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To compare two similar movies in order to see the structural similarities in the story line....

Movie 1: Across the Universe	Movie 2 : Empire Records
1. Equilibrium Before running away to America, Jude worked in the shipping yards and had a girlfriend called Molly	Before Lucas stole money he works in a record store
2. Disturbance He comes to America and finds out his dad is just a Janitor	Lucas loses $9,000 to the pokies in Atlantic City
3. Protagonist Max takes him under his wing and they move to New York	Mark tries to fix the problem by putting on a concert to raise money
4. Plan To stay in New York to be with Lucy (the new girl)	To put Lucas in jail
5. Obstacle Max gets sent to war	Mitch (the owner) comes to visit and wants the money
6. Complications Lucy starts working for Parco an anti-war protester and never sees Jude anymore	Joe loves Lucas to much as a son to send him to jail, the others try and help so he doesn’t get sent away
7. Timeout They run away with some hippies and get high off LSD and end up in the middle of nowhere	AJ tells Corey he loves her. Jeana sleeps with Rex Manning (music star) and Mark gets high from brownies.
8. Crisis The war gets worse, riots heighten	Joe comes face to face with Mitch (the owner) about the money being stolen
9. Climax A riot leads to Jude being sent back to London	Joe quits, Mitch offers the record company and takes the money that they others raised as payment.
10. Resolution Max comes back from War, Jude comes back to London legally to find Lucy	They all have their jobs, put on a music show at the record store and Corey and AJ fall in love

I chose two different movies and the story line cannot be matched, things work out in the end and there is a love story but Empire Records doesn't focus on love where Across the Universe does.