I Love YouTube: Hollywood Death Scenes

*SPOILER ALERT* You're gonna die one day. Whether you're a cowboy with an arrow sticking out of his gut or a hotshot lawyer who's in way over her head, the only thing that you can be sure of in this life is that one day it's gonna get dark and cold and somebody is gonna gently brush your eyelids closed. And afterwards? Who the eff knows. Maybe a shaft of light and a celestial choir, or maybe just a dark hole in the ground infested with hungry worms. Where you're headed nobody can say for sure, and as a result the people you leave behind will obsess over 'how it happened' and how 'you were much too young' and 'why didn't you just listen to them when they told you that skydiving instructor looked shifty?'

Well if there's one thing that Hollywood movies have taught us it's that death can be a beautiful and glorious spectacle, despite the fact that it's pretty much forever and kind of terrifying for those of us who don't like surprises. But hey, even if we don't know what lies beyond, we can still, at the very least, leave behind an interesting story for our loved ones to tell at parties, right? So make your choice now, while you still have time. Are you going to smoke 10 packs a day and die a boring death hooked up to machines? Or are you going to get mixed up with drug smugglers and eventually die in a fiery explosion along the US/Mexico border? The choice is yours, brah. Just remember to look both ways before crossing the street.

Some of the best all-time death scenes:

RAT-A-TAT-A-TAT-A-TAT

Poor Bonnie and Clyde... all they ever wanted to do was to be rich and have fun. Is that any reason to dispatch hundreds of lead bullets into their soft flesh as they stop and help you with your flat tire?

 

HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING?

Nothing more personal and intimate than squeezing the very life out of another human being with your bare hands. I hope running around behind your husband's back was worth it, lady. 

 

TEARS IN RAIN

 

 

How cool is this dude? He spends the whole movie jamming thumbs into peoples eye-sockets and then, just as his time's about to run out, he says some profound shit and nods off to sleep.

 
KEVIN SPACEY IS A GOOD ACTOR

One of the best surprises from L.A. Confidential comes from Kevin Spacey (just before everybody got really sick of him). You can actually pinpoint the exact moment in which he dies. Uncanny.

 
MY MIND IS GOING

One of the most chilling deaths in the history of cinema. Even though he totally murdered Frank, you still can't help but feel a little sorry for the big guy. And that voice... so creepy.