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jazzact13 -> most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 3:24:54 PM)

Thought this may be a good topic--What movie character's death was/is most moving?

Some likely candidates may be--Bambi's mother, Old Dan and Little Ann from "Where the Red Fern Grows", Old Yeller.

Please keep in mind, it doesn't have to be an animal's death :-)



Jhud -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 3:49:41 PM)

Well, obviously Theoden, after having overrun the orc armies of Mordor, to be attacked by the Witch-king riding a Nazgul. Especially after he sees his niece is there with him at the last.

Followed of course by Boromir who succumbs to the orc arrows he has taken defending the halflings.

*sniff*



SuspenseWriter -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 3:51:52 PM)

Steve McQueen, The Sand Pebbles; Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan; Spencer Tracy, The Devil at Four O'Clock; John Wayne, The Cowboys; Boris Karloff, The Bride of Frankenstein; Greta Garbo, Camille; Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider



TXRedhead -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 5:40:03 PM)

Sean Connery in The Untouchables.



9drtr -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 6:04:49 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: SuspenseWriter

Steve McQueen, The Sand Pebbles


Can't top that one.



iluvatar -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 7:35:58 PM)

For a recent one:

Ellie - Up

-Dan.



Miss Giggles -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 8:06:05 PM)

we didn't see that one yet!

steel magnolias
my girl
beaches
gone with the wind



henny -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 8:24:28 PM)

Tom Hanks' death in "Saving Private Ryan" is treated too sentimentally. The film annoints him a hero with fades to cemeteries and American flags and what not, which takes the impact away. A more effective death from that film is Giovani Ribissi's death earlier in the movie (can't remember his character's name, but he's the medic that gets shot). It doesn't have pagentry or any sort of cathartic/heroic release to soften the blow -just him crying out for his mother in a field.

Most Effective movie death ever: The Donkey in "Au Hasard Balthasar."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/



Reform_Dave -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 8:59:50 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: iluvatar

For a recent one:

Ellie - Up

-Dan.

Seconded



slushie -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 9:41:57 PM)

Theoden. Definitely.

I felt pretty awful when Mace Windu died in Revenge of the Sith.



ManimalX -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/25/2009 10:35:38 PM)

Can any movie death top Spock's in The Wrath of Khan? I think not. *sniff*

Other emotional movie deaths for me (in no particular order):

Chief in Fox and the Hound
William Wallace in Braveheart
Darth Vader in Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Toht the Nazi in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Neville in I Am Legend
Apollo Creed in Rocky IV
Goose in Top Gun
Optimus Prime in Transformers the Movie (1986)
Murphy in Robocop
The conclusion of Seven
Maximus in Gladiator
Boromir in LotR


...and I will 2nd henny's nomination of Medic Irwin Wade in Private Ryan.



TXRedhead -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/26/2009 2:54:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ManimalX

Can any movie death top Spock's in The Wrath of Khan? I think not. *sniff*

Other emotional movie deaths for me (in no particular order):

William Wallace in Braveheart
Darth Vader in Star Wars



I can't believe I forgot Wallace's death scene. That definitely was a very emotional death scene. I also liked the way they handled Spock's death. The way Kirk choked up when he said 'human' was pretty touching.



ManimalX -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/27/2009 2:39:19 AM)

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ORIGINAL: TXRedhead

quote:

ORIGINAL: ManimalX

Can any movie death top Spock's in The Wrath of Khan? I think not. *sniff*

Other emotional movie deaths for me (in no particular order):

William Wallace in Braveheart
Darth Vader in Star Wars



I can't believe I forgot Wallace's death scene. That definitely was a very emotional death scene. I also liked the way they handled Spock's death. The way Kirk choked up when he said 'human' was pretty touching.


I think I saw Wrath of Khan for the first time when I was... maybe 6 or 7? I think it was my first exposure to a person laying down their life for their friends, aside from the Bible. That scene has always been very powerful for me, and I still remember that mixture of sadness, anger, joy, and pride that I felt watching Spock give his life the first time.



rawr.ben -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/27/2009 12:22:01 PM)

Marley and Me. Errr. . . wait, no.



