Best Deaths in Movie history *will contain spoilers obviously*

[Odin]

1. I dont know the chainsaw in the shower scene of scarface comes to mind.

2.The bum on the street in clock work orange before alex's re education, when they kicked the crap out of him, i cant remember if he died but the scene immediately popped into my head as a "best death"

3. Lucy lu's charecter dieing, after a lengthy bloody battle with uma thurman in Kill Bill Vol 1.

4. Lee van cleef in the good the bad and the ugly. Not his death, but in the first part of the movie he kills a man who tells him about the cash box (and his son) and then takes his gold and explains to his employer (as he is sickly in bed) that he assumed that the man wanted him to kill the employer in retribution. Some laughter ensues on thier part and then Angel eyes pulls the pillow over the employers head and puts a bullet into it. (personal favorite because its not just one death, but a few killings intertwined).

5.Robert Shaw as "quint" in Jaws. he proclaims he will never put on a life jacket again after his boat went down in WWII after delivering the hiroshima bomb. The fishing boat he is on is damaged, the shark is circiling and he is looking at the chief (Roy schnieder). Now everytime the shark is in the water, you hear the infamous music, execept this time, no music just the sudden propelling of the shark on the boat, quint slips and tries to kick away from the shark. No luck he's crushed in its mouth.

those are 5 that came to mind when looking at this thread.

[Axeknight]

The Movie - Dog Soldiers

The character - Pvt. 'Spoon' Witherspoon

I love that film. It's great because the squaddies make all the right decisions (unlike most horror films, they never do stupid stuff like separating, turning lights off etc), they really give the werewolves a fight (the bit with the Land Rover and the shed being a prime example), but by the end you can see they really never had a chance. Spoon's last act of defiance was brilliant, but my favourite bit is the last shot of the next day's newspaper.

I am sure there are better ones, but the death of Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) in Blade Runner is memorable:

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die."

He wrote that speech himself, you know. Very poignant, especially since he's been portrayed as pretty much the bad guy right through.

A few more favourites [SPOILERS: have put the titles in bold in case anyone doesn't want them spoiled] -

Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) in Apocalypse Now - it's a cliche, but it's still pretty powerful, with Martin Sheen rising out of the swamp with a look in his eyes like he's possessed by a demon.

Daniel Craig in Layer Cake - just when it's over, just as he's finally won, he's killed by a nobody character he stole Sienna Miller from about 20 minutes in.

Sonny Corleone (James Caan) in The Godfather - for how the guard at the tollbooth drops to the floor and he suddenly realises he's been set up, and for the (quite literal) overkill of the assassins. And the way one kicks him afterwards, just to make sure.

Tony Montana (Al Pacino) in Scarface - another cliche, but nobody's mentioned it yet. The zoom out shot of the fountain is great (Al Pacino had to hold his breath for a ridiculous amount of time for that one).

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

"On this, Brian, the occasion of your martyrdom, we would like to extend to you our most sincere thanks for what you have done for us and our organization, and can only offer our condolences on what must be, after all, a very difficult time."

[Kralizec]

The bum on the street in clock work orange before alex's re education, when they kicked the crap out of him, i cant remember if he died but the scene immediately popped into my head as a "best death"

He didn't die:

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After his reeducation he encounters the bum again, who recognises him and proceeds to kick and beat him with his homeless friends while he's defenseless

1. Major Kongs death in Dr. Strangelove
2. Keanu Reaves suicide (forgot his characters name) in the Devils Advocate
3. Nick's death by Russian Roullette in The Deer Hunter
4. Cole's death in Twelve Monkeys, sad and beautiful

[Odin]

He didn't die:

After his reeducation he encounters the bum again, who recognises him and proceeds to kick and beat him with his homeless friends while he's defenseless

thats to bad, because it would have been a great death. I think i will rent that movie again its been near 15 years since I saw it last. Just need a bit of the moloco plus to set the mood, but as i reflect no one dies in the movie do they?

[Kralizec]

thats to bad, because it would have been a great death. I think i will rent that movie again its been near 15 years since I saw it last. Just need a bit of the moloco plus to set the mood, but as i reflect no one dies in the movie do they?

That's funny, I bought the DVD about 3 weeks ago.

Very minor spoiler:

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Two people die, but they're not directly shown.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Braveheart: William Wallace
Gladiator: Maximus
Saving Private Ryan:Tom Hank's character (the Cpt.)

[Ice]

John Coffee's Excution-Green Mile- By the way he didn't do it.

Enemy at the Gates where the Major shoots the main character's best friend, but is shot in return my the young sniper

Braveheart- When William Wallace is killed at the end

[Snite]

My favorite movie death is Captain Barbossa in Curse of the Black Pearl. From the moment he gave Elizabeth his speech about feeling nothing I knew he was the tragic hero of the movie for lack of a better term. His death was so passionate: "I feel!" His excitement at being able to feel again after such a long and arduous journey is so great he forgets for just a moment that nothing he feels is positive. And then the realizatin hits him: he's accomplished his great goal only long enough to see it taken from him. "... cold." and he falls to the ground, the green apple he had squirreled away, waiting to be his first celebration at being human again, tumbles from his coat sleave, sealing the downfall of his dreams.


For a popcorn movie, that was an incredible death in my opinion.

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