Top five movie deaths
July 18th, 2008
A little morbid maybe but there is nothing like a cool movie death. I’m not talking about gory horror movie deaths either, there are way too many of those imaginative ends for me to condense into a list of five.
Now I know this is going to stir up some debate, so bring it, throw some more movie deaths out there! Grab yourself a tissue, pretend some dust got in your eye:
- Boromir: Lord of the Rings - I mean dude! For the briefest moment the greatest evil ever corrupts you so how do you redeem yourself? Taking some mean looking arrows in the chest whilst protecting two hobbits (who probably should have run off). It’s a majestic death that completely redeems the character.
- Spock: Wrath of Khan - The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few… sniffle… I mean it’s really dusty in here man and I’ve got something in my eye. You’re a cold bastard if you’re not moved by Spock sacrificing himself for the Enterprise, brilliantly executed (forgive the pun) sequence, possibly Shatner and Nimoy’s finest moments.
- Harry Stamper: Armageddon - Ok if we don’t set off the nuclear explosion in the next twelve minutes then it’s going to destroy the Earth but someone has to stay here and sacrifice themselves. Let’s draw straws and then to hell with that Bruce Willis is going to take a dive. He does have enough time to say goodbye to his daughter and make Ben Affleck cry… did I mention that there is something in my eye.
- Wash: Serenity - Nooooooo did you just see the Serenity crash and get all bashed up and stuff, OMG that poor ship, thank god everyone is OK and… Arrrrrrrrrg WHY!?!? Curse you Whedon and your unexpected deaths!!
- Ripley: Alien 3 - If I’ve said it once I’ll say it a thousand times I’m not debating the value of Alien 3, I like it, I don’t have a problem with it (well the recut version anyway) and I think it’s quite the scene when Ripley falls backwards to her death while clutching the newly emerged alien queen.
So go on let me know your favourites!
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Washes death was absolutely fantastic - in a I didn’t want him to die type way.
You should do a best killing someones quips post.
My favorite was from hudson Hawk (I think) when Bruce willis decapitates someone and then says “You won’t be attending that hat convention in july”
Dans last blog post..A good Greg
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No !!!!! I hate deaths. I like fluffy feel good happy ending movies (unless it’s extras in battle killing aliens)
LOTR ~ Oh my I was so sad when the trilogy finished. I was so THERE in the story.
I did laugh at Independance Day when the drunk redneck who believes he has been abducted by aliens, sacrifices himself in order to save the World.
“Hey boys, I’m BBBacccckkk!!!”
Widdle Shamrocks last blog post..Today’s the day !!!!!
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I thought you were having a post slow-down
I was checking the feed, went to the toilet..and there’s a new post..c’mon 
On topic:
The guy who was snatched from the toilet in Jurassic Park is one hell of a movie death!
Gotta think longer on others..
Arjans last blog post..Mixed feelings
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Dan, I liked Wash’s death because it is such an un-hollywood way of doing it, there’s no lead up and it’s awful but sudden and there’s no goodbye.
This is very typical of Joss Whedon, Anya’s death in Buffy is not even the focus on the screen which was really interesting and sad.
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LOL I actually considered ID4 very briefly, that scene was actually reshot because originally they wouldn’t give him a plane but he flew his crop duster with a nuke strapped to it into the ship in the same way.
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Arjan - I was posting a lot more last week, but I’ve got to post the Friday top five!
That was a cool scene actually. Showed off the T-Rex really well.
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Man, I just spend three days compiling my life in movies… I can’t start thinking about this now!
Rols last blog post..My Life In Movies
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I actually thought Boromir’s death was a bit silly. He kept getting fatally wounded and not dying. It was like he was Rasputin. Or the plague victim in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who kept saying, “I’m not dead yet; I feel better.”
My favorite on-screen death, ever, is Franklin Madson in Dead Again. Death by modern art. (If you haven’t seen this movie, go get it now. I’ll wait here.)
golfwidows last blog post..begging 2.0
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damn Harry makes me cry every time!
Bettinas last blog post..Ok, so here is all the juicy goss….
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Rol - I can’t believe how exhausting putting the movie list together was, course it was longer for some
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Ok Golfwidow I haven’t seen it but my wife has and liked it - does that count?
Fine, I’ll go to the video store.
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Thank you Bettina, I knew there was someone else out there!
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