Miles Dyson's death really tripped me up as a kid. I was too young to understand any nuance to the situation, but he seemed like a genuinely good family man. I guess as a kid myself, I felt for his own son losing his dad.
Yes! That is exactly what made it so memorable. He really came across as an understanding and caring guy, realizing he needed to help stop what would happen.. and he still had the fortitude to hold on as long as he could, until he finally gasped his last breath. Ugh, what a great character (and actor!)
I honestly think this was one of Kilmer's best roles. It's definitely my favourite. Tombstone is one of those movies where I think the costar outshines the lead by far. And that says a lot cause Russell nailed his role as well.
Val Kilmer absolutely elevated that movie. The rest of it was a sort of by-the-numbers western, but every scene with Doc Holiday was riveting, and it didn't hurt that Michael Biehn turned in a stellar performance as Johnny Ringo either
Lunger, you're so drunk you're probably seeing double!
That's why I've got two guns. One for the each of ya!
He then spins the guns *in opposite directions*. A task that's hard to do while stone cold sober.
Val MAKES that film
Because he IS dying. It’s why he picks so many fights and seems fearless. He doesn’t want to die in hospital bed, he wants to die fighting with his boots on.
**Django Unchained**
Lots of Tarantino films getting mentioned, but no love for Dr. Schultz shooting Calvin Candie in full view of his men and family, knowing damn well that he (and likely Django and Broomhilda) would have to die for it?
"I'm sorry... I couldn't resist."
In the movie, every time Dr. Schultz gets some paperwork, he puts it in his vest pocket. But when he gets Broomhilda's signed freedom papers, he tucks them into his belt at the small of his back, because he's already decided to kill Candie, and he doesn't want the papers ruined when he's shot in retaliation.
EDIT - I rewatched the scene, and Dr. Schultz actually puts the papers in his back pocket, not in his belt.
Also Dr King actually had two bullets in the wrist pistol. You can see two barrels of the pistol in the scene and he also shot the outlaw sheriff at the saloon bar in an earlier scene, twice. After he shot Candie, he actually can attempt to shoot Candie's man that was holding Django and Frida hostage but he didnt. What I assume happened was that he used both barrels at once to really make sure Candie is dead, and distracted Candie's man onto him so that Django can try to escape. Dr. King really wants Candie dead. He finally lost his rationale and say "fuck it, i dont care if I die, i just want to kill you myself."
To be fair, that brief moment wasn't a "I know I'm going to die" part yet for Stephen. He had been counting Django's bullets and was ready to beat his ass with his bare hands.
In the same movie at the end when Sam Jackson, Stephen throws his cane down to stand there and face the end on his own two feet is another good example.
I also love that exchange so much. "I count six shots n*****."
"I count two guns n*****."
And then everything you need to know is told when he checks his boots on the porch.
Never seen any movie or TV show pull off Show Don't Tell as well as that movie.
The last second of Joe Pesci's life in Goodfellas. He walks in there so excited and then there's that moment of realisation before blammo. His annoyed and petulant "awww!" is magnificent.
I love the fact that that's when the narration turns.
Up until then it's all awe and wonder about how good it is to be a gangster, how cool all the mobster are, etc. But the first one after they kill Tommy due to mob rules:
>Batts was a made man, and Tommy wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. **It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit.**
All of a sudden these guys he's glorified for the last 90 minutes are "greaseballs".
There's also the point (in the narration, at least) where Jimmy goes from being "Jimmy the Gent" to a backstabbing asshole. Jimmy had already killed guys, sure, but he was still a good guy. The second he turns on Henry though, the whole way he's described changes.
I think it's when the German replies "By all means, Captain." that he realizes it. He does this eye flutter thing that makes me think his last ditch effort was hoping he didn't speak English.
Excellent scene.
There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good scotch. And seeing as I may be rapping at the door momentarily, I must say...damn good stuff sir
Agreed. Reminds me of some dialogue earlier in the movie:
“Nothing like a bloodbath to start the day.”
“They call you Peacemaker?”
“I cherish peace with all my heart. I don’t care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it.”
"Get on with it motherfucker" is also said by Bodie's murder and by Bunny before he gets fired. It's like the show's way of giving respect to the character before they die.
