 I cried when I saw..., Curious to know what films have really provoked your emotions one way |
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 Jan 12 2007, 12:18 AM
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 omno-ahhhhhhh!  Group: Established Members Posts: 2,124 Joined: 20-June 04 From: London, England. Member No.: 1,174 Gender: Secret  |
I was thingink about this earlier: what films provoke me; draw me in so well that I feel an emotional attacemnt to the characters and or their plights? So I'm curious to know what films get to the rest of you? -which ones got you really rallied? What was it that got you there? You don;t have to go into uber detail, but I'd like to hear some specifics, so I can see if I felt the same about that (part/s) of a film for the same reasons. Also, so I can try and understand what about a film emotes someone, that didn't emote me.
One of my favorite films, and one that pretty much always make me weap is Leon. When, having disguised himself as an injured SWAT member, Leon walks towards the light (towards the beginning of the film, when Leon opens the door for Matilda and we see this from behind her knowing she is saved) and though I know Stansfield is right behind him with a gun I feel so much want in me at that moment that he makes it, then *flash*, and I know, and *sway* and Leon is really going down. This is where the tears stream. -------------------- A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour is one of the great solvents of democracy. It permits the ambiguities and contradictions of public life to be articulated in non-violent forms. It promotes diversity. It enables a multitude of discontents to be expressed in a myriad of spontaneous ways. It is an elixir of constitutional health. J. Sachs in Laugh It Off Promotions CC v SAB International (Finance) BV t/a SabMark International (Freedom of Expression Institute as Amicus Curiae) 2006 (1) SA 144 (CC)
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Jan 12 2007, 12:47 AM
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 Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
Though no actual crying takes place, manly welling up of the tear-ducts happened to me at the end of Big Fish, The Green Mile and Finding Neverland. And, to a lesser extent, American Beauty. SPOILER ALERT: In all of those films, it's that one of the characters dies, but it's never an entirely sad death. The guy in big fish is finally accepted by his son, and gets to turn into a nice big catfish. The woman in finding neverland finds neverland, Kevin Spacey has such a wonderfully content smile on his face, knowing his daughter is happy, and the green mile guy never wanted to live with his 'gift'. It's not too sad, it's just the right amount of sad
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Jan 12 2007, 02:47 PM
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 dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
I'm pathetic, I cry at anything - I was doing my washing up the other day and one of my flatmates was watching Home & Away, I've never watched it and I wasn't really even listening to it then but I started crying at it.
I have stupid tear ducts, I really wish that it took more to make me cry so that it feels special when I do. The ones that really, really make me cry are Big Fish and Garden State (when he comes back). -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2007, 06:34 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 1,767 Joined: 9-June 03 From: North Carolina Member No.: 374 Gender: Male |
Of Mice and Men.
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Jan 12 2007, 07:54 PM
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 Dirty Laundry Group: Established Members Posts: 3,191 Joined: 7-January 05 From: By London Member No.: 1,573 Gender: Female |
I don't really cry at films but when I watched The Pianist I was so almost crying. Schindler's List also puts me on the brink.
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Jan 12 2007, 10:01 PM
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 x.Faeries Do It Better.x Group: Established Members Posts: 174 Joined: 9-November 05 From: The Mad Hatters Tea Party Member No.: 2,101 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Novander @ Jan 12 2007, 12:47 AM)  Though no actual crying takes place, manly welling up of the tear-ducts happened to me at the end of Big Fish I couldn't agree more with Big Fish. It makes me cry everytime I see it. Also The Secret Garden and A Little Princess make me cry, just the way you can completely imagine what it's like to be the character and so you end up feeling emotions for them. -------------------- *~*Megsy*~* The Ickle Adoptee of Smiler Yarr! SMILE! :D You've Just Been SPANGLED!!! ***Ryn's leiutenant Spangler Yay!*** I'm Rad You're Rad - LETS HUG!!! You Don't Need The Sun To Make You Shine Her LiveJournal ~ & ~ Her Myspazz |
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Jan 14 2007, 05:03 PM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. Every god damn time.
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Jan 14 2007, 07:42 PM
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 Obsessive Group: Established Members Posts: 227 Joined: 29-March 06 From: UK Member No.: 2,292 Gender: Male |
I cried my eyes out when I watched a French film called La Huitieme Jour. So, so sad.
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Jan 17 2007, 02:40 PM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
I also cried when I watched An Inconvinient Truth- I'm not quite sure why, though. Perhaps dispair.
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Jan 20 2007, 04:05 PM