# The single most played-out scene in movies is . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876 "2008-03-02T20:18:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/21 "2008-03-03T01:38:08Z")
**Dead Presidents** has a “kill me. do it.” scene that is actually plausible. During the Viet Name sequence, Lorenz Tate is carrying a fallen platoon-mate out of the jungle. The poor guy had has guts obliterated and was intentionally emasculated. It’s doubtful that he’s going to make it at all and while Tate is fireman-carrying the guy out of the brush, he’s whispering in his ear, “Kill me, Curtis. I can’t go home like this. I would do it for you.” You can see Tate’s character anguishing over whether he should put his friend out of his misery and leads one to wonder how many soldiers may have actually had to face a similar dilemma. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/22 "2008-03-03T01:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=minlokwat] **Dead Presidents** has a “kill me. do it.” scene that is actually plausible. During the Viet Name sequence, Lorenz Tate is carrying a fallen platoon-mate out of the jungle. The poor guy had has guts obliterated and was intentionally emasculated. It’s doubtful that he’s going to make it at all and while Tate is fireman-carrying the guy out of the brush, he’s whispering in his ear, “Kill me, Curtis. I can’t go home like this. I would do it for you.” You can see Tate’s character anguishing over whether he should put his friend out of his misery and leads one to wonder how many soldiers may have actually had to face a similar dilemma. [/QUOTE] That scene stuck with me quite awhile after seeing it in the theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/23 "2008-03-03T02:50:24Z")
We have just a couple of seconds to . . . escape the bad guys help our friend disarm the bomb etc. Let’s stand here and discuss our feelings. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/24 "2008-03-03T02:53:11Z")
“Kill me before I become a vampire” (okay, not those exact words, but pretty close) is used once or twice in **30 Days of Night**. It is quite understandable given the context, though. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/25 "2008-03-03T02:53:01Z")
“Kill me before I become a vampire” (okay, not those exact words, but pretty close) is used once or twice in **30 Days of Night**. It is quite understandable given the context, though. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/26 "2008-03-03T02:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] 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. [/QUOTE] It’s in [The Departed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/). It also turns up in [In Bruges](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/). ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/27 "2008-03-03T03:02:49Z")
“Keep him on the line! We need more time to get the trace!” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/28 "2008-03-03T03:44:41Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] It’s in [The Departed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/). It also turns up in [In Bruges](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/). [/QUOTE] Thanks. That’s at least 4 movies within the last 2 years so far. American Gangster (2007) In Bruges (2008) Beowulf (2007) The Departed (2006) I have no doubt we can come up with a few dozen more. This is a serious contender for most played-out scene evAr. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/29 "2008-03-03T03:53:11Z")
The thing that causes my teeth to grit is that stupid, stupid, STUPID neck cracking horse crap. I go for the remote now when I see it. Did I mention how stupid I think it is? ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/30 "2008-03-03T04:44:35Z")
The bad guy and the good guy finally come to a head where the bad guy has the upper hand. He immediately launches into a smug, egomaniacal speech detailing his gift, plans, and exploits while casually brushing a rogue piece of fluff from his $6,000 suit. _Yawn_ I wish that just once the bad guy would blow away the good guy at the first chance he got. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/31 "2008-03-03T04:50:52Z")
“Let’s beat the crap out of each other; OMFG you’re so HAWT! We must have sex right now!” Yeah, 'cause you know, nothin’s sexier than someone who just ten seconds ago was kicking the crap out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/32 "2008-03-03T05:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] That might be one of the earliest examples. If anyone can come up with the **first** example you win my everlasting admiration. [/QUOTE] Rick tells Ilsa to kill him, and even leans into the gun, in _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/33 "2008-03-03T05:57:00Z")
Jake Mazursky tells Johnny Truelove to shoot him in Alpha Dog when he’s got the pistol pointed at him: “You point that gun at me, you better pull the fucking trigger! Well DO IT!” But I think he knew that Truelove wasn’t going to shoot him, and he just did that to prove that Truelove didn’t “have the balls” in front of his entourage. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/34 "2008-03-03T06:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=MizTina] The thing that causes my teeth to grit is that stupid, stupid, STUPID neck cracking horse crap. I go for the remote now when I see it. Did I mention how stupid I think it is? [/QUOTE] Can you please give an example? I’m not at all sure what you mean, which is impairing my ability to hate neck-cracking horses as much as they clearly deserve. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/35 "2008-03-03T06:42:42Z")
[QUOTE=abbeytxs] 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. [/QUOTE] Some friends convinced me to come with them to see _The Hills Have Eyes_, and I laughed out loud in the theater when the hero not only turns his back on the presumed-dead villain, but _drops a shotgun next to him_. Naturally, there’s a Tragic Child nearby, ready to sacrifice herself. ---
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/36 "2008-03-03T08:16:23Z")
Long meaningful conversations between two people (For the sake of example lets called them Bill and Bob) that end with Bob getting up and walking to the door, then the following exchange happens Bill: Bob? Bob: What? Bill: …Thanks It pleased me no end that I was able to completely cut this out of a play I directed a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/37 "2008-03-03T09:22:52Z")
But we can’t (highly improbable action that is about to ensue)! **We don’t have any choice!!!** This one comes up surprisingly often. Me and GF always exchange a look. :rolleyes: Yeah, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/38 "2008-03-03T09:34:52Z")
Protagonist rushes into authority figure’s office during moment of crisis. Female secretary gets up and yells “you can’t go in there!” Protagonist naturally ignores her. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/39 "2008-03-03T10:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bites When Provoked] Can you please give an example? I’m not at all sure what you mean, which is impairing my ability to hate neck-cracking horses as much as they clearly deserve. [/QUOTE] At 1:22 of [this clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93PqJyvb8Jo) from _The Matrix_, among other places. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876/40 "2008-03-03T13:16:16Z")
You know what I am really sick of seeing? When someone is driving and a car comes up opposite the camera and sideswipes them. It seems like in recent years, I have seen that nearly a dozen times. I can’t think of all the examples, but I know it was in The Forgotten, at least one of the Bourne movies, plus at least one episode of ER and an episode of Nip/Tuck. Now I’m disappointed that I can’t come up with a better list than that. I know I have seen that so many more times in other movies. Maybe someone else can think of a few more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-most-played-out-scene-in-movies-is/439876.md?page=3)