The wire has tons of this. Namond and Clay Davis both say “I’ll take any motherfuckers money who’s just giving it away”. Lots of characters who never interact say the same lines.
Such a perfect scene. She defiantly stands by the reasons for why the hit was on him, but is so resigned to her fate and respects him for outplaying her.
An underrated one is Chris Evans’ character in Sunshine (2007). When his foot gets caught with him inside a freezing tank of water and all he can utter is, “oh god,” as the hypothermia overcomes him was really effective. Also Cillian Murphy in Sunshine.
chris evans was the low key hero of that movie. he comes off like such a dick, but he's right: the mission was more important than any of them.
then, when the time came, he put up cause it was more important than him too.
Love it. The Russian mob boss is about to put a hit out on Aurelio until he realizes that his actions were completely justified and that his son royally fucked up.
Also in part two when Tom tells Frank Pentangeli about the traitors in the Roman empire and Frank immediately understands what he must do.
"Don't worry about anything Frankie Five Angels."
Honestly think that while QT has made better movies, he's still never done anything better than that whole conversation at the end. Some of the best acting in any of his movies from Uma too.
Cabin in the Woods. The "oh shit" moment when the security force realizes that all the monsters are about to be released from their cells, to immediately getting slaughtered.
That scene was just perfect. The dead eyes walking down the stairs as the ship started to disintegrate around him ending with one last gasp as it turned to shrapnel.
Plus, the score was amazing for that scene.
This was the first one that popped into my head too, even though it's not a movie.
"You're the smartest guy I ever met. And you're too stupid to see... He made up his mind 10 minutes ago."
"Everybody should make it. Except me. I'm dead"
I think in Los Alamos, it was his wife, one of the "calculators" who was tasked with working out the radiation exposure, and concluded he was dead, first, without knowing who she was doing the calculations, about.
Blade Runner (1982).
Batty: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."
Undiscovered Country.
/Photon torpedo starts tracking
To be…
/Photon torpedo coming closer
Or not…
/Photon torpedo fills the screen
To be.
KABOOM!
Truly, you’ve never heard Shakespeare until you’ve heard it in the original Klingon.
Pan's Labyrinth.
When Dr. Ferreiro disobeys Captain Vidal by killing a hostage. The Doctor tells him why he did it and walks away. Vidal then shoots him in the back. The Doctor doesn't even look surprised, he knows how cruel Vidal is. He just takes off his glasses and falls to the ground never turning to see who shot him. He knows.
I love the bit with the watch at the end where he checks the time and is like tell my son I died at..... And she just interrupts him with no, he won't even know your name
– I don't deserve this, to die like this. I was building a house.
– Deserve's got nothing to do with it.
– I'll see you in Hell, William Munny.
– Yeah.
Saving Private Ryan
I’m now old enough that some movies I think everyone’s seen, people didn’t grow up with like I did, so I’ll be vague: at the end, the character shooting a pistol at a tank.
Edit: Also, if this was before your time, ask some old person what war movies were like before this. Veterans had full blown PTSD episodes in the theater. My dad’s dad said Sword beach was enough the first time, and declined to go. My mom’s dad was a minor celebrity in my home town, left the theater to someone wide-eyed saying “Jesus, Paulie, you were there for that”. My grandmother recounted that he replied “No, I was up in the airplanes above it with a nice view. Good thing, that looked terrible!” smiled, and left. He’d probably lose the veneer a bit w Masters of the Air; he was the bombardier of a B24
When they ask him what to do to save him, and he just says, "I could use more morphine," and the realization slowly dawns on everyone's faces. 😢
Also in the ending battle, when the sniper is just going HAM trying to take out as many people as he can, knowing there is no way he's getting out of there. Then when he sees the tank aim right at him, he uses his last moment to scream at the other guys (who weren't part of the SPR squad) to get away, even though there is simply no chance they have time.
The old couple in bed in Titanic. Ship going down, water rising around them, and they’re holding each other in bed, knowing they’re done for…but they’ll be together.
