Most tragic deaths **SPOILERS**

LazyClouds

This topic has probably been covered before but I'm sitting here with the tv on and my laptop and I'm balling my eyes out watching The Last Samurai for the nth time.

Q. What character death has brought you to tears?

My answer:

Nobutada's death by a dozen bullets to the chest on a bridge after rescuing his father and selflessly sacrificing himself so Tom Cruise and co. can get away.

Hematocyte

Christina Hendricks

in Drive.

she had great hooters

SirDelboy18

Dead Man Walking

Sean Penn's execution always got me

The Champ

Pretty obvious

hefferboi

Marley

DirkVoodoo

Are we distinguishing between the tragic death being a central plot point of the entire film (Philadelphia, etc) or simply the death of a character that was not expected but nonetheless moving because of either how brutal or gruesome it was?

If it's the latter, I always found that the

exploding Lizzie Caplan

in Cloverfield to be quite tragic and the

frozen Chris Evans

in Sunshine.

If the former, the list is nearly endless: Big Fish again! Lion King, LotR, Iron Man, etc.

I'm sure there are more, but it's hard to categorize them. I would be inclined to agree with the above: the death of any hot character makes me sad, "what a waste".

LazyClouds

OH MY GOSH

EVERYBODY'S DEATH IN THE LAST SAMURAI

I CAN'T HANDLE IT

LazyClouds

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Are we distinguishing between the tragic death being a central plot point of the entire film (Philadelphia, etc) or simply the death of a character that was not expected but nonetheless moving because of either how brutal or gruesome it was?

If it's the latter, I always found that the

exploding Lizzie Caplan

in Cloverfield to be quite tragic and the

frozen Chris Evans

in Sunshine.

If the former, the list is nearly endless: Big Fish again! Lion King, LotR, Iron Man, etc.

I'm sure there are more, but it's hard to categorize them. I would be inclined to agree with the above: the death of any hot character makes me sad, "what a waste".

Individual character deaths not entire movies. I was just typing and crying above so you can ignore my last post...

KKkitty

Bruce Willis in Armegeddon. I cry every time.

DrumSteve

John Coffey in the Green Mile. Chris Evans in Sunshine as mentioned above also.

Paddy Considine and his brother in Dead Mans Shoes really stuck with me.

Anytime Sean Bean dies.

I wasnt sad when Johhny Harris got killed in This is England 86, but the brutality of the scene (and combos deed) was horrific.

dark crystal

For me, it has to be

Denzel Washington

's death in Man On Fire. I cried like a baby at the end of that film.

McSasquatch

The death of Kong at the end of Jackson's version gives me a lump in my throat. Strange given that he's a CGI creation with no dialogue! Maybe it's testimony to the work done by Weta and Serkis, or maybe it's knowing the story in advance causing a horrible sense of helpless inevitability... Either way, gets me every time.

krudler

Ah, this will be one of those threads to avoid because people don't know how to use spoilers properly.

vard

Bambi in Bambi

WHIP IT!

Giovanni Ribisi's death scene in Saving Private Ryan - very upsetting but an amazing scene as well.

For different reasons, always found the death scene of Joe Pesci & his brother in Casino very shocking & hard to watch. A brutal way to go.

Liam McPoyle

Once Were Warriors -

Graces suicide.

Jesus thats a heartbreaking moment.

The Untouchables -

Connery kicking the bucket always gets to me.

hollster2

vard wrote: »

Bambi in Bambi

bambis mum

GerB40

hollster2 wrote: »

bambis mum

You wouldn't be sayin that if you ever had venison. Delish....

hollster2

GerB40 wrote: »

You wouldn't be sayin that if you ever had venison. Delish....

i have yum :D

tunguska

Captain Miller(Tom hanks in saving private ryan). The "Earn this" line absolutely killed me.

Mc murphy(Jack nicholson) In cuckoos nest

Rambo in First blood - I know this didnt happen in the movie but his death in the book would make the hardest of hard men cry.

William wallace (Mel gibson) In braveheart. The death scene itself is pretty brutal but the following scene, where all the lads are lined up for a final battle with the brits and your man gives a short but great speech......brilliant.

dark crystal

tunguska wrote: »

Mc murphy(Jack nicholson) In cuckoos nest

Not to be a pedant, but McMurphy didn't actually die at the end of that movie. It was still a tragic end, though.

Hematocyte

dark crystal wrote: »

Not to be a pedant, but McMurphy didn't actually die at the end of that movie. It was still a tragic end, though.

He did die. The Chief smothered him under a pillow.

the purple tin

Angus -

very sad when his grandfather George C Scott died

Turtyturd

Batman's 'death' in The Dark Knight Rises actually had me close to to crying.

The Ewoks in Return of the Jedi....and Darth Vader was sad.....and Boba Fett was tragic in a completely different way.

LazyClouds

krudler wrote: »

Ah, this will be one of those threads to avoid because people don't know how to use spoilers properly.

Yeah, everybody: it would be cool if we could all use the spoiler wraps please.

Tipsy McSwagger

Turtyturd wrote: »

Batman's 'death' in The Dark Knight Rises actually had me close to to crying.

The Ewoks in Return of the Jedi....and Darth Vader was sad.....and Boba Fett was tragic in a completely different way.

You cried over a bunch of teddy bears dying:D

McSasquatch

LazyClouds wrote: »

Yeah, everybody: it would be cool if we could all use the spoiler wraps please.

Everybody? I'm not putting spoiler tags on King Kong's death.

irish_stevo815

Can't believe no one mentioned Gran Torino

Mickeroo

Turtyturd wrote: »

Batman's 'death' in The Dark Knight Rises actually had me close to to crying.

The Ewoks in Return of the Jedi....and Darth Vader was sad.....and Boba Fett was tragic in a completely different way.

Allow me to ease some of your hurt my good man, from the star wars wiki:

Though no one in recorded history had ever escaped from the Sarlacc, Fett was able to escape, although not entirely unscathed. Thanks to his iron will and Mandalorian armor, he was able to fight his way out of the beast's belly, killing the Sarlacc. Back in action, he continued his work as a bounty hunter.

WHIP IT!

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

Can't believe no one mentioned Gran Torino

Reason I didn't mention it was because it way bayyyyyyy-rootal!!

MyBrokenKnees

The Wild Geese.

Richard Harris

Also


Shane in

Shane( he did die)

Turtyturd

Mickeroo wrote: »

Allow me to ease some of your hurt my good man, from the star wars wiki:

But is that canon?