Survey: Favorite Deaths in the Movies or on TV

[JackBauer24]

Just thought this would be a fun thread. What are some of your favorite movie and tv deaths? I don't mean the death of said media, but a character's death within... I don't think further explanation is needed, so I'll just post a few of my faves.

--Jackie Boy, Sin City
Poor Jackie Boy. First he gets his hand cut off, then he sits on the swastika throwing star that cut off the hand, then his gun backfires right into his head, and then his head...well, I'll let Dwight say it. "She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him." And of course, it doesn't end there. After a lovely post-mortem discussion with the increasingly maddened Dwight McCarthy, Jackie Boy gets his head cut off completely. And finally, a grenade is shoved into his cold, dead mouth and...I'll let you imagine the rest.

--Ana-Lucia/Libby, LOST
One of the most shocking moments of the second season. Desperate Dad Michael suddenly shows us just how far he's going to go to get his son back. In order to free the captive Others leader Benjamin Linus, he shoots Ana-Lucia. Libby walks in on them just at the wrong moment and gets shot as well...and the worst part is that Michael gets away with it. A great emotional moment in the show's history.

--Dr. Arzt, LOST
The show introduced us to Dr. Arzt late in the first season, an annoying, whiny teacher stranded with our other castaways. He goes out in spectacular fashion. While lecturing Jack, Locke, Kate, and Hurley on dynamite safety, the stick he's holding goes off, leading to a classic Hurley line. "Dude, you got some...Arzt on you."

So, what are your favorites?

[DblDwn]

--Bobby Simone, NYPD Blue
Not my favorite but definately, for me, one of the most memorable. The way the episode that he died was filmed, from his final goodbyes with his wife and friends to his subconscious meeting of his unborn son, even as a teenager it brought tears to my eyes. The show helped change television but after Jimmy Smits left, although I was still a casual fan, it was never the same.

--Santino Corleone, The Godfather
One of the most famous death scenes ever filmed. Pretty much speaks for itself.

--Jack Torrance, The Shining
We thought that it was "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" but in reality it should have been All snow and subzero temperatures makes Jack a popsicle.

--Butch and Sundance, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
We know it's coming. We know there is no way for them to escape. We know they are about to be blown to smithereens. Yet we still laugh because they think they have nothing to worry about because LaFleurs is no where to be seen. The fact that the frame freezes before they are killed makes it all the more memorable.

[jayce76]

This sound typical at a Star Wars Forums , . . .but I thought Mace Windu's death was quite shocking . . . .when I first saw it .

[jayce76]

Bonnie & Clide . . .

We know it's coming but it still shocking . . .

[Javen]

All quiet on the western front. This scene of a german soldier getting shot by a sniper's bullet as he is reaching from a trench for a butterfly. Pretty memorable.

Scarface. Tony Montana's death.

Private Pyle's sucide in Full Metal Jacket.

These are just off the top of my head(no pun intended) There are other's but these are pretty memorable.

[DblDwn]

Nice call on all three of those Javen.

Another one would be Neil McCauley's death in Heat. After Pacino shoots De Niro, even as foes, there is a mutual respect there that is shared as Pacino's Vincent Hanna holds the hand of the dying McCauley. Not only powerful from a cinematic standpoint but it is made even more so because it is two of the finest actors there ever have been sharing one final onscreen moment.

[Talcy]

Ah, the fun of the gory cinematic demise. Too many to mention, but...

Leon Antonowsky (Paul McCrane) in RoboCop (toxic waste guy) - Heeeelp me, helllp m..gurshplacht!!

Alex Durant (Antony Perkins) in The Black Hole - chopped up by Maximillian's claws. Not gory, but hilarious, especially his silly, gurning noises and the fact he tries to defend hiimself from whirring blades with a book!

The Doctor in the lift in Omen 2 - cut in half by lift cables, in all his gory, tubey bisected glory.

Yes. I'm sick. But these are just so ridiculous. :nahnah:

[Javen]

Nice call on all three of those Javen.

Thanks. The Shining was a good call too. And Butch and Sundance one I always loved.

[RollaFett]

-Hans Gruber in Die Hard. Sure, you kind of know he's gonna buy it, but it's still fun, especially with that goofy look on his face as the watch is finally unclasped. It's all in slow motion, to boot.

-Burke in Aliens. They don't actually show it, but you know it was bloody, and well deserved. And the quick look of horror on his face was a nice touch as well.

