3x3: walks away from explosions

Movies
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We describe our favorite examples of people walking away from explosions in movies at the 1:06 mark of the Qt3 Movie Podcast of The Lobster.

Tom Chick
3. Syriana
2. No Country for Old Men

  1. The Dark Knight

Dingus
3. Goldfinger
2. The Dark Knight

  1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Kelly Wand
3. Fair Game
2. No Country for Old Men

  1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

What are your favorite examples of characters walking away from explosions, and why did your choices make the list? Listen to the show and hear Kelly Wand read a bunch of listener submissions. Also, we hope you see The Lobster since it’s really good and really weird.

Send in your picks for next week’s topic (which is a very cool topic I’m super excited about) to [email protected].

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Does Mad Max count? He doesn’t technically “walk away” but I think it’s the first time I saw the hero do that in a movie.

3

Zorg in The Fifth Element.

4

I don’t see him walking!

5
  1. From Dusk Till Dawn
  2. Desperado
  3. Iron Man
6

The Rock, in The Rundown, was always my favorite. “BOOM-shakalaka!”

7

Chuck Yeager walking from the crash of his XF-104 in The Right Stuff.