Recycled Plots

[Trey of Diamonds]

Ok, the object here is to list two or more movies with the same plot. I'll start.

Racing Stripes and Herbie Fully Loaded

Dead mother, teenage girl who wants to race, grief stricken father who wont let her. There is little or no difference in these two movies.

 

[3.14]

il add the stake's

almost every race movie made

 

[rojse]

il add the stake's

almost every race movie made

The only decent race movie I have ever watched was "Initial D". It had a plot (seriously), and well-drawn characters (also seriously). They also do a lot of cool things in cars, except the main character doesn't drive a that I won't ever be able to own; he drives a Toyota AE86 instead. I do recommend it, particularly with your dislike of the stereotypical race movie.

 

[rojse]

How about the current crop of Disney movies? A bunch of kids are being raised by their father, the mother has left or died, kids hate eachother, kids constantly cause father difficulties, kids get into a difficult situation in a fantasy land, kids get out of situation both with intelligence, bravery, and outside help, kids learn to like eachother and to overcome their own personal problems, and all is well in the end. Cue credits.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

The only decent race movie I have ever watched was "Initial D".

I take it you never saw Le Mans or Grand Prix.

 

[rojse]

I take it you never saw Le Mans or Grand Prix.

No. You would recommend both?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

No. You would recommend both?

Absolutely. Le Mans is much more style-driven than plot-driven, but still does what it sets out to do well. Grand Prix is the movie that just about every other racing movie steals from.

 

[Trey of Diamonds]

Alien vs Predator and Alien vs Hunter. Same movie except one had bad acting and the other had no acting at all.

 

[3.14]

• Overcoming the Monster A terrifying, all-powerful, life-threatening monster whom the hero must confront in a fight to the death.
• Rags to Riches Someone who has seemed to the world quite commonplace is shown to have been hiding a second, more exceptional self within
• The Quest From the moment the hero learns of the priceless goal, he sets out on a hazardous journey to reach it.
• Voyage and Return The hero or heroine and a few companions travel out of the familiar surroundings into another world completely cut off from the first. While it is at first marvellous, there is a sense of increasing peril. After a dramatic escape, they return to the familiar world where they began.
• Comedy Following a general chaos of misunderstanding, the characters tie themselves and each other into a knot that seems almost unbearable; however, to universal relief, everyone and everything gets sorted out, bringing about the happy ending.
• Tragedy A character through some flaw or lack of self-understanding is increasingly drawn into a fatal course of action which leads inexorably to disaster.
• Rebirth There is a mounting sense of threat as a dark force approaches the hero until it emerges completely, holding the hero in its deadly grip. Only after a time, when it seems that the dark force has triumphed, does the reversal take place. The hero is redeemed, usually through the life-giving power of love.