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Deep Impact (1998) -vs- Armageddon (1998)
August 22, 2008 106It’s the End of the World as We Know It. Back in 1998, during the Year of Lewinsky, Paramount/DreamWorks got into a game of chicken with Touchstone. The result was two disaster films about comets that were about to crash into the Earth and destroy all life. The two films could share a single log-line:
When a “planet-killer” sized comet is discovered to be on an imminent collision course with Earth, an international space effort — led by the United States — sets out to deflect the object by setting off nuclear weapons deep inside its core so that it will miss Earth and, therefore, save humanity.
I won’t tell you how the Earth fared yet, but I can tell you that the point of impact in the theaters was about two months apart. Talk about operational redundancy!
Even though Deep Impact was the first in the theaters, for our purposes, we’re giving the “Defending Champion” designation to Armageddon because it won at the box-office. Armageddon grossed $553-million world-wide to the Deep Impact gross of $349-million. Incredibly, IMDB (the Internet Movie Database) has it as a virtual tie with both films scoring a 5.9 out of ten audience rating. […]
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Wyatt Earp (1994) -vs- Tombstone (1993)
June 29, 2011 84 -
Without Limits (1998) -vs- Prefontaine (1997)
July 14, 2007 44 -
Hairspray (2007) -vs- Hairspray (1988)
August 6, 2007 38 -
Warrior (2011) -vs- The Fighter (2010)
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Our Comment About Comments
July 30, 2009 0Here at Movie Smackdown! we know how much people like to talk about films. When you walk out of a theater, the chances are you’re comparing notes with your friends about what you saw. And, quite often, you’re comparing the evening’s film with another that it reminds you of in some way.
So, after you’ve read what our SmackRefs have to say here, let loose with your own thoughts.
The first thing that means is vote in one of our PollDaddy sponsored polls. They’re in each of our Smackdowns. We know that you expect our SmackRefs to tell you what they think, but we also know that you may have your own opinon. So do vote.
Also, consider our Comments section as the place you go to post your own reviews. Or disagree with our SmackRefs and they will respond to your comments for some back-and-forth.
Join us for a little film-on-film combat. […]
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The Hunger Games (2012) -vs- The Running Man (1987)
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The Wolfman (2010) -vs- The Wolf Man (1941)
February 22, 2010 4 -
Independence Day (1996) -vs- The War Of The Worlds (1953)
March 28, 2010 4