The films of the 2000s marked the minds of many cinema fans. It was at this time that the special effects were perfected but also that the deaths of characters were very striking.
For the generations of the 1980s and 1990s, the films of the 2000s are inevitably engraved in their minds. These are the first real memories of cinema for many and this period corresponds to an improvement in techniques (special effects, grandiose sets, actors at the height of their glory). Here are 7 iconic movie deaths of those years.
June 20, 2000 arrives on the big screen what will prove to be the greatest peplum in history. Gladiador by Ridley Scott stages the story of Maximus (Russell Crowe), loyal to the Emperor Marc-Aurèle (Richard Harris), relegated to the rank of slave and gladiator by the ruler's son (Joaquim Phénix). The beauty of the sets, the violent and unfiltered fights as well as a scenario, certainly historically truncated, but carried out to perfection will engrave this film in the minds of the spectators.The latter will be the witnesses of the infamous injustice of Commodus during his final duel with Maximus .
It's an hour and a half of poetry, love and emotions offered by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson in 2009 with Up there . It's the story of an old gentleman, angry with his world, who decides to pack up with thousands of balloons hanging from his house. At the beginning of the film, the spectators were able to be moved by the death of his wife and which made the former salesman lose his smile.
Clint Eastwood signs with Gran Torino one of his most emblematic masterpieces. Performing equally well behind and in front of the camera, the former cowboy plays here a former soldier, who has just lost his wife who does not see the arrival of new neighbors of Hmong origin with a good eye. He is a tough character who manages to get closer to this new family, protecting the youngest against gangs. The final scene with the famous lighter will cause some chills.
We have to admit, we're cheating a bit here. It's not about one death in particular that was significant, but about a way of killing that still remains, more than 15 years after the release of No Country for old men> , a benchmark among the serial-killer genre. It's Anton Chigurh's. with his famous slaughter pistol and canister. Fast, effective, chilling... An unusual way to kill in a movie at the cinema.
If in the book that traces the life of Christopher McCandless , the one who gave up his studies to go live in the middle of nature, we learn from the start the terrible fate that will be reserved for the young graduate, we have to wait until the end of the film released in 2007 to be confronted with it. The spectators, seeing the man being able to do so many things, will inevitably be in tears because of his disastrous page break .
If the name of Willem Dafoe found itself in trend at the end of the year 2021 thanks to the release of Spiderman:No Way Home , he had already been in the news 19 years before. During Sam Raimi's first opus with Spiderman 1 which featured Tobey Maguire in the costume of the most famous spider-man. This is the end scene that will mark the young generation of comic book fans with the killing of the Green Goblin .
Like not mentioning one of the most cult trilogies in the history of cinema with the Lord of the Rings ? The brilliant adaptation of Peter Jackson remains, more than 20 years later, timeless. Just like the death of Sean Bean who wears Boromir's cloak. This one will sacrifice himself to protect the young Hobbits prey to certain death.
