Death Scene

[YT300000]

What is the best death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

T-800 101 in The Terminator. Crush scene is awesome.

What is the most gruesome death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

Same movie, T-800 rips punk's heart (I think it was that organ) out.

[lukexcom]

Best death scene....OF THE FUTURE!!!: Methinks they'll do the Gollumn scene fairly well.... "PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!" (the one near the end of LOTR:ROTK, obviously)

Also, I am looking forward to seeing Anakin fall into the lava pit and come out as Darth Vader...so they had better put that scene into SW Ep III.

Some of my favorite death scenes include:
-Oedipus Rex trilogy
-The Stranger, by Albert Camus (the last 20 or so pages that lead up to it)
-John Boone in the Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Oh yeah...movies:
The cold death of Frank Poole and the subsequent, resultant lobotomy of HAL by Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[weemadando]

Cmon people, are you trying to tell me that none of you have seen Brother?

[Nathan F]

Indiana Jones.

*arabian knight dude whips out sword, swinging it about in break-taking but dangerous strokes...is Jones doomed?*

*Jones pulls out his gun and shoots him*

The only reason that great scene was there was because Ford was sick the day of that filming and didn't feel like fancy swordplay. And aren't we glad he was sick?

[Howedar]

most moving scenes would be that scene in Saving Private Ryan where after taking out a german machine gun nest one of the americans is killed. The second would be Cpl. Smith in Black Hawk Down. The most gruesome scene would be when pvt Kowalskei has a RPG lodged in his chest in Black Hawk Down.

I know there was a Major Kowalski in SG-1. I don't remember one in Blackhawk Down...

[Baron Scarpia]

Most of my favorite death scenes are in opera and literature.

Opera is spectacularly violent at times, and you can be witness to some pretty awesome deaths.

One of my favorites is my namesake, Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca. He is at the height of his malevolent power, having promised the execution of Tosca's lover, Mario, unless she sleeps with him. She finally agrees, but when Scarpia moves in to claim his prize, she takes a fruit knife from the dining table and ZOT plunges it into his chest. Scarpia dies, writhing on the floor, gurgling and cursing at Tosca, as she stands over him, shouting "Die! Die! Choke on your own blood!" Once he is dead, she says, "He's dead...now I forgive him!" (Being a staunch Catholic girl, she's obliged to do so). She then washes the blood off her hand, appalled at her own violent act. But he had written a note of passage of safe conduct for her...where is it? She searches the desk, only to realize it's clenched in his dead hand. After snatching it, she muses over the body, "to think all of Rome trembled before him." Tosca prepares to leave, only to stop. Looking at the body sprawled on the floor, she goes to the table and picks up two candlesticks. As the dark chords that symbolize Scarpia's evil play softly in the orchestra, she gently places a candle on each side of his head, and then a crucifix on his chest. As a snare drum blasts out, announcing the impending execution of Mario, Tosca steals from the room, and the curtain comes down on Scarpia's corpse as his theme music gently and quietly plays for the last time...

It's one of opera's truly amazing scenes. It's followed by two more notable deaths, namely Mario's firing squad execution and Tosca's suicidal lead from a castle wall as Scarpia's agents close in to arrest her for the murder.

Other operas with great death scenes include:

Purcell's Dido and Aeneus, featuring the gorgeous aria "When I am laid in Earth," otherwise known as Dido's Lament. Having lost her lover Aeneus, Dido prepares to commit suicide and tells her maid not to be sad.

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, which has a 10-minute long death scene in which Boris, a usurper Tsar, is overcome with guilt for having murdered the boy prince whose place he took. After Boris says farewell to his son and says a prayer, huge tocsins herald a funeral procession, singing a solemn dirge. Boris cries out against the choir, trying to ascend his throne, all the while begging God for forgiveness for his sin. As the procession enters and the singing climaxes, Boris lets out a great cry of "While I have breath, I'm still Tsar!" which stops everyone in their tracks. However, he doesn't have breath for long, as his strength ebbs and he just has time to proclaim his son the new Tsar and utter one last plea for forgiveness before he collapses, tumbling down the dais of the Tsar's throne. After a silent moment, a slow, sad theme deep in the orchestra plays quietly as all kneel and whisper an "Amen."

