Author Topic: Best Death scene in a movie (Read 994 times)

Cherlie · « **on:** August 24, 2002, 08:44:39 AM »

Was watching Jaws last night and when I saw what's his face at the end being eaten by Jaws, it came to me, is this the best death scene in a movie?

Or Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

Your opinions?

CB

midnight Target · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2002, 08:59:37 AM »

The guy drowning under the log in "Sometimes a Great Notion"

That scene as stuck in my mind for years.

Tracer-15 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:00:03 AM »

BRAVEHEART.....all i have to say about that is....ouch

whgates3 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:39:02 AM »

...that dude who gets chased off a cliff by a herd of topless dames in The Meaning of Life

CyranoAH · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:55:40 AM »

Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn

"You have always been... and will always be... my friend..."

:D:D

Daniel, aka Cyrano

PS: Coming to think of it, perhaps the fat guy in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life". Gives "growse" a whole new dimension to the word.

lazs2 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2002, 10:02:26 AM »

"The Wild Bunch".... all of em but the last scene was the best.
lazs

Animal · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2002, 12:23:34 PM »

Braveheart is the obvious choice, here are a few others:

Comodus in Gladiator (I get so happy to see him die)

Dafoe's character in Platoon, probably one of the most haunting scenes in Hollywood history.

Boromir in Fellowship of The Ring.

Bluefish · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2002, 01:11:10 PM »

Bonnie and Clyde in, well, you know....

Also Sonny Corleone in the first Godfather

Samm · « **Reply #8 on:** August 24, 2002, 01:14:51 PM »

The Bring out your dead scene in The Holy Grail .

Sikboy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2002, 04:02:23 PM »

If you want the most overdone death scene:
Al Pachino, Scarface

-Sikboy

easymo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 24, 2002, 04:17:36 PM »

Any adequate meat puppet in Hamlet.

wsnpr · « **Reply #11 on:** August 24, 2002, 06:41:25 PM »

The scene from Saving Private Ryan when that German soldier is slowly driving that bayonet into the American soldier's chest while whispering to him to "shhh". Don't think I'll ever forget that one.

Cobra · « **Reply #12 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:07:22 PM »

Hortlund
Hortlund2
Hortlund3

Maybe not the best death scenes, but entertaining nonetheless.

Cobra

senna · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:33:12 PM »

Pulp Fiction, when Vincent (John Travolta) stabs Mia (Ulma Thurma) in the chest with a medical needle in order to give her a shot of addrenaline in the heart because she is ODing on heroin. POW! Then she wakes up. Close to death but not quite, close enough though.

Tumor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2002, 09:58:04 PM »

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Originally posted by wsnpr
The scene from Saving Private Ryan when that German soldier is slowly driving that bayonet into the American soldier's chest while whispering to him to "shhh". Don't think I'll ever forget that one.

I agree. I hate to say it but, IMHO that scene really detracted from the quality of the movie.