…as a great man once said.
As my wireless router has given up the digital ghost and remains sullenly inert in my hallway, my only internet access is from work. This is fairly terrible but for that fact I don’t have time to use it anyway.
Hence just a quick one on something that occurred to me this morning.
What films can you name where the hero or heroine dies at the beginning?
The films should ideally be good or at least memorable and should include a parenthesised summary of the demise. Thus:
- Lawrence of Arabia (goggles a-flying)
- Gladiator (Elysian barley)
- Robocop (Good night, sweet prince)
23-Mar-06 at 6:38 pm | Permalink
Dammit, I was thinking ‘Robocop total has upfront hero demise’ but you for sure already wrote that. Sadly, it’s the only film I know.
Optimus Prime dies a bit too far into Transformers:The Movie to count, right? Also, the true hero of that film is Grimlock. Anyway:
-Transformers: The Movie (Fuck you, Hot Rod)
23-Mar-06 at 7:48 pm | Permalink
Carlito’s Way (Benny Blanco’d)
Nightbreed (Midian’d)
The Crow (died in more ways than one, L O L)
A Matter Of Life And Death (gunned down)
Ghost (killed by some guy who gets killed in Carlito’s Way)
25-Mar-06 at 1:05 am | Permalink
Lord of the rings (firework up his bum)
Gorky Park (faceless to the music of faithless – oh alright it was someone else who doesn’t rhymne, but maybe they could do a remake)
25-Mar-06 at 9:53 am | Permalink
The main guy from “Sunset Boulevard”. It’s a flash forward, BUT he does narrate the film posthumously.
25-Mar-06 at 6:10 pm | Permalink
I’m currently watching All Time Greatest Movie Songs on BBC 1. I’d forgotten how much I used to fancy Patrick Swayze
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Can you tell I’m trying to avoid filling in stoopid application forms? Stoopid because they ask for the occupation of my husband/ wife but leave no room for my postgrad degree. The advert asked for a specific qualification (the one I am finishing this year) yet no where to put it on the form.
Grrrrrr.
>Sunset Boulevard
Excellent film.
Sorry that was completely off topic.
26-Mar-06 at 10:43 am | Permalink
Here’s something even more off topic. It made me think of Le Bell but I couldn’t tell you why.
http://www.desktopblues.lichtlabor.ch/
26-Mar-06 at 2:05 pm | Permalink
Arachnophobia
26-Mar-06 at 2:31 pm | Permalink
I’m hoping to be in town next weekend, if anyone’s up for pubbage.
26-Mar-06 at 2:48 pm | Permalink
The hero in Dawn of the Dead (2004) is Le Bell.
But he didn’t die at the beginning of the film *attempt to steer convo back to topic*.
26-Mar-06 at 9:54 pm | Permalink
Twelve Monkeys (time-bended hawaii shirt bulleting)
27-Mar-06 at 2:40 am | Permalink
> Arachnophobia
No way, that asshole wasn’t the hero. All he did was get his stupid ass bitten by a poisonous spider in some unchartered territory of South America which then slept in his coffin occasionally waking up to feed off his blood which then bred with domestic spiders causing absolute chaos in that idyllic town, killing countless people with its venomous offspring. That motherfucking spider is responsible for Delbert (John Goodman) dying in that movie goddammit – and the hot chick who takes a shower. Jeff Daniels (pre-Dumb and Dumber) is the true hero in that move and he LIVES! Amen.
27-Mar-06 at 1:02 pm | Permalink
shrup. I only know four films and I felt left out.
27-Mar-06 at 4:52 pm | Permalink
My first ever drunken comment. Holy Jebus, what next?
27-Mar-06 at 8:15 pm | Permalink
Teehee. Most civilised, Mr. Stu. Well done x
27-Mar-06 at 10:21 pm | Permalink
Anyfink with Jesus in?
Rosy’s link is truly Awesome!
Even his puss is animated!!
27-Mar-06 at 10:33 pm | Permalink
Nah, it was good! I always manage to do cool linky things and perfect spelling even when drunk
<—— is he quite smug?
28-Mar-06 at 6:04 pm | Permalink
If you want to know why Le Bell doesn’t grow his hair long, watch his ploppelganger in “Medium”. Except don’t ’cause it’s rubbish.
28-Mar-06 at 8:09 pm | Permalink
They asked me, “How long do you want it?” and I said, “Medium”.
Nyargh
28-Mar-06 at 10:00 pm | Permalink
You’ve just not been the same since American Gothic, Dr. Matt.
29-Mar-06 at 9:45 am | Permalink
I want to see this.
” Suspenseful throughout, though historically inaccurate”
Excellent!
29-Mar-06 at 10:16 am | Permalink
> U-571
It’s actually quite good, a really gripping guys-in-a-submarine movie. Can’t touch Das Boot though.
The controversy surrounding it when it was released was hilarious – the original crew who captured the Enigma machine were British; in this movie they’re good ‘ol American Boys, one of whom is Jon Bon Jovi, L O L