Mozart's Don Giovanni features one of the most awe-inspiring death scenes anywhere. A walking, talking Statue from Hell busts in on a dinner party the Don is throwing. The Statue is that of the Commendatore, a man the Don murdered in a fight at the beginning of the opera.

In the subsequent scene, the Statue warns Don G that his final hour has come. The Statue invites the Don to dine with him, and after the Don accepts, seizes his hand and commands him to repent for being a lecherous lout. The Don refuses, and the Statue tells him time is up! In come the demons, who do a thorough job of trashing the place, as the Don is overcome with terror and agony. Finally, the scene climaxes as the Don emits a great cry and sinks into Hell.

[The Yosemite Bear]

Man that's up there with Don Giovanni getting dragged down to hell...

[Stormbringer]

What is the best death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

The best one? Uncle Bob's death in T2.

"I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do."


And of course Darth Vader's death. I mean come on, that's one of the best ever. I would have thought some one would have mentioned that one by now.

Darth Vader: Luke help me take this mask off.
Luke: But you'll die.
Darth Vader: Nothing can stop that now. Just for once let me look on you with my own eyes.
[Luke takes off the mask one piece at a time]
Anakin: Now go my son. Leave me.
Luke: No, you're coming with me. I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you
Anakin: You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister, you were right.
[Anakin slumps down in death]
Luke: Father, I won't leave you.

What is the most gruesome death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

When Trumpets Fade. A squad of soldiers is going to assault battery of German artillery that's got the whole unit pinned down and two of the guys have flame throwers. Well, one guy breaks and runs screaming threatening to blow the whole thing. So the sergeant in charge just shoots him the back exploding the tanks and he burns to death slowly in the snow, whimpering.

Also the effects of the artillery barrage are gruesome as hell too.

[zombie84]

Joe Pilato's death at the climax of Day of the Dead quickly comes to mind as one of the all-time great moments in any zombie film.



The castration scene from I Spit on Your Grave also ranks as one of the disturbing and downright cruellest death scenes i can remember.

Darth Vader's gentle death still strikes me as very touching...

[Spanky The Dolphin]

The castration scene from I Spit on Your Grave also ranks as one of the disturbing and downright cruellest death scenes i can remember.

Considering the context, I'd say he deserved it...

[Baron Scarpia]

Indiana Jones.

*arabian knight dude whips out sword, swinging it about in break-taking but dangerous strokes...is Jones doomed?*

*Jones pulls out his gun and shoots him*

The only reason that great scene was there was because Ford was sick the day of that filming and didn't feel like fancy swordplay. And aren't we glad he was sick?

Not just sick...he had a nasty case of the runs. Ford did the shooting spontaneously, as the script called for a drawn-out fight. Spielberg liked it so much he kept it instead.

[Montcalm]

Indiana Jones.

*arabian knight dude whips out sword, swinging it about in break-taking but dangerous strokes...is Jones doomed?*

*Jones pulls out his gun and shoots him*

The only reason that great scene was there was because Ford was sick the day of that filming and didn't feel like fancy swordplay. And aren't we glad he was sick?

Not just sick...he had a nasty case of the runs. Ford did the shooting spontaneously, as the script called for a drawn-out fight. Spielberg liked it so much he kept it instead.

WHAT Spielberg liked it,the same Spielberg who erased all the guns from ET....now i`m fucking confused.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Um, I hope you don't mean that Ford decided to shoot while they were acting and shooting the scene, because that's not how it works in film.

The way the story goes is that before they shot that scene, Ford went up to Spielberg and Lucas and told them he was sick and he really didn't want to do the fight scene as scripted, and asked if he couldn't just pull out his gun and shoot his opponent. Lucas and Spielberg take a second to talk it over, both decide that it would make a great gag, and agree to Ford's request.

But then I've also heard that the whole story might be just a rumor and that the script had that scene as performed all along...

