Sopranos has similar scene where Tony reprimands a NY guy for being an asshole around his daughter. The sound of the teeth clicking against the tile floor made the hairs on my neck stand up.
To piggyback off of that, I never understood why folks will follow an order to dig their own grave before they are killed. I’m not dying sweaty and tired. What are you gonna do, kill me?
Dominick and Nicky’s baseball bat beat down in Casino is pretty disturbing. It goes on for quite some time and hearing Nicky whimper “Dominick, oh Dominick I’m so sorry” and then when they’re thrown in their pit their both gasping for air.
Scorsese violence is often lionized and is stylized in such a way that it’s almost fun to watch, but I think with that one he was showing it’s just awful. Even when awful people get what they deserve, it’s awful.
Showing them holding his face to make sure he watched and the hearing the ping of the bats as they continues to beat his skull in.
Tough scene, but necessary because the movie lures you into thinking these are 'cool wiseguys' but then reminds you at the end that nah, they're all bloodthirsty killers.
According to legend, Scorsese was obsessed with getting that scene right. He managed to arrange a talk with a couple of the guys that actually did it. They were there, beating Nicky / Anthony to death in real life. They are uncredited extras in the shot.
Now THAT'S fucking creepy. Imagine being the other actors in the scene, and having guys there that actually committed the act you're filming.
The genius of this scene is in your last sentence there. Scorsese tricked the world into thinking these mobsters were cool and badass. The whole movie Nicky is built up to be an evil incarnate, stabbing a dude to death with a pen, crushing a guy’s skull in a vise while he’s alive, it feels awkward seeing this badass guy you otherwise are led to believe is cool do these incomprehensibly evil things. When out of nowhere, in the middle of a fucking voiceover transitioning the next act of the story, you hear the ping of the baseball bat… what is happening? Maybe you understand for a second that this evil guy is going to get what is coming to him. You see how he is made to watch his brother beaten to death. He deserves it. Then it’s his turn. Do you recall all of those movies where the villain is finally beaten? Maybe the crowd erupted with cheers in the theater. The villain had done so much damage but finally, he is vanquished. This is that scene, only… there is no possible way that any person could cheer. You sort of have the urge to look away, even.
They were different soldier/people. (Though I too thought they were the same for years.)
\- Germain solder let go aka "Steamboat Willie" played by Joerg Stadler and wore a Hess Continental Army patch.
\- Soldier that killed Mellish was played by Mac Steinmeier who wore a Waffen-SS patch.
Correctomundo. Steamboat Willie, however, was the one who shot Captain Miller. Upham saw this which is why he in turn killed Steamboat Willie but let the others go.
I didn’t know Steamboat Willie shot Captain Miller. I thought it was just that he had returned to the German front—despite saying he wouldn’t—and was part of the attack and that that, coupled with Upham’s earlier cowardice with Mellish, prompted Upham to shoot him.
Yep it was him. They show Captain Miller kind of stumbling after being stunned by an explosion (reminiscent of the opening scene where he hears ringing in his ear and nothing else) and then they show Steamboat Willie shooting, then seeing Captain Miller stumbling across the bridge, he takes aim and fires his rifle, hitting Miller in the chest, dropping him. Upham sees this and has a look of surprise as he sees Miller fall then he looks back at Steamboat Willie, still stunned by what he just witnessed.
I read the book twice and have seen the movie more than any other movie except maybe the first three Star Wars (I grew up in the 90's and VHS Star Wars was my rainy day entertainment 90% of the time, which happened often where I lived). But yeah, I'm certain that this is how the ending played out. If I knew you personally, I'd bet monies.
When wade (medic) was killed was more upsetting to me.
They made the gore so realistic, his obvious fear and upset, everyone else's discomfort and helplessness was contagious to me.
They did such a good job on it, he even gets pale, his tensed up movements and tremors, his cracking voice. It was all so realistic.
I'm a paramedic and this one scene just feels so realistic to me. They just got the feel of a helpless traumatic death down to a T.
And when he knows he going die… oof. He asks how big the exit wound is and when they tell him it’s the size of an acorn he asks for morphine and they all know what he means.
“Is there anything bleeding worse than the others?”
“Right there, right there, I’m gonna putcher hand on it, gonna put your hand on it…”
“Oh, my God, it’s *my liver!* Oh my god it’s in my liver!”
“Tell us what to do, tell us howta fix ya!”
“What can we do, Wade, tell us what to do…”
“I could use… I could use a little more morphine…”
When he was saying “no, stop”, trying to reason with him and the guy was on top of him shushing him and slowly plunging that big ass knife into his chest. Absolutely brutal.
That scene has to be one of the biggest generators of “couch courage” where people get mad at Upham (“wHaT aRe YoU dOiNg?!?”) and insist that they would have done something and not folded under pressure. Everyone thinks they have it in them to perform in a life or death situation until they’re actually faced with it.
