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Post by jammer81386 on Mar 10, 2017 17:00:53 GMT
FAVORITE MOVIE DEATHS
Raiders of the Lost Ark Toht I'm probably not the only person to has this on their list, as it is undoubtedly one of the most memorable and gruesome deaths in cinematic history. The destructive power of the Ark had been alluded to throughout the movie and seeing it unleashed is such a way was very satisfying. It is , without competition, the greatest special effects death in cinema history.
Rambo III I, personally, always thought that the "explosive arrow" death from Rambo II was overrated. But one death that was certainly underrated was that of the burly Kourov from Rambo III. Unlike Tay in Rambo II, Kourov seemed like a threat at the time of his death. He nearly brought Rambo to his "breaking point", before having the tables turned on him, made his death much more satisfying. Bambi For me, it was not the death of Bambi's mother that got to me as a kid. It was the death of this nameless quail(I think) that traumatized me. Why? I can't say for sure, but i think it primarily had to do with how terrified and panicked she was prior to being shot, as well her corpse being shown that scared me. It made "Man" seem all the more ruthless.
The Thing Norris/Cooper This death exemplifies everything great about The Thing. How it goes from a being normal person to a grotesque monster instantaneously. I love showing that part to people unfamiliar with the movie due to such an abrupt change in tone. Ben-Hur There are two parts of this death that makes it so fantastic. Firstly , there is the crash that mortally injures Messala which was such a perfect climax to the legendary chariot race. ANd then there is Messala "death bed" scene where he shares his last moments taunting Ben-Hur. Even though his body is shattered and he is on the edge of death, he still tries to harm his old friend in any way he can. Almost as if he is trying to infect him with the corruption he got from Rome.
Also, I love this line so much "There's enough of a man still left here for you to hate"
Dr. Strangelove Major T.J. "King" Kong link Aside from just being an awesome way too go out. This death served as a great metaphor about how being gung-ho for war will lead to our destruction. Jaws The greatest climax in movie history. The demise of the shark was a textbook example of a brilliant concept that was executed just as brilliantly, with an increasingly intense buildup leading to a spectacular conclusion.
Every aspect of it works perfectly. The setup, the music, the iconic one liner, and of course the gory explosion creates one of the most memorable moments in all of cinema. LEAST FAVORITE MOVIE DEATHS
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Superman
This has less to do with the death itself and more to do with the fact that it done so soon in the series. Why would you kill superman in the 2nd movie? You have barely even established his character and it is beyond obvious that this death is not going to be permanent with the Justice League movies coming up. Superman is an American icon and they made his death a novelty with little consequence or emotional impact.
Underworld Delayed reaction much? I can buy that a vampire can briefly survive his head being sliced in two. But I do not buy that it takes 20 seconds for him to realize it.
Dr. Kananga To quote Crow T. Robot from MST3K "So people are just balloons?". Not at all help by the terrible special effects. Kananga's death defied all common sense. A Good Day To Die Hard Yuri Komarov The fact that John McClane didn't kill the main villain would be enough to put it onto this list. Even still Komarov's death was so contrived and implausible that it couldn't be taken seriously. It also was edited quite poorly.
Dreamcatcher Beeve For me, the most painfully bad deaths are one that are caused by the character's stupidity. I get that Beeve had some type of psychological tick with the toothpicks, but for the lord of god, you are trying to contain a extraterrestrial monster that shot out of a guy's butt. Get ahold of yourself. I also didn't buy that the worm-creature would have been difficult for two grown men to overpower. The Shallows If this movie fell into the "cheesy gorefest horror movie" genre, this death would still be ridiculous. The fact that the movie was, prior to this, a serious and realistic survival story makes this death uniquely facepalm worthy. Thank for reading. Feel free to add any of your favorite/least movie deaths or comment on any of my selects. Thanks again.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 14, 2017 17:52:45 GMT
Favorite Movie Deaths Jaws- Quint- he went out fighting SSSSSSS- The Jock- it was satisfying to see him attacked by a Black Mamba The Mad Scientist- one does not turn Face Man into a King Cobra Jurassic Park- Nedry getting eaten by a Dilophosaurus The lawyer getting eaten in the restroom by the T-Rex Worst Movie Deaths none |
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Post by mrbeale on Mar 26, 2017 13:43:57 GMT
Judge Claude Frollo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) A couple that I really like because they're so hilariously random: Alec Guinness in The Ladykillers and that henchman who jumps at Batman from behind only to fall through the floor and plunge to his doom in Batman |
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 1, 2018 10:42:10 GMT
Just watched Baby Driver (2017), and... Buddy’s death scene was quite awesome. The build-up to it, the music (the music used throughout the movie was great), Buddy plummeting and landing with a crash onto the burning car, then finally the explosion were all pretty satisfying.
