Name a movie where a character got a fate they didn't deserve. - General Discussion Discussion

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72449) a year ago

Chris Chambers (River Phoenix) in Stand By Me. After all he went through, man, total tragedy.

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

I don't recall. I know it takes place pre-70s, but was he listening to KISS?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72449) a year ago

Rewatch it, it breaks the heart.

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[–] GolfnGuitars (2418) a year ago

I think that one is sad on a couple of different levels. One level is strictly within the confines of the movie. However, knowing what we know now about River Phoenix's ultimate fate, that brings another level of sadness as well. He was really a talented actor.

I just rewatched this movie for the first time in a long time this past Winter. It's even a better movie than I remember it being. I liked it a lot.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72449) a year ago

Yeah, it’s a great movie and so true to childhood friendships.
*At least for young boys anyways.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (3955) a year ago

Not a movie but a show. There's a character called Nina Tucker from the anime, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

She's just a little girl & her fate is one of the darkest I've ever seen happen to a fictional character.

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

That's one of those shows that I've heard is amazing, but know absolutely nothing about.

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[–] M1sterDoct0r (3955) a year ago

i watched it (for the first time) towards the end of last year & gotta say, it deserves the hype. It's an amazing series that's fantastically written

Also, its only got 64 (20min) episodes. Would definitely recommend

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20562) a year ago

Giovanni Lombardo Radice in City of the Living Dead (1980)

The guy just wanted to smoke some weed and screw a blow up doll but ended up getting a drill bit through the head.

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

He would have been screwed either way. The blow up doll would have asked for a divorce and taken half of everything.

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[–] Mrmojo4700 (20562) a year ago

Yeah, but I’d much rather that! 😀

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

Alison Lohman in Drag me to Hell (2009).

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

But it made for a great ending. I love how she is literally being dragged to hell.

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[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

100% This!

Poor girl. She'd tried to do the right thing, but she was damned (literally in this instance), whatever option she chose.

It's a great film, but I've got my issues with the ending, because such 'Gotcha' horror endings usually have an element of morality/karma to them (think of a typical Tales of the Crypt episode or many Stephen King novellas), where a lead character is punished for a genuinely transgressive act, but in this instance, I can't think what Christine could have done differently.

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[–] howgamer (3662) a year ago

Creasy in Man on Fire
Li Mu Bai in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Boromir in Fellowship of the Ring
Any dog except for chihuahuas

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

Creasy was a long walk of loneliness.

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[–] lud (5928) a year ago

Howie - The Wicker Man
Caroline - Skeleton Key
Billy Costigan - The Departed

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[–] samoanjoes (51701) a year ago

Billy Costigan was a "holy shit" moment.

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) a year ago

TV/Game of thrones

That little girl who was teaching that dude to read getting burned at the stake for the Lord of Light. Damn

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[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

Oh, that was terrible. Truly heartbreaking. Especially since it was her own mother and father who authorised her murder.

It was especially upsetting for those of us who were Stannis-stans, so to speak, and kept hoping he'd be redeemed (seeing as he was the one character who basically sat right in the middle of the Good versus Evil axis), particularly after his seemingly tender scene with his daughter a few episodes earlier where he told her he loved her despite her Greyscale scarring.

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[–] nyctc7 (41488) a year ago

Williams (Jim Kelly) in Enter the Dragon
Dick Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) in The Shining
Tony (Richard Beymer) in West Side Story
Mary Corleone (Sofia Coppola) in The Godfather Part III
Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) in Million Dollar Baby
Tracy Bond (Dana Rigg) - in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Murron Wallace (Catherine McCormack) in Braveheart

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[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

Dick Hallorann is a great shout.

Such an anti-climax to see him travel all that distance to help Danny, only to be pretty much taken out as soon as he arrives back at The Overlook Hotel. Plus, he was such a likeable character.

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[–] pjpurple@verizon.net (5526) a year ago

Parker in Alien. Ridley Scott said he had a hard time convincing the actor that his character would die. Yaphet Kotto maintained that Parker was too tough.

I agree, I think he would've made it if that dumb Lambert hadn't frozen in terror (understandable reaction though) and just moved OUT OF THE WAY as Parker kept yelling to her.

If he hadn't stayed to try and defend Lambert who was pretty much a goner at that point, I think he would've made it back to Ripley on the bridge and they could've hauled a**, without the Alien as an unwanted passenger.

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[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

Yeah, if another character had to survive in addition to Ripley, it would have been nice to see Parker make it. After Ripley, he was probably the most clear-sighted and down-to-earth. He was just a bit more blasé and casual than Ripley.

But, tbf, all of the Nostromo characters were likeable and sympathetic (even Ash, until we discovered his true identity). Funnily enough, Ripley was probably the least likeable for a portion of the movie, because her adherence to protocol seemed somewhat rigid and unfair to Kane, and the other characters who she insisted be placed in quarantine, and yet she, of course, turned out to be 100% correct.

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[–] pjpurple@verizon.net (5526) a year ago

I'm getting off the OP'S original topic, but yes, the characters were mostly likeable. Ironically, the last two to die voiced serious concerns about the mission right from the start.
Parker says, "I hate to bring this up. But this is not a rescue ship. It's not in my contract to do this kind of duty."

He was right. They've been called, "truck drivers in space" and it wasn't their job to explore possibly hostile alien life forms. If the Company was so concerned about finding something valuable, it should have placed a probe on the Nostromo which the Captain could launch. The probe would send back telemetry and Dallas would've had more information to determine if it was safe for his crew. In this case, there was no one alive, just the eggs.

Lambert was really creeped out by the derelict and said, "Let's get the hell out of here." She sensed something bad had happened and it was unlikely that they'd find survivors.

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