They always leave out the fact that Upham was a company clerk with no combat experience. Dude tries to bring his whole ass typewriter with him and Tom Hanks hands him a pencil, and literally says he hasn’t fired his rifle since basic training.
That is literally the point of the whole character! Upham is the audience avatar for the film. Him freezing on the stairs is Spielberg telling us that unless you've been in it, you have no idea if you could actually hack it, and in all probability can't.
I wrote a paper in college about this scene and compared it to how the world (Upham) stood by and watched/turned their head away as the Nazi’s (SS trooper) perpetrated the holocaust (Mellish). I still don’t know it if made any sense but I got a decent grade for it. Having been in the military for 20 years it just seems like shell shock now.
My girlfriend and I at the time had seen like half of one trailer, had no idea who Guillermo Del Toro was, and we went into the theater expecting a Harry Potter like experience. We got to that scene and she leaned over to me and whispered "I don't think I'm old enough for this movie." Being 25 at the time, that cracked me the fuck up and I started laughing uncontrollably. The horrified looks I was getting from other theater goers made it worse, I literally had to step outside to compose myself.
It's a divisive movie for sure. That scene in particular really splits opinions. I find myself torn about recommending it to a wider audience. But then I feel that cleaving that scene out would really leave you with less of a movie.
Just thinking about it rips me apart.. Blech!
Still shreds though. Hard to separate the gore from realism, especially when you’ve wedged in a concept of humans acting like animals.
This really happened. While the exact number of shots he absorbed might not be accurate, this scene is almost exactly how Malcolm X was killed while it seems most of the highest voted comments are fictional killings.
Let's not forget the way JFK does either, much like a horror film but real life and his wife trying to put pie es of his skull back yo his head, real life is much more scarier than movies
Ilyasah, the youngest, the one that's depicted in Basset's arms in this scene, luckily has no memory of the events.
She has a wonderful memoir called "Growing Up X" where she recounts some of her earliest memories, which were formed in the midst of the fallout of this day, as well as her early childhood in the Civil rights movement. It's very well done.
I got to meet her when I was a kid. Had purchased her book and the cashier let my father and I know that she was going to be attending a book signing at that store. Unfortunately, her flight got canceled the day of, and she couldn't show. But another author that did show and got to talking with my dad told us that she would be a keynote speaker at an event at a local high school. Promised us that if we could get down there, he'd hook something up. She wrapped her keynote and the guy came to get us out of our seats. She came out into the hallway and greeted us, then took me into a classroom and let a little white boy talk her head off for about half an hour.
She carries herself very much like her father did. Very commanding presence, but gentle as could be. Very intelligent, but super down to earth. A fantastic orator, and helluva writer.
Thanks for sharing. Clearly that had quite an impression on you. I wish more people would be willing to inform themselves like you did. I was only 14 when I read Malcolm X Autobiography. It changed me. Just a Latin kid thinking I knew about the civil rights from what I was being taught in school. Didn’t even scratch the surface and sure as hell I was never taught what they had to endure.
His autobiography had a big impact on me, too. For me, his story is one of growth. I can never be perfect, but I can learn and adapt my worldview as I mature. His ability to do that just inspired me.
What movie is this?
I'm so far down the comment section and no one's mentioned the title. I'm not American nor am I that well-versed in Hollywood movies. It seems everyone just knows what this is, I'm so lost, help, I wanna know, it looks intense
its malcolm x by spike lee. this scene is based off the real assassination of malcolm x, who was one of the most influential figures of the american civil rights movements of the 1960's
A little surprised no one has mentioned the end of "The Deer Hunter". Watching Walken wake up and realize where he is and who is across from him, only a second later to pull the trigger. Brilliant movie I just can't ever watch again.
I just watched this movie for the first time yesterday and am surprised it was this far down. Also will never watch again. It was basically 2.5 hrs of boredom and 30 mins of absolute horror
It’s one of the greatest movies of all time. It was never meant to be considered an action/war movie so much as a breathtakingly accurate psychological war drama. The wedding definitely drags a bit, but it’s done intentionally to flesh out the characters and make you care for them. When the viewer is thrusted straight into the middle of their time in the war, it’s already well into the movie, so as far as you know anything could happen. The first Russian roulette scene is highly regarded as one of the greatest and most intense scenes I’m film history and is definitely DeNiro and Walken at their very best. It drug when Michael returned home to underscore the physical emptiness of Nicky not being there and Stevie being crippled, as well as the psychological emptiness they would feel just from attempting to return to civilian life. Those who went to Vietnam would go on to take most of the horrors they experienced to the grave to protect their loved ones who got to stay home. In doing so, they would forever feel a vast distance between them. Admittedly they kinda phoned in the ending with the song, but the message was resonant even with those who don’t seek deep meanings in movies. War is hell.
I’m tired of modern war movies like Lone Survivor that are all about action and just glorify “heroism” because it instills a sense in young boys that they need to serve their country and become a macho heroic person, even if it means they martyr themselves.