-Some blonde chick in Jason X. I know it's a cheesy Friday the 13th flick, but I love this scene. This doctor chick is busy studying the 'dead' Jason, has her back turned, and Jason grabs her and sticks her head in a sink full of frozen liquid stuff. It instantly freezes her face, and then Jason slams her face onto a table top, where it shatters into a million pieces. I dunno why, but I really dug that scene. Maybe I'm a little sick.

[JackBauer24]

Paris Hilton in House of Wax
- Okay, let me start by saying that I hated this movie and I hated her in it. But I will admit, I really liked her death in the movie. There's a great cosmic irony in the fact that she died by having a pole shoved through her head. And if you don't understand the irony there, you're not old enough to. :P :D

[Darth Massacrus]

my favorite classic deaths: Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks) in The Most Dangerous Game

Joseph Mengele (Gregory Peck) in The Boys From Brazil

Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing) in SW: ANH

Any death in the movie North by Northwest

Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) in ROTJ

[kopernikuz]

Paul Rueben's never-ending death scene in the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Classic.

[Sarah-Leia]

I like Greedo's death. Han shot first!

(If you're that clueless, it's in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

[empire21]

Colonel Kurtz - Apocalypse Now
William Wallace - Braveheart
Boromir - Fellowship of the Ring
Gothmog - Return of the King Extended Edition
Count Dooku - Revenge of the Sith
Thulsa Doom - Conan the Barbarian

[nefertiti]

Masala - Ben Hur
Butterfly - Madam Butterfly
Uncas and Alice - Last of the Mohicans
Ben - Burnt Offerings

[Justin]

General what's-his-name in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

"I!! have had!! enough of YOU!!!"

[empire21]

General what's-his-name in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

"I!! have had!! enough of YOU!!!"

Cmdr. Kruge ;)

[JackBauer24]

Monica Wilder, Nip/Tuck
-What was a floundering storyline suddenly turned fresh with Monica's death. She spent all of the early episodes of Season Four chasing after Sean after he slept with her and then decided not to hire her as a nanny for his newborn baby. When the storyline reached its most ridiculous, with Monica threatening rape charges on the doctor inside his own shop, she ran out of the office into the street. Even as he pled with her to stop, she continued screaming at him...right to the point where she was hit by a bus. It was the most hysterical ending to a bad storyline I've ever seen...

[Darth Massacrus]

anyone ever see how most of Doctor Evil's henchman die in the Austin Powers movies? Those are likely the funniest deaths

[Tovor]

Borimir- LOTR

Sauron- LOTR

Lucy Knight- ER
Mark Green- ER

That lady who saved the children, and then fell out of the scenic elevator in Towering Inferno.

General Chang- Star Trek 6. You didn't see him die, but you saw his ship being destroyed. Excellent climactic defeat.

Sonny Corleone- Godfather I
The heads of the five families- Godfather I
Tessio Corleone- Godfather I. Unshown, but indicated as forthcoming.
Mary Corleone- Godfather III

Sgt. Elias Grodin- Platoon
Sgt. Bob Barnes- Platoon

Quint- Jaws
Bruce the Shark- Jaws

Bobby Simone- NYPDBlue

Obi-Wan- ANH
Qui-Gon- TPM
Darth Maul- TPM
The whole Order 66 sequence- ROTS

The sinking and deaths in Titanic

The Pastor in Poseiden Adventure (the original film)

[DblDwn]

Tov's got a few of the ones I said. Should I be scared that we are starting to think alike? :nahnah:

Good call on Mark Greene. After I mentioned Simone's death I tried to go away from TV shows but that was another one that was very well done.

I'm going to add one;

John Doe, Se7en

I remember seeing that in the theater and just being shocked at the ending, and loving it at the same time, because it went against the typical Hollywood happy ending. I watched the movie the other day on DVD, first time I had seen it in a while, and it is all just done so well. The building of the anticipation of what's about to happen. Spacey's never been creepier. Freeman's never been more sympathetic. Brad Pitt's never been as good period. As a viewer we feel so bad for Pitt's character and the anguish that he is going through at that moment. Put in that position, at that time and with the things happening that had happened in the film, many of us would have found it difficult to do anything else but fire away.

[Saranac]

Steve McQueen, The Sand Pebbles

"What the hell happened?" ahh classic

[Tovor]

Tov's got a few of the ones I said. Should I be scared that we are starting to think alike? :nahnah:

Good call on Mark Greene. After I mentioned Simone's death I tried to go away from TV shows but that was another one that was very well done.

