Decided to watch An American Werewolf in London last night because I don’t know if I’ve ever watched the movie. I knew how it ended because it’s 45 years old and there’s been plenty of videos on it, but I had never actually watched it. It was quite enjoyable.
It got me thinking about how many good movies end with the main hero/protagonist(s) dying. I can think of quite a few great movies off the top of my head, but I wanted to hear from Lemmy on their favorites!
Donnie Darko
Turner and Hooch.
Train to Busan
Sinners. What a great time; I was sure everyone was gonna die before I knew the theme of the movie.
God Bless America
Don’t Look Up
Rogue One
Came here to say this
One of the best Star Wars movies
The best Star Wars movie 🤨
Can we settle on the best one under the Disney era? (The correct answer is E5 and my favorite is E6)
I do actually like that one, when introducing people to Star Wars, I do suggest starting there with a double feature into E4 in the same sitting. 1) because if someone has not seen Star Wars, they are very young or have been avoiding it for 50 years, giving them something modern feels like a good idea 2) the trasition from a 2016 film to a 1977 film (even with the remasters) is jarring and I like tormenting my friends :-p
As good as this movie is, it still has that Star Warism about it that makes it lesser compared to the Andor tv show, Andor changed my opinion on what Star Wars could be, if it was left to competent writers and didn’t have Disney corpo suits calling the shots to sell merch and appeal to the 4 quadrants
Andor is on its own level.
Ex-wife and I walked out gobsmacked.
“That was a war movie not a Star Wars movie.”
Forced to point to a favorite, it’s probably Rogue One.
Cabin in the Woods. Doesnt even matter who your favorite character is!
James from 12 Monkeys.
The Professional
Donnie Darko and Hero are the only two movies I really like that I can think of where the main character dies at the end.
Arguably, Donnie dies at the beginning.
oooh. ooh. that makes me think about a movie where the protagonists parents die at the end by touching pure evil.
Time Bandits.
I saw that in the theater, at age seven.
My parents also took us to see Airplane! when it was released. No complaints. My parents were nuts, but we knew this.
Time Bandits!
Rocky Horror Picture Show
I’m going home…
RIP
Terminator 2
Gladiator
Star Trek II, Spock dies at the end. Oh oops they resurrect him in Star Trek III. Hmm.
How about Thelma and Louise? IDK if there is a sequel.
Dr. Strangelove, the Slim Pickens scene at the end? No idea whether he got brought back either.
Doctor Strangelove wasn’t just King Kong (Pickens’ character) dying at the end, but most of humanity as well.
I won’t dispute the heroism of the act, but does Spock count as the protagonist of an ensemble cast?
I mean, he’s one of them. Are you asking if it was Mirror Universe Spock?
No, I mean that Star Trek doesn’t necessarily have a proper individual ‘protagonist,’ or if it does, it’d have to be Kirk, not Spock.
Ah, yeah it’s a true ensemble cast, so there’s like 15 protagonists, but I guess Kirk would be the main hero in tos.
Thelma & Louise has one of the best endings in movie history. The polaroid flying out the back and landing in the dirt. So good.
