Pro Acting Coach Breaks Down 17 Dying Scenes | Good & Bad Acting

Acting coach Anthony Gilardi analyzed some of Hollywood's most famous - and infamous - dying scenes. Reviewing movie deaths ranging from great to mediocre to downright terrible, he broke down what went right and wrong in the actors' performances.
Sometimes an over-the-top movie death works, and sometimes the dramatics are better kept to a minimum. According to Gilardi, an actor's approach to their character's death should always depend on the story they're telling. Using examples from classic movies like "The Godfather Part III," "Moulin Rouge!," and "Scarface," Gilardi pointed out common pitfalls that make it easy for any actor to bungle a death scene - even for Oscar-winning film stars, like Natalie Portman and Marion Cotillard, and veteran actors who have racked up dozens of on-screen deaths, like Sean Bean and Samuel L. Jackson. He critiqued the best and worst villain deaths, from the defeat of Commodus in "Gladiator" to Talia al Ghul's final monologue in "The Dark Knight Rises," and pinpointed why these deaths either resonated with audiences or fell short. And he compared the hits and misses of slow-motion deaths, from Willem Dafoe's famous arms-in-the-air scene in "Platoon" to Christopher George's slo-mo death by shuriken in "Enter the Ninja."
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Pro Acting Coach Breaks Down 17 Dying Scenes | Good & Bad Acting

[@TheRightNutOfJesus]

Bro imagine youre dying and he rates it like a 2/10

[@fenris4045]

Bruuhhh

[@horseoperamarker]

lmfao

[@aaronholland112]

It’s not that kind of movie bruv

[@ijustworkhere9903]

Only Marion Cotillard talia al ghul's death is at that level

[@hoodiek6802]

@@ijustworkhere9903 fr

[@Victor-dx2ew]

character: dies This guy: Die better

[@sarroumarbeu6810]

Yes XDDDD not dead enough

[@drunkpunch7334]

I really hate to say this but does this guy not sound like every stereotypical Hollywood Jewish character? Accent, his manner of speaking, the "could do better" attitude of his reviews. I half expected him to say a line from South Park

[@thadz2493]

Dying Guy: Dies This Guy: Die Better Dying Guy: OK RETAKE!!! RETAKE this guy: *( •_• )*

[@mikester4896]

His accent fits perfectly with this

[@theratchetchristian]

@@drunkpunch7334 he’s Sicilian from Boston not Jewish lol

[@jowesterman6476]

As a firefighter, I have had the humbling honour of being the last face someone sees on a number of occasions. This is spot on. People don’t move around or roll their head to one side, they don’t breath out a last word - they lie there and die. You might hold their hand as a form of communication or comfort, but you’ll never know if they can actually feel that hold. To communicate with a dying person - look at their eyes, that’s the only part of them that is still living. And all of a sudden it stops.

[@juttamaier2111]

Hold their hands, they can fel it all right.

[@juttamaier2111]

Feel

[@HOTD108_]

@@juttamaier2111 How do you know? Are you a dead person?

[@dazofthemoo1531]

Thanks for your life choice Jo. We appreciate it.

[@themimsy]

I’m not even like a Tony Stark apologist or anything, I like him, but not as much as many others do. But his death was perfect. He was exhausted. He was absolutely drained. He was practically fried. He just took on the force of the infinity stones. He couldn’t move or think. He has accepted his death from the moment he entered the battle. That death scene was perfect.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Just like the exchange between him and Dr. Strange, Tony knew what he meant when he said "One."

[@TheRyanBattle]

Agreed. When you make every grown man cry in a packed theater, you have done your job 👌🏻

[@badfoody]

Robert Downey Jr. Was so sick of playing Tony Stark that's what

[@SyndicateSuperman]

@@TheRyanBattle you are 100% right. I cried my eyes out each time I watched Stark give everything he had and then some. It was absolutely perfect.

[@LushLover12341]

I honestly think what makes it so heart wrenching is that he even kept himself coherent in order to get through his “goodbyes” with Peter and Pepper. He was so far beyond gone, but he was still able to at least make eye contact with them in some form of goodbye

[@RLKmedic0315]

I have been a paramedic for over 23 years. I have seen a lot of death. And you might be surprised at how many times I have seen a person die with a smile on their face.

[@samellowery]

Or a look of surprise like the girl in godfather 3 which was a terrible movie I don't believe this gentlemen has seen alot of death in his life but I could be wrong.

[@forsakenjones4695]

I've only seen the very sick die, there's just quietness. There's no long drawn out exhalation.

[@RLKmedic0315]

@@forsakenjones4695 Not usually, but I have seen more than a couple deaths with a long drawn out breath. Often followed by agonal respirations, but those are not nearly as peaceful.

[@forsakenjones4695]

@@RLKmedic0315 Yeah, your job is different than mine, I see them when they are very sick ,That's the difference.

[@RLKmedic0315]

@@forsakenjones4695 Absolutely. Different sides of the same coin, but all working together to help the people that need it.

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

I have utmost respect for The Dark Knight trilogy but Marion Cotillard's death scene was laughable.

[@RevJ7]

That whole movie was of that quality.

[@Sharpe1502]

I literally laughed in the movie theater.

[@cmox1830]

Raptur Jragon it wasnt a bad movie

[@jackbauer5455]

@@RevJ7 wrong it was a good movie not as good the other 2 but still a worthwhile conclusion to the trilogy.

[@nandoman4769]

The way she forcefully closes her eye's was like "Ok I'm dead now. Leave me alone."

[@EthalaRide]

Tony's death felt so _real_ to me when seeing it I was really surprised. Not because I was projecting any emotional connection, but I was just watching RDJ act and was really impressed with his _stillness._ My grandfather was suffering from Alzheimer's for years leading to his death part of that is plaques, abnormal clusters of protein fragments, build-up between nerve cells in the brain. unlike some degenerative diseases where you are a sharp mind trapped inside your own body, it's like you're a consciousness trapped inside a computer with a progressively spotty internet connection. You're only able to take in so much when your brain gets "fried" like Tony's did. Another thing is that one of the parts of death people don't think about especially when people see a fully dead body, is how _still_ it is; Why hikers who stumble onto bodies often think it's trash or a pile of clothes at first. It's bizarre to see a human body not moving at _all_ like that, you don't see it everyday outside of death. and in relation to Tony, It's not that the dying person is necessarily too weak to move, so you get this start-stop, but there just isn't any energy, *period.* His movements struct me because of how minimal they were, because he was basically a corpse at that point, simply refusing to die from sheer force of will alone until he got the go-ahead. He was already pretty faded out by the time the others got to him, with just enough echos of energy to keep vaguely conscious. Him already starting from a place of stillness at that point in the scene and ending with his little remaining focus just _gone_ worked perfectly for me. He couldn't THINK let alone communicate, he was so fried at that point, only being able to listen occasionally and wait for that thing that has been driving his existence at his _very core_ to be said; We're okay, We're safe. And when that was said, it was less of a choice and more of a completion of his sole/soul mission.

