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I also forgot Sam Neill in The Hunt for Red October.

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makeshift wrote:

Virtually the entire final scene of Glory kills me everytime I watch it.



yeah, chokes me up. when Jupiter tells Col. Shaw "W....we ready...c...colonel..." when they are about to start the assault on Ft. Wager, it gets me every time.


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- Boromir in FOTR

- Maximus in Gladiator

- Wallace in Braveheart

- Jack in Titanic

- T800 in Terminator 2

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Another of Tom Hank's tearjerkers here

Captain Miller's Tombstone being saluted by Private Ryan
Tom Hank's character childhood video shown in at the end of Philadelphia. That scene got me choked up


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makeshift wrote:
Everytime I watch Boyz n the Hood (a film I regrettably left off my top 100 of all time), Ricky's (Morris Chestnut) death scene breaks my heart into a thousand pieces. In my opinion, John Singleton single handedly won the best Director Academy Award with that scene. Too bad the Academy disagreed.

Danny Vinyard in American History X is tough to watch.

Willem Dafoe in Platoon is heart breaking.


Ricky's scene was emotional because he had an argument with his brother who was indirectly respondsible for his death. Doughboy really felt responsible for his death but he really got shunned by his own mother who felt that he has caused his boy's death

William Dafoe's scene made me more mad than being sad. It establish's Tom Berenger's character as the ultimate dickhead


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Death No. 1: The Iron Giant in The Iron Giant. "Su-per-man..."

*ka-boom!*

Although technically he didn't die, it was still a startlingly poetic - not to mention ironic - death.

Death No. 2: Albert Finney in Big Fish.

The man turns into a fish. A Big Fish! Just like his stories. You could cut the irony with a knife. Or should I say gut the irony? Eh? Eh? You know, like you might gut a fish!

Death No. 3: Bennett in Commando.

"Let off some steam, Bennett". As poignant as is it ironic. All his life he was alive, and now he's dead.


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Quint in Jaws.

Butch and Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Malone (Sean Connery) in The Untouchables. :cry:

Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.


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Maverikk wrote:
Quint in Jaws . > the kid on the air raft in Jaws.

Butch and Sundance in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid > Thelma and Louise.

Malone (Sean Connery) in The Untouchables. :cry:

Sonny Corleone in The Godfather. > James Caan in the Godfather and the final scene from Bonnie and Clyde.



You reminded me of some - see above.


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M ufasa in The Lion King.

Come on you guys! That was, like, totally moving :cry:

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Definetely the guy getting shot in the bathroom in AMERICAN HISTORY X, a really heartbreaking and shocking scene.

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The Elephant Man
Mr. Orange - Reservoir Dogs
Christina Delasalle - Les Diaboliques
The Death of Boromir - FOTR
Mr.Spock - Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan ("The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one.)"
William Wallace - Braveheart
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Nazgul9 wrote:
- Boromir in FOTR

- Maximus in Gladiator

- Wallace in Braveheart

- Jack in Titanic

- T800 in Terminator 2

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Holy Shit.....those are absolutely awesome choices. Boromir's death is so powerful that it gets me evry time. Maximus dying is heightened by the amazing music and when Jack dies, I almost cry every time. [-X

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U all missed one

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From the Deaths that year so far I pick King Baldwin because he just was a good men and had to die very painfully.

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Alec Guiness- Bridge on the River Kwai
William Holden- Bridge on the River Kwai
Bubba- Forrest Gump
Mrs. Gump- Forrest Gump
Jenney- Forrest Gump..
John Miller- Saving Private Ryan.. basically the whole movie is a poetic death..
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jet li in hero!!! - in fact all the deaths in hero!! soooo sad! (and heroic- believe it or not)

oooh- also crouching tiger hidden dragon- *tear*

and love when alex's mother dies in goodbye Lenin- you know its coming but its sad- and then they launch a rocket into the sky of her ashes..

(hmmm- i see a theme of foreign films)

also I really like the romeo and juliet death scene with leonardo dicaprio and clare danes... quite a nice interpretation of the play.

... this is morbid? ...


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baumer72 wrote:
Holy Shit.....those are absolutely awesome choices. Boromir's death is so powerful that it gets me evry time. Maximus dying is heightened by the amazing music and when Jack dies, I almost cry every time. [-X

Oh baumer, there's no shame in crying. Give your emotions free rein. Chicks go for it, or so i've heard. ;)

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That whole scene is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in the history of film. Imo. :-)


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Laurie Strode in Halloween: Resurrection.

The movie was shit, but that one scene was not only sad, but the fact that she kissed him was quite poetic.

Eric Stoltz death in Mask, gets me everytime.

Also Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was quite poetic.


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William Wallace in Braveheart. ;)


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Kurtz's death at the end of Apocalypse Now. Poetic and incredibly symbolic.

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Ivan K wrote:
M ufasa in The Lion King.

Come on you guys! That was, like, totally moving :cry:


:cry: :cry: yeah, i agree with that one!

Bambi's mom!!


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