[RadiO]

Tony Todd's exit from The Rock as professional evil bastard Captain Darrow.
His dismissal of Elton John's Rocketman as "soft-assed shit" gets him an artillery rocket square in the breadbasket, a trip through a window and the air, plus when he finally falls off the rocket, a telegraph pole makes its own little trip right through him ("How do you like that shit?").

[spongyblue]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World the old man gets in a car wreck, die's and literally kicks the bucket. Best death ever.

[Agent Fisher]

most moving scenes would be that scene in Saving Private Ryan where after taking out a german machine gun nest one of the americans is killed. The second would be Cpl. Smith in Black Hawk Down. The most gruesome scene would be when pvt Kowalskei has a RPG lodged in his chest in Black Hawk Down.

I know there was a Major Kowalski in SG-1. I don't remember one in Blackhawk Down...

He was driving one of the deuce-and-a-half trucks.

[zombie84]

I know there was a Major Kowalski in SG-1. I don't remember one in Blackhawk Down...

wait, didnt Major Kowalski get killed in the original Stargate film? I dont watch the series.

[Montcalm]

I know there was a Major Kowalski in SG-1. I don't remember one in Blackhawk Down...

wait, didnt Major Kowalski get killed in the original Stargate film? I dont watch the series.

No in the original Stargate movie he does not die.

[Rye]

A horrible death scene is where murphy is killed in Robocop 1.

[RedImperator]

But then I've also heard that the whole story might be just a rumor and that the script had that scene as performed all along...

No, it's true. Ford himself talked about it in an interview I saw once. He did talk it over with Speilberg before he did it--you don't just whip out a pistol on set, even if it's loaded with blanks. The other actor, by the way, was pissed--he'd spent weeks practicing with that sword for the big fight. Still, he was professional enough to do the shooting scene, and it IS a great gag.

[zombie84]

I know there was a Major Kowalski in SG-1. I don't remember one in Blackhawk Down...

wait, didnt Major Kowalski get killed in the original Stargate film? I dont watch the series.

No in the original Stargate movie he does not die.

im almost positive he does...during the scene where Jackson has to execute O Neal and the others in front of Ra during that big ceremony. He turns and fires at Ra and his guards and the rebels open fire and chaos ensues, resulting in a few deaths. As Jackson and the others are being whisked away one of the soldiers is yelling "Kowalski!" and theres a shot of him dead in the sand as they're leaving.

[The Yosemite Bear]

How about Slim Pickens in "Dr. Strangelove" there has to be said something for having a city killer between your legs. and riding her down, like a good cowboy.

[2000AD]

No in the original Stargate movie he does not die.

im almost positive he does...during the scene where Jackson has to execute O Neal and the others in front of Ra during that big ceremony. He turns and fires at Ra and his guards and the rebels open fire and chaos ensues, resulting in a few deaths. As Jackson and the others are being whisked away one of the soldiers is yelling "Kowalski!" and theres a shot of him dead in the sand as they're leaving.

I thought he was in SG-1. Doesn't he get possessed or something at the end of the first episode?

[Spyder]

No in the original Stargate movie he does not die.

im almost positive he does...during the scene where Jackson has to execute O Neal and the others in front of Ra during that big ceremony. He turns and fires at Ra and his guards and the rebels open fire and chaos ensues, resulting in a few deaths. As Jackson and the others are being whisked away one of the soldiers is yelling "Kowalski!" and theres a shot of him dead in the sand as they're leaving.

I thought he was in SG-1. Doesn't he get possessed or something at the end of the first episode?

Yeah, Kowalski makes it to SG-1. Gets posessed by a paradisite in the first episode and is killed in the second.

"My friend died on the operating table." O'Niel said as he walked away from his corpse.

[Symmetry]

What is the best death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

Thas a tough one. One the one hand there's a certain dath in Nadesico which I can't say anything else about without spoiling everything.

Another good candidate is the fall of the Gorgoth in Crest of the Stars.

But I don't think anything compares to, well, all the death scenes in Gall Force. Cathy's and Lufy's were particularly good.

What is the most gruesome death scene you`ve seen in a movie?

Ever heard of Toxic Crusader?