Jabez Scratch Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Open call out to forum members on your thoughts re: the best death in a movie. By "best," I mean most memorable, theatrical, unique, and/or impactful. Here is my short list to get things rolling: 1) Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz 2) Quint - Jaws 3) Colonel Kurtz - Apocalypse Now 4) Infested crew member - Alien 5) Obi Wan Kenobi - Star Wars 6) Jack Torrance - The Shining 7) Alex Forrest - Fatal Attraction 8) Darth Maul - Star Wars Episode I 9) Thelma and Louise - Thelma and Louise 10) Auric Goldfinger - Goldfinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonrpayne Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season ! Rabbit Season! Fire!!!!! (but in all seriousness, Elias's death in "Platoon" has to be up there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Phantasm has a couple of good ones. The scene in the mortuary when the silver ball flies in and drills into the victim's skull, gushing a gallon or so of blood. At the end of the movie (not a true death scene) when the Tall Man reaches through the mirror and grabs the boy - that will stick in your memory! Another standout is Fargo: the wood chipper scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 What a sick and disgusting topic... I love it. Never thought about this. Do you want best as in... Most moving Most realistic Both ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reactor444 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 The inspector in the Wicker Man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha (oops, did I spoil it for anyone?). Is really a theater musical, but since they made a movie of it I guess it qualifies. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 ---------------- On 9/9/2003 5:14:59 PM reactor444 wrote: The inspector in the Wicker Man.... ---------------- That was one of the weirdest movies... I especially loved how they turned an investigation into a beach orgie and then the wonderful wall temptation scene... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 The first death scene in Suspiria rocks balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Most moving... Padme's death in the next Star Wars (has not happened yt, but I am already dreading it....) I might actually cry. heh (I've not cried in years... but you just cannot kill her... wtf is Lucas on?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAKO Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn (Ricardo Montalban) " I SPEET ON YOU" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 King Kong falling off the Empire State Building. Edit: This accounts for Fay Ray appearing in the -ray post as keeper of the Gorilla cages. She was the cute thing who KK dragged up there. I think. I don't mind this stuff so long as it is fantacy. I was annoyed the Titanic capitalized on the realistic and tragic passing of so many just to make a buck. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoocow Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 the alien in Alien IV..love seeing a 10 foot being being sucked out of a 4" diameter hole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 ---------------- On 9/9/2003 9:15:12 PM zoocow wrote: the alien in Alien IV..love seeing a 10 foot being being sucked out of a 4" diameter hole... ---------------- Can't argue with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Kevin Spacey has a couple of good death scenes... 1. In American Beauty, you don't actually see him die, but you get a good look at him afterward, and his narration at the end about everything he sees is tremendous. 2. ...but my favorite (of his) is from L.A. Confidential: "Rollo Tomasi..." 3. I think Sean Bean's Boromir has a decent death scene (LOTR: FOTR)... he even goes pale during the course of his exchange with Aragorn. In stark contrast is Sean Connery's King Arthur in "First Knight"; he looks like he just spent the summer in Bermuda, all the way to his last gasp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyhorns Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 Don't forget sacrificial deaths such as in Independence Day and Armageddon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Anything with Kevin Kostner. fini (not a big fan of his acting) Oh, yeah, The Sixth Sense edit: I hate explaining myself, but realized some may read the above statement and think I wish Mr. Kostner harm. That is not the case. I am refering to death as in acting, i.e. "You really died out there." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Screwface in Marked For Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Just thought of a few more decent ones: Dennis Hopper's death scene in True Romance. The word play between him and Christopher Walken was absolutely hilarious. Al Pacino's death scene in Scarface. Talk about lead poisoning! The scene from the first Friday the 13th where the kid in a bunk gets stabbed from underneath straight through the mattress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 In Vampires, where the guy comes to the Motel where all the vampire killers are celebrating the day's events and splits the guy in two - Wow! In the Mummy 2 when the guy gets ripped in four pieces by the Rock (Scorpion King) towards the end. Not sure if this one counts but the scene in The Thing when the guys head plops off the operating table the body is on, sprouts legs and crawls away - Woah! When Jesse "The Body" Ventura gets shot by the Alien's laser weapon in Predator and it leaves a hole where his chest cavity used to be. Man I could go on and on with this so I will stop while I am ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholtl Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 My vote goes to Brad Pitt in MEET JOE BLACK. Double car action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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