[@imtheonehero9305]

His death was exaggerated. Plus youre being dramatic. Youre biased

[@AuriProductions]

@@imtheonehero9305 based reply

[@taramiller9832]

His death was the end of an era; his character meant so much to people; that was a three hour long movie all leading or concluding on that one moment; Tony Stark was the first character to enter the mcu which is now know worldwide; the cast of these movies have been working together for almost 10 years; people grew up idolising this character so no it wasn’t over exaggerated.

[@donutt376]

@@imtheonehero9305 ah ah you are that guy who told that hulk was injured while tony was able to talk while making the snap. And called it a plot hole. Hahahahaahah brain cells go brrrrrr

[@AlexParkerEmcee]

tell me you're an Iron Man fanboy without telling me you're an Iron Man fanboy

[@BadassBobY]

Person : *Dies* This guy : Pathetic

[@Robert399]

I'm disappointed we didn't get "Dead Person Breaks Down 17 Dying Scenes".

[@wildpurplechild]

😂😂😂 gold

[@cloutelfin8323]

HA

[@kaylah9648]

"Now, of course, everyone's deaths are different but I think that shock is the main emotion they'd be feeling. At least that's how it was in uh, in my case."

[@obblivionkr]

*Professional dead person

[@code-dredd]

Don't worry, you'll get lots of dead Republicans voting Democrat this coming November though ._.

[@HarmonixsLoL]

Damn, imagine being criticized all your life by friends and family. Then, when you die, you're still being criticized on how you didn't die right.

[@calebmurie3051]

"He was such a screw up, he couldn't even die right😂😂"

[@Shan17992]

😂😂😂😂

[@sagisdoodleverse9696]

@@calebmurie3051 sounds like (one?) Stalin’s son, he was pretty much criticized by his father all his life and drove him to attempt suicide but didn’t succeed first time and his father was like, damn son, you can’t even die properly.

[@yoshitheonly]

Scientifically, RDJ really did react pretty realistically to that exposure of radiation from the snap. Kyle Hill did a whole video on the math behind it, but facing that much radiation up close would lead to a lot of the exact same behavior he portrayed.

[@looees7215]

I can’t believe he didn’t talk about Harold the Frog’s death from Shrek 3🤧🐸

[@Samson16436]

That scene took me so off guard lmao my sister and I laughed for like 10min first and had to rewind it multiple times haha still gets me every time

[@wattsnottaken1]

“When you were young and your heart…..”

[@rubbybandz]

He forgot Deadpool’s amazing 20 minute death scene

[@macmcleod1188]

Yes and it makes this entire video a travesty. Deadpool deserved Oscar for that. Not Ryan Reynolds... Deadpool!

[@deadplthebadass21]

@@macmcleod1188 oh thank you

[@ivangajduko8890]

@@deadplthebadass21 how's the mcu been?

[@deadplthebadass21]

@@ivangajduko8890 🦆

[@ivangajduko8890]

@@deadplthebadass21 wait a minute are you stuck in the hex

[@sparrowwilson4514]

If Sean Bean hasn’t perfected the art of dying, no one has. 😂

[@Rabaikal]

John Hurt would've had a word with you if he wasn't dead.

[@imsadlol4528]

**reads sean like bean and bean line sean**

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I was like "You would hope this guy has perfected the art of dying after dying so goddamn often" but then he also mentioned it.

[@michaelkeaton5394]

I can name at least three guy that died more than Sean bean, Brad dourif, John hurt and the legend Christopher Lee, who died in more than 60 movie, so stop saying Sean bean is the actor that die the most!!!

[@jamesestrella5911]

@@michaelkeaton5394 he dies early

[@scotch7731]

“RDJ knows he’s gonna die” “RDJ should’ve shown confusion as to whether he was gonna die” ???????????

[@rebeccalindsay5795]

I think he was saying he should of acted an internal monologue like Denzel Washington did

[@scotch7731]

@@rebeccalindsay5795 What does that mean? What should he have done? I mean I guess the deleted scene of tony talking to his future daughter could've been this but for the pacing of the film it made sense to have it this way no?

[@rebeccalindsay5795]

@@scotch7731 i think RDJ played the death perfectly. A few others with far more movie knowledge than I have broken down Iron man's death vs. Real life deaths and praised his performance. I think the acting coach was just trynna say that he thinks RDJ should of done more with eyes

[@scotch7731]

@@rebeccalindsay5795 Thats fair I guess

[@taramiller9832]

Tony knew he was going to die. He knew from the moment that anyone was debating snapping the gauntlet, he knew it was going to be him. RDJ portrayed this amazingly, both Tony and RDJ knew it was going to happen, to me that made it better.

[@MVG101]

Darth Vader: *has burn wounds* Anthony: and I took that personally

[@theexchipmunk]

That is a big Problem I had with his opinion. Like its a mistake to show that and "destroy Vader". But thats the whole point. Through the movies Vader is this looming larger than life monolith of evil. But this moment encapsulates what he really is. A broken shell of a human thats hatefully lasting out because of the immense suffering. Its no monolith of evil. Its a "small" sad man in a scary suit. But it also shows that there still was a human beneath.

[@mrwthegreenhornet]

Absolutely. The scene was about showing the human side of the monster.

[@lemonlalala4880]

Get him break down cry scenes next!

[@TrilogyNjStorm]

Definitely SHOULD HAVE DONE CRY/DEATH SCENES well next do crying awesome video more like this

[@painmono2478]

I'm already cringing lol

[@Atrydka]

I'm not an expert, just a simple human, but for me every cry scene by Timothée Chalamet, especially in "Call Me by Your Name", is great.

[@hierophantpurple5163]

I'd love to see that! There are a lot of good and bad ones out there so it'd be great to see his analysis. One of my favorites is that one from Mockingjay Part 2 where the reality of Prim's death hits Katniss. Jennifer Lawrence was great in that scene. It felt so raw and emotional. All those times Florence Pugh cries or has an anxiety attack in Midsommar are great too. They felt really realistic and natural.

[@gunslingingbird74]

Harvey Keitel for the win!

[@liansvlogs.]

I actually got hit by a shuriken in the chest once and that was my exact reaction. The person in the scene was very accurate...

[@GrundleTwunt]

I disagree. When I was hit in the chest with shuriken, it was nothing like that.

[@HawksNestYT]

I don’t know when I was hit by a shuriken it was kinda like that

[@KingTiger580]

@@HawksNestYT I disagree, when i was hit by a shuriken, i did not react like that

[@fockingreat1125]

@@KingTiger580 I don't know guys, when I threw a shrunken at someones chest they reacted nothing like that

[@vryanvincentpalmon5784]

@@HawksNestYT I was about to be hit by a shuriken, however, it missed. I bet he didn't attached a granulated tape to increase ADS accuracy.

