Comments on: Top 10 Manly Movie Deaths

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By: Nich

Nich — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:17:34 +0000

oh yeah
and what about at the end of the first “Crank”
i know that wasnt technically a death, but he was expecting to die and it was pretty epic

By: Nich

Nich — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:14:39 +0000

Dudeeee
all awesome
but what about 300???
that entire movie was about manly deaths pretty much

By: Beeblebrox

Beeblebrox — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:18:18 +0000

I agree with several posters that this list is pretty thin gruel. I mean, you’re looking for the top 10 manly deaths and #9 is a cartoon character (and not even a man at that) and #7 is a machine (also not a man)? Can’t be manly if you’re not a man to start with.

Also, for a list like this to be worth anything the deaths really should also be:

a. from really great or epic movies (there are lots of manly deaths in really bad movies but to be a “top 10″ the movie had better be top of the heap as well. (no “Omega Man” deaths qualify therefore.)
b. glorious (the William Wallace pick would fall into this category)
c. of pivotal significance to the story
d. a death of the hero or protagonist
e. long and/or painful
f. on screen (which would preclude one of the better implied movie deaths of Butch and Sundance).
g. demonstrating intentional personal sacrifice (which precludes characters like that of Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove).

My pick for penultimate examples of manly deaths based on this criterion might be:

- King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) in 300. Not only is this the best movie death ever but he and his band of 300 went down in as dying the most glorious deaths in history.

- Boromir (Sean Bean) in LOTR. Without his sacrifice all of Middle Earth would have succumbed to evil.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:13:25 +0000

The entire list should have consisted of Sam Peckinpah films, maybe the next list could have included other filmmakers’ work.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:15:13 +0000

Bruce Willis as “All balls, no quit” Harry Stamper in “Armageddon”

By: LBD

LBD — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:00:07 +0000

Tessio (Abe Vigoda)in “The Godfather”

Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) in “The Manchurian Candidate”

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:55:51 +0000

Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart, Delta snipers in “Black Hawk Down”