I'm going to add one;

John Doe, Se7en

I remember seeing that in the theater and just being shocked at the ending, and loving it at the same time, because it went against the typical Hollywood happy ending. I watched the movie the other day on DVD, first time I had seen it in a while, and it is all just done so well. The building of the anticipation of what's about to happen. Spacey's never been creepier. Freeman's never been more sympathetic. Brad Pitt's never been as good period. As a viewer we feel so bad for Pitt's character and the anguish that he is going through at that moment. Put in that position, at that time and with the things happening that had happened in the film, many of us would have found it difficult to do anything else but fire away.
Be afraid DD, be very afraid. :skull:
Great minds do think alike....though in our case it's probably mere coincidence. :w00t: I keed, I keed. Likewise, good call on John Doe. I remember the first time I saw that, with my cousin, in my apartment. I was lying on the couch and when he opened the box, and we realized what was in the box, I damn near rolled off the couch I was so stunned.

I'm adding a movie to my list. I'm only going to say the title. Not going to name the characters or describe any of it, for the sake of anyone who hasn't seen the film yet.
The Departed.
Do I hear an "amen"?

No joke here, this was a powerful death scene that pulled on the old heart strings. Mufasa in Lion King. Simba urging his dad to get up and go home with him, pushing under his paw to get him to respond, the fear in Simba's voice. Do I hear an "amen"?

Leon in the Professional.

Charlton Heston's character Stewart in Earthquake.

Bubba in Forest Gump.

[Javen]

Saw Cool Hand Luke the other night. Haven't seen it in a while. And his death scene is kind of tragic and funny at the same time.

I mean he gets shot and killed, but he has that same grin on his face as always as he sits in the back of the police car. He still gets killed but on his terms.

[Javen]

No joke here, this was a powerful death scene that pulled on the old heart strings. Mufasa in Lion King. Simba urging his dad to get up and go home with him, pushing under his paw to get him to respond, the fear in Simba's voice. Do I hear an "amen"?

Yeah. That was a sad one.

[ferpsihas]

Brad Pitt in "Meet Joe Black" that one's great, it took me by surprise the first time I saw that movie...

[Solo]

Death of Boromir in Fellowship of the Rings

[Emalin]

Definitely the death of Boromir. But, more than any other, the death of Maximus in Gladiator...that one made me cry. A lot. :crying:

[Jedi Master Harrison]

Death of the baby in Trainspotting. That's just a messed up thing to happen.

The Lion King is my fave animated film, the death of Mufasa is indeed, a tear jerker.

I suppose Padme dying was quite moving, as was Anakin in ROTJ.

[JackBauer24]

Teri Bauer, 24

[Miasmo]

What a morbidly interesting thread. I like it. :skull:

One that comes to mind is Bill's death in Kill Bill.

[Sargoth]

The X-Files: The deaths of the Syndicate, Agent Spender, & Deep Throat.

Godfather 2: Fredo Corleone.

Hannibal: Mason Verger (ewwww!)

[nefertiti]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

[JackBauer24]

Clerks: the old Jewish guy...

[empire21]

Clerks: the old Jewish guy...

:rofl:

[JackBauer24]

Dogma, Bartleby (Ben Affleck)
-C'mon, who HASN'T wanted to see Ben Affleck's head explode?

[Solo]

Death of Sgt. Elias Grodin in Platoon. That was a very touchy scene, he holding his arms towards the helicopter, enemy shoothing from behind. And the music selection was great. "Someday We'll be Together."

I was really happy to see the other guy who shot Elias, can't remember his name at the moment, was killed afterwards.

[JackBauer24]

O-Ren Ishii, Kill Bill Volume 1.

[RollaFett]

-Apollo Creed in "Rocky IV".
I know I've mentioned it many times throughout this board, but this was the first time I ever cried during a movie, so that's gotta rank high for me.

-Adrian Balboa in "Rocky Balboa".
Even though we don't see her death, when Rocky first visits her tombstone in the film, my eyes were watering up. It don't happen often, but two of the times it has has been with Rocky films. Weird, huh?

[DblDwn]

Did you cry when Mick died in Rocky III? That, to me, was the saddest because Stallone pulls off the emotion that Rocky is feeling at that moment. To me anyway.