[@nickholcomb2220]

I still think RDJ nailed that lifeless gaze into the void while all his loved ones are talking to him. It seemed like a really sad and scary look at someone hanging on by just a thread.

[@freebiehughes9615]

Tony Stark's death scene was beautifully acted. I love how he did not say much, and how the "light" in his eyes goes out as the light in the arc reactor does. Paltrow was amazing in that scene. I had a tear in my eyes more because of her performance than RDJ, who was brilliant, btw. The scene where they listen to his recorded message at the funeral is the perfect bookend for his character, as opposed to a long death monologue, IMHO!

[@felipemarey1595]

I cried when I saw it, then I put my head on my girlfriends head and just stayed in silence

[@homiefromfl]

It was also meant to be a silent death because he had taken sooo much damage because of the snap, and the makers of the film wanted Tony Stark's last clear words in his life to be "I am Ironman", so they had him pretty much silent and unable to speak by the time the light went out of his eyes.

[@KirbyZilla]

I think robert is better

[@tomd9170]

Yes RDJ's acting was flawless and the Arc reactor or should I say his whole suit shutting down was just one of the Suit's feature of shutting itself down as the operator dies.

[@biutify]

"we're going to be okay..." Kills me every time

[@tenorhowlermonkey3454]

My award goes to Marvin in the backseat from Pulp Fiction.

[@ericparker163]

Tenor HowlerMonkey That scene was mind blowing.

[@acerpro101]

It was a great film for tarantino to get ahead in the industry

[@momenshakerhameed9362]

He was so convincing about losing his head

[@iselaravelo9756]

Idk I don’t really have an opinion on his death

[@five5ofeyes978]

It must've been a real headache to shoot that scene

[@TheTubeOfTubes]

My award goes to that guy in Saving Private Ryan who says "mama... Mom.." he's so scared as he's dying from a stomach bullet wound. Incredible scene.

[@andrewmoore7416]

That guy was Giovanni Ribisi one of the most underrated actor on the planet, his roll in The Postman alone should have earned some accolade despite its slamming by the critics, i love this movie

[@gavtater]

Also he was phenomenal in The Rum Diary

[@samuraisharkie]

I actually can’t watch that movie anymore bc of how gut wrenching that scene is. It lives in the back of my brain constantly bc of the sheer impact

[@adamvialpando106]

He is so underutilized in films and shows that I forget what a phenomenal actor he is. He deserves more roles and accolades.

[@CigaretteCrayon]

The gutshot scene in Unforgiven is also striking in its realistic portrait of the Western. The romantic telling of revenge and death is all removed, leaving the truth behind. Dying sucks.

[@errruvande]

One of my favorite death scenes so far is Haldir's death in the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, it left such an impression on me when I was a child, the mere question "what this all was for?" and the woe in his eyes while the camera shows us all the dead elves gives me chill and shivers. And I also really do love the muffled effect they used, like all we hear is his breath.

[@mdroberg]

Elves are basically immortal, unless killed, so death is kind of a foreign concept to them, something they know about but don’t really have a lot of experience with, so the confusion on his face, the shock, and then the realisation and despair as he drops, all hit pretty hard. I love Craig’s acting, he’s great at campy stuff, but he’s also good at the serious, even if he doesn’t get a whole lot of opportunity to show it.

[@Jay2JayGaming]

What I've learned today: Never take advice on death scenes from someone who hasn't seen someone die.

[@NaggersandJoggers]

oh, so I've got alot of years experience being alive does that mean I can act?

[@altheaarchives96]

I thought so too... I thought it was gonna be analysed by a paramedic (someone who saw many ppl died)

[@lindildeev5721]

Yeah and there's somebody who saw many people die : Dracula aka Francisco Scaramanga aka Count Dooku aka Saruman aka the great Sir Christopher Lee. And he wasn't in there.

[@FunkayMonkay149]

I mean I wouldn't say that. Movies aren't real life, it's just about portraying emotions and a story. Doesn't necessarily have to be life like just effective at conveying the message.

[@agrimmon1203]

Am I the only who is pissed that they didn't show wolverine's death in Logan. Hugh Jackman was phenomenal in that movie.

[@FreeRadical09]

I thoroughly agree, I feel he wasted too much time analyzing deaths that were over top on purpose and left out death's like Wolverine's in Logan that are worth looking closer.

[@Ultima_Prime]

I'm also upset that they didn't include the death of Serizawa by Ken Watanabe from Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

[@bengough6772]

Yeah it's absolutely his best performance. A lot of depth and grief throughout as well as being bad asz

[@williamallen7984]

@Joe Dick he’s been bullet proof for literally his entire existence, why would he bother?

[@williamallen7984]

“I see you dying holding your heart in your hands...” “So that’s what that feels like...” Once I put those two together, that scene broke me...still does

[@chelseal8448]

The Godfather III: *exists* Expert: I don’t know I can’t read suddenly.

[@wellesradio]

But The Godfather III doesn’t exist.

[@Shotgunric97]

Gaben can testify to this

[@vitocorleone3764]

I actually think godfather 3 is a pretty good movie but when following the, I guess you could call it, transcendence or the first two, it looks so bad because it isn’t.

[@TADYR]

Chelsea, I don't understand what you're talking about. There were only two Godfather movies.

[@a.t.3192]

Godfather III? But that doesn't exist.

[@katietaylor8314]

I talked to a dying man once. He mumbled a lot, seemed confused and was slow to respond. He was my grandfather, who was on his deathbed and no doubt they had pumped him full of drugs. The movies usually leave that part out. (Even so, a few days later when his eldest son was in the room and remarked to Grandma that "you always did what he told you", he was lucid enough to say his last recorded word, which was "bullshit!").

[@themimsy]

Has this guy ever actually seen someone die or get hit? a lot of these are realistic but just not cinematic enough. A lot of these are personal bias from this guy. The only one I could really agree with was the first one as she was indecisive. But many of the other ones were realistic or fitting for the type of movie they were.

[@dustinakadustin]

I don't think he really knows what's on about😅 his breakdown of the Goblin death for example has a lot of contempt for the fact that they took a comic booky approach when adapting a comic book...

[@themadtitan7603]

Like others have said, Tony Stark clearly accepted his death before it actually happened. You see him externalizing it with that little pause before he says "Ironman" and snaps. After that he only tries to hang on long enough to make sure his family and friends are safe and once he's assured he peacefully lets go.

[@RZanja]

Damnit thanos! Stop chopping Onion!

[@shelbyc7285]

Agreed, he knew when he snapped his fingers he would die. That was already established that only Hulk could handle snapping (Thanos too of course).

[@lordshrimpramen5589]

OH GODDAMNIT STOP IT.