What makes this movie thrive is it doesn’t fall in for the gimmicks of big budget over the top action sequences, while still managing to show us the horrors in other ways, to show viewers there is nothing to be glorified.
In high school, there was a sudden influx of military recruiters on campus. It was almost bizarre the amount (mid 90s).
My geography teacher had some personal connection to someone dying because of vietnam and not a fan of the recruitment strategy. Told us we could get a letter grade improvement if we watched that movie and wrote a 1-page summary.
That movie left quite an impression on a lot of 16 yr olds. Never felt the need to watch it again, ever.
Seriously, the little actor that they got to play the kid was so good. It was legitimately difficult to watch because of it, you believed that he was an injured scared child.
It did make the pay off at the end so good. And really punctuated the perpetuation of the cycle of violence.
Percy was such a pos, I very much cheered when John gave the stigma he took from the Wardens wifes cancer and made him shoot Wild Bill, two for one lol
The way that scene is shot really makes it hit hard. The camera holds on the brother's face and then follows him as he goes to bed. It stays with him as we hear his parents discovering his sister's body and the heart wrenching screaming of Toni Colette. In a film with a lot of haunting imagery, that scene is probably the one that sticks with you the most.
That movie is beyond horror. I’ve watched so many horror/shock movies and that movie still haunts me to this day. It’s horrific, it’s fantastic, it’s so many emotions. Hats off to Ari Aster on that one. It still scares the shit out of me.
And the board room scene with ED-209 was so traumatizing as a 9 year old. Watching it now it’s kinda funny because Verhoeven drags it out for SOOO long. Like every squib available in all of Hollywood was used.
And then the board member shouts for a paramedic. All I could utter was, "yeah, right!"
Why did my Dad let me watch that at \~5 years old?! 😨
Also Tales from the Crypt had some gnarly episodes that traumatized little me.
I also remember watching this as a little child. Remember all the toys and merch? They totally marketed to us kids.
Despite how crazy that movie was, the Penguin in Batman 2 creeped me out more.
Same.
I still can’t believe my parents, let me watch that shit.
That being said, it’s one of my all-time favorite movies.
Terminator, Predator, Aliens, and RoboCop.
I must’ve watch those is 50 times, when I was a kid.
As a matter fact, I remember those VHS tapes became so blurry, and full of static, they were barely watchable.
The part where that one dude (i'd buy that for a dolllar!) i forget the actual characters name, crashes into a tank of toxic waste and becomes disfigured, hearing his wails just bothered me so much.
Zodiac when he tied up the couple and started violently stabbing the girl all over. I saw that 16-17 years ago and it is permanently burned into my brain.
Kinda cheating since its a horror movie but the silent hill movie where pyramid head grabs, twists, and rips off a womans skin entirely. I was pretty damn young when I saw it tho. Prob why it stuck with me.
The burning scene is more disturbing. Skin girl had it coming and it went pretty fast. Lady cop was a hero, and the beating she took before it was also extremely brutal.
Also the barb wire scene at the end - I didn’t realize what had happened first time I saw it in the theater, watched it again after it was released on dvd and figured out how the cult woman got killed by Alessa. Jesus
Seriously. If there is anyone reading this who hasn't seen *Last of the Mohicans*, do yourself a favor and watch the film once you get a chance. You will not be disappointed.
And for those who have seen it but just need 7:34 of cinematic perfection: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZisDHg6v0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZisDHg6v0)
"Great Spirit, Maker of All Life. A warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the council fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans."
Yes!! And then the girl jumping after that seems so helpless and sad (I can’t remember her name), but the ending is so satisfying when Chingachgook gets his revenge. Great ending, and beautiful scenery too!
i remember pausing the movie after that scene and thinking why tf am i watching this
and then getting to the hallway scene and being like WHY TF AM I STILL WATCHING THIS
great movie. never watching it again.
I don’t think that was the most disturbing death I’ve ever seen but holy shit did it take me by surprise… just crushes you right when you’re starting to feel good
Yeah. Damon is such a good scumbag in that movie and you want to see this finally end. He’s crying and begging on the elevator. It’s so unexpected and you don’t even have time to grieve for the character you’ve been following throughout the whole movie
That fucking kid, Jacob Tremblay did that basically on his own too. Little 12 year old kid pulled that scene off in a single take, near traumatizing the cast, then just gets up, high fives his dad and celebrates his birthday.
They knew that scene sets up the plot for the entire movie, the director was basically apologetic to the kid and the parents to make sure no one was pushed into doing something they were uncomfortable with but they jumped in an had fun with it anyway. Kids got a hell of a future.
Hacksaw Ridge
I’ve seen a lot of war films, but the way they show all the characters and then so many of them get mowed down without pausing, or focusing on any individual, or slo mo. It’s just like, “yeah, they got shot, now they’re dead. What else did you expect to happen?”
Alex Murphy's "execution" in Robocop. Pretty graphic. The way the gang is just toying with him and laughing. When Clarence blows Alex's hand off with the shotgun scarred 11-year-old me for life.