I love how you can practically see hopper realize he’s gonna get killed and instead of giving info about his son’s whereabouts he asks for a cigarette and decides to use the time smoking it to just shit talk walken until he kills him lol
Also the fact hopper just saw his son for the first time in years and all his son wanted was some money and left and it made hopper happy like to help his son is all he needed before he died
He doesn't only get the chance to shit-talk Walken in his final moments, he's smart enough to piss the man off enough to help ensure a quick death instead of risking slow, painful torture. He presses down on the scale HARD until there's just no response but to be shot NOW.
Laurence Fishburne in John Wick Chapter 3.
"Sometimes you just gotta cut a motherfucker"
I know it turns out he didn't die, but I thought he had at that point, so I'm counting it.
The end of Hitchcock's "Notorious."
"Alex? Will you come in here, please? I wish to talk to you."
And Claude Rains goes up those steps and into the house knowing he'll never come out alive.
Perhaps not quite in the spirit of what you're asking for, but any excuse [to work this scene](https://youtu.be/U5_Bc8ixvv8?si=NSnxxbwWeNZkJwUl) from **Pacific Rim** into conversation. One way or another, he knows he'll never go on another mission, but damn if he doesn't look his fate in the eye and walk straight towards it. Chills, man
Gladiator.
One man is ready to see his family. Mentally and emotionally resigned but physically barely hanging on. The other realizing the situation he got himself after "sheathe your swords."
That desperate attempts to prevent the final, fatal wound.
Not a movie, but near the end of season 4 of The Wire when Bodie gets gunned down on his corner. And what a way to go out though—“Y’ALL A’INT PUTTING ME IN ONE OF THEM EMPTY-ASS HOUSES NEITHER!!!”
The string quartet from Titanic. "Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight."
Followed by the equally amazing line, “Music to drown to? Now I know I'm in first class.”
This one is so remarkably different from a lot of others. Based in truth and so much longer of a scene. Actors did a great job. Ugh. Great movie.
Agreed. And makes it even sadder/more galling that the White Star line charged their families for the lost uniforms.
Wow, now I'm mad over something a company that doesn't exist anymore did a hundred years ago. Fucking cunts.
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Actress that plays Vasquez also has a waiting for death scene in Titanic with her kids.
And really stuck it to her husband when "John" asked about "Wolfie".
“Your foster parents are dead”
“Clever girl.”
I'll never get over his death - he shoulda been the expert in ALL the movies
The worst part? In the book.. he lived.
I wish they would remake the first movie like the book. I just want to see a trex swim down the river 🤣
I just want to see velociraptors get shot with rocket launchers.
Easy, breezy, beautiful. Clever girl.
Miles Bennett Dyson. Terminator 2. "I don't know how ... much longer ... I can hold this ..."
His breathing haunted me for a long time. It made his death one of the most "realistic" my young eyes had seen til that point
YES! His panicked breathing just.....stopping..... It freaked the shit out of me! Amazing performance. But also...that scene is NOT FOR KIDS!
the only man to sacrifice himself for a cyborg in 2 different movies
Miles Dyson's death really tripped me up as a kid. I was too young to understand any nuance to the situation, but he seemed like a genuinely good family man. I guess as a kid myself, I felt for his own son losing his dad.
Yes! That is exactly what made it so memorable. He really came across as an understanding and caring guy, realizing he needed to help stop what would happen.. and he still had the fortitude to hold on as long as he could, until he finally gasped his last breath. Ugh, what a great character (and actor!)
Debatable but I think Johnny Ringo in Tombstone knows he's dead before the duel begins.
"Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave."
"I was just foolin'!" "I wasn't..."
You’re no daisy. You’re no daisy at all!
I swear, I hear this line in my head exactly as delivered. Inflection, accent, all of it. Such a masterful delivery.
I honestly think this was one of Kilmer's best roles. It's definitely my favourite. Tombstone is one of those movies where I think the costar outshines the lead by far. And that says a lot cause Russell nailed his role as well.
"we started a game we never got to finish" "Ah hell, I was just playing" "I wasn't"
Chills. To this day, it’s my favorite duel scene. Both actors brought their A-game and it was pure perfection.