[@arsetothem]

dude... he ALREADY KNOWS this, even before they had a conversation with Dr. Strange (after snapped back to existence)

[@jebaite525]

You were the reason he diedddddddd

[@angelferreira1746]

The best dying scene is the younger soldier is 1917 dying. Even from a medical perspective, the gradual discoloration of skin, all the signs of shock, etc. Truly a masterpiece of a scene.

[@cayonaianjakem.9961]

You got that right. That scene was splendidly done and 1917 was a freakin great movie

[@afrayedrope1939]

Made me uncomfortable like the medic in saving private Ryan and the dude getting stabbed at the end too oof

[@gillianc592]

I agree, the discolouration of the skin was amazing. I don't think ive ever seen that before. The man in Saving private Ryan made me cry when he cried out for his mum, it was like a little boy.

[@yungelplaga9538]

The best doing scene is from karate girl 🤣

[@edwardnygma.]

the medic in Saving Private Ryan too... that was uncomfortable to watch

[@couqueza4169]

For the ironman case I thinks it's defendable why he didn't really show what he was thinking physically. Someone made a video about how he died. He experienced extreme radiation poisoning. The likes of which no human has ever experienced. That caused extreme confusion and this quick death we saw

[@rocketpenguin2207]

person: *actually starts dying* This guy: no no, you gotta do this, not that... ok there we go.

[@smiseck]

I feel Tonys death was more of a "brain fried, try to hold on for a few more seconds so people can say good bye"

[@astrecordingfive1143]

thank u this guy doesn't get that the gauntlet is so powerful that RDJ snapping "fried his brain"

[@lothquendi]

This is exactly what I thought. The decision moment happened before he snapped.

[@zatchbell622]

Exactly. Which makes it all the more powerful that Tony is able to mutter “Hey, Pep...” when he sees Pepper one last time.

[@rachelbowlow9925]

I completely agree. That last scene was about the characters saying goodbye. Tony knew what he was doing before he snapped.

[@93King]

@@astrecordingfive1143 And you know that how?

[@davidkinsey8657]

The unmasking of Vader is integral to the story. For three movies we have seen him as a strong and terrifying embodiment of the Dark Side. When his helmet is removed we see that underneath he was an object to be pitied.

[@djofftheshit]

I can understand his “humpty dumpty” comment, however given the fact that he was a burn victim after getting a nice tan on the shores of a lava lake, I’ll cut Anakin some slack on his appearance Lolol

[@Outlaw8908]

Yeah I heavily disagree with him there.

[@spyroninja]

Yeah this guy completely missed the point -- the most feared man in the galaxy is actually old, debilitated, withered. His power was due to the Dark Side, which he gave up in the end out of fatherly love, thus redeeming himself. He doesn't die as a villain.

[@Thedreamer20015]

The only one out of the bunch that I disagree with cause Vader taking off his helmet was an amazing and key scene.

[@nicholasolsen3360]

That’s what I was thinking! When I saw him critique this scene, I was like “Whaaaat!? That was big to me as a kid!”

[@TornadoWhirl33]

How could they possibly leave out Rutger's death scene in Blade Runner? "Like tears...in the rain..."

[@Jim-Mc]

To paraphrase Christopher Lee on the set of LOTR: that's not what it's like when you stab someone to death.

[@ausinthrope]

I mean, with Vader, seeing how he looks under the mask after watching the other movies I don't think takes you out of the scene but rather helps sell it. You don't see a dark lord of the sith anymore, you see a man. A broken man. It helps to add humanity to Vader, after him being the bad guy for the rest of the movies.

[@andrewpaige1194]

Yes, perfectly said!

[@nicholasmapes]

Exactly

[@Saiyuri101]

Was looking for this comment! Felt exactly the same way. I felt like it merely humanized Vader, which is the perfect for him finally revealing himself to his son and basically saying goodbye.

[@callisastapp7160]

an outside view on an inside event. He took the scene separately from the movie and judged the acting I agree though, and the Humpty dimply allusion was totally uncalled for, Vader took the smack for the makeup artists XD

[@macmcleod1188]

I saw this movie 6 times back in the early 80s and not one time did anyone think Darth Vader looked like Humpty Dumpty or have anything else negative to say about the scene. He just looked old and sickly. And everyone knew that from the mechanical ventilator. Plus they'd already foreshadowed that he was going to be bald and scarred and the pirate movie.

[@SohiHien]

What I took away from Tony's death in Endgame was by that point he was pretty much fried. Like he was probably barely aware of what was going on, he doesn't speak, he doesn't seem to easily focus or stay focused on anyone. Tony was pretty much so far gone at that point he wasn't able to have any sorta "I'm I gonna die, do I want to die?" thoughts. He seems to be in a constant state of drifting, snapping into focus for brief moments when someone gets in his face or touches him but it doesn't last long. He is practically on autopilot and just waiting for someone to say "you can go".

[@Nathan-oe8ut]

This, I think the acting 'coach' missed this entirely

[@freebiehughes9615]

True. Also, foreshadowed by Pepper, when Tony cracked time travel, "Yes, but will you rest?"

[@JamesDarcon2007]

Like he probably didn't even register Peter saying "We won..." he probably couldn't even hear anything until Pepper said "it's okay you can rest, we'll be okay", etc... He heard that and was like okay, I can die in peace now, and him going about head tilts, as if when a person dies their muscles stiffen and would hold their head in place.. lol, yeah right, for me it'd totally break immersion if their head DIDN'T tilt some!

[@rachela2659]

Ikr RDJ nailed it.

[@SohiHien]

He also already went through the entire "I am gonna die, can I do this?" moment. He had one when he decided to actually help instead of staying with his family, he also had another when he made the decision to take the gauntlet and snap his fingers. You could see the fear in his face when he looked at Dr. Strange and saw him holding up one finger (the one possibility where they win). He knew at that point that if he went through with it he would die. At this point in the movie he had already made his decision and was just waiting for his loved ones to let him go.

[@Kobaneko2005]

I'm.... really pretty sure no one said "Ceasar was misunderstood." when he died in Gladiator...

[@Enzaio]

Can't a man just show his sister some love?

[@TheLagiacrus1]

I think everybody was glad to see him die in that movie...

[@turk58guy]

Exactly. I was glad he died. Russell's character finally got his revenge and made his peace so he could die knowing he had avenged his family before he joined them. That was the pinnacle of the scene, not Phoenix's death

[@alesksander]

I think we all petty him. That's what that guy in video tried to say, i think. So yeah totally dick character,. Perfect scene.

[@shoogamoogaman]

"I don't think this death works because I personally don't like the style of this movie" Is essentially this video

[@Zelmel]

This guy seems to just hate or at best be ambivalent to anyone who isn't Italian American tbh

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

Spider-Man in Infinity War - he should've really analysed that one. It's one of the very few deaths that actually made me tear up.