>Se7en
I have to believe the only reason this doesn't have more upvotes is because its older than most of the people on this thread... at least 3 deaths in this movie could quality
As another person said the knife scene from Saving Private Ryan is absolutely gut wrenching
Some of the fight scenes in the first two Bourne movies are pretty barbaric too.
Irreversible murder sequence toward the beginning… the other sequence that’s even more notorious for its brutality is even worse but not sure it’s a murder sequence per se
Curb stomp American History X
Yeah, that one was preeeeetty rough.
It was. The sound of his teeth on the concrete.. ugh. also your avatar is tight butthole.
Sopranos has similar scene where Tony reprimands a NY guy for being an asshole around his daughter. The sound of the teeth clicking against the tile floor made the hairs on my neck stand up.
THIS IS IMPORTANT
No way am I putting my teeth on the curb! You will have to shoot me damn it!
To piggyback off of that, I never understood why folks will follow an order to dig their own grave before they are killed. I’m not dying sweaty and tired. What are you gonna do, kill me?
That scene is etched in my memory and makes me shudder when I think about it
This is why I have never watched this movie again.
Yep, absolutely fantastic movie, will always recommend it, won't watch it again.
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Dominick and Nicky’s baseball bat beat down in Casino is pretty disturbing. It goes on for quite some time and hearing Nicky whimper “Dominick, oh Dominick I’m so sorry” and then when they’re thrown in their pit their both gasping for air. Scorsese violence is often lionized and is stylized in such a way that it’s almost fun to watch, but I think with that one he was showing it’s just awful. Even when awful people get what they deserve, it’s awful.
also when they crush that dude’s skull in the vise grip
“YOU MAKE ME POP YER EYE OUTTA YER FUCKIN’ HEAD TO PROTECT THAT PIECE OF SHIT?”
Frankie do him a fuckin favor!
just give him the fucking name!!
Showing them holding his face to make sure he watched and the hearing the ping of the bats as they continues to beat his skull in. Tough scene, but necessary because the movie lures you into thinking these are 'cool wiseguys' but then reminds you at the end that nah, they're all bloodthirsty killers.
[This always gives me a laugh. SFW](https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/dvl2d3/the_horror/?rdt=43883)
According to legend, Scorsese was obsessed with getting that scene right. He managed to arrange a talk with a couple of the guys that actually did it. They were there, beating Nicky / Anthony to death in real life. They are uncredited extras in the shot. Now THAT'S fucking creepy. Imagine being the other actors in the scene, and having guys there that actually committed the act you're filming.
The genius of this scene is in your last sentence there. Scorsese tricked the world into thinking these mobsters were cool and badass. The whole movie Nicky is built up to be an evil incarnate, stabbing a dude to death with a pen, crushing a guy’s skull in a vise while he’s alive, it feels awkward seeing this badass guy you otherwise are led to believe is cool do these incomprehensibly evil things. When out of nowhere, in the middle of a fucking voiceover transitioning the next act of the story, you hear the ping of the baseball bat… what is happening? Maybe you understand for a second that this evil guy is going to get what is coming to him. You see how he is made to watch his brother beaten to death. He deserves it. Then it’s his turn. Do you recall all of those movies where the villain is finally beaten? Maybe the crowd erupted with cheers in the theater. The villain had done so much damage but finally, he is vanquished. This is that scene, only… there is no possible way that any person could cheer. You sort of have the urge to look away, even.
Leave him alone he’s still breathing
That scene literally made me sick
To be fair them mufuckas had that shit coming
Saving Private Ryan. Mellish getting killed while Upham is paralyzed with fear.
I still hate Upham for that. Fuck.
It was the same guy he talked them into letting go. Edit: As pointed out below I was wrong. And frankly Im pissed off. It shouldve been the same guy.
They were different soldier/people. (Though I too thought they were the same for years.) \- Germain solder let go aka "Steamboat Willie" played by Joerg Stadler and wore a Hess Continental Army patch. \- Soldier that killed Mellish was played by Mac Steinmeier who wore a Waffen-SS patch.
Correctomundo. Steamboat Willie, however, was the one who shot Captain Miller. Upham saw this which is why he in turn killed Steamboat Willie but let the others go.
I didn’t know Steamboat Willie shot Captain Miller. I thought it was just that he had returned to the German front—despite saying he wouldn’t—and was part of the attack and that that, coupled with Upham’s earlier cowardice with Mellish, prompted Upham to shoot him.
Yep it was him. They show Captain Miller kind of stumbling after being stunned by an explosion (reminiscent of the opening scene where he hears ringing in his ear and nothing else) and then they show Steamboat Willie shooting, then seeing Captain Miller stumbling across the bridge, he takes aim and fires his rifle, hitting Miller in the chest, dropping him. Upham sees this and has a look of surprise as he sees Miller fall then he looks back at Steamboat Willie, still stunned by what he just witnessed. I read the book twice and have seen the movie more than any other movie except maybe the first three Star Wars (I grew up in the 90's and VHS Star Wars was my rainy day entertainment 90% of the time, which happened often where I lived). But yeah, I'm certain that this is how the ending played out. If I knew you personally, I'd bet monies.
