NO STRINGS ATTACHED vs FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS

[FrozenPinky]

No Strings Attached (2011)
[Starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher]

-VS-

Friends with Benefits (2011)
[Starring Mila Kunis, and Justin Timberlake]

Are they the same movie?
No. But they might as well be.

Both movies are about two friends who have a physical relationship without commitment.

Which is the better movie?

 

[FrozenPinky]

It's funny that both female leads end up "hooking up" in BLACK SWAN

 

[alexi52]

A remember that I saw both but I don't remember anything that happened in No Strings Attached so I'm going to go with Friends with Benefits

 

[Soapbox Killer]

It's the same picture

 

[Doug Dimmadome]

Voting No Strings Attached because I stand with Natalie Portman

 

[h1nch]

I remember friends with benefits being a movie that I started watching with the intention of making fun of it as I went along. And while it was an incredibly silly movie I still ended up liking it a lot.

 

[B-Dubs]

I thought I was having a stroke or something that year when I saw the two trailers a few weeks apart.

 

[FrozenPinky]

Most people like Natalie and Mila. So I wonder if it comes down to who we find less annoying: Justin or Ashton?

 

[Micael]

It's funny that both female leads end up "hooking up" in BLACK SWAN

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Mila kunis and Ashton kutcher are also married, so yeah all around a pretty funny set of circumstances.

 

[Squarehard]

 

[FrozenPinky]

Mila kunis and Ashton kutcher are also married, so yeah all around a pretty funny set of circumstances.

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Yes!

hahaha

 

[Nakho]

Friends with Benefits is low-key a actual good movie. JT is surprisingly solid, Mila Kunis is great as usual, humor is on point

No strings attached is pretty bad, zero chemistry

 

[balohna]

I was gonna say I've never done either. I also have never seen either film.

 

[Apathy]

Twin films - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[YimbyButler]

Which one had a flash dance scene?

I pick the other one

 

[Keiriks]

I think I saw one of those on VH1 before Drag Race several years ago, but I have no idea which one it was.

 

[FrozenPinky]

Must suck that Ashton's movie is losing to Justin's movie! Ashton has been acting since he was way younger and Justin is NOT a great actor. He's the worst thing about the movie The Social Network (which is a great movie). You can literally SEE his acting

 

[Eidan]

I didn't see either. I think the question is which set of leads had better on screen chemistry. Funnily enough, I'm certain neither will compare to the chemistry Portman and Kunis had in Black Swan.

 

[El_Dabrah]

I've seen both of these and remember absolutely nothing.

 

[SilentEagle]

I love watching romantic comedies and somehow, I dropped Friends with Benefits after watching some. But this thread made me to give another chance to it.

 

[MangoUltz]

Friends with Benefits is a nice little film, very rewatchable. And it has the great Richard Jenkins. And an insane Woody Harrelson character. It's the better flick.

 

[RichardHawk]

rather shove a knife in my dick than watch either.

 

[Idde]

Damn, weird timing for this thread. Randomly put on Friends with Benefits two days ago. Mila Kunis is always great. It's pretty funny. But man, does Timberlake have a punchable face. The monologue that was supposed to show how hurt he was, getting you to sympathize with him, was pretty much ruined cause he's just a bad actor. Don't think the movie wants me to be laughing at him at that part lol. Despite that, still a fun movie.

Been ages since I've seen No Strings Attached. I like both Kutcher and Portman. Is it considered to be the worst of the two?

 

[The Real Abed]

I've seen one of these movies and I liked it.

But I don't remember which one it was.

 

[VorpalNonsense]

love it when this happens.

like dantes peak vs volcano
or deep impact vs armageddon

 

[Aiqops]

I have only seen the Mila Kunis one, more than once too, so I am gonna go with that for now.

 

[WascallyWabbit]

OP got banned for this?

And FWB is way better. Both leads just have way more charisma

 

[quesalupa]

Never made the Black Swan and irl connections before lol

 

[machine]

This question is almost as important as the question of which movie with Matthew McConaughey leaning on the cover is the best.

 

[MegaRockEXE]

The joke being that both terms are opposites of each other but are actually representing the same movie plot?
I've never seen either, btw.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

OP got banned for this?

And FWB is way better. Both leads just have way more charisma

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Probably because it's their seventh "which similar movie do you like better" thread of the week

 

[WascallyWabbit]

Probably because it's their seventh "which similar movie do you like better" thread of the week

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Hey I enjoyed em 😂

 

[Aaron]

Friends With Benefits only because it's the one I've actually seen lol.

The subplot with the dad's Alzheimer's/dementia really got to me though, we'd started dealing with that happening with my grandma and it's something I've always worried about with my dad.

 

[seroun]

Any romcom recs, other than these two?
Watched Notting Hill/Love Actually/The Holiday/How to Lose a Guy../The Proposal already

 

[Serpico99]

It's always funny when similar movies come out around the same time like Armageddon and Deep Impact.