[@altruisticlemur]

Yeah and after that scene, I changed my mind about who's the best spiderman. Now I wholeheartedly believe Tom plays him best

[@nomadic1932]

that was cringy

[@gpaderx6105]

He did not die. Not because they came back already, but I would not consider it as a natural death. It's a type of death that we never seen it before

[@lionhead123]

its a strange scene because he is the only one that fades slowely and seems to become physically affected by it. Its just to make his fading more dramatic, specifically for Tony.

[@gpaderx6105]

@@lionhead123 yeah. he's the only one becomes physically affected by it because of his spidey-sense.

[@TheRealGanonKirby]

*Darth Vader dies* "We have Humpty Dumpty..." That disrespect!

[@malachig.teodosio1138]

I know right?!

[@ultrafaga1947]

That Humpty Dumpty blast was hilarious

[@nicholasolsen3360]

I mean it’s kinda funny how he said “Humpty Dumpty,” but that scene was a huge part of my childhood!

[@tseliius]

@Joe Dick I sensed a great disturbance in the Force...

[@Sillydraco]

I always thought he looked like Uncle Fester

[@MikeTaffet]

The death scene in 1917 is one of the most impactful deaths I’ve ever seen. It really feels real

[@RichardBirdsall]

Stark passing was a culmination of a decade of movies and character building, for a hero who did nothing but talk while alive, dying without a word was as powerful a scene you could film

[@daneg007]

did this guy watch "kinsman" before he did this? samuel l. I jackson's death was supposed to be over the top and funny. it stays in line with the whole movie, it's perfect.

[@annuncirith]

Heh, I just scrolled down after making my own comment and saw how many people had something along these lines to say.

[@josephcerasuolo3563]

Personally, I think Jackson's death in Kingsman was supposed to be more like he said Cage is, where we see the actor. Sam Jackson's character in Kingsman is supposed to be Sam Jackson. Not literally, he IS a character, but I think his character was meant to be Samuel L Jackson playing the character, instead of just seeing the character in the movie. I think his whole character was Sam Jackson playing that character.

[@JasonZakrajsek]

Never seen “kinsman”. I’ve seen “Kingsman” though. It’s pretty good.

[@JacobHortonR]

Yes! Him having the extra comment to make a meta moment out of the death of the villain was the best part of the movie.

[@nburtoninferno]

Film experts not understanding Kingsmen as an over the top parody of the spy film genre, particularly the James Bond series, seems to be very common. I've seen it a few times where people who are supposed to know what they're talking about completely don't get what that movie is.

[@DerNiko]

I strongly disagree with Kingsmen. Jackson's death here is completely appropriate for the tone of the movie.

[@Reinbow-rh6hn]

Yeah. And The Movie Also Ran Off Of A Lot Of Campy Bond Movie Tropes And I Definitely Think That’s What They Were Going For.

[@CuhShark]

@@Reinbow-rh6hn Why did you capitalize the first letter of every word in that sentence

[@gamongames]

It's a video about acting, not how good it fits the tone.

[@stevenmente2717]

@@gamongames He literally talks about how he gave the Jackie Chan movie a pass because the death was consistent with the tone of the movie. His complaint with spiderman was that it couldn't choose if it wanted to be a drama or a comic book. Kingsman was 100% over the top cartoon all the time. The death fit perfectly with the movie.

[@HI-ho4bj]

@@Reinbow-rh6hn Are you jaden smith??? Just Kidding Sorry

[@HKLesterol]

Stephen Boyd as messala in 1959 Ben hur. He's [ Messala] trying to live and fight death and the agony of being ran over by a horse chariot just so he can taunt Juda . His lines and voice are delivered perfectly and match what you'd imagine his internal injuries to be, weak wheezing and labored then a final long peaceful last breath once he done saying all he has to say

[@TheSeeking2know]

This is my favorite acting coach analyst on this channel period!

[@Skippyhazurmuny]

I think with the Iron man scene. Tony Stark spent his life with the “can I die? No” mind set. He accepted the fact of his death not at this moment but at the beginning of Endgame. He had already given up and this scene was him finally coming to peace with it.

[@momogoes3329]

RDJ said all of Tony's suits were built to preserve his life except the End Game suit. Tony accepted death and built his last suit to carry out the snap. As much as I hated to see the character go, I think RDJ did a good job with the death scene.

[@piotrkarp9562]

@@momogoes3329 Scene was fine but... it was far to obvious. From start of a film I was pretty sure that he's gonna die in this. Then, when he meet his father in the past I was like 100% sure he's done. And when he eventually did it was.... meh for me. Becose it was to obvious. (But it's only my opinion. For example Holland's death scene was way better crafted).

[@rohithkumar8708]

@@piotrkarp9562 ehhh it was either tony or cap. most people expected cap to bite ut cause he's the sacrifice type and also i guess most people didn't want tony to leave. there were rumours where he retires and becomes head of the shield cap would sacrifice himself. but marvel killed it's cashcow. it was just effective cause Tony's been around for 10 years .people are just attached too much to tony

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

@@piotrkarp9562 It's the oppsoite for me. I knew Tony was gonna die all the way back since IW. But when it hits, it hits good. Peter's death was more shocking than sad, but I knew he's coming back in the sequel.

[@BeeWhistler]

I didn't really have an issue with Tony Stark's death. I feel like the acceptance came before the damage itself and after he snapped his fingers that damage was so profound that all he had left was some resistance to the inevitable. His wife giving him that permission to rest was what he needed. And as cheesy as this will sound, it's because my dad had multiple organs go from uncontrolled diabetes (please take care of yourself if you have that) and in the end, he had to be reassured that he could forgive himself for things he'd done in his life and go ahead and rest. He passed relatively quickly after that. So there's that realism as I see it.

[@Alex-bn3ix]

I would say that I didn't have a problem with Robert Downey Junior's acting, but I had a problem with Iron Man's death. I only have a problem because of the writers in the first place, not because of personal attachment to the character. The writers made him out to be Moses, a super convenient miracle worker. The guy solved time travel, he learned how to use advanced alien technology that was centuries if not millennia ahead of Earth, in literally days (they had him make Ultron using the Tesseract in like less than 2 or 3 days I think), and he was operating spaceships (that Earth definitely never had) that went past the speed of light and hopped around the Universe, yet they don't let him make some kind of device to use the stones and absorb or insulate their energy without killing him. The urgency of Endgame never made any sense to me. As soon as they figured out time travel, they could have prepared and planned their asses off, they could have powered up and made back up plan after back up plan to use the stones once they got them, instead they went with the blind faith eyes firmly shut "let's hope nothing goes wrong and no one follows us back" and the desperate urgency of "we have to go now". No one was going to stop them, the quantum realm wasn't going anywhere, it's not like the people who had been snapped were waiting to be saved, or any other reason existed for their urgency. If you are trying to save half the population of the Universe, don't you want to be sure that you get that right? Then again, they really never should have even had the chance to undo the snap after Marvel created such a preposterously over powered Villain like Thanos. All he had to do was include ALL of the heroes in the half of the population of Earth (and the Universe) that got snapped, it's not like half the population of Earth dying means only half of the heroes die, all of the heroes can definitely die and just be part of the half of Earth that dies while normal average people take their places and stay alive on the living half. That or Thanos could have just wiped everyone's memory of the snapped people, and wiped all traces of the snapped people, so that the Universe would just go on with business as normal. Of course Thanos had to be another incompetent Villain with poorly explained motives so that the heroes could beat an adversary they really never should have had the chance of beating. It's so odd looking back how none of the Marvel films have any real stakes or true tension when it comes to the heroes, but then in the last 2 movies the writers went "Yeah, so let's kill off Gamora for good, then Black Widow for good, and then Iron Man for good, under random and dubious circumstances".

