Comments | gbcrush: Looking for the 'quality kills'

gbcrush

Looking for the 'quality kills'

Jan 25, 2010 10:57

So, I think I remember eithnepdb saying once that she liked movies with 'good kills' [edit: 'quality kills'...hey arent strike tags deprecated?]. That's something that's stuck in my mind, so I'll ask you folks this ( Read more... )

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eithnepdb January 25 2010, 16:36:18 UTC

Actually - the phrase is "quality kills" : )

A quality kill is one that is done with elegance, ingenuity or over the top "holy shit!" potential.

The most recent one I saw was in the season opener of "24". Bad guy, coming up a stairwell, glaces at the broken fire box above a door in front of him and from behind the wall comes Keifer Sutherland with a fire axe to the chest. Total quality kill!

quality, better than good ! gbcrush January 25 2010, 20:47:58 UTC

So noted and fixed :D

So, let me see if I get this from your perspective:

A betrayed Mr. White killing Mr. Orange at the end of reservoir dogs (and subsequently shot to death by the police), while 'spectacular' and possibly emotional comes in as a 'solid' moment, but not 'quality'...?

However, McManus, picking off 7 or so Argentines on the docks at the end of The Usual Suspects is elegant, and possibly holy shit (?). Likewise, dropping a toilet from the roof in The Boondock Saints is certifiably 'Holy Shit'...?

LOL, how did i do with your understanding?

(and I think, between you and Chris, I should start watching 24 :D)

kuzanagi_ January 26 2010, 14:59:02 UTC

Now this is relevant to my interests...

1.) Speed, accuracy, success depite overwhelming odds, creative methods of killing, display of overwhelming calm during procedure.

2.)

Jason Bourne - The Bourne Identity (Technically a kill, but the assailant becomes an hero)
Bourne fights another agent of the Treadstone programme. Using a ball point pen. Enemy agent self pwns in the face of overwhelming combat skill.

Jason Bourne - The Bourne Identity
Bourne disarms an assailant, dual wields pistols (one of which is upside down being fired with his little finger) and forcibly vacates the building using a downed enemies corpse to soften his fall down a huge stairwell.

Jason Bourne - The Bourne Supremacy (Technically not a kill, but a double KO ( ... )

gbcrush January 26 2010, 15:34:10 UTC

Hahaha.

I think I can understand with the two bourne identity ones. I've seen that one :D