[P-Ray]

Did you cry when Mick died in Rocky III? That, to me, was the saddest because Stallone pulls off the emotion that Rocky is feeling at that moment. To me anyway.
Yeah, this one got me too.

[JackBauer24]

The Crazy 88, Kill Bill

[Konig15]

I liked the black soldier dying in Starship Troopers at the end. It was so desperate and Heroic.

[JackBauer24]

From Jurassic Park:

Dennis Nedry
Gennero (forget his first name)
Robert Muldoon

[DblDwn]

See and the saddest death to me from Jurassic Park is when Laura Dern came face to face with Sam The Man's arm in the bunker. Even a bad motherf***er can't outsmart a Raptor? What hope do the rest of us have?

[JackBauer24]

See and the saddest death to me from Jurassic Park is when Laura Dern came face to face with Sam The Man's arm in the bunker. Even a bad motherf***er can't outsmart a Raptor? What hope do the rest of us have?

See, I didn't count him because you don't ever see his death.

[DblDwn]

Fair point

[JackBauer24]

Boss Nikko's death in the Mask....something really cool about a guy getting killed by bullets spit at him.

[James T. Skywalker]

To echo some of those already mentioned, Maximus in Gladiator is definitely one of the most memorable deaths for me. But I'll argue that I was more shocked by Libby's death in LOST than Ana-Lucia's.

That said, my favorite and most memorable deaths include:

- President David Palmer, 24; the catalyst for everything that happened in Season 5, Dennis Haysbert's character was a fan favorite from season one, and to see him slain by an assassin's bullet in the first five minutes of the show was shocking and made the season memorable.

- Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, Angel; one of the most fascinating character transformations in television, Wesley began as comic-relief and a foil for Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and became Angel's most trusted and loyal ally. His death in Not Fade Away was one of the hardest moments of the series.

- Tracy Bond, On Her Majesty's Secret Service; James Bond has only ever been married once in his cinematic adventures, to the Countess Teresa di Vicenzo. Her death at the very end of the film, to Bond's greatest nemesis, was saddening to even those who haven't watched the whole film (such as myself :)).

~JTS

[RollaFett]

Did you cry when Mick died in Rocky III? That, to me, was the saddest because Stallone pulls off the emotion that Rocky is feeling at that moment. To me anyway.

Nope. I think I may have not grasped what happened to Mick fully as a kid when I first saw it. I mean, I was 8, and I certainly knew he was dead and knew what death was, but there was no emotional impact.
3 years later, however, when Apollo hits the canvas for the last time, well that hit hard.

[DblDwn]

Completely understandable.

I also felt sadness when Apollo died but it was hard to grasp through my tears of laughter following Dolph's now famous, "If he dies, he dies," line. Man that guy is a lousy actor.

[JackBauer24]

Yeah, but it works in the character, doesn't it?

[DblDwn]

Sure. As long he played Russian boxers, or He-Man, he always had a film career.

[JackBauer24]

I wonder...where is he now?

[DblDwn]

It is pretty bad that he can't even get a gig on The Surreal Life or anything like that.

[JackBauer24]

Now, if they could find not one but two celebreality shows for Brigitte Nielson, surely they could find something for Drago.

[Jedi Master Harrison]

Now, if they could find not one but two celebreality shows for Brigitte Nielson, surely they could find something for Drago.

Maybe he will be on the next celebrity Big Brother!

[Fallen One]

I wonder...where is he now?He has done about 45 to 50 straight to video action flicks I have seen like 6 of them on satelite this month..

[DblDwn]

You've seen them as in noticed they were on or seen them as in actually watched the movies?

[JackBauer24]

You've seen them as in noticed they were on or seen them as in actually watched the movies?

I think only noticed...if anyone actually watched all of them, their brain would melt.

[DblDwn]

The very reason I asked for clarification my friend.

[JackBauer24]

Well, let's wait for Fallen's response. If it's intelligible, we'll know he didn't watch these movies. If it's garbled, we lose all hope of saving him.

[DblDwn]

:rofl:

Very true

[Fallen One]

You've seen them as in noticed they were on or seen them as in actually watched the movies?Noticed only:giveup: between him and segal they have taken over late night.

[JackBauer24]

Noticed only:giveup: between him and segal they have taken over late night.

Whew! Close one!