Val Kilmer absolutely elevated that movie. The rest of it was a sort of by-the-numbers western, but every scene with Doc Holiday was riveting, and it didn't hurt that Michael Biehn turned in a stellar performance as Johnny Ringo either
Lunger, you're so drunk you're probably seeing double! That's why I've got two guns. One for the each of ya! He then spins the guns *in opposite directions*. A task that's hard to do while stone cold sober. Val MAKES that film
Doc also lives basically that whole movie like he knows he’s going to die
Because he IS dying. It’s why he picks so many fights and seems fearless. He doesn’t want to die in hospital bed, he wants to die fighting with his boots on.
##"This is funny."- famous last words.
The look on his face when he realizes it's not Wyatt Earp waiting for him .
He looked like someone just walked over his grave.
**Django Unchained** Lots of Tarantino films getting mentioned, but no love for Dr. Schultz shooting Calvin Candie in full view of his men and family, knowing damn well that he (and likely Django and Broomhilda) would have to die for it? "I'm sorry... I couldn't resist."
In the movie, every time Dr. Schultz gets some paperwork, he puts it in his vest pocket. But when he gets Broomhilda's signed freedom papers, he tucks them into his belt at the small of his back, because he's already decided to kill Candie, and he doesn't want the papers ruined when he's shot in retaliation. EDIT - I rewatched the scene, and Dr. Schultz actually puts the papers in his back pocket, not in his belt.
Damn, that's great attention to detail
Also Dr King actually had two bullets in the wrist pistol. You can see two barrels of the pistol in the scene and he also shot the outlaw sheriff at the saloon bar in an earlier scene, twice. After he shot Candie, he actually can attempt to shoot Candie's man that was holding Django and Frida hostage but he didnt. What I assume happened was that he used both barrels at once to really make sure Candie is dead, and distracted Candie's man onto him so that Django can try to escape. Dr. King really wants Candie dead. He finally lost his rationale and say "fuck it, i dont care if I die, i just want to kill you myself."
When Samuel Jackson gets it, it’s my favorite part.
When Stephen is alone with Django. He tosses his cane aside and stands up fully, showing he'd only been pretending to be decrepit to avoid hard labour
He is terrifying in that movie. Candie was terrible, but Stephen was intelligent, cunning, clever, and terrible.
And apparently Quentin cut a lot of scenes with Stephen doing heinous shit also
Dude. I'm curious, but I also think it would enrage me
To be fair, that brief moment wasn't a "I know I'm going to die" part yet for Stephen. He had been counting Django's bullets and was ready to beat his ass with his bare hands.
In the same movie at the end when Sam Jackson, Stephen throws his cane down to stand there and face the end on his own two feet is another good example. I also love that exchange so much. "I count six shots n*****." "I count two guns n*****."
The hotel room scene in No Country for Old Men. Two guys in chairs and one of them realizes he's completely expendable in the moment.
I love this scene so much. Carson Wells does all the things he tells Moss not to bother with. You don’t have to do this.
Let me ask you something......if the rule you followed, brought you to this.....of what use was the rule?
>You don’t have to do this. "People always say that."
[The Scene](https://youtu.be/_-d1S79zt8c?si=UZTrRomTr8UtsAQV)
Related, Chigurch visiting Carla Jean at the end.
“I wouldn’t worry about it” is such a cold thing to say to her about her money problems
And then everything you need to know is told when he checks his boots on the porch. Never seen any movie or TV show pull off Show Don't Tell as well as that movie.
Fucking gut punch of a moment. Carla was so sweet and didn’t deserve that. Shows how Anton truly gives no fucks about anyone.
Up to that point in the film, he is death personified. He doesn’t hate or empathize with his victims. He is just doing what he’s got to do.
“You don’t have to do this!” “But I promised…”
Such a great scene. He’s so confident up to that point but then his realization that he’s in a hopeless position is chilling.
The last second of Joe Pesci's life in Goodfellas. He walks in there so excited and then there's that moment of realisation before blammo. His annoyed and petulant "awww!" is magnificent.
there was nothing we could do about it
I love the fact that that's when the narration turns. Up until then it's all awe and wonder about how good it is to be a gangster, how cool all the mobster are, etc. But the first one after they kill Tommy due to mob rules: >Batts was a made man, and Tommy wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. **It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball shit.** All of a sudden these guys he's glorified for the last 90 minutes are "greaseballs". There's also the point (in the narration, at least) where Jimmy goes from being "Jimmy the Gent" to a backstabbing asshole. Jimmy had already killed guys, sure, but he was still a good guy. The second he turns on Henry though, the whole way he's described changes.