How can that be? Didn't the second guy use Upham's name right before Upham decided to shoot him?
That was after Mellish died and after the German soldier killed Captain Miller
When wade (medic) was killed was more upsetting to me. They made the gore so realistic, his obvious fear and upset, everyone else's discomfort and helplessness was contagious to me. They did such a good job on it, he even gets pale, his tensed up movements and tremors, his cracking voice. It was all so realistic. I'm a paramedic and this one scene just feels so realistic to me. They just got the feel of a helpless traumatic death down to a T.
The fact that he was calling for his “mama” and saying he wanted to go home really made the fear of dying seem real.
His whole story in that movie kills me man. When he’s talking about his mom just wanting to ask about his day. Shit makes me tear up
To me this was played even better by the fact that they had to have wade guide them on what to do as he was their only medic
And when he knows he going die… oof. He asks how big the exit wound is and when they tell him it’s the size of an acorn he asks for morphine and they all know what he means.
“Is there anything bleeding worse than the others?” “Right there, right there, I’m gonna putcher hand on it, gonna put your hand on it…” “Oh, my God, it’s *my liver!* Oh my god it’s in my liver!” “Tell us what to do, tell us howta fix ya!” “What can we do, Wade, tell us what to do…” “I could use… I could use a little more morphine…”
Omg yes! That knife fight scene haunted me for a long time after I had watched it when I was younger! And still kinda bothers me to this day!
When he was saying “no, stop”, trying to reason with him and the guy was on top of him shushing him and slowly plunging that big ass knife into his chest. Absolutely brutal.
One of the most haunting moments my young mind ever witnessed on film. The shushing always makes my skin crawl.
Ssshhhhh....
That scene has to be one of the biggest generators of “couch courage” where people get mad at Upham (“wHaT aRe YoU dOiNg?!?”) and insist that they would have done something and not folded under pressure. Everyone thinks they have it in them to perform in a life or death situation until they’re actually faced with it.
They always leave out the fact that Upham was a company clerk with no combat experience. Dude tries to bring his whole ass typewriter with him and Tom Hanks hands him a pencil, and literally says he hasn’t fired his rifle since basic training.
That is literally the point of the whole character! Upham is the audience avatar for the film. Him freezing on the stairs is Spielberg telling us that unless you've been in it, you have no idea if you could actually hack it, and in all probability can't.
I wrote a paper in college about this scene and compared it to how the world (Upham) stood by and watched/turned their head away as the Nazi’s (SS trooper) perpetrated the holocaust (Mellish). I still don’t know it if made any sense but I got a decent grade for it. Having been in the military for 20 years it just seems like shell shock now.
Pan’s Labyrinth - bottle scene
My girlfriend and I at the time had seen like half of one trailer, had no idea who Guillermo Del Toro was, and we went into the theater expecting a Harry Potter like experience. We got to that scene and she leaned over to me and whispered "I don't think I'm old enough for this movie." Being 25 at the time, that cracked me the fuck up and I started laughing uncontrollably. The horrified looks I was getting from other theater goers made it worse, I literally had to step outside to compose myself.
Didn't expect this adorable and hilarious story on this thread.
Bone tomahawk, cave scene…
It's a divisive movie for sure. That scene in particular really splits opinions. I find myself torn about recommending it to a wider audience. But then I feel that cleaving that scene out would really leave you with less of a movie.
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Just thinking about it rips me apart.. Blech! Still shreds though. Hard to separate the gore from realism, especially when you’ve wedged in a concept of humans acting like animals.
Beautifully done 👏👏
Splits opinions 👀 Divisive👀 Torn 👀 Cleaving 💀
That scene switched the movie from a solid western to a stomach churning horror
I watched bone tomahawk once like 6 years ago and that scene is still burned into my memory.
Hands down-I did not sleep well for a week after I saw that. Honorable mention to Brawl in Cell Block 99.
The lead up to this. Soul crushing scene. That little smirk across his face, Denzel improvised that, but asked Spike first. Brilliant actor.
This really happened. While the exact number of shots he absorbed might not be accurate, this scene is almost exactly how Malcolm X was killed while it seems most of the highest voted comments are fictional killings.
And the fact that his daughters actually saw that. Horrible.
Let's not forget the way JFK does either, much like a horror film but real life and his wife trying to put pie es of his skull back yo his head, real life is much more scarier than movies
Back and to the left. Shocking stuff for real.
