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Top 10 Heroic Movie Sacrifices


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ultimate sacrifice speak my life
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 heroic movie
sacrifices just to be clear we’re
excluding suicides animal sacrifices and
non-sentient acts of courage such as the
one performed by the t800 you got it all
so it’s fine if the character actually
did come back later in the film if they
didn’t know they would do so at the time
please be advised spoilers are most
certainly ahead number 10
Father Damien Karras The Exorcist well
then let’s introduce ourselves I’m
Damien Karras and I got gamma now kinda
until they scratch kicking off our list
is the moving self-sacrifice by a man of
the cloth a holy man who has lost his
faith in the Lord he becomes compelled
to save the life and soul of a girl
possessed by the devil himself to save
her he demands that the feed take him in
exchange only to throw himself from the
window banishing the devil and killing
himself in the process
number 9 king leonidas 300 tons
better your breakfast in heat hockey but
tonight we dine in Hell this king
wouldn’t bow to the Persian Army’s
demands yes
moreover when his own people wouldn’t
stand up to the impending invasion he
laid it all down to show a God King that
he is only mortal and keep his people
safe in the process
Leonidas gets extra points for
enthusiasm bold Leonidas gives testament
to our bloodline his lore is long and
loud
number eight Iron Giant The Iron Giant
you stay the only robot on our list this
sentient machine with amnesia befriends
a young boy and becomes a big fan of
Superman though he discovers that he’s
been built as a war machine and is
hunted by the government he ultimately
proves himself a hero by colliding with
a missile that would have otherwise
destroyed a small town
number seven gurgi the Black Cauldron in
this dark Disney tale a boy named Taryn
ventures to defeat the Horned King who
is about to use a magical cauldron to
cast the world into darkness left with
no choice but to cast himself into the
cauldron to destroy it his new fuzzy
friend gurgi decides to take his place
no girl not my house front bow right in
the feels Taran House Lola Franz
don’t–all hustler from snuggy no don’t
jump wait no
number six Jean Grey acts two x-men
United Jean wait where’s Jean she’s
outside
a sequel always needs to raise the
stakes which in case you didn’t know
means one of the major characters has to
bite it bringing the love triangle
between her Cyclops and Wolverine to a
heart breaking close she dies while
holding back the water from a blown dam
long enough so that the x-men team can
escape
number five Russell case independence
day on a personal note sir I just like
to add that ever since I was kidnapped
by aliens ten years ago I’ve been dying
for some payback and I just want you to
know that I won’t let you down
imagine that Randy Quaid making one of
our lists in a positive light
are you sure as the town drunk in
typical redneck Russell gets no respect
Russ when they took you up in their
spaceship did they do any sexual things
called you recollect yet during the
final dogfight for the fate of Earth a
missile launch malfunction gives rust
the chance to not only gain the
admiration he deserves but save the
world in the process plus he does it
with a kick-ass line all right – alien
asshole
number four obi-wan Kenobi Star Wars a
new hope you can wind us if you strike
me down I shall become more powerful
than you can possibly imagine okay
by today’s standards this wasn’t much of
a fight regardless old Ben squared off
with his former apprentice in order to
buy Luke and his new pals time to escape
the Death Star Ben knew that he wasn’t
coming back from this one and instead of
dragging out the fight he let himself
become one with the force if only to
confound Vader why couldn’t he keep
fighting for five more minutes who knows
number three Walt Kowalski gran torino
have I noticed how you come across
somebody once in a while and you should
know what
that’s me here Clint Eastwood puts his
legendary leathery face to good use as
an old racist widower just wants one
thing off my lawn
however after he warms up to his
neighbors he decides to go out in style
by tricking a local gang into shooting
him allowing himself to be gunned down
so they can finally be arrested number
two Harry Stamper Armageddon in this
action flick an asteroid is on route for
Earth and an oil drilling team led by
Bruce Willis are the only ones who can
stop it logically when the detonator is
damaged Brucie decides to take the place
of his daughter’s boyfriend who drew the
short straw and stayed behind to finish
the job
take care
yeah we know it’s Michael Bay film but
admit it you cried
number one Spock Star Trek to the Wrath
of Khan
no no flood the whole compartment time
that is dead already too late taking the
top spot on our list is the most
memorable and bromantic death ever
recorded when Khan’s activation of the
Genesis device threatens to kill the
entire crew of the enterprise
Spock exposes himself to the radiation
in order to fix the warp drive
the result is a self-sacrifice that had
us shedding tears for a man who’s unable
to feel emotion ironic right but we
shall be your friend
live long and prosper
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