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| ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' || ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' ||Final Bluth and Disney face-off. Fatherless boy tries to solve his [[Disappeared Dad|daddy issues]] by going on a space voyage in search of a long-lost treasure, hidden on a [[Big Dumb Object]], with a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|less-than-stellar]] crew of galactic [[Petting Zoo People]], one of whom is a [[Parental Substitute]], but proves to be [[The Mole]], using a [[I Am Dying Please Take My Macguffin|starmap]] [[You Will Know What to Do|only he]] [[Living MacGuffin|can read]]. The villain {{spoiler|redeems himself in a [[Take My Hand]] moment}} while trying to activate/deactivate the [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|Forgotten]] [[Doomsday Device]]. More specific, you say? OK... ||Both films were heavily and deliberately marketed to single-parent Gen-X kids. [[Used Future]], [[Schizo-Tech]] and uplifting [[Grunge]] music pops up on occasion. Oh, and one is about [[Pirates]] in a [[Steampunk]] [[Alternate Universe]], based on a [[Treasure Island|classic novel]]. The other is about [[Space Pirates]] [[After the End]], based on ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''. Both got an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]. ||Neither. The two films destroyed each other, with ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' being unfairly compared to the (poorly-marketed) ''[[Titan A.E.|Titan]]'', nearly [[Genre Killer|killing the entire genre]] of traditional animation in one of the worst case of Dueling Films ever. Fortunately, both were later [[Vindicated by Cable]].
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| ''[[127 Hours]]'' || ''[[Soul Surfer]]'' || Dramatic films about [[Real Life]] athletes who lose a limb. || ''Hours,'' from [[Danny Boyle]], focuses on Aron Ralston, a hiker who is forced to cut off his own arm to save himself after five days of having his arm trapped by a boulder. ''Surfer'', from Sean McNamara (the director of ''[[Bratz (film)|Bratz]]''), focuses on Bethany Hamilton, an evangelical Christian surfer who loses an arm from [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|a shark attack]]. The main difference between these two films is their intended audience: while ''Hours'' aims for a secular audience, ''Surfer'' is intended for the [http://www.soulsurferwave.com/ Christian market.] ||''127 Hours'' was nominated for six [[Academy Award|Oscars]] (including Best Picture and Best Actor for [[James Franco]]), and several other awards, but only obtained a modest profit [[Screwed by the Network|thanks to Fox's mismanagement of the movie.]] ''Soul Surfer'', on the other hand, received mixed reception from critics. Additionally, while ''Surfer'' earned much more than ''Hours'' in the United States, it was invisible outside the States, resulting in a lower international box office than ''[[127 Hours]].'' ''Hours'' is the victor in this one.
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| ''[[Melancholia]]'' || ''[[The Tree of Life]]'' ||Both are "big-budget art-house films" that feature [[Dysfunction Junction|dysfunctional]] [[Big Screwed-Up Family|family drama]] alongside [[Trippy Finale Syndrome|epic cosmic events]], with the visuals alternating between [[Faux Documentary|realistic shots in hand-held camera]] and [[Visual Effects of Awesome|gorgeous, elaborate takes]] of [[Scenery Porn|scaleless scenery and events]]. || ||Tie. ''Melancholia'' got better reviews and public praise, but while ''[[The Tree of Life]]'' polarized audiences and critics much more, it was more successful theatrically and got more rewards.
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