[@Levi_52_336]

@@Alex-bn3ix Endgame is troubling, but Thanos' motives were still logical.

[@MsKeylas]

@@Alex-bn3ix You just don't get it, do you?

[@Wasteman365]

Yeah, there was no confusion about whether he’s going to die or not lmao

[@annuncirith]

It's amazing how resilient people can be when they have the will to fight. I'm very sorry for your loss. I'm very sad that Tony had to go, but he made the sacrifice knowing that the snap would riddle him with lethal radiation - I agree that he definitely made his choice before he ever even stole the stones, you can see the acceptance and resolve on his face when Strange tells him this is it.

[@burnswhenipee5938]

Paddleton has a frighteningly realistic death scene. Very emotional

[@Jeremy252]

It's so good that I'm perfectly fine never watching it again

[@aldeq0]

Incredible analysis!

[@heliopyre]

should have included Tom Holland's death scene in Infinity War. I think he did really well. I disagree about the Darth Vader one. I think the contrast between how imposing the mask is and how vulnerable and wounded he is when we see his face is important to the character

[@chelseal8448]

I agree on Tom’s scene! It’s interesting because he literally states in an interview that he had an inner monologue of “I don’t want to go”, which apparently is what “great” actors do in death scenes, have that inner monologue! Tom says that when he does scenes, he’ll have a line he repeats in his head, only this time for the death, he said it out loud. Pretty cool.

[@tundrabanks3647]

yeah, the vader one was powerful cuz he looks so weak without the mask.

[@ckmoore101]

Yeah, when I saw Vaders helmet, I was thinking "here we go, can't wait to hear his praises of this". He totally did not get the character. Definitely not a SciFi guy. Humpty Dumpty? I bet he doesn't even realize why his skin is so white and pasty.

[@Shugo5775]

Came looking for a comment regarding Vader. I never, ever, found an issue with his appearance. The man's in an air-tight suit and has been for years, of course he's scarred and broken underneath. Without the mask he dies, anyway, so yeah Vader's gonna look the part. I always found the very human appearance of him to be entirely fitting and if he weren't as pale, old, and broken it would not have made Vader as impactful as he was.

[@nunomelanda5388]

@@Shugo5775 im not a huge star wars fan but i think that that death scene is easily one of the best and most iconic ever

[@s.n.a.k.e.o.i.l.e.r]

Directer: Denzel, you're going to get shot and collapse here. Do that thing with the eyes. Denzel: Sure, whatever.

[@commandershepard7110]

Come one Natalie did great she didn’t even say all that stuff she literally said two names and that was it her neck wasn’t supported by anything except her spine no shit it’s gonna tilt

[@omerjawad2990]

Yea

[@wornstrat5517]

Calm down

[@commandershepard7110]

@@wornstrat5517 listen son it was a perfectly good performance That’s all I’m tryin to say

[@beej13]

@@commandershepard7110 in the opinion of the coach, someone who studies acting, it wasn't

[@davide7708]

It was the head tilting that didn't work

[@iseenthedevil]

Great Video. helped Me A lot.

[@25taylor91]

Tony Stark was dying an unnatural death. Mind was fried I’m sure. Tony gets a pass.

[@salvadoravila1404]

Exactly! Plus what he just went through left him with severe mental trauma and in a certain amount of shock, like people pulled out of collapsed buildings who can't put sentences together. I've always felt that what he portrays is a person holding on through sheer instinct and willpower, and even the way the others speak to him, processing only simplistic ideas like "we won. You can go. We are ok." and that speaks to the inability to truly process complex ideas, let alone internalize a "do I want to die" conversation with himself. He's accepted it and he goes. Simple as that.

[@stepitup25]

Right, I thought his acting was perfect if you consider the way he was killed.

[@calebmarks3645]

I agree and I also think that Darth Vader's scene does in fact work very well

[@Zenthils]

MCU fans are something else, lmao.

[@Kenneth_James]

He'd already accepted he was done when he put on the stones.

[@Monglomon]

no... samual L jackson's death was perfect, it was literally making fun of james bond/spy movies it was meant to be over the top

[@jw_023]

OMG I finally reached that scene and heard this dude’s thoughts lol talk about completely missing the tone of a movie. Kingsman is a way-over-the-top comedy series of movies and he compares the death to a death in one of The Godfather movies?

[@priyachoudhary9896]

Yeah, kingsman was over the top and gets the hate a lot but this experts forget that it was supposed to be over the top homage to spy movies

[@kyraspikes7542]

I love Samuel L. Jackson's entire performance in Kingsman. The choice to make his villain Russell Simmons was inspired.

[@SnailHatan]

Being over the top doesn’t make it good. There is a right way and a wrong way to do it.

[@fotsnacks8705]

@@SnailHatan But, that’s how deaths tend to be in older spy movies for villains. That was the point.

[@A_RaeOfRoses]

Omg ANTHONY how are you? !!!! Love your show. Great work ! Much love.

[@Sosozanyway]

Tom Hanks death scene as Captain Miller is still the best death scene for me, in terms of acting and realism.

[@sullivandmitry1416]

I feel a lot of his complaints were very biased to his own personal opinion of the movie. The Vader scene was perfectly fine as it shows he’s a human not this otherworldly devil god.

[@jordanbridges]

HUmPty dUmPTy

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

Well, he basically liked Sebastian’s job as Vader there, it was just the make up effects they did on him, kinda don’t work

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

I think he was right in that it disconnects the emotional bond from the audience. It was a neccesity to state that humanity message though. I think the Cage and Dafoe deaths were criticized with bias, though.

[@jsullivan2112]

Absolutely terrible scene. Some good ideas horribly executed. Really bad.

[@corruptangel6793]

I don't know how else it could have been done. Vader lives in the suit, of course he'd be horribly pale. He was burned to a crisp, so of course he'd be horribly scarred and bald. I'd like to have heard what he'd have done to "fix" it.

[@just_morby]

Everyone here is talking about RDJ and Tony Stark's death, meanwhile I'm sitting here thinking Denzel nailed it sooooo damn well...

[@dazzlingmoo5813]

Me. Also Joaquin's and Nicole's scene.

