OT: Best cinematic death scene goes to?
Another teacher and I got into it today (of course I'm right) about the best death on film...
lots of contenders we rattled off but we boiled down to:
Val Kilmers Doc Holliday.....asks Wyatt to leave, as much as he doesn't want to, he respects Docs wishes and "thanks him for always being there"... Still witty to the last, Doc dies with his "boots off"
Russell Crowe's "Maximus" Gladiator...having survived countless battles, an execution attempt, he returns to a murdered wife and son. Despite the treachery of Commodus' he exacts his revenge before being reunited with his family.
Reservoir Dogs - Mr. Orange, bleeding out admits to Mr. White he is the undercover cop, as White puts a gun to his friends head the camera pulls away - we hear police bust into the garage, then the gunshot. Like Hitchcock, we don't SEE it, we are left with the echo of the shots.
Platoon - Sgt. Elias running from advancing NVA, after being shot by Barnes, he reaches skyward to the Huey's trying to provide cover, falling forward.
How to Die in Oregon- Documentary on the "right to die" issue for terminal patients, it follows individuals with terminal illness and their decision to end their life / suffering. Chronicles a lovely woman's (name escapes me) losing battle with cancer. As she decides this is the evening that she will end her life, the camera films from outside her window (weren't allowed inside) you hear her and her husband reminisce and sing...then the screen goes BLACK.
Gibsons Braveheart? Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan? God denies Salieri in Amadeus? Spartacus?
Thoughts?.......Others?
@"Kentis" said: It’s got to be this guy... although he over acted like usual! ;) B)Just need to splice in a nancy kerrigan whine---Why why why
@"vikingknights" said: Quint in Jaws wasn't to bad either.Excellent. What makes it is how damn hard Robert Shaw fights, like he really is about to die.
Just reread a book I'd had for years and forgotten about the making of "Jaws". Apparently Shaw took off for Canada in the middle of filming to avoid US taxes while various things (as in every possible mechanical thing) was going haywire at Martha's Vineyard where the movie was shot. He then returned, and left again after his last scene... 2 days too late to dodge US tax laws a second time :p
Samuel L. Jackson in Deep Blue Sea
https://youtu.be/yMwmqp3GLMc
Here is a good one from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves... always loved this death scene.
Two suicides.
Private Gomer Pyle in Full Metal Jacket
and the warden in Shawshank
And the winner is.... ;)
https://youtu.be/_bqTsbK8tI8
This has been a fun thread. Still got one nagging question.
You and another teacher. Hope this wasn't some lesson plan discussion.
Whatcha all teach'n out there?
@"suncoastvike" said: This has been a fun thread. Still got one nagging question. You and another teacher. Hope this wasn't some lesson plan discussion. Whatcha all teach'n out there?You may find this hard to believe, but teachers live ordinary lives, we shop at grocery stores, pay out taxes, use the toilet (usually in a seven minute passing period every hour) we even talk about movies
@"Vanguard83" said:Best teacher ever:@"suncoastvike" said: This has been a fun thread. Still got one nagging question. You and another teacher. Hope this wasn't some lesson plan discussion. Whatcha all teach'n out there? You may find this hard to believe, but teachers live ordinary lives, we shop at grocery stores, pay out taxes, use the toilet (usually in a seven minute passing period every hour) we even talk about movies
@"AGRforever" said: Its got to be Bambis mom right?LOL...
I'm still scarred from that - 50 years later
@"AGRforever" said: Its got to be Bambis mom right?Good lord, just horrible. Brutally sad. Along with the Dumbo scene with his Mom. Disney should have been charged with child abuse for letting us see that shit.
Not kidding here, I won't watch either show to this day. Too sad. When my son was young, he watched The Lion King over and over....one day I was watching with him and the scene where the Dad Lion gets stampeded by the herd....about 2 minutes before that, he gets up and walks upstairs....about 5 minutes later he comes back down. Too sad for him to watch that part again, lol.
Bill in Kill Bill. It is so epic that it is the title of two movies.
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