Nobody 691a - Movie Tournament
MOVIE FINAL SCENES
ROUND ONE
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, easy
Debra Winger dies of cancer in Terms of Endearment
Bonnie and Clyde riddled with bullets – winner, easy
Walken loses Russian roulette in The Deer Hunter
Titanic sinks and DiCaprio drowns
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters – winner, simple sad wins over incredible sinking ship. Both stand out in memory
Alec Guinness blows up The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Susan Hayward gets the chair in I Want To Live! - winner, but close. I was younger and a woman on death row stands out
Nazis melt in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness – winner – although I loved Raiders, Danny Glover’s suffocation seemed more real, scary and satisfying
Scarface goes out with a bang
Wicked Witch melts – winner – another all-time classic easily beats out Pacino’s over-the-top end.
Alan Rickman’s skyscraper plunge in Die Hard
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat – winner, classic over modern
Wallace Shawn’s wine poisoning in The Princess Bride - winner, simple but poetic
Robocop criminal gets toxic waste bath
David Warner’s decapitation in The Omen
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien – winner, an all-time horror image
Telekinetic Carrie sends knives into her mom – winner, I remember it but not Travolta
Travolta shoots backseat passenger in Pulp Fiction
Airbag accidentally deploys, killing Final Destination girl
Mr. Big expands and pops in Live and Let Die - winner, Bond stands out
Psycho shower scene – winner, great competition but still wins easily
Shark attack on female swimmer in Jaws opener
Sonny Corleone gunned down at tollbooth – winner, all those bullets beats out light saber duel
Darth Vader strikes down Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, great black comedy, great black ending,
Babes chase sexist off cliff in Python’s Meaning of Life
Willem Dafoe’s fatal battlefield collapse in Platoon
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan – winner, I liked both the movie and the character more
Thelma and Louise drive car off edge of Grand Canyon – winner, a gladiator can't beat two chicks driving into the Grand Canyon
Russell Crowe’s death match in Roman coliseum
ROUND TWO THE SWEET SIXTEEN
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, two classics, but this one has more movie history connected
Bonnie and Clyde riddled with bullets
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters – winner, sad, undeserving animal death over murderer
Susan Hayward gets the chair in I Want To Live!
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness
Wicked Witch melts – winner – fairly tough choice but “I’m melting” stands out.
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat – winner in early classic
Wallace Shawn’s wine poisoning in The Princess Bride
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien – winner, one of the ultimate movie moments of horror
Telekinetic Carrie sends knives into her mom
Mr. Big expands and pops in Live and Let Die
Psycho shower scene – winner, I still refuse to take a shower unless I’m glassed in.
Sonny Corleone gunned down at tollbooth
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, unthinking patriotism is a blast
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan – sad beats spectacular
Thelma and Louise drive car off
ROUND THREE, THE ELITE 8
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, this time spectacular beats sad
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness – winner, close, but I still can’t forget Glover drowning in grain
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien
Psycho shower scene – winner, two all-time greats, but real beats fantasy
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, ride that A-bomb, cowboy
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan
FINAL FOUR
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, easy, Witness got some lucky draws to get this far
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness
Psycho shower scene – winner, gore over war
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens
CHAMPIONSHIP
King Kong falls from Empire State Building
Psycho shower scene
Two worthy opponents battle it out
in a close contest, but I still can’t take a shower with only a curtain. So the winner is:
ROUND ONE
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, easy
Debra Winger dies of cancer in Terms of Endearment
Bonnie and Clyde riddled with bullets – winner, easy
Walken loses Russian roulette in The Deer Hunter
Titanic sinks and DiCaprio drowns
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters – winner, simple sad wins over incredible sinking ship. Both stand out in memory
Alec Guinness blows up The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Susan Hayward gets the chair in I Want To Live! - winner, but close. I was younger and a woman on death row stands out
Nazis melt in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness – winner – although I loved Raiders, Danny Glover’s suffocation seemed more real, scary and satisfying
Scarface goes out with a bang
Wicked Witch melts – winner – another all-time classic easily beats out Pacino’s over-the-top end.
Alan Rickman’s skyscraper plunge in Die Hard
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat – winner, classic over modern
Wallace Shawn’s wine poisoning in The Princess Bride - winner, simple but poetic
Robocop criminal gets toxic waste bath
David Warner’s decapitation in The Omen
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien – winner, an all-time horror image
Telekinetic Carrie sends knives into her mom – winner, I remember it but not Travolta
Travolta shoots backseat passenger in Pulp Fiction
Airbag accidentally deploys, killing Final Destination girl
Mr. Big expands and pops in Live and Let Die - winner, Bond stands out
Psycho shower scene – winner, great competition but still wins easily
Shark attack on female swimmer in Jaws opener
Sonny Corleone gunned down at tollbooth – winner, all those bullets beats out light saber duel
Darth Vader strikes down Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, great black comedy, great black ending,
Babes chase sexist off cliff in Python’s Meaning of Life
Willem Dafoe’s fatal battlefield collapse in Platoon
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan – winner, I liked both the movie and the character more
Thelma and Louise drive car off edge of Grand Canyon – winner, a gladiator can't beat two chicks driving into the Grand Canyon
Russell Crowe’s death match in Roman coliseum
ROUND TWO THE SWEET SIXTEEN
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, two classics, but this one has more movie history connected
Bonnie and Clyde riddled with bullets
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters – winner, sad, undeserving animal death over murderer
Susan Hayward gets the chair in I Want To Live!
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness
Wicked Witch melts – winner – fairly tough choice but “I’m melting” stands out.
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat – winner in early classic
Wallace Shawn’s wine poisoning in The Princess Bride
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien – winner, one of the ultimate movie moments of horror
Telekinetic Carrie sends knives into her mom
Mr. Big expands and pops in Live and Let Die
Psycho shower scene – winner, I still refuse to take a shower unless I’m glassed in.
Sonny Corleone gunned down at tollbooth
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, unthinking patriotism is a blast
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan – sad beats spectacular
Thelma and Louise drive car off
ROUND THREE, THE ELITE 8
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, this time spectacular beats sad
Bambi’s mom shot by hunters
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness – winner, close, but I still can’t forget Glover drowning in grain
Cagney goes up in flames in White Heat
John Hurt’s bursting stomach in Alien
Psycho shower scene – winner, two all-time greats, but real beats fantasy
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens rides nuclear bomb – winner, ride that A-bomb, cowboy
Tom Hanks shot on bridge in Saving Private Ryan
FINAL FOUR
King Kong falls from Empire State Building – winner, easy, Witness got some lucky draws to get this far
Dirty cop suffocates in corn silo in Witness
Psycho shower scene – winner, gore over war
Dr. Strangelove’s Slim Pickens
CHAMPIONSHIP
King Kong falls from Empire State Building
Psycho shower scene
Two worthy opponents battle it out
in a close contest, but I still can’t take a shower with only a curtain. So the winner is:
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