[@messiah6670]

Well Denzel is million times better actor and his magnificent acting no more amazes us

[@JamesDarcon2007]

He didn't actually die in that scene though .. sooooo it shouldn't have counted..

[@gporr7004]

The guy said that Denzel did it better what do you mean?

[@razorbackcg5359]

As someone who has almost died, I find the Denzel one ridiculous. You don't have the time to have an internal monologue about the ways of the universe. The RDJ one is more accurate, he just wants to go, he knew the risks and accepted the facts. Not sit around for ages pondering the meaning of life, most over rated actor

[@cowtaplayz8277]

Just watched the book of Eli THAT TWIST AT THE END WAS INCREDIBLE

[@mattpeterson3002]

I liked the twist too, UNTIL, they placed the Bible next to the Quran. You see, the movie implied that a divine force was SOMEHOW helping him survive. As the viewer, DESPITE Eli dying, you will conclude that the Christian God MUST have helped Eli survive, in order to "Spread the Message." It's the only LOGICAL conclusion. But then, when you see the Bible placed next to the Quran, you are left with only ONE possible conclusion: The Christian God is NOT any more special or "true" than Allah, or any other God. All that has been shown is that now a bunch of historical books have been saved. This essentially negates the entire plot of the movie, which is that the God of the Bible is no more special than the any of the other authors whose books have been saved, like Shakespeare, Melville, Hemingway, etc. You COULD choose to say that because Judaism, Christianity AND the Islam are Abrahamic religions, so ONE specific God COULD have preserved all three books. This would imply that all 3 religions hold the truth. However, for THAT idea to have made sense, you would have had to also have Jewish, Christian AND Islamic characters in the film survive through impossible odds, and that did not occur. Overall, an excellent movie, but in the end, it failed lofically in it's very basic premise. I surmise that the reason that the producers/writers did NOT show ONLY The Bible, is because it would have caused an.enormous controversy. For the record, I do not support any religious view over another as being the "Absolute Truth."

[@lijoe5283]

this is why I love this channel

[@BuBs1970G]

Nah, Samuel L Jackson's death scene was fine in the Kingsman movie. It's not a serious movie, he could've went back on what he said because he did hear Eggsy say "It's not that kind of movie", a literal joke about Spy movies.

[@TheLingo56]

I also kinda feel the same about Spider-Man. Not many directors can pull off the serious while campy/comic tone, but Sam Raimi nails it in the first two Spider-Man movies imo. There’s just a heart of gold in those movies.

[@eugimon]

yup, I feel like he hasn't seen that movie or spider-man. Those scenes were totally in line not just with the characters but the tone of the movies as well.

[@filmtoppings]

It works in the over the top film that it is

[@aidenarkham]

Agreed

[@gloriouspurpose_]

Me who will never be an actor: *taking notes*

[@dense9937]

I got so many tips ,now I have the confidence to die in a good manner

[@tonysoto8949]

That Joaquin Phoenix scene at the end of Gladiator still gives me chills at just how masterful an actor JP is. Then right after that Russel Crowe dies and your left amazed at how good the both of them were. No over acting or selling the characters short, but perfect execution and reverence for the historical characters these actors are portraying. Nick Cage in Leaving Las Vegas would have been a better pick than windtalkwrs

[@Crappylowbudgetfilms]

I want to see Sean bean analysis deaths in movies

[@Dilligff]

It'd be a 2 hour long video.

[@GatorDunnAZ]

I was gonna say, we'll need a second KZbin platform just for that.

[@user-xk1uy7ze9z]

Every damn thing he’s in he dies....

[@goonzjav]

Just him analysing his own deaths would take a week.

[@13tredekka]

But not by this "pro" coach! 👎👎👎

[@vernellejohnson7478]

Watching Endgame in theaters, I have never heard more grown men try not to try and hide their sniffles. RDJ's scene was perfect.

[@ethidian3444]

Hm. They cried mostly due to the fact that they are obsessed with Tony Stark's character and the MCU.

[@nlg070301]

@@ethidian3444 that's called good buildup

[@ethidian3444]

nlg070301 LOL 20 movies with the stakes being absurdly high with ~0 meaningful deaths from those putting themselves in harms way 24/7 to save the universe/world/city. Bleh good buildup... most characters change personality from movie to movie. Iron Man has a consistent snarky tone = good build up yes that is the equivalent of Breaking Bad you’re right.

[@adamvanschoor9093]

@@ethidian3444 BuT hE sAiD I lOve You ThReE tHOusAnD

[@GalaxyEntertainmentCo]

That movie sucked so bad

[@cliffinhokisero3747]

This is amazing

[@aerynstormcrow]

Coach: “we see Darth Vader with a huge gash in his head.” Me: Ummm…that’s not a gash, bro. Those are burns from not having the high ground. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@LethalSaliva]

😆

[@tonythetrashgod7537]

"That Luke had to grow up without a father..." Yeah not the whole helping space satan take over the galaxy and trying to kill him like twice. it was the absent dad thing

[@djofftheshit]

Agreed lmao he said he was apologizing for not being there for his son I was like alright man you clearly did not watch these movies

[@jordanbridges]

At the end, it kinda was that though.

[@MuriKakari]

Anakin is pretty self-absorbed. He would apologize for what he thought was the crime. In his eyes, it would have been that, I think.

[@backdoor3266]

“This death is good because I personally like the story”

[@shreyashshrestha6085]

Honestly. This is stupid asf. Its not even the actors fault mostly. Because the director and writer decide HOW they die and what actions they do😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@SnailHatan]

@@shreyashshrestha6085 lmao sure, if the director is David Fincher on crack, maybe the actors have no input. In reality, that’s not how it works. Actors and directors and writers are constantly collaborating to make the story its best.

[@randomroadchhapreviews4396]

whatever this gentleman says, the Spiderman ending was perfectly trailered 20 years back and still holds up. I wouldn't change a thing, maybe Mr. Sam Raimi can as he is a genius.

[@REChronic54]

Tbh with you, I really don't know what he was getting at here. The whole movie itself was a mix of seriousness and comic book campiness. Plus we know the line meant something in the sequel; I just didn't see what was wrong with it...

[@randomroadchhapreviews4396]

@@REChronic54 me being an indian boy without computer and internet seeing this movie in theaters, it was 1st time i saw such great vfx on such great screen. its inprinted on my brain. it worked like magic on my 13 yr old brain. btw, i still end up watching these sequnces on youtube, i am a film critic now, have watched a movie a last 12 something years. This spiderman storytelling on screen was definitely sincere and inspired.

[@theblackkittie13]

After witnessing my a very close loved one die of cancer, I can say with 100% confidence that Robert Downey Jr's death as Iron Man was very accurate. Unless this man has watched all manner of deaths then I don't see how he can advise on what it looks like

[@linkfan160]

I kind of disagree with the death scene in Return of the Jedi. It's emotional and believable and Mark Hamill's acting really sells it too.

