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What really hits home?; crying at films
Topic Started: Jun 11 2006, 07:27 PM (791 Views)
QuirtEvans
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It's a Wonderful Life. Especially, the part where Jimmy Stewart is on the bridge, sobbing, "Let me live again! I want to live ...." And again at the end, when everyone is toasting George as the richest man in town.
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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jon-nyc
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The Hours.


(utterly fantastic film, by the way)
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dolmansaxlil
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sue
Jun 12 2006, 01:36 AM
I can't think of the name of the movie; but there's a young boy who is artificial, and starts feeling real emotion and love for his 'parents'. I don't remember the story exactly but I do remember crying and being really upset. I know I said I could never watch it again.


I'm guessing it was AI. I saw that one when I was pregnant with Liam, and I found it really upsetting as well. His one perfect day that he's allowed to have with his mother at the end was distressing.

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LWpianistin
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jon-nyc
Jun 12 2006, 02:12 AM
The Hours.


(utterly fantastic film, by the way)

good movie, but not cry-worthy in my book.
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sue
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dolmansaxlil
Jun 12 2006, 03:20 AM
sue
Jun 12 2006, 01:36 AM
I can't think of the name of the movie; but there's a young boy who is artificial, and starts feeling real emotion and love for his 'parents'. I don't remember the story exactly but I do remember crying and being really upset. I know I said I could never watch it again.


I'm guessing it was AI. I saw that one when I was pregnant with Liam, and I found it really upsetting as well. His one perfect day that he's allowed to have with his mother at the end was distressing.

Yes, that's what it was dol. I guess because I had a little boy, the movie hit all sorts of emotional buttons. I can still see the kid's (actor's) face in my mind. :huh:
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DivaDeb
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I can't name all the movies that have made me cry, and like apple, the Hallmark commercials get me too. One movie just about killed me though and that was Sophie's Choice. I didn't just cry during the movie. I cried off and on for several DAYS because I just couldn't shake the images out of my head.
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LWpianistin
Jun 11 2006, 10:57 PM
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Jun 11 2006, 07:56 PM
i cry over Hallmark commercials

my kids can not believe it..

ummm...I don't believe it, either!

:o

are you serious?

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Christopher T
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Mr. Holland's Opus seems to get me every time. Also, Good Will Hunting, the English Patient (if you haven't seen it, chop chop!!!), Beaches, The Hours, Philadelphia, Titanic (but I swear it was the music, not the film), and The Lion King (hey I'm 22 and still crying at that one). Probably more, but I can't think of them now.
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I cry at movies but only as an emotional release during happy, or at least positive, resolutions. The ending of It's a Wonderful Life, as mentioned by Quirt, is one example. Another one is the scene at the end of an Affair to Remember when Cary Grant sees the portrait of Deborah Kerr in her apartment. One more is the ending of Mr Holland's Opus as mentioned by Christopher. I cry not because of any special sensitivity but simply because I'm an emotional weakling.
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LWpianistin
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apple
Jun 12 2006, 06:07 AM
LWpianistin
Jun 11 2006, 10:57 PM
apple
Jun 11 2006, 07:56 PM
i cry over Hallmark commercials

my kids can not believe it..

ummm...I don't believe it, either!

:o

are you serious?

haha. No, I do believe you, but, wow. Commercials??

Actually, I cried after one commercial.

I saw it in England last Xmas. It was an anti-smoking ad. This guy had lung cancer, and was in a hospital bed, and was saying that he WAS going to get better enough to see his daughter for xmas. He really wanted to. Then the words came up: "Anthony died 10 days after filming this ad. He didn't get to see his daughter."

And then the anti-smoking thing came up. :(

edit: Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hySFt8O11A...g%20commercials
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Shammy
Jun 11 2006, 10:42 PM
Tomorrow my Logic and Reasoning class is going to watch Babette's Feast.  Luckily it is all females so we can cry together.  I had better stop for tissues in the morning. 

I'm using it as an example of introjection, denial,  and the personal dimension of logic and reasoning.  This class has come a long way in that they are able to "hear" both sides of an issue, identify fallacies, and support their claims without emotional hostility. 

On another side, not all of life is logical.  It is in those illogical moments of human kindness that we understand the true meaning of faith and unconditional love.


Wed's movie is Sophie's Choice.  More tissues.

Babette's Feast is one of the most beautiful and charming movies ever made. Enjoy it!!!

I don't recall it being a real tear jerker -- not in the lacrimonious league of Sophie's Choice (ugh! -- that's brutal!).

The class sounds really interesting!
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Oddly enough, my wife and I watched "Million Dollar Baby" last night. I'd bought the DVD a while ago and just hadn't got around to viewing it. It made me a little misty and my wife was weeping.

"Sophie's Choice" is the most unrelentingly depressing movie I have ever seen, but it didn't bring a tear to my eye. I tend to be more of a sucker for movies with some romantic element in them, such as the already mentioned "An Affair to Remember". Another movie that really touched me was "The Bread, My Sweet." One from quite a few years ago was "About Last Night" with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, I think because I really related to some of the movie situations. Another movie that jarred me was "Kiss of the Spider Woman."