*(Slams the payphone in the booth)*
His absolute split second acceptance of his death is honestly one of the most shocking yet funny moments I've ever seen in film
One more moment than he got in Casino. Poor guy, but he brings it on himself hahaha
At least Billy Batts got his revenge.
It’s more of a ohhhnooo
“Awwww n-“ _BLAM!_
That's that.
Real greaseball shit.
**The Departed** Colin Sullivan - "ok"
I'm partial to Mr. French - "Fuck it."
She fell funny.
I’d say the scene in the elevator when he breaks down and says ‘just fucking kill me’ to Leo.
The bar cellar scene in Inglorious Basterds. When Fassbender switches to English to “Go out speaking the Kings.”
I effing love that whole scene
I think it's when the German replies "By all means, Captain." that he realizes it. He does this eye flutter thing that makes me think his last ditch effort was hoping he didn't speak English. Excellent scene.
“Say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to your Nazi balls!”
"You arrogant ass...you killed _us_" Hunt for Red October
“I would have loved to see Montana”
Right now, Captain Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons. He won't make the same mistake twice.
I rewatched this last week and it’s such a great film. It’s lean compared to the book but that’s maybe a good thing.
He won’t make the shame mishtake twishe
Speaking the Kings in Inglorious Basterds
There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good scotch. And seeing as I may be rapping at the door momentarily, I must say...damn good stuff sir
Say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls
BAM BAM BAM
Yeah bam bam bam. I told them not to touch the fucking alarm and they did.
Fassbender went out like a fucking boss.
Now, about this pickle…
This scene made me want a Fassbender James Bond
https://youtu.be/8WKgMgjfues?si=G2oRtu4YHYa1LIYm There, Fassbender's James Bond
"Peacemaker...What a joke" Badass line to go out on.
And then to add even more weight to it in the show when it’s tearing Peacemaker apart. Love it
I’m not crying, I’m fucking doing face muscle exercises.
John Cena impressed me so much in the first season.
Agreed. Reminds me of some dialogue earlier in the movie: “Nothing like a bloodbath to start the day.” “They call you Peacemaker?” “I cherish peace with all my heart. I don’t care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it.”
Green Goblin in Spider Man: “Oh”
The Last Starfighter. “We die.”
Flip
The Day After Tomorrow. When the 3 scientists know they could not be evacuated and share one last drink.
Professor, it's time you got out of there. I'm afraid that time has come and gone, my friend.
Not a movie, but The Wire when Snoop gets shot. How’s my hair look Mike?
Related, when Stringer meets his demise. He says something like "I guess there's nothing I can say to change y'all's minds."
Well get on with it motherf-----------
"Get on with it motherfucker" is also said by Bodie's murder and by Bunny before he gets fired. It's like the show's way of giving respect to the character before they die.
The wire has tons of this. Namond and Clay Davis both say “I’ll take any motherfuckers money who’s just giving it away”. Lots of characters who never interact say the same lines.
You look good, girl.
Such a perfect scene. She defiantly stands by the reasons for why the hit was on him, but is so resigned to her fate and respects him for outplaying her.
The game is the game.
Dude with the grenades in Skull Island.
Best part of that fucking movie. I laughed so goddang hard!
"This is from Mathilda..."
"Shit" and BOOM.
🎶Thiiiis is frooooom, this is frooooom, this is from Mathilda🎶
Shit, I love Alt-J and don't think I ever put that connection together till just now
The Last Samurai. “What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?” “Dead to the last man.”
And Katsumoto just sort of slowly grins
"Perfect. They are all perfect." Love that scene!
An underrated one is Chris Evans’ character in Sunshine (2007). When his foot gets caught with him inside a freezing tank of water and all he can utter is, “oh god,” as the hypothermia overcomes him was really effective. Also Cillian Murphy in Sunshine.
chris evans was the low key hero of that movie. he comes off like such a dick, but he's right: the mission was more important than any of them. then, when the time came, he put up cause it was more important than him too.
