‘Friends With Benefits’ vs ‘No Strings Attached’

It's been said that there are no original ideas anymore, and Hollywood is proving that phrase right again. I'm used to the SciFi Channel releasing movies that are eerily similar to movies about to be released in the theaters (which causes much confusion when it's time to rent one of those movies, you may pick the 'wrong one' by accident). One of my favorites was 'War of the Worlds' which was almost simultaneously released in theaters and the SciFi Channel. Earlier this year, the silver screen was graced with the feature film 'No Strings Attached' starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.

The basic premise was a relationship based purely on sex. Six months later, as that film was getting ready to be released to DVD, along comes 'Friends With Benefits' starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, with the basic premise being was it possible to have a relationship based purely on sex?

Well, let's put these to together and see who wins. I've taken some comparisons between the two movies and made my selection as to which movie wins in each selection. Once again, unscientific, but in my opinion, pretty accurate.

	No Strings Attached	Friends With Benefits	Win
Rating	R	R	tie
Original Title	'Friends with Benefits'	'Friends with Benefits'	FWB
Released	01/21/11	07/22/11	NSA
Actor	*Ashton Kutcher*	*Justin Timberlake*
Born	02/07/78	01/31/81	NSA
Pros	Married to Demi Moore 'That 70's Show' 'Punk'd' 'Butterfly Effect' 'Two and a Half Men' First Twitter user to have 1 million followers	Dated Britney Spears Dated Jessica Biel N'Sync SNL Favorite 'Alpha Dog' 'Yogi Bear'	NSA
Cons	'Dude, Where's My Car?'	Superbowl Halftime	FWB
Actress	Natalie Portman	Mila Kunis
Born	06/09/81	08/14/83	NSA
Pros	'The Professional' Amidala in 'Star Wars' Trilogy 'Black Swan' (Academy Award)	'That 70's Show' 'Family Guy' 'Black Swan' (MTV Award) Maxim Sexiest List	NSA
Cons	Couldn't think of any	Couldn't think of any	tie
Plot	Guy and a girl are fed up with regular relationships and attempt to have a 'sex' only one instead. Hilarity ensues as feelings eventually develop.	Guy and a girl are fed up with regular relationships and attempt to have a 'sex' only one instead. Hilarity ensues as feelings eventually develop.	tie

And the winner is....'No Strings Attached' (according to this unscientific study). That being said, it's got some hefty competition at the box office this summer, with 'Harry Potter' shattering box office records and 'Captain America' set to release this weekend as well.

Which do you think will be funnier? 'No Strings Attached' or 'Friends With Benefits'?