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big al
Jun 12 2006, 11:31 AM
Oddly enough, my wife and I watched "Million Dollar Baby" last night.

Awesome!

What did it for me was "My Darling" :weeping:
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Add me to the list of those who cried at the end of The Lion King. As we were leaving the theater, I noticed one really old lady with tears streaming down her face -- I don't think this movie was meant just for children.

Others? Hmmmmm...

The scene in Peggy Sue Got Married where she goes back in time and gets the chance to visit her beloved grandmother again.

Classic tearjerker movie "Madame X" also gets me every time.

The Land Before Time - another cartoon ending that evokes tears

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An American Tale
The Land Before Time
The Green Mile
In America
The Hiding Place (almost)
Saving Private Ryan (almost)
Big Fish (almost)
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LWpianistin
Jun 12 2006, 07:28 AM
apple
Jun 12 2006, 06:07 AM
LWpianistin
Jun 11 2006, 10:57 PM
apple
Jun 11 2006, 07:56 PM
i cry over Hallmark commercials

my kids can not believe it..

ummm...I don't believe it, either!

:o

are you serious?

haha. No, I do believe you, but, wow. Commercials??

Actually, I cried after one commercial.

I saw it in England last Xmas. It was an anti-smoking ad. This guy had lung cancer, and was in a hospital bed, and was saying that he WAS going to get better enough to see his daughter for xmas. He really wanted to. Then the words came up: "Anthony died 10 days after filming this ad. He didn't get to see his daughter."

And then the anti-smoking thing came up. :(

edit: Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hySFt8O11A...g%20commercials

english smoking and speeding commercials are BRUTAL. we should do such stuff here too.

as for tear-jerker commercials, i do remember one from when i was a kid. it was a wet-eyed happy reaction. remember Peter coming home as a surprise early Christmas morning and the little sister found him first. (and then they made Folger's to wake up the rest of the house, of course.) it had a It's a Wonderful Life happy reunion feel to it.
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Christopher T
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Jun 12 2006, 11:44 AM
An American Tale
The Land Before Time
Big Fish

Those too.
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Being the animal that I am, 2 movies come to mind.

Old Yeller


Bless the Beasts and Children. (remember this one?)

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Kincaid
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Life is Beautiful with Alberto Benigni. My then 10-year-old or so daughter cried too and I was touched that she was sophisticated enough to understand what it would be like to lose a parent. Sniff!

Saving Private Ryan where Mrs. Ryan walks out the front door and then her legs give out and she collapses on the porch. (And she is only thinking she has lost ONE son!).

There was also some movie I saw on TV where some young mother was homeless and couldn't care for her child anymore (the kid was in grade school) so she arranged a pick up by child services and she went and hid behind a tree at a park and the kid was off in the distance playing on the equipment. The caseworker showed up and took the kid away. Our oldest daughter was about the same age and my wife and I just bawled.
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***musical princess***
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Well, i'm overtly emotional and cry at pretty much anything so i doubt my list saysmuch.

Saving Private Ryan (the WHOLE film)
The Pianist (when he plays the Chopin Ballade... i just weep continually)
Titantic (I agree... it's the music)
Dead Man Walking (when the parents of the girl who was raped and murdered are re-telling the story.... (side note - Death to all rapists and murderers -reinstate Corporal Punishment in England!!!)
Armaggedon (When Liv is touching the screen at the end when Brucey gives that little message to her and he has flash backs)
Pay It Forward (the stabbing scene)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Again, pretty much the whole film, especially when Kephalnoia gets attacked by the Germans and they hang that woman)
Pearl Habour (some of the scenes)

Gosh.. there are FAR to many to list... i wish i wasn't such a wuss. :P

(And LW- that ad got me too. All the cancer ones do. :( )

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kenny
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Speaking of commercials, I cry every time I go to the movies.

Not to mention the price of popcorn. :weeping:

Paying $10 to watch 25 minutes of commercials makes me break down every time. :weeping:
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Jun 12 2006, 01:48 PM
(when he plays the Chopin Ballade... i just weep continually)

When I play Chopin's Ballade, you'll cry, scream and pray for a quick death.
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Jun 12 2006, 10:44 AM
Saving Private Ryan (almost)

I didn't cry when I watched Saving Private Ryan. I think I was in too much emotional shock. It's quite a film.
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ivorythumper
Jun 12 2006, 09:53 PM
***musical princess***
Jun 12 2006, 01:48 PM
(when he plays the Chopin Ballade... i just weep continually)

When I play Chopin's Ballade, you'll cry, scream and pray for a quick death.

I thought that only happened when i played them.... :P

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kenny
Jun 12 2006, 04:51 PM
Speaking of commercials, I cry every time I go to the movies.

Not to mention the price of popcorn. :weeping:

Paying $10 to watch 25 minutes of commercials makes me break down every time. :weeping:

Pay 7 dollars and go to a matinee. Also, usually its 12-15 minutes of trailers (not commercials), and then 120+ minutes of movie. Not a bad deal.

Go bowling? Spend 15-20 bucks.

Go to a baseball game? Ditto.

A movie is a good deal....just eat beforehand. :P
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