So which movies should I watch?: Underdog movies

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Underdog movies

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Topic: Underdog movies

Posted By: JosephNobles
Subject: Underdog movies
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2012 at 8:14am

Any and all genres. Mainly I'm looking for how the underdog pulls even with the antagonist for the final battle. Second act stuff.

Here's my list so far:

Die Hard - just watched it again last night. McClane is one against 12 men with superior firepower, but as he kills them off, he acquires their weapons. Even so, Hans the antagonist gains more and more information about him, exploiting it to keep knocking him back - finding out he has bare feet, and then shooting out the glass; discovering his wife; etc.

October Sky

Babe

Rocky

Karate Kid

12 Angry Men

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Miracle on 34th Street

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Posted By: PeterKremer
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 9:01pm

Underdog or over whelming odds?

Kinda different things.

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Peter Kremer
TSA President 2011

Posted By: PeterKremer
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 9:04pm

David is an underdog to Goliath.

Mclane is a formidable cop.

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Peter Kremer
TSA President 2011

Posted By: bholmes
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2012 at 6:21am

Looks like Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games is going to be one of those characters.

Can't wait till the movie opens - 3.23 - I believe.

Posted By: JosephNobles
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2012 at 6:52am

Yes, John is a ubercop, but he's still one guy out of his element with a single handgun at the beginning of the movie.

Yeah, I guess I'm looking for both of those kinds of movies. Not so much the lonesome loser type, like I imagine Ryan and the Real Girl to be. And, yes, I'm waiting for the Hunger Games, too. I wanted to read the books before, but I never got to it. Too many other books to read.