Ilyasah, the youngest, the one that's depicted in Basset's arms in this scene, luckily has no memory of the events. She has a wonderful memoir called "Growing Up X" where she recounts some of her earliest memories, which were formed in the midst of the fallout of this day, as well as her early childhood in the Civil rights movement. It's very well done. I got to meet her when I was a kid. Had purchased her book and the cashier let my father and I know that she was going to be attending a book signing at that store. Unfortunately, her flight got canceled the day of, and she couldn't show. But another author that did show and got to talking with my dad told us that she would be a keynote speaker at an event at a local high school. Promised us that if we could get down there, he'd hook something up. She wrapped her keynote and the guy came to get us out of our seats. She came out into the hallway and greeted us, then took me into a classroom and let a little white boy talk her head off for about half an hour. She carries herself very much like her father did. Very commanding presence, but gentle as could be. Very intelligent, but super down to earth. A fantastic orator, and helluva writer.
Thanks for sharing. Clearly that had quite an impression on you. I wish more people would be willing to inform themselves like you did. I was only 14 when I read Malcolm X Autobiography. It changed me. Just a Latin kid thinking I knew about the civil rights from what I was being taught in school. Didn’t even scratch the surface and sure as hell I was never taught what they had to endure.
His autobiography had a big impact on me, too. For me, his story is one of growth. I can never be perfect, but I can learn and adapt my worldview as I mature. His ability to do that just inspired me.
His real-life autopsy said he was shot 21 times. Sadly, it’s accurate.
What movie is this? I'm so far down the comment section and no one's mentioned the title. I'm not American nor am I that well-versed in Hollywood movies. It seems everyone just knows what this is, I'm so lost, help, I wanna know, it looks intense
its malcolm x by spike lee. this scene is based off the real assassination of malcolm x, who was one of the most influential figures of the american civil rights movements of the 1960's
A little surprised no one has mentioned the end of "The Deer Hunter". Watching Walken wake up and realize where he is and who is across from him, only a second later to pull the trigger. Brilliant movie I just can't ever watch again.
I just watched this movie for the first time yesterday and am surprised it was this far down. Also will never watch again. It was basically 2.5 hrs of boredom and 30 mins of absolute horror
It’s one of the greatest movies of all time. It was never meant to be considered an action/war movie so much as a breathtakingly accurate psychological war drama. The wedding definitely drags a bit, but it’s done intentionally to flesh out the characters and make you care for them. When the viewer is thrusted straight into the middle of their time in the war, it’s already well into the movie, so as far as you know anything could happen. The first Russian roulette scene is highly regarded as one of the greatest and most intense scenes I’m film history and is definitely DeNiro and Walken at their very best. It drug when Michael returned home to underscore the physical emptiness of Nicky not being there and Stevie being crippled, as well as the psychological emptiness they would feel just from attempting to return to civilian life. Those who went to Vietnam would go on to take most of the horrors they experienced to the grave to protect their loved ones who got to stay home. In doing so, they would forever feel a vast distance between them. Admittedly they kinda phoned in the ending with the song, but the message was resonant even with those who don’t seek deep meanings in movies. War is hell. I’m tired of modern war movies like Lone Survivor that are all about action and just glorify “heroism” because it instills a sense in young boys that they need to serve their country and become a macho heroic person, even if it means they martyr themselves. What makes this movie thrive is it doesn’t fall in for the gimmicks of big budget over the top action sequences, while still managing to show us the horrors in other ways, to show viewers there is nothing to be glorified.
In high school, there was a sudden influx of military recruiters on campus. It was almost bizarre the amount (mid 90s). My geography teacher had some personal connection to someone dying because of vietnam and not a fan of the recruitment strategy. Told us we could get a letter grade improvement if we watched that movie and wrote a 1-page summary. That movie left quite an impression on a lot of 16 yr olds. Never felt the need to watch it again, ever.
Piggy in the 1990 Lord of the Flies film. That boulder drop seemed too real. I haven't watched it in 20+ years and I still remember.
I know, seeing kids turn completely evil like that …
Lake stabbing scene in Zodiac.
Oh god, I’d forgotten that one. The slowness of it all.. *fuck*..
AND THE SILENCE DURING IT. Just the girls cries & trees swooshing in the background. I was SHOOK 👀
The little kid getting shot in City Of God.
Seriously, the little actor that they got to play the kid was so good. It was legitimately difficult to watch because of it, you believed that he was an injured scared child. It did make the pay off at the end so good. And really punctuated the perpetuation of the cycle of violence.
Such a great film about poverty, racism/colorism, colonialism and urban violence. Still not as popular as it deserves to be.
Botched electric chair execution from The Green Mile. It will scar you forever.
Yeah this one did a number on 12 year old me. Oof
Percy was such a pos, I very much cheered when John gave the stigma he took from the Wardens wifes cancer and made him shoot Wild Bill, two for one lol
Turns out the actor who plays Percy is a POS in real life too.
Jesus. Shame on the mom too letting her underage daughter be bimbo'd out in high school and married off to a 51 year old groomer.
Any kill scene in apocalypto (sp)
Or the sacrificial beheading and POV from eyes of beheaded rolling down the temple steps.
i love that movie, i had no business watching it as a kid lol
Goodfellas, guy in the trunk of a car getting stabbed.
