# Stupidest Looking Death Scenes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120 "2013-01-05T00:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/1 "2013-01-05T00:33:05Z")
I nominate the otherwise fine movie _Rope_ by Alfred Hitchcock. At the beginning of the movie, the two killers are murdering a buddy of theirs by strangling him with a rope. As the camera pulls back from the victim, it shows him standing inside a chest, standing up between the two killers. I suppose we’re to assume that the victim didn’t put up a fight since everyone is in evening clothes, and there’s not a hair out of place on anyone. Nice of the victim to climb obligingly into the storage chest for these fellas. Also considerate of him to stand politely until his killer announces he’s dead, and then plop neatly into the chest. No wonder these thrill killers chose this guy. He’s so cooperative. Okay, the scene took less than a minute, and the rest of the movie was all cool and evil in the best way possible. I guess the two killers are supposed to be holding the body up between them, but it really looks like the way I described it. Why couldn’t one of the killers have been holding the guy’s arms behind his back on the ground while the other strangled him, and then both of the killers put the body in the storage chest? At least, that would’ve been more convincing. I just saw the movie _Unfaithful_ which has a murder that’s almost as laughable. But what do you guys think? Any others? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/2 "2013-01-05T00:36:34Z")
I thought the death scene of Mr. Spock in Wrath of Khan was just about as bad as it gets. Maudlin, tedious and not particularly believable. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/3 "2013-01-05T01:00:26Z")
Any scene where a character suddenly gets run over by a speeding bus. (I always imagine the bus driver in those scenes, not swerving / honking / slamming on the brakes. Is he all, “Uh-oh! Well, that’s a shame.”) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/4 "2013-01-05T01:18:45Z")
Well, nobody can see the bus coming, because it’s outside the frame of the camera. It’s tragic but what are the characters supposed to do? Look outside the frame? Also, buses are completely silent until they ram into someone, and have to travel at 50 miles an hour through suburban streets and crowded city intersections. This is how giant creatures like Tyrannosaurs and Godzilla can sneak up on people…hide just outside the camera frame and you’re invisible and inaudible. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/5 "2013-01-05T01:25:51Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > … Also, buses are completely silent until they ram into someone, and have to travel at 50 miles an hour through suburban streets and crowded city intersections… Well, what do you expect? If they slow below 50 mph they’ll explode. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/6 "2013-01-05T04:30:34Z")
You would have to have a heart of stone to watch Debra Winger’s death scene in _Terms of Endearment_ without laughing… ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/7 "2013-01-05T04:42:27Z")
House of Flying Daggers The female protagonist dies and resurrects about 10 times ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/8 "2013-01-05T05:18:43Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > House of Flying Daggers > > The female protagonist dies and resurrects about 10 times Which reminds me – Kenny, every episode. Well, they stopped that at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/9 "2013-01-05T07:09:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, what do you expect? If they slow below 50 mph they’ll explode. Hey, now, this thread is about stupid death scenes, not stupid plots. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/10 "2013-01-05T07:28:21Z")
Charlie Sheen in _Young Guns_: [Charlie Sheen Dies...Winning ! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxxa8EQFpE) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/11 "2013-01-05T08:09:15Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Also, buses are completely silent until they ram into someone Damn you, hybrid technology! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/12 "2013-01-05T11:50:49Z")
[Garbage day!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k) - A short youtube clip of a particularly memorably bad death scene. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/13 "2013-01-05T11:59:12Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > You would have to have a heart of stone to watch Debra Winger’s death scene in _Terms of Endearment_ without laughing… I thought I was the only one in the theater laughing. Good to know I’m not alone. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/14 "2013-01-05T12:31:55Z")
My bro and I were expelled forcibly from a theater when we couldn;t stop laughing at the death scene in Love Story. ---
**Author:** ![ftfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@ftfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftfu)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/15 "2013-01-05T12:42:43Z")
There is a death scene in The Dark Knight Rises that is cringeworthy. If you’ve seen the movie you know what I’m referring to. It definitely should have been reshot. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI1uyniDe8c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI1uyniDe8c) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/16 "2013-01-05T13:58:33Z")
…Paul Reubens in Buffy, the Movie. (Spoiled because it links to Live Link and occasionally they have NSFW adverts pop up.) [ItemFix - Social Video Factory](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e4_1308477349) Okay, who am I kidding. That death was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/17 "2013-01-05T14:21:34Z")
I thought there was a line in The Rope about killing him from behind in the armchair on the right side of the set, the one that Jimmy Stewart sat in at one point. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/18 "2013-01-05T14:51:09Z")
The[helicopter hit scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRVOvho_RA) in Godfather 3. Highlighted by: Orange rolling off the fruit tray “My coat! my lucky coat!” “Zaza you son of a bitch!” _shakes fist_ ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/19 "2013-01-05T16:10:27Z")
The worst death scene ever is Gerard Depardieu you at the end of Cyrano de Bergerac. He staggers around for three minutes, and then at the end gasps out: “…at least I had…” (long, long pause) _…panache."_ ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/20 "2013-01-05T16:11:29Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Paul Reubens in Buffy, the Movie. > (Spoiled because it links to Live Link and occasionally they have NSFW adverts pop up.) > > [ItemFix - Social Video Factory](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e4_1308477349) > > Okay, who am I kidding. That death was awesome! That is the ONLY thing I remember about that movie! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120.md?page=2)