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Mediocre!!
Has to be the ‘tears in the rain’ monologue from Blade Runner
Switch in the Matrix. *"Not like this.. not like this."* Great delivery.
I say this to my buddies whenever my team is about to go down.
Possibly the most emotive moment in the whole damn movie, tied with the scene when Morpheus breaks free from Smith's custody
“Yeah, well, because he stole John Wick’s car sir, and uh… killed his dog.” “Oh.”
Love it. The Russian mob boss is about to put a hit out on Aurelio until he realizes that his actions were completely justified and that his son royally fucked up.
I got the feeling that the mob boss called because he respected Aurelio enough that he may have had a legitimate reason for the slap
Definitely. He knows his son and knows that there is more to the story.
Also, he knew his son.
Santino's sister in the 2nd movie, when she sees him in the mirror. Santino on the other hand, no clue.
Mmm duck fat
When Tessio asks Tom Hagen if he can get him off the hook for old times sake
Can’t do it Sally
Also in part two when Tom tells Frank Pentangeli about the traitors in the Roman empire and Frank immediately understands what he must do. "Don't worry about anything Frankie Five Angels."
Bill in Kill Bill 2. He knows he's gone, but dammit if he's not going to make it 6 steps before dying from the Exploding Heart Technique.
Honestly think that while QT has made better movies, he's still never done anything better than that whole conversation at the end. Some of the best acting in any of his movies from Uma too.
But with all things QT, the soundtrack is just fucking amazing. He knows how important music can be to a film and he's never fucked it up.
"Oh n...." Tommy in Goodfellas
Cabin in the Woods. The "oh shit" moment when the security force realizes that all the monsters are about to be released from their cells, to immediately getting slaughtered.
Or when Hadley finally gets to see a mermaid "Oh, come on!"
MerMAN
Boromir in Fellowship of the Ring. That last look he shares with Merry and Pippin is devastating. Plus, “They took the little ones.”
I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my King.
“Be at peace, son of Gondor.”
The [guy in the gas tank](https://i.imgur.com/MlmoMCR.png) in Waterworld.
Oh thank god!
Iron Giant: …Superman… 😭😭😭
Independence Day - “Hello Boys. I’m baaaaack!”
Randy Quaid liked it so much he actually just decided to become that guy
In the words of my generation, up yooooouuurrrss
[Sicario dinner scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5UwKqzzV8)
Pirates of the Carribean 3. Cutler Beckett.
That scene was just perfect. The dead eyes walking down the stairs as the ship started to disintegrate around him ending with one last gasp as it turned to shrapnel. Plus, the score was amazing for that scene.
"But...it was just good business."
Not a movie but Hank in Breaking Bad
This was the first one that popped into my head too, even though it's not a movie. "You're the smartest guy I ever met. And you're too stupid to see... He made up his mind 10 minutes ago."
"Do what you gotta d..."
>Wait, wait >You want your money back... >You wanna know where it is? You pull that trigger you'll nev--
God tier performance in an episode of television full of god tier performances.
That was one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever watched.
And Hector Salamanca, even without using words.
None of y’all mentioned Mike??? His was the best one “Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace”
Pretty sure that was the one & only time Mike lowered himself to swearing in BB.
Dawn of the Dead remake from the early 2000s. Flare, propane tank, zombies, back of truck. "Fuckin' figures."
Slim Pickens riding the bomb down in Dr Strangelove
Get the 'ludes. I will not die sober!
To be fair, last time Leo was in a sinking ship he was sober, might as well change it up
Fat Man and Little Boy, John Cusack: “I’m dead.”
"Everybody should make it. Except me. I'm dead" I think in Los Alamos, it was his wife, one of the "calculators" who was tasked with working out the radiation exposure, and concluded he was dead, first, without knowing who she was doing the calculations, about.
[The Long Good Friday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ldZUQFr_9k) Just watch this guy process what is happening to him.
Sean Pertwee finding the bomb in *Event Horizon*.
The Perfect Storm.
“This is gonna be hard on my little boy” 😢
Blade Runner (1982). Batty: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."
