11 Hilariously Bad Death Scenes In Otherwise Awesome Movies
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Anyone who's ever seen a movie will appreciate the dramatic impact a shocking, violent or emotional death scene can have. It can heighten the stakes, enhance a film's meaning and basically provide the audience with major emotional catharsis. It is how so many classic movie moments have been made.
Go the other way, however, and often these attempts at memorably impactful death scenes fall flat, either due to tonal issues, bad acting, flat direction or any other number of issues that arise on a movie set, and as such can undermine what might otherwise be a pretty damn awesome film.
The last thing these scenes wanted you to do was laugh, and yet, you just might find yourself struggling to maintain your composure as these seemingly important demises unfolded on-screen.
Here are 11 hilariously bad death scenes in otherwise awesome movies...
11. Javert (Russell Crowe) - Les Miserables
The Scene: After struggling to reconcile the possibility that Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) might be a more complex human being than he first believed, police inspector Javert (Crowe) sings a song and flings himself off a bridge to his brutal death.
Why It's Hilariously Bad: Even ignoring the silliness inherent in all musicals and, well, Russell Crowe's terrible singing, the real amusement here comes from the peculiar directorial decision to dub in a comically over-the-top bone-crunching sound when Javert completes his plunge.
Considering that this is supposed to be a tasteful movie and all, it seemed extremely odd that Tom Hooper not only showed Javert smashing into a fixture at the bottom of his dive, but included such a ridiculously jarring sound effect.