#57 Name a movie character whose death was so unexpected and upsetting that it left you with an emotional hangover for minutes, hours, or even days after the movie ended.
We spent our last fight discussing intriguing houses and the characters who dwelt in them. It turns out most of us were perfectly fine with Tom Cruise’s secret cabin in the woods. Maggie called it, and in doing so earned the right to ask:
Name a movie character whose death was so unexpected and upsetting that it left you with an emotional hangover for minutes, hours, or even days after the movie ended.
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Well, this death wasn't unexpected at all—it's a necessary set-up for the romcom that follows—but even though I knew it was coming, the cut from Bob and his wife dancing at a fancy ball to her covered with blood being rushed through the corridors of a hospital in "Return to Me" still devastated me and set high emotional stakes for the comedy to come. The filmmakers had such a short time to establish this couple and their happy marriage, yet her loss had to cause enough of an emotional hangover that you'd understand why Bob would freak out when he discovered just who had his dead wife's heart. That scene where the dog won't eat until his mistress comes home and Bob of course can't make him understand that she's never coming home and then crumples up crying and blood-covered by the front door ... that's heavy stuff to start your sweet romance with, and it leaves a mark.
Marie in Bourne Supremacy