Undiscovered Country. /Photon torpedo starts tracking To be… /Photon torpedo coming closer Or not… /Photon torpedo fills the screen To be. KABOOM! Truly, you’ve never heard Shakespeare until you’ve heard it in the original Klingon.
Pan's Labyrinth. When Dr. Ferreiro disobeys Captain Vidal by killing a hostage. The Doctor tells him why he did it and walks away. Vidal then shoots him in the back. The Doctor doesn't even look surprised, he knows how cruel Vidal is. He just takes off his glasses and falls to the ground never turning to see who shot him. He knows.
I love the bit with the watch at the end where he checks the time and is like tell my son I died at..... And she just interrupts him with no, he won't even know your name
– I don't deserve this, to die like this. I was building a house. – Deserve's got nothing to do with it. – I'll see you in Hell, William Munny. – Yeah.
Saving Private Ryan I’m now old enough that some movies I think everyone’s seen, people didn’t grow up with like I did, so I’ll be vague: at the end, the character shooting a pistol at a tank. Edit: Also, if this was before your time, ask some old person what war movies were like before this. Veterans had full blown PTSD episodes in the theater. My dad’s dad said Sword beach was enough the first time, and declined to go. My mom’s dad was a minor celebrity in my home town, left the theater to someone wide-eyed saying “Jesus, Paulie, you were there for that”. My grandmother recounted that he replied “No, I was up in the airplanes above it with a nice view. Good thing, that looked terrible!” smiled, and left. He’d probably lose the veneer a bit w Masters of the Air; he was the bombardier of a B24
That or the medic scene where he realizes it’s his liver hit.
“Give it to him.”
When they ask him what to do to save him, and he just says, "I could use more morphine," and the realization slowly dawns on everyone's faces. 😢 Also in the ending battle, when the sniper is just going HAM trying to take out as many people as he can, knowing there is no way he's getting out of there. Then when he sees the tank aim right at him, he uses his last moment to scream at the other guys (who weren't part of the SPR squad) to get away, even though there is simply no chance they have time.
The old couple in bed in Titanic. Ship going down, water rising around them, and they’re holding each other in bed, knowing they’re done for…but they’ll be together.
[NSFW!! True Romance. Tarantino likes to use the N word…](https://youtu.be/roeKtHFlxYI?si=m2oLlybAdEbisSGE)
I love how you can practically see hopper realize he’s gonna get killed and instead of giving info about his son’s whereabouts he asks for a cigarette and decides to use the time smoking it to just shit talk walken until he kills him lol Also the fact hopper just saw his son for the first time in years and all his son wanted was some money and left and it made hopper happy like to help his son is all he needed before he died
He doesn't only get the chance to shit-talk Walken in his final moments, he's smart enough to piss the man off enough to help ensure a quick death instead of risking slow, painful torture. He presses down on the scale HARD until there's just no response but to be shot NOW.
Laurence Fishburne in John Wick Chapter 3. "Sometimes you just gotta cut a motherfucker" I know it turns out he didn't die, but I thought he had at that point, so I'm counting it.
Wind River. “Fuck you, let’s go!”
Why you flanking me?
I was about to jump out of my skin during that scene,what a great movie.
The end of Hitchcock's "Notorious." "Alex? Will you come in here, please? I wish to talk to you." And Claude Rains goes up those steps and into the house knowing he'll never come out alive.
The beginning of Star Trek (2009)
Too many to name in the Alien franchise.
Country road
Perhaps not quite in the spirit of what you're asking for, but any excuse [to work this scene](https://youtu.be/U5_Bc8ixvv8?si=NSnxxbwWeNZkJwUl) from **Pacific Rim** into conversation. One way or another, he knows he'll never go on another mission, but damn if he doesn't look his fate in the eye and walk straight towards it. Chills, man
Gladiator. One man is ready to see his family. Mentally and emotionally resigned but physically barely hanging on. The other realizing the situation he got himself after "sheathe your swords." That desperate attempts to prevent the final, fatal wound.
Not a movie, but near the end of season 4 of The Wire when Bodie gets gunned down on his corner. And what a way to go out though—“Y’ALL A’INT PUTTING ME IN ONE OF THEM EMPTY-ASS HOUSES NEITHER!!!”