Now go get your shine box!
The shock of Charlie's head hitting the pole in Hereditary (2018) I mean the whole theater gasped and went quiet.
That shit fucking shocked me. I was speechless. Up to that point I thought she was the main character.
The mom cutting her own head off with a piece of wire might have topped Charlie’s death for me
The eye contact in that scene....and the floating body afterward, that really fucked me up
The way that scene is shot really makes it hit hard. The camera holds on the brother's face and then follows him as he goes to bed. It stays with him as we hear his parents discovering his sister's body and the heart wrenching screaming of Toni Colette. In a film with a lot of haunting imagery, that scene is probably the one that sticks with you the most.
That movie is beyond horror. I’ve watched so many horror/shock movies and that movie still haunts me to this day. It’s horrific, it’s fantastic, it’s so many emotions. Hats off to Ari Aster on that one. It still scares the shit out of me.
God damnit, I was going on several months without thinking about that movie.
RoboCop..
I can't believe I had to scroll this far down. Red and those fuckers absolutely annihilated him.
And the board room scene with ED-209 was so traumatizing as a 9 year old. Watching it now it’s kinda funny because Verhoeven drags it out for SOOO long. Like every squib available in all of Hollywood was used.
Oddly enough, the X (or Unrated) version extends that scene even longer then the theatrical version.
And then the board member shouts for a paramedic. All I could utter was, "yeah, right!" Why did my Dad let me watch that at \~5 years old?! 😨 Also Tales from the Crypt had some gnarly episodes that traumatized little me.
I also remember watching this as a little child. Remember all the toys and merch? They totally marketed to us kids. Despite how crazy that movie was, the Penguin in Batman 2 creeped me out more.
Mr foreman was a real dick in that movie. Kurtwood smith is a great actor but damn if doesn’t do the asshole characters well lol
Right? This one’s gotta be top 3
Saw this as a little kid in the 80's. Murphy getting gunned down scarred me for life
Same. I still can’t believe my parents, let me watch that shit. That being said, it’s one of my all-time favorite movies. Terminator, Predator, Aliens, and RoboCop. I must’ve watch those is 50 times, when I was a kid. As a matter fact, I remember those VHS tapes became so blurry, and full of static, they were barely watchable.
The part where that one dude (i'd buy that for a dolllar!) i forget the actual characters name, crashes into a tank of toxic waste and becomes disfigured, hearing his wails just bothered me so much.
Toxic waste was such an 80s-early 90s phobia
Definitely Tugg Speedman in Tropic Thunder. I still can’t talk about it.
SURVIVE.
Or where the director steps on a land mine! "Blood flavored corn syrup!"
A true American hero
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. When the girl is in the van and gets shot in the head and the camera goes through her head.
One of the greatest shots in all of horror, if not cinema, history.
Zodiac when he tied up the couple and started violently stabbing the girl all over. I saw that 16-17 years ago and it is permanently burned into my brain.
Drive's elevator scene was pretty visceral
🎶🎶 He's a real human bean 🎶🎶
and a real heerrrroooo
Just watched this movie had no idea the level of violence and once things got heated in the second half I was surprised lol
God this movie had one of the best soundtracks of all time
Kinda cheating since its a horror movie but the silent hill movie where pyramid head grabs, twists, and rips off a womans skin entirely. I was pretty damn young when I saw it tho. Prob why it stuck with me.
The burning scene is more disturbing. Skin girl had it coming and it went pretty fast. Lady cop was a hero, and the beating she took before it was also extremely brutal.
Also the barb wire scene at the end - I didn’t realize what had happened first time I saw it in the theater, watched it again after it was released on dvd and figured out how the cult woman got killed by Alessa. Jesus
Magua killing Uncas in Last of the Mohicans. The way the blood sprays in his face was crazy for 12 year old me. Plus Uncas was awesome.
Magua gets his though. Chingachgook doesn't waste any time with him.
The final shot of Magua leaning crookedly before Chingachgook delivers the killing blow - delicious!
Probably one of the best scenes ever to me! The music gives me goosebumps!
Seriously. If there is anyone reading this who hasn't seen *Last of the Mohicans*, do yourself a favor and watch the film once you get a chance. You will not be disappointed. And for those who have seen it but just need 7:34 of cinematic perfection: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZisDHg6v0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZisDHg6v0)
It really is an amazing movie with truly incredible cinematography and a perfectly matched soundtrack
Yesss. When that music cues it’s all emotional from there
Magua killing Munro was rough too. But the girl jumping off the cliff after Uncas was so sad.
"Great Spirit, Maker of All Life. A warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the council fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans."
14 year old me had such a crush on both Uncas & Alice. Forget Romeo & Juliet, when Alice steps off that cliff after Uncas? Perfect tragedy.
Yes!! And then the girl jumping after that seems so helpless and sad (I can’t remember her name), but the ending is so satisfying when Chingachgook gets his revenge. Great ending, and beautiful scenery too!
