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Old 04-20-12, 01:30 PM
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Re: Saddest movie death?

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More disturbing than sad I think and this scene made me not only hate Jeremy Davies character more than any other in film history but I also hated the actor because it was hard for me to see him without thinking of that scene.
Yup. Corporal Upham is probably my most hated character in the history of cinema.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I recall a pretty sad death scene with Jeff Bridges wife on White Squall. I believe they were caught in a storm and the ship sank and she was trapped in a lower compartment and Bridges character wasn't able to save her. He watched helplessly as the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean with her watching.

They didn't really show it, but I thought Costner drowining in Message in a Bottle was pretty sad too.
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Originally Posted by rw2516
Tracy Bond-On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Spoiler.
Old 04-20-12, 06:09 PM
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by DJariya
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I recall a pretty sad death scene with Jeff Bridges wife on White Squall. I believe they were caught in a storm and the ship sank and she was trapped in a lower compartment and Bridges character wasn't able to save her. He watched helplessly as the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean with her watching.

They didn't really show it, but I thought Costner drowining in Message in a Bottle was pretty sad too.
While not a movie, you've reminded me of Lost;

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Old 04-20-12, 09:45 PM
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by whoopdido
Yup. Corporal Upham is probably my most hated character in the history of cinema.
Jeremy Davies must be a really good actor to make you feel such hate for a character who is essentially good...albeit very weak.
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'Bullhead' had one of the more sympathetic characters I've seen in awhile and a very sad ending to a sad person as well.


That's just a recent one I would mention. Not a dramatic death necessarily but that's what I thought of.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by MrSmearkase
While not a movie, you've reminded me of Lost;

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Which caught me completely off guard considering that character had annoyed me throughout the show and I was hoping he'd be killed off. When it happened I was surprised by how much it affected me. That was a truly heartbreaking episode.
Old 04-21-12, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
Jeremy Davies must be a really good actor to make you feel such hate for a character who is essentially good...albeit very weak.
Agreed. I like Jeremy Davies a lot. I thought his performance in SPR was probably the best of anyone.

You're right. He was a good person, but there's no room for good in combat. He was responsible, although not directly, for at least two of his fellow soldiers, including his captain, being killed simply because he was weak. In many ways you feel bad for him but you also hate his guts. Don't be such a pussy Upham.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

I'll mention Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Spoiler:
death of Li Mu Bai, especially given the unrequited love of Yu Shu Lien


And I was also affected by some of the ones mentioned by others above:
The Fellowship of the Ring
Serenity
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(That was utterly shocking when I first saw it in 1969.)
Star Trek II (It didn't have the same impact anymore once the third movie came out).
The Professional
Master and Commander


Most of the movie deaths mentioned by others I haven't seen, in part because I prefer more upbeat stuff.
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So, how many people went out and You-Tubed some of these scenes?
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Little sister in Graves of the Butterflies.
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The director in Tropic Thunder. Horrific in an otherwise funy movie.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
Which caught me completely off guard considering that character had annoyed me throughout the show and I was hoping he'd be killed off. When it happened I was surprised by how much it affected me. That was a truly heartbreaking episode.
True testament to the writing on the show.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

The ending of The Plague Dogs

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(assuming that, like me, you think the island seen in the end credits was merely symbolic)

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Re: Saddest movie death?

Silent Running

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When he had to shoot all the trees and plants off into space with the two little robots


A tv show but nothing was more sad to me then the episode of Futurama about Fry's dog. I don't even want to say the name if it because it upsets me.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by dhmac
The ending of The Plague Dogs

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(assuming that, like me, you think the island seen in the end credits was merely symbolic)

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Yikes. Never heard of this. I read up on it a little bit and I decided I'm just going to pretend that it has a happy ending.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by dhmac
The ending of The Plague Dogs

Spoiler:

(assuming that, like me, you think the island seen in the end credits was merely symbolic)

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I never saw the movie. In the book
Spoiler:
they are saved
. Though that was added after the first edition. RAs stuff is really good. Hazel-Rahs end in Watership Down always brings me to tears.
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In a Year of 13 Moons
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by Mr. Flix
The first death that came to mind when I saw this thread was Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias. Yes, I know, I should hand in my man card. But I was 14 when I saw that movie and really struggled to hold back tears during Sally Field's graveyard breakdown.
First one I thought of too. I was 12. I think the scene where the husband comes home to find the pot on the stove boiling over and the baby screaming was more upsetting to me than the actual death.
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The all time saddest death scene has to be Hooch from Turner And Hooch. You can have all the people in the world die. I couldn't care less. But when it's a dog, that's going to far. I can't watch that movie any more.
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Re: Saddest movie death?

Originally Posted by arminius
The director in Tropic Thunder. Horrific in an otherwise funy movie.
I felt that scene was the funniest part of the movie. Well, maybe that or Matthew McConaughey giving advice on how to dispose of a dead hooker

As far as saddest death in Tropic Thunder, I would vote for

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The panda that was accidentally killed by Ben Stiller's character

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