Take that, Don Draper! He fell to his death after all.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Mar 1, 2018 17:15:09 GMT
I cant bother with spoiler tags.
Best:
Raiders-Being melted by God is pretty bad, especially if you consider it amounts to God pulling the wings off flies since he created everything and knows everything and can do everything. What a sick fucker.
David Warner in the Omen. I get edgy around glass.
Karswell in Night of the Demon (just the fact that he dies by the parchment trick and having to chase it along a railroad track)
Marcellus in Spartacus (honestly what a freaking jerk, how satisfying it was that he dies by someone he trained to be a killer)
Morton in Once Upon A Time in the West (he wanted to die by the ocean, he had to settle for a puddle)
Mengele in The Boys From Brazil
Emil in Robocop
Sam Jackson in Deep Blue Sea
The Thing: Gary.
Alien: the egg-making process in the deleted scene involving Dallas and Brett.
Worst:
Probably can think of some but my mind is blank at the moment.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 5, 2018 5:12:55 GMT
Harry Potter on the brain...
Prof. Snape's death is memorable... Dumbledore & Sirius' not so much.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Oct 19, 2018 17:46:08 GMT
Meet Joe BlackBrad Pitt, human pinball.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 19, 2018 22:17:34 GMT
Buscemi - Fargo
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Post by politicidal on Oct 20, 2018 14:48:44 GMT
BEST:
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Sheriff of Nottingham's gloriously hammy ott death scene. Rest in Peace, Alan Rickman.
Star Wars - The Death Star explosion
Raiders of the Lost Ark - the Nazis getting melted.
Jurassic Park - the Tyrannosaurus killing the Velociraptors.
Braveheart - William Wallace defiantly yelling 'freedom' before expiring.
Jaws - "Smile you son of a bitch!"
The Godfather - Carlo Rizzi being strangled.
Die Hard - Hans Gruber falling to his death.
Last of the Mohicans - Chingachook hacking Magua to pieces.
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Frollo plunging into his own fiery pit.
WORST:
Batman versus Superman - agreed.
Jaws: The Revenge - Roy Scheider being killed offscreen by a lame heart attack because he became such a wimp by the end.
10,000 BC - Cliff Curtis dying and he was the sole interesting character in the whole movie.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 21, 2018 7:27:39 GMT
Favourites: PSYCHO II-83'Lila Loomis Sociopathic b!tch attempting to drive Norman crazy again, cops a butcher knife down her high falutin' gob and deservedly so. Nice surprise here and hadn't seen anything like it prior or pretty much since, that has the same impact. PIRHANA-78'Betsy Sweet, endearing and kind Betsy, one of the children's camp counselors, gets gobbled up by Piranha's while a kid is trying to save her. The devastation of seeing her get pulled under and the how Pino Donaggio's excellent score suddenly cues to swell to announce the tragedy, was very skillfully presented HOSTEL II-07'Lorna Disturbing and protracted death, of gawky and awkward Lorna really pushes the envelope in the sadistic and sexual violence department. Homage sequence to Countess Dracula Eliabeth Bathory, and the scene is cringe inducing, distressing and potent. MOTEL HELL-80'Farmer Vincent This one is quite amusing, when good-natured, well meaning but psychopathic Vincent is found out about his ghastly deeds by his cop brother and they engage in a chainsaw dual. Vincent cops a saw in his torso and acknowledges what a hypocrite he is by using preservatives in his smoked meats.  Mrs. Spool Psycho 2 again, and the old lady cops one heavy and massive looking shovel to the noggin after her revelation, courtesy of mother obsessed Norman. Makes a strong impact. A real whacker of an ending, especially since Norman was innocent of all the other mayhem that occurred. Worst: Save for a rainy day, can't think of any at the moment. Only the favorites tend to stick. Lila Loomis was not a very nice person, so I wasn't that upset that she got killed. Though at the tender age of 13, I was shocked at how she got killed. It was quite violent. I wouldn't have guessed at as strong a reaction as what you mentioned, though. What was the reason for the impact her death had on you, Toasted Cheese? Was it that you disliked her so much that you secretly loved seeing her get it? Betsy's death was very upsetting for me and for the exact same reasons as you cited. She was so sweet and kind and upbeat that her death had genuine emotional impact. Plus, Belinda Balaski is just so likeable, anyway. Lorna's death was truly horrifying and vile and, to be honest with you, I wish I had never seen it. The way she says "Mommy" makes it even more upsetting and awful. I did not enjoy seeing Dawn Weiner suffer anymore than she'd suffered in "Welcome to the Dollhouse". If it had been one of the other two girls who'd died in this way, I'm pretty sure I would not have been quite so upset. Farmer Vincent - I would just as soon not see good-natured Vincent bite it, but I guess all good things must come to an end. Mrs. Spool - I didn't have much of a reaction to her death either way, though I will say Norman really does know how to bring a shovel down on someone's head. If anything, I was upset that Norman had reverted back to an unsane state. Because I had been so happy for him to have found some peace of mind. Can't help but like Norman. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 25, 2018 1:33:46 GMT
Lila Loomis was not a very nice person, so I wasn't that upset that she got killed. Though at the tender age of 13, I was shocked at how she got killed. It was quite violent. I wouldn't have guessed at as strong a reaction as what you mentioned, though. What was the reason for the impact her death had on you, Toasted Cheese? Was it that you disliked her so much that you secretly loved seeing her get it?