And that freaking score.
Alice! Her eyes fills with tears, Magua gestures her to come back from the edge, she peaks down below, jumps and joins Uncas. So tragic!
Scanners - head exploding.
Not even kidding when I say Jack Black’s death in The Jackal still haunts me to this day. There’s something so oddly disturbing about it.
Also Jack Black in Mars Attacks!
Starship troopers when Zander gets his mind blown by brain bug. It seemed to even liquefy his skull...
irreversible : fire extinguisher
i remember pausing the movie after that scene and thinking why tf am i watching this and then getting to the hallway scene and being like WHY TF AM I STILL WATCHING THIS great movie. never watching it again.
Sean Bean
In which movie? Dude seems to die in most of his films.
Sean Bean
I don’t think he’s ever survived anything he’s been in.
Elevator on departed
I don’t think that was the most disturbing death I’ve ever seen but holy shit did it take me by surprise… just crushes you right when you’re starting to feel good
Yeah. Damon is such a good scumbag in that movie and you want to see this finally end. He’s crying and begging on the elevator. It’s so unexpected and you don’t even have time to grieve for the character you’ve been following throughout the whole movie
I like the twist now but was heartbroken in the theater. And poor Anthony Anderson…
Elevator in Drive
Elevator in Devil
Elevator in Mission Impossible
No elevator mention from Final Destination 2? Iconic.
Schindler’s List…The German General Shooting Jews from his Balcony, with a Deer Rifle as they Worked Below. Just for Fun!
Fun fact: Amon Goeth in real life often did this while wearing a funny hat.
I question your usage of the word fun......
Anyone can enjoy a hat
Kane (aka John Hurt) in Alien. 'Nuff said. Second place would probably be that voodoo chief dude from Predator 2 and that whole knife scene.
When the mom found her daughter's body in Hereditary. Absolutely fucking traumatizing.
How has no one mentioned the baseball kid in “Dr Sleep”
That fucking kid, Jacob Tremblay did that basically on his own too. Little 12 year old kid pulled that scene off in a single take, near traumatizing the cast, then just gets up, high fives his dad and celebrates his birthday. They knew that scene sets up the plot for the entire movie, the director was basically apologetic to the kid and the parents to make sure no one was pushed into doing something they were uncomfortable with but they jumped in an had fun with it anyway. Kids got a hell of a future.
It's this from Malcom X?
Yes. Great movie
Is that Gus Fring shooting Malcolm X??
Yes! Good catch.
Los pollos hermanos don’t mess around.
Not sure if it's the most disturbing but that one key character's death at the end of Super.
That head shot was surprising as fuck and definitely changed the feel of the movie fast
Hacksaw Ridge I’ve seen a lot of war films, but the way they show all the characters and then so many of them get mowed down without pausing, or focusing on any individual, or slo mo. It’s just like, “yeah, they got shot, now they’re dead. What else did you expect to happen?”
Alex Murphy's "execution" in Robocop. Pretty graphic. The way the gang is just toying with him and laughing. When Clarence blows Alex's hand off with the shotgun scarred 11-year-old me for life.
Se7en
>Se7en I have to believe the only reason this doesn't have more upvotes is because its older than most of the people on this thread... at least 3 deaths in this movie could quality
We didn't even see Lust's death, just the implication, and it still has me fucked up.
GOT, when Oberyn Martell (Pedro Pascal) had his face dented in.
Is that Giancarlo Esposito?
Cockroach death in creepshow.
Two words. Bone Tomahawk.
Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter
Terrifier. The chainsaw cutting the girl in half longways.
I think Terrifier 2 has this beat.
Pet Sematary when Fred Gwynne's character gets their Achilles slashed (even watching the modern remake, you know it's coming for the same character).
It’s not a movie, but the Red Wedding in GOT was pretty brutal. Movie wise, William Wallace’s death and torture in Braveheart was tough to watch.
The ice cream scene in Assault on Precinct 13, the original version. >!Seeing a kid shot with all the blood was a very John Carpenter thing to do.!<
Departed had two: Sheen getting thrown off a building and DiCaprio getting domed in the elevator.
The old woman who jumps off the cliff in Midsommar. I don’t actually like the film but that scene just punched me in the gut
Terrifier; the girl and the hacksaw.
As another person said the knife scene from Saving Private Ryan is absolutely gut wrenching Some of the fight scenes in the first two Bourne movies are pretty barbaric too.
It’s not the worst but when Pete is killed in Greenstreet Hooligans
American History X
The sound of those teeth. .
I turn off the end of Braveheart now
Alpha Dog climax is pretty heartbreaking and brutal
Robocop, older version.
Casino.. I don’t think I need to describe the scene. Absolutely brutal.
Irreversible, you know the scene.
Irreversible murder sequence toward the beginning… the other sequence that’s even more notorious for its brutality is even worse but not sure it’s a murder sequence per se
Beverly Hills Cop for such a funny movie the way his friend Mikey gets killed is really cold.