The saddest death (spoilers)
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virgiltx — 12 years ago(February 09, 2014 07:10 AM)
All those deaths were sad, because we see them played out. That shows how we think, and how movies work. Note how no one ever talks about the captain's (Leslie Nielsen's) death. He would have died right away, probably. When the others were just getting up off the ceiling, he was already dead.
Belle's death could have been predicted. After she performed he heroics, she would have been in the way of Scott and Rogo as the main leaders, and she was expendable. So let her die of a heart attack, as a result of her good deed, and in the process, get her out of the wayit's a development that's too good for the writer to pass up.
Scott's death was necessaryhe must sacrifice himself for his flock to survive, otherwise he is just a bossy leader who was cock sure of his own judgement. And how would we deal with his reaction to being saved? That would be a complex thing, considering all the issues he was making about God, fate. etc. It was just too complex and probably awkward to deal with at the end.
But Rogo needed to live so there would be some strong central figure at the end, to keep the group focused, and to have learned a big lesson himself.
The ex-hooker was already a kind of tragic figure, and there were a few too many leggy, pretty females. Her death saved the other two.
There needs to be both reasons for an individual to die, and reasons to live. The other two adult males, Martin and Manny, may have survived because there wasn't a good enough reason for them to die. We can only supply so much sorrow, and then we become numb.
And of course, the kid was safe.
The story is king.
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austinman — 11 years ago(July 31, 2014 10:19 AM)
It's totally weird but the one that stayed with me was Tinkham's death
Who was Tickham?
Tickham: You . must go to the Lifeboat stations
Preacher Scott: Soon We'll go very soon
Tinkham: Please.gotolifeboatstations.
And Tinkham dies. Just an ordinary worker, in shock and pain, trying to do his job and help others. -
ricky_may-47537 — 10 years ago(December 02, 2015 08:09 PM)
Belle's death was the most shocking to me when I first saw the film (I was thinking she would make it out with the others), and then Linda's death made me sad (such a likeable character, if a little brassy at times).
The one that makes me upset the most was Reverend Scott's death; such a heroic figure (he was the rock for all the survivors; he kept them going even when all hope seemed lost). When he died, it was the final nail in the coffin that completed the tragedy held in the film; life is unfair, and the innocent don't always survive. Its one of the many reasons I love this film (its profound sense of realism in terms of life and death, and the human spirit). Scott lead them through, and in the end, he gave his life to save them. Thats why I think his death was the saddest. -
Woodyanders — 8 years ago(November 25, 2017 01:18 PM)
Yeah, Belle's death was quite sad and heartbreaking, but at least she committed a heroic act by saving Reverend Scott's life right before she died.
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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(October 02, 2019 05:10 AM)
none were sad. like all these kinda movies, all the characters were created to be killed and to hence cheer those deaths.
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