# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/21 "2013-01-05T16:27:23Z")
> [@ftfu](#): > > 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) That’s what I came in to post. For some odd reason that scene actually made me feel a bit embarassed. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/22 "2013-01-05T17:17:06Z")
> [@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! Word. Greatest death scene EVAR! ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/23 "2013-01-05T17:25:14Z")
I hesitated to post this one, b/c I think it’s kind of [awesome](http://youtu.be/LOeu61j4M6o). ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/24 "2013-01-05T19:26:30Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I hesitated to post this one, b/c I think it’s kind of [awesome](http://youtu.be/LOeu61j4M6o). Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! POW! “Aggggghhhhhhhh!” (Squeezes a blood capsule against his belly) POW! “Aggggghhhhhhhh!” (Falls over dresser) POW! “Aggggghhhhhhhh!” (Gets up and spreads himself against the wall) POW! Lather, rinse repeat! I was once a big fan of poorly-dubbed ‘Kung-Fu Theater’ movies from the 70’s, so I’ve seen some bad movies, with ludicrous death scenes but this one tops them all! Great find, “Morbo”! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/25 "2013-01-05T19:40:01Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I hesitated to post this one, b/c I think it’s kind of [awesome](http://youtu.be/LOeu61j4M6o). I like how he starts screaming all over again every time she shoots him. ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/26 "2013-01-05T20:30:25Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I like how he starts screaming all over again every time she shoots him. Well, she was only supposed to shoot him once, but the director couldn’t choose a method so they tried multiple takes. Then the film was running short so the editor used them all. Personally, I nominate Trinity’s scene from _Matrix Revolutions_. I don’t think anyone in the theater was taking it seriously. ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/27 "2013-01-05T21:03:12Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > 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. Yes, but Jimmy Stewart’s character was just speculating on how the murder would’ve been committed, not having been there. Since he’s talking to the killers, it’s a very tense scene. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/28 "2013-01-05T21:50:08Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I like how he starts screaming all over again every time she shoots him. And the way she shoots him every time he stops screaming :). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/29 "2013-01-06T00:28:10Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I hesitated to post this one, b/c I think it’s kind of [awesome](http://youtu.be/LOeu61j4M6o). I just about peed my pants laughing. My wife thought I suddenly went insane. ---
**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 6, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/30 "2013-01-06T00:51:30Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I hesitated to post this one, b/c I think it’s kind of [awesome](http://youtu.be/LOeu61j4M6o). My favorite part is how he gently laid himself down on the bed so that he could finally die comfortably. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/31 "2013-01-06T01:04:04Z")
> [@Damfino](#): > > And the way she shoots him every time he stops screaming :). Ok, it was a totally awesome death scene, but this comment didn’t just make me LOL, I actually snorted. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/32 "2013-01-06T02:45:00Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > 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. Nope. He’s standing _next to_ the chest as they strangle him. As a matter of fact, the first thing they do once he dies is open the chest and lift him into it. Now, granted, strangling someone while standing doesn’t sound like the easiest way to go about it, but it isn’t as ridiculous as having him stand inside the chest first. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/33 "2013-01-06T08:05:19Z")
> [@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… Oh I was cheering! DIE! DIE! DIE! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/34 "2013-01-06T16:54:47Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My favorite part is how he gently laid himself down on the bed so that he could finally die comfortably. What about the way she squints and turns away slightly as she throws the bullets out of the gun? I think my favorite part(aside for the exact same scream the exact same length every time he is shot) is where she shoots him in the back the first time and there are no bullet wounds, then she fires the next time and there are _two_ bullet wounds. ---
**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 6, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/35 "2013-01-06T19:01:58Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What about the way she squints and turns away slightly as she throws the bullets out of the gun? I think my favorite part(aside for the exact same scream the exact same length every time he is shot) is where she shoots him in the back the first time and there are no bullet wounds, then she fires the next time and there are _two_ bullet wounds. And an obvious pillow under the back of his shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/36 "2013-01-06T19:14:45Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > Nope. He’s standing _next to_ the chest as they strangle him. As a matter of fact, the first thing they do once he dies is open the chest and lift him into it. Now, granted, strangling someone while standing doesn’t sound like the easiest way to go about it, but it isn’t as ridiculous as having him stand inside the chest first. It being the 1950’s, everyone politely ignored the victim’s voided bowels. [Jimmy Stewart] C’we, c’we open a window, d’you think maybe? /[Jimmy Stewart] ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/37 "2013-01-06T19:47:23Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, she was only supposed to shoot him once, but the director couldn’t choose a method so they tried multiple takes. Then the film was running short so the editor used them all. That explains why he never lost his grip on the gun, then. That was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/38 "2013-01-06T20:10:39Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > It being the 1950’s, everyone politely ignored the victim’s voided bowels. Yes, well (1948 actually), everybody knows you should simply disregard stray sewage smells in the midst of a proper cocktail party. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/39 "2013-01-06T23:02:18Z")
When I saw _Meet Joe Black_, it seemed like everyone in the theater burst out laughing when Brad Pitt’s character got killed by the cars. There had been heavy advertising of the fact that the first trailer for the new Star Wars film would be shown twice at each Meet Joe Black show, once before the movie and once afterwards. So most of the people there weren’t very enthusiastic about the movie anyway and were happy to laugh at it: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mikj8eDKxMQ) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120/40 "2013-01-06T23:38:11Z")
In the James Cagney gangster classic “White Heat”, the execution scene was pretty funny-tough guy Cagney breaks down and blubbers for mercy…as he’s dragged off to 'ol sparky". [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-looking-death-scenes/646120.md?page=3)