Kill me. Do it. DO IT!!!
Extra points if there is a gun involved and the speaker leans into it or puts it in his mouth.
How can writers still write this scene? How can actors still play it with a straight face? Who approves it?
Can we compile a list of offenders?
Most recent offense: Beowulf
“You’ll never get away with this.”
As soon as the car crashes, it bursts into flames. :rolleyes:
(I really thought US car manufacturers had solved this problem, but apparently not.)
Syndrome: Oh, ho ho! You sly dog! You got me monologuing! I can’t believe it…
Sorry, you’re all wrong. It’s ‘Kill me. Do it. Do it now. Go ahead and do it. Do it. Kill me.’
The bad guy appears to be dead, but no. Just when everyone has let their guard down, BAM, he jumps back up, only to be dispatched yet again by the good guy, the good guy’s love interest, the grudging respect guy, etc.
Please don’t make me list cites, I don’t think I have that kind of time.
“Let’s get outta here!”
Or the reverse: “I think I’ll explore this mysterious dark corner alone, where my screams cannot be heard.”
Yeah, and we can search faster if we split up!
Go! I’ll hold them off!!
Some of the stuff you guys are listing are just effects (car blows up) or plot devices (“let’s split up.”)
I really wanted to discuss do it do it kill me; what movies it has been in, why writers still think it’s ok to include it, how anyone can take it seriously, etc.
Another recent (though minor) offender: American Gangster
Okay, but you may have to abandon the notion that it’s “the single most played-out scene in movies”. It has a great deal of competition on that front, and I suspect it’s not nearly as hackneyed as other ideas mentioned in this thread.
Movie I can think of offhand that include a “kill me” moment:
Platoon
Predator
Alien 2, 3, 4
…ummmmmmm…
Johnny Got His Gun
The Good Guy has the Bad Guy at his mercy but elects not to kill him, just banish him from the kingdom/turn him over to the police/whatever. Seconds later, the Bad Guy will try once again try to kill the Good Guy, fail and end up dying by his own hand(usually by falling from a height).
The Lion King and a relatively recent Harrison Ford movie come to mind.
I suppose we can discuss others if they are actual scenes, but lines, effects, and plot devices don’t count.
Rysto’s example is a good one, and very common, but not as common as kill me, do it now.
John Malkovich put Clint Eastwoods gun in his mouth in “In The Line of Fire.” But it did have the twist of making it tantamount to suicide for Eastwood since Malkovich was holding on to him to prevent him from falling to his death.
Let the Freudian jokes commence.
Ooh, good one. Gun in the mouth is bonus points.
If the guy saying kill me kills the other guy, bonus points.
Triple score if he calls him a pussy for not doing it.
Doesn’t Mel Gibson do the “Kill me” bit during one of the Lethal Weapon movies?
Boy kisses girl.
Girl pushes boy away, and makes some cutting remark.
Boy pulls girl in and kisses her again.
Girl kisses back, starts caressing him.
Fade to black, or both tumble into bed, haystack, floor, dirt, choose one.
Sounds right. That might be one of the earliest examples. If anyone can come up with the first example you win my everlasting admiration.
Yes, but then he grabs the gun and nearly pulls the trigger himself, before Danny Glover pulls it away.