'' || ''[[Friends with Benefits (film)|Friends With Benefits]]'' || [[Rom Com]] starring combinations of a member of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' and ''[[Black Swan]]'' (Ashton Kutcher & [[Natalie Portman]] and [[Mila Kunis]] & [[Justin Timberlake]], respectively) wherein the question of [[Friends with Benefits|"can we have sex and still be friends?"]] is pondered. || || Both films were modestly successful box-office wise, though ''Friends'' wins with its mostly positive reviews compared to ''Strings''' mixed critical reaction.
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