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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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!!
  5. 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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