[@Crandaddy81]

I’ve actually been close to death, so I think I have just a little bit of insight. I thought the Robert Downey Jr. and Nicolas Cage deaths were better than he gave them credit for - muttering incoherently (if able to speak at all), shivering/trembling, and the life and strength just slowly draining out of your body until you just go limp (eyes usually at least partly open if you’re awake when you die). That’s what an accurate death would look like IMO.

[@emerystonikinis4000]

If you don’t mind telling me, what was your near death experience. I completely understand if you don’t want to say. I’m glad you’re okay 👍🏻

[@forsakenjones4695]

@@emerystonikinis4000 Maybe they had a seizure?

[@El_pri_robo_mas]

this editor just nailed it!!!! what´s up bro

[@James.473]

This is great visual practice study guide to on screen death scenes and how to convey in dialogue to the audience

[@zurglebeatler442]

Is Nicolas Cage ever really playing anybody but himself?

[@EgonTheGreat.]

No, and that's why we love him.

[@MegaChickenPunch]

I watched 56 movies he played in and he's always himself lol

[@Andrew-rd9zq]

Lord of War is where his character fit perfectly.

[@ultrafaga1947]

Nicolas Cage and Keanu Reeves are exactly the same no acting range

[@macmcleod1188]

@@ultrafaga1947 I know right, keanu Reeves is exactly the same in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure as he is in John Wick.

[@miasancto]

The thing with Tony Stark’s death in Endgame is he had already accepted his fate before he even snapped his fingers to get rid of Thanos and his army.

[@mattjones7226]

Yeah. I like to think Tony knows he has to die when he ask Dr. Strange if this is the one time.

[@Shiba9870]

Also I think the infinity stones fried his brains. He probably had limited brain capacity at that time

[@neshwhat702]

@@Shiba9870 😂😂😂

[@z_.5557]

@@Shiba9870 that's fucked, but makes sense.

[@wilmofosho]

" a shaREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEken" lmfao talk about dying... im dying inside

[@Dzvakangark]

I would have thought an honorable mention would have been Patroclus' death in Troy. Garrett Hedlund did a great job conveying the fear and shock the character was experiencing. Obviously the character was no stranger to combat, and death. He knew getting your throat cut would be horrible, but somehow he manages to convey in such a brief time that he himself underestimated just how horrible it is, hence the shock. An underrated performance by an underrated actor in my opinion.

[@scottpeg194]

For Natalie Portman, I figured Padme's motivation would be to stay alive just long enough, with her inner monologue being: "I'm about to die, I need to let them know their names."

[@CiroTricking]

yes i think her act was perfect 10/10

[@Paulosantana2k]

Didn't the giving birth the twins left her in comma and died later on?

[@yourmothercalledshesaid]

Okay George Lucas... Get outta' here!

[@AngryJT]

It was atrocious writing.

[@MuriKakari]

@@AngryJT No one should be blamed for any line of dialogue written by George Lucas

[@LadyMorgaine1976]

As a huge fan of the Original Trilogy Star Wars for 34 years, I have to tell you the moment worked for me. 100%

[@djmaxxsaint]

Fascinating. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@lewstherinteletubby50]

"Then look takes the mask off and you see...Humpty Dumpty" That's priceless.

[@DanteYewToob]

No joke, when I first saw TDKR I thought Talia was faking and would escape. Her death was cartoonish and a bit abrupt so I honestly believed it was on purpose! She's just talking and then "I ded. Go away. I ded now. Shhhhh. I sooper ded!" lol Now I can't unsee it and it bugs me every time.

[@Irisgomesjmjfaith]

😂😂😂

[@mothergoose2662]

Ugh yes it was awful

[@ethanchan2273]

darth vader: dying this guy: haha humpty dumpty

[@alliec.6543]

BBRRUHHH when he said that I was literally HOLLERING I had to pause and stop because that was soooo left. This man is hilarious

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Wow. I never knew such a cool video existed. This was really entertaining and informative. My fav actor Denzel Washington never ever disappoints.👌

[@12thDecember]

Thank you for your fascinating insight into a common scene which is often so melodramatic as to lose its effect on the viewer. The Denzel Washington and Joaquin Phoenix portrayals of dying remind me of something I read many years ago. It was a comment about a painting, perhaps from the Renaissance era, and it featured a beautifully dressed young woman who had just been stabbed in the abdomen with a dagger. The author wrote, "She has the slightly puzzled look of someone who realizes they have just been murdered." I wish I could remember the name of the painting, because it spoke to a universal truth. For those who are murdered, there is often that moment of disbelief and a disconnect from reality, as if their sense of self is saying, "This cannot be happening."

[@sighlus]

100% think the Willem Dafoe death was perfect. It was literally his last bit of innocence coming out from the monster that'd just been slain. And he delivered it perfectly.

[@macmcleod1188]

I think they tried to be faithful to the comic book death and it didn't come across and film. It might have been a time for slow motion.

[@scottchaison1001]

@@macmcleod1188 ¿?

[@dazem8]

I love him in nearly everything he's in. he can play any character.

[@vampiraJ]

“Don’t tell Harry” gets me every time.

[@jy4266]

They can do an entire death scene breakdown just for Sean Bean alone.

[@terpdx]

"Lack of trust in the audience" is a perfect summation of the Star Wars prequels. For some reason, Lucas felt need to explain everything and beat it into our heads. He took the wonder of imagination away from the audience and replaced it with superfluous exposition.

[@dazem8]

"now it's time for the head tilt... and... I'm... dead" 🤣🤣🤣

[@narsil0420]

Great video! I liked RDJ's death scene because he really seemed checked out and dissociated, like I imagine someone is when dying, in contrast to the Star Wars death scene where you switch from talking to dead too fast.

[@tanikwish]

Nicolas Cage is playing Nicolas cage dying is so damn accurate it hurts.

[@belle.m]

I don’t think I’ve seen a Nicolas Cage movie where he hasn’t played Nicolas Cage.

[@mjgfromdallas]

@@belle.m Damn, that's oddly true

[@ketoshrkboi6370]

That's why I'm so confused as to why he said Sam Jackson is a good character actor. It kills me to even hear that. Don't get me wrong I love Sam and he's a damn good actor. But when Mace Windu pulls a purple saber out and is about to same some cool like. I'm just like okay when's he gonna say mother fucker. Idk I feel like he's always playing himself in roles. Which just doesn't feel like the definition of a character actor

[@lotusinn3]

@@ketoshrkboi6370 Never heard Samuel L. Jackson stated to be a character actor because like you said, he really doesn’t fit the bill by definition. That said, I guess you don’t really have to diversify your performance per role to be considered a character actor. Peter Stormare for example.

[@ashtond6390]

Should have included Dyson's death from Terminator 2. His rapid gasping breaths before dying were brilliant

[@caspervannoppen461]

7:30 "I'm not a big fan of FORCING in dialogue" well played, very well played.