[OT] The best ever death...

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
OK, kind of a wierd idea for a thread, but I was inspired by a quote from the Star Wars trivia thread, where someone posted

quote:

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"Sam Jackson has already filmed his death scene, and says: "And I don't go out like a punk neither!"

So come on, who do you think has the best death?

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That quote would hve been from me. He said it on the Tonight show. Odd how things work out, its like carma. The Last time I recall watching Leno, Sam Jackson was there and commented about how cool it was to sit next to yoda. That was his first day of filming PM.

This may not be the best death scene, but it was one for the books. The Head bad guys death in the original Die Hard. Something about the look on his face as he dropped from the window said "Ohhhhh ssssshhhhiiiiiitttt!"

[ September 01, 2003, 14:57: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[PvK]

"Cockily" is a word.

I don't think there is a "best ever" death. There are many very good deaths, though. I feel the best deaths are those that are not only dramatic and/or amazing, entertaining, or humorous, but that also have uniqueness and personality, so that they make a great epitaph for the person. The uniqueness of a great death makes it impossible to directly weigh its worth against a different great death.

Some other great cinematic deaths:

The end of The Wild Bunch (a great western film).

The A-bomb-riding pilot in Doctor Strangelove.

Various faked deaths in Harold and Maude.

Pretty much all the many deaths in The Abominable Doctor Phibes, and related films. I think my personal favorite is the man impaled by a bronze unicorn head catapulted from across the street.

Monty Python offers heaps and heaps of great comic deaths.

There are so many...

PvK

[Unknown_Enemy]

What about crushed to death by a giant wood rabbit thrown out of a castle in Monty Python's Holy Grail ?

Various faked deaths in Harold and Maude

Holy S..T !!! It has been an eternity since I read a comment about that wonderful movie !

[ September 01, 2003, 21:39: Message edited by: Unknown_Enemy ]

[tesco samoa]

guess boba fett will not be making this list

[Unknown_Enemy]

I have another candidate :

"At such range they could not even hit an elep..."
Last words of General John Sedgwick, battle of Spotsylvania, 1864

[Loser]

Originally posted by PvK:
The A-bomb-riding pilot in Doctor Strangelove.

That one has my vote. Especially considering Tex's reaction to the event.

[Ed Kolis]

Call it corny, but I still find Kirk's "Bridge on the Captain!" death scene in ST: Generations a riot