Most tragic deaths **SPOILERS**

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".

OH MY GOSH

EVERYBODY'S DEATH IN THE LAST SAMURAI

I CAN'T HANDLE IT

DirkVoodoo

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.

krudler

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

Gage Flaky Signboard 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?

Mickeroo

Turtyturd wrote: »

But is that canon?

Not sure tbh, I always thought most of the books & comics were generally considered canon?

Turtyturd

Mickeroo wrote: »

Not sure tbh, I always thought most of the books & comics were generally considered canon?

I think they are till they contradict something or a better idea comes along.

And I meant it was tragic in a 'it was a sh*t way to kill off the character' kind of way...but reading that, and reading how he ended up back in the sarlacc adds to the tragedy of it.:D

RoutineBites

PrincessPreach

tunguska wrote: »

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.

McMurphy doesn't die. He gets a lobotomy but it gets me everytime too. I read the book and the pages were wet from my tears.
Billy commits suicide which is what sends Mc over the edge and he attacks Nurse Rachid

For me it's when Annis dies in The Imitation of Life. Jesus, even thinking about the funeral scene makes me well up.

Also the Champ used to have me in floods as a kid.

Bambi (as a kid)

Big Fish - Albert Finney - Everytime.

I don't know how to do those spolier things so sorry if I ruined anything for anyone:P

DrumSteve

krudler wrote: »

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

It does have spoilers in caps lock in the thread title. If people click into this thread and then see spoilers I dont know how they can complain...

DrumSteve

DrumSteve wrote: »

It does have spoilers in caps lock in the thread title. If people click into this thread and then see spoilers I dont know how they can complain...

Totally. I go back on what I said before about the need for spoiler wraps, I was pretty out of it last night. (edit: even though I said that a few hours ago... I'm pretty sick atm so time is a blur)

indough

i believe i must have watched some secret, extended edition of one flew over the cuckoos nest

PrincessPreach

indough wrote: »

i believe i must have watched some secret, extended edition of one flew over the cuckoos nest

Where McMurphy dies? Ah no way..he does die...Cheif smoothers him at the end!! How did i forget that..jesus..i need to stop drinking so much:(

Tipsy McSwagger

PrincessPreach wrote: »

Where McMurphy dies? Ah no way..he does die...Cheif smoothers him at the end!! How did i forget that..jesus..i need to stop drinking so much:(

You were thinking of the guy who goes to live with the Simpsons and composes a birthday song for Lisa.

dark crystal

PrincessPreach wrote: »

Where McMurphy dies? Ah no way..he does die...Cheif smoothers him at the end!! How did i forget that..jesus..i need to stop drinking so much:(

I made the same mistake...completely forgot about The Chief ending his misery. I can't even use drink as an excuse and I've seen that film a half dozen times

e_e

DrumSteve wrote: »

It does have spoilers in caps lock in the thread title. If people click into this thread and then see spoilers I dont know how they can complain...

It's not that there'll be spoilers in the thread but that they should be used properly. Put the name of the film AND THEN the spoiler at the very least. Instead of having people click on a black box without having any earthy idea what it'll be referring to.

e_e

Grave of the Fireflies -

The sister.

SYDEWYNDER

Talia al Ghuls/Miranda Tates

death in The Dark Knight Rises was ****ing tragic. Tragic acting.

krudler

e_e wrote: »

It's not that there'll be spoilers in the thread but that they should be used properly. Put the name of the film AND THEN the spoiler at the very least. Instead of having people click on a black box without having any earthy idea what it'll be referring to.

That, if you're going to spoiler a movie, dont spoiler the title of the movie too, it defeats the purpose sicne you dont know what film it is you're going to be spoiling

SimonTemplar

Hooch from Turner and Hooch

I saw this movie as a young boy and his death left me traumatised. As I recall, it was completely unneccessary to the plot. Even as an adult, I can't bring myself to watch it again.

jonnyfingers

For me

Wash's death

in Serenity.

And in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

when the kid goes for a "shower".

Honorables mention to

the old couple

in Titanic and

Jenny

in Forest Gump

quickbeam

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

Shane in

Shane( he did die)

Shane didn't die ... did he???

For me, as cheesy as it is, all the major deaths in Deep Impact have me bawling -

Tea Leoni's mother killing herself, Tea and her father on the beach, Leelee Sobieski's parents holding each other in the traffic jam, and finally the astronauts' death with their final family goodbyes.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

DrumSteve wrote: »

It does have spoilers in caps lock in the thread title. If people click into this thread and then see spoilers I dont know how they can complain...

Yeah but how are you supposed to know which movies will be spoiled?

marwelie

DrumSteve wrote: »

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

THIS and

Combo vs Milky in This is England

, havent been able to watch it since.

Looper007

Betty Blue

when Zorg mercy kills Betty

after 3 hours it hits you hard

Manon des Sources

Ugolin commiting sucide

and

Cesar find out Jean is his son, who he basically ruined and led to him taking his own life

heartbreaking stuff.