Betsy's death was very upsetting for me and for the exact same reasons as you cited. She was so sweet and kind and upbeat that her death had genuine emotional impact. Plus, Belinda Balaski is just so likeable, anyway. Lorna's death was truly horrifying and vile and, to be honest with you, I wish I had never seen it. The way she says "Mommy" makes it even more upsetting and awful. I did not enjoy seeing Dawn Weiner suffer anymore than she'd suffered in "Welcome to the Dollhouse". If it had been one of the other two girls who'd died in this way, I'm pretty sure I would not have been quite so upset. Farmer Vincent - I would just as soon not see good-natured Vincent bite it, but I guess all good things must come to an end. Mrs. Spool - I didn't have much of a reaction to her death either way, though I will say Norman really does know how to bring a shovel down on someone's head. If anything, I was upset that Norman had reverted back to an unsane state. Because I had been so happy for him to have found some peace of mind. Can't help but like Norman. With Lila, it was more the impact of the presentation of her death scene. Bear in mind, I was only a mid teen when this came out and it was the start of my slasher phase interest and was getting into to see films with restricted ratings on them, which I was too young previously to see.
I had seen a still of her screaming face and when it happened in the film and was put into context of the narrative, I was thinking, are they really going to show her getting stabbed in the gob and if they do, will it look realistic. I did not expect the film to even go there. It was brutal and graphic and sensationally presented. Lila's personality and her character to me were irrelevant at the time. I cannot think of other on-screen deaths that have this same wow factor. This is only from my own personal perspective and from my own catalogue of what I had seen previously. I still find nothing much to top it and it was also a very original death as well, because it was also very random.
Mrs. Spool had a similar impact on me, because the film was almost over but not quite. It was the presentation again. I have seen other films with people getting whacked on the head with shovels, but again, none that match this.
It really was quite brutal. I was shocked when I saw it. It looked so painful! Ouch! You know there is something every so slightly unlikeable about Vera Miles. It is very subtle, but I think it's there. And it worked to wonderful advantage in what I think is her best performance, as murderous beauty mogul, Viveca Scott, in "Columbo" 3rd season opener, the delightful "Lovely, but Lethal". Miles is an absolute hoot! Her hairdo alone makes the show worth watching! |
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 25, 2018 2:26:25 GMT
It really was quite brutal. I was shocked when I saw it. It looked so painful! Ouch! You know there is something every so slightly unlikeable about Vera Miles. It is very subtle, but I think it's there. And it worked to wonderful advantage in what I think is her best performance, as murderous beauty mogul, Viveca Scott, in "Columbo" 3rd season opener, the delightful "Lovely, but Lethal". Miles is an absolute hoot! Her hairdo alone makes the show worth watching! I was also interested in the technical aspect of how they achieved the death scenes in films, as in the special make-up. You would have also been a few yrs younger than me when it came out, and it may have also affected you differently. I thought Lila's death was done quite realistically. That is why I like Halloween II - 81' so much as well, because there wasn't any overdone extensive make-up effects in this one and the deaths were shown to be quite realistic and painful without overdoing the rubbery latex and red paint.
I know you are a big fan of Columbo, but this is just something that isn't a part of my psyche. I don't even recall if it was screened on NZ tv, or if it was, it was perhaps later at night, and since we didn't have a t.v for 8yrs, I only saw stuff at neighbors houses. I was lucky to see CA's when I did. Nothing much mattered anyway, once I discovered CHiPs'. That was one show I just had to see and if I wasn't able to visit an episode, my whole world came crashing down around me. I had to make friends with the neighbors just so I could see it on Friday nights.  That is hilarious. I wonder if your neighbors knew what you were up to! I only became hooked on "Columbo" when I was in my late 30s. I don't know what made me want to watch it for that first time. The show was so elegant and it was really all about the guest star murderer! And Peter Falk was just wonderful as Lt. Columbo. |
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