And between him and Segal, there's an I.Q. of 1 and an acting ability at negative 3000

[DblDwn]

I remember when I was a kid, staying up late and watching the old American Ninja movies with Michael Dudikoff. I don't watch the Lundgren or Seagal movies, however I have seen when they are on, but I imagine they are the same level of inane action and corny dialogue.

[JackBauer24]

I remember when I was a kid, staying up late and watching the old American Ninja movies with Michael Dudikoff. I don't watch the Lundgren or Seagal movies, however I have seen when they are on, but I imagine they are the same level of inane action and corny dialogue.

What little I've seen of them, well...it's worse!

[DblDwn]

Not too hard to believe that.

And speaking of which, to say something that actually pertains to the thread, how about Sea Gull's death in Executive Decision? That's one of my favorite bad action movies just because they killed him off in the first 15 minutes. Single-handedly makes the movie worth repeat viewing after repeat viewing.

[JackBauer24]

Not too hard to believe that.

And speaking of which, to say something that actually pertains to the thread, how about Sea Gull's death in Executive Decision? That's one of my favorite bad action movies just because they killed him off in the first 15 minutes. Single-handedly makes the movie worth repeat viewing after repeat viewing.

Sounds like I'll have to see that. Any movie that takes him out early is worth watching.

[Fallen One]

I remember when I was a kid, staying up late and watching the old American Ninja movies with Michael Dudikoff. I don't watch the Lundgren or Seagal movies, however I have seen when they are on, but I imagine they are the same level of inane action and corny dialogue.Funny you mention American ninja cinemax has been running AmN2 and AmN3 all month, anything you would like admit to?:scratchchin:

[Fallen One]

Best death scene was in Day of the dead at the end when the general gets torn apart. I made a gif of that scene I would put it up but the last time I put a gif up it was deleted and I was told this was a family site yet there was a link to the actual video of sadam's hanging.. Anyways if anybody wants to see it just let me know I will pm it to you..

[DblDwn]

Funny you mention American ninja cinemax has been running AmN2 and AmN3 all month, anything you would like admit to?:scratchchin:

Hadn't noticed those but, for nostalgic purposes, I may have to DVR one of them so I can remember, yet again, just how cheesy the 80's were.

[DblDwn]

Sounds like I'll have to see that. Any movie that takes him out early is worth watching.

It's got a good cast. Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizano, Oliver Platt and Miles Dyson from T2 to name a few. Granted it involves terrorists hijacking an airplane, and in a post-9/11 world some don't wish to watch that content, but it is an entertaining action movie all the same. Nothing to get too excited about but worth an occassional viewing.

[melvinfett]

id have to say.....the guy off SWAT. he gets kicked under a train and gets beheaded

[JackBauer24]

Granted it involves terrorists hijacking an airplane, and in a post-9/11 world some don't wish to watch that content,

Well, I'm of the mindset that there's nothing off-limits when it comes to entertainment. Nor should there be. The only content I don't wish to watch involves Kathy Bates and the word "unclothed". *shiver*

[DblDwn]

I agree.

And I've got About Schmidt on DVD but I've never seen it. That could be the reason I don't watch it.

[JackBauer24]

I've never seen it either, but what little I've heard about it has scared me away.

That woman's more terrifying than Freddy Kruger, Jason, Michael Myers, Mike Myers, Janet Reno, Jigsaw, Leatherface, Dick Cheney and Elmo combined!

[RollaFett]

and Miles Dyson from T2

Joe Morton

And I agree, I saw that in theaters and while there were no applause when Segal died, there definately were many subdued chuckles. Me being one.

[RollaFett]

Guys getting sliced in two pieces always makes me smile.

Gary Busey in "Predator 2" and Casper Van Diem in "Sleepy Hollow" come to mind. Oh, and I guess Darth Maul too, except I liked him.

[DblDwn]

Joe Morton.

Thank you

[JackBauer24]

After last night, I have to add the Patch guy from Lost. Nothing like dying with blood flowing out of your ears and foam coming out of your mouth.

[JackBauer24]

Mr Friendly, from Lost. Perfect way to go. "This is for taking the kid off the raft."

[Darth Massacrus]

Anyone ever see the Naked Gun series of movies? I love how the bad guys in those go out...

[Slick]

^Amen!

I really enjoy how the bad guy in the first one goes out. Falls off the baseball stadium, run over by a bus, then a steam roller, and finally the USC marching band!

[JackBauer24]

-Papa Mutant in The Hills Have Eyes 2.
-The Hot blonde in Cabin Fever