10 Dramatic Movie Deaths You Couldn't Help Laughing At

Russell Crowe's turn as the tragic antagonist Javert in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables was most memorable for the Australian actor's rather underwhelming singing abilities and, of course, his unintentionally hilarious death scene.

Javert's suicide is a highly atmospheric, well-crafted, and fascinating part of Victor Hugo's original novel and the movie musical, with the justice-driven police inspector completely confused by the idea of a criminal with a conscience after witnessing Jean Valjean spare his life despite having a chance to kill him. Javert, whose entire worldview has suddenly been flipped on its head, steps on the edge of a bridge over the Seine and takes a leap to his doom.

However, rather than having the camera cut away at the moment of impact or showing Javert plunging into the river's depths, we instead see and hear his body smash and crack on the weir below. It's needlessly brutal and ruins the beautiful tragedy of the moment, which had already been slightly ruined by Crowe's singing.