DVD Talk Forum

Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > Entertainment Discussions > Movie Talk
Reload this Page >

Most unexpected deaths (spoilers).

Register
FAQ
Community
Calendar
Today's Posts
Search
Movie Talk A Discussion area for everything movie related including films In The Theaters

Most unexpected deaths (spoilers).

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 12-09-07, 12:28 PM
  #1  
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
 
GatorDeb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: The "Real" Vice City
Posts: 18,225
Received 234 Likes on 167 Posts
Most unexpected deaths (spoilers).
In order to minimize spoilerage, I suggest that we put titles without spoilers and then the actual death in spoilers.

The Mummy Returns
Spoiler:
I was not expecting Evy to die. That has shaken me like no other movie death ever has. Then they had to cheapen it by bringing her back to life. I think it would have been more powerful if she had stayed dead. As it is currently written, it was just a cheap scare. But for those 2 minutes when I thought she was dead, I was like wow
GatorDeb is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 12:44 PM
  #2  
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
 
Matt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 4,639
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Gimme Shelter
Spoiler:
Meredith Hunter
Matt is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 12:44 PM
  #3  
DVD Talk Hero
 
PopcornTreeCt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 25,913
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
The Departed
Spoiler:
I had never seen Infernal Affairs so when Leo got shot I nearly jumped out of my seat!
PopcornTreeCt is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 12:46 PM
  #4  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lower Appalachia
Posts: 2,909
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
The Shining

Spoiler:
Dick Hallorann
obscurelabel is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 01:08 PM
  #5  
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 2,146
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Deep Blue Sea

Spoiler:
Sam Jackson


Enough said.
valkyrie is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 01:26 PM
  #6  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Guntersville, AL
Posts: 803
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Stupid Final Destination starting the
Spoiler:
randomly hit by bus/semitruck/car trend, which was copied in many other movies.
project86 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 01:27 PM
  #7  
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
jjcool's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: CT
Posts: 7,672
Received 129 Likes on 103 Posts
Been noticing this alot in TV shows the past couple of seasons. Most notably
Spoiler:
Kate on "NCIS" at the end of season 2
,
Spoiler:
The original President Palmer on "24"
and
Spoiler:
hector on "The Unit"

Course now that I think of movies, I too had not seen Infernal Affairs before The Departed, so that was a bit of a shock.
jjcool is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 01:52 PM
  #8  
Moderator
 
Groucho's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posts: 71,383
Received 122 Likes on 84 Posts
There's no point in putting things in spoiler tags unless you also give the title.
Groucho is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:16 PM
  #9  
DVD Talk Godfather
 
inri222's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 50,673
Received 182 Likes on 120 Posts
To Live & Die In L.A.
inri222 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:19 PM
  #10  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
mrhan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,177
Likes: 0
Received 13 Likes on 11 Posts
Serenity.
mrhan is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:23 PM
  #11  
Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 153
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
(1) The Cowboys (1973) - One character dies in a manner and at a time in the story you don't expect. The means of their end is also a surprise.

(2) Psycho (1960) - I had th good fortune to see this film 'cold' (not on original release, TV broadcast many years later) and the death of one major character was one of the big surprises I have had watching a film.
Hu Phan is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:35 PM
  #12  
TGM
DVD Talk Legend
 
TGM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 16,974
Received 401 Likes on 250 Posts
Originally Posted by mrhan
Serenity.
Winner.
TGM is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:36 PM
  #13  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 614
Received 6 Likes on 5 Posts
Executive Decision

Spoiler:
Steven Seagal
EEz28 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:39 PM
  #14  
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 237
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The Boondock Saints

Spoiler:
feline cruelty
TheStoicPaisano is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:42 PM
  #15  
Member
 
Brack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: near Cincinnati
Posts: 10,007
Received 61 Likes on 39 Posts
Scarface

Spoiler:
Steven Bauer (Manny)
Brack is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:45 PM
  #16  
TGM
DVD Talk Legend
 
TGM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 16,974
Received 401 Likes on 250 Posts
Von Ryan’s Express

Spoiler:
Frank Sinatra
TGM is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:47 PM
  #17  
TGM
DVD Talk Legend
 
TGM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 16,974
Received 401 Likes on 250 Posts
Smokin' Aces

Spoiler:
Ben Affleck's characer
TGM is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:48 PM
  #18  
TGM
DVD Talk Legend
 
TGM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 16,974
Received 401 Likes on 250 Posts
Pitch Black

Spoiler:
Radha Mitchell's character
TGM is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:50 PM
  #19  
TGM
DVD Talk Legend
 
TGM's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 16,974
Received 401 Likes on 250 Posts
My Girl

Spoiler:
Macaulay Culkin
TGM is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:56 PM
  #20  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 3,916
Received 21 Likes on 12 Posts
ending of Layer Cake.
redrum is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:57 PM
  #21  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
mwbmis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Land of Lincoln
Posts: 6,991
Received 194 Likes on 156 Posts
Originally Posted by inri222
To Live & Die In L.A.
Of all the films I think this has to be at or near the top of the list

Spoiler:
Years ago when I saw it for the first time on cable it made me question if I had really seen what I just saw. I actually wondered if I was missing something for the next few minutes. It wasn't even one of those flesh wound type things; William Peterson got shot in the face. He was dead; the villian was still very much alive, and it wasn't like Pankow had been an equal partner or anything. I've watched the documentary on the DVD, but it's still just hard to imagine that Friedkin got away with it.
mwbmis is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:58 PM
  #22  
Banned
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sand Point
Posts: 2,249
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Young Guns
Spoiler:
Charlie Sheen is the first to die and we're only an hour into the movie!


To Live and Die in L.A.
Spoiler:
They killed the star and the partner had to finish the movie. And it wasn't like they were 1A and 2A in the movie. The star was A and the partner was a distant B.


End of Days
Spoiler:
Schwarzenegger dies! Never mind that it was a very stupid, last-second plot twist.


Spartan
Spoiler:
Derek Luke getting snipered halfway through the movie.


Executive Decision
Spoiler:
The commercials sort of gave away Steven Seagal's fate. Plus you have to wonder what's going on when his name doesn't even appear during the opening credits.
Legolas is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 02:59 PM
  #23  
DVD Talk Hero
 
PopcornTreeCt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 25,913
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Not the same as a death but for those that saw The Village it was a pretty big shock.
PopcornTreeCt is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 03:16 PM
  #24  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Mondo Kane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 11,663
Received 114 Likes on 101 Posts
Has no here seen Feast?

Spoiler:
Both the kid AND "The guy who saves the day" bite it bad
Mondo Kane is offline  
Reply Like
Old 12-09-07, 03:25 PM
  #25  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Parks Unknown
Posts: 311
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The Wire: Season 3

Spoiler:
Stringer Bell
Vendetta-AKK is offline  
Reply Like



Advanced Search

Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.