9drtr -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/27/2009 1:16:15 PM)

Bambi in Bambi Meets Godzilla.



rawr.ben -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/27/2009 2:44:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: 9drtr

Bambi in Bambi Meets Godzilla.


I laughed. I cried. I rewound and watched it again.



ironsharpensiron -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/29/2009 2:41:17 PM)

Willem DaFoe in 'Platoon.'

Matthew



ironsharpensiron -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/29/2009 2:42:55 PM)

I loved 'Bambi meets Godzilla!!'

I, too, rewound and watched it...several times...[:D]

Matthew



everythingat -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/29/2009 5:07:53 PM)

Bjork in Dancer in the Dark. That scene of her singing as she is about to be executed at the end is harrowing and extremely painful to watch. Great movie.

And to go from out of the indie movie zone...

Macaulay Culkin in My Girl. "Where are his glasses? He can't see without his glasses!"



danas_mom -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/29/2009 5:21:32 PM)

Shelby in Steel Magnolias - more for the funeral scene than the actual death.

Maximus in Gladiator - mostly because of Lucilla's grief that she's not free to show.

Sam (yes, the dog) in I Am Legend - Neville is just so heartbroken to have to kill her.

Borimir in LoTR - the way he just kneels there gasping as the Uruk-hai continue to run past him, knowing that he's no longer a threat...ugh. Kills me.

Gabriel in The Patriot - Mel Gibson's "Oh God help me, help me, help me" as he breaks down is so, so well done.

The mother donkey in Nestor, the Long-Eared Donkey - I first saw this when I was like four years old and I still cannot rewatch it to this day. I cried for hours over that.

Matthew (Sean Penn) in Dead Man Walking - I think this is the only movie that made me cry until I threw up.



ironsharpensiron -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/29/2009 5:51:44 PM)

One of my favorite movies 'Last of the Mohicans' at the end when the Mohican son was killed, then the daughter of the British Munroe, kills herself. Very moving/touching especially with the musical score blaring...

Matthew



PHmosh1 -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/30/2009 7:50:32 AM)

Bette Midler's character in The Rose (collapsing on stage to the crowds screams and fade out to the title song; that is tear-jerking stuff!)

Arnold Swarzenegger in Terminator 2



DaveW -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/30/2009 12:47:28 PM)

Great lists.

I am surprised no one mentioned my favorite:

Ernest Borgnine in The Posiedon Adventure. That hand coming up out of the water....

(aside: when I saw this in the theater, someone said "You will notice the sweep second hand is still moving...")



let_your_light_shine -> RE: most moving movie deaths (6/30/2009 6:20:31 PM)

This is a newer movie. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. But I don't want to give away who dies in case anyone wants to watch it.



gardenofstars -> RE: most moving movie deaths (7/1/2009 12:24:45 PM)

Wow, I’d completely forgotten about Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey until it was mentioned a few posts up…oh, boy.

Other flicks that permanently affected my development due to their emotional death scenes:

- The NeverEnding Story: Even though Bastian restores everything in the end, the scene where Atreyu’s horse (Artax?) is sinking in the swamp is just…gah.

- The Land Before Time: Before parts two through 500,000 there was just a baby Apatosaurus and his mom...until that mom got mortally wounded by Sharptooth. When she starts to ask him if he can still remember the way to the Great Valley, I have to either turn off the TV or leave the room.

- I second (or third, or fourth) Spock’s death in The Wrath of Khan.

- Everybody in The Mission. Yeesh. [:(]

- Who could ever forget Mufasa in The Lion King?

- An oldie, but a goodie: Judith, Bette Davis’ character, in Dark Victory.

- My number one pick for most poignant death comes from Dragonheart: If you’ve seen it, you know what I mean. The ending scene is one of the most beautiful and moving pieces of film (visually, musically, and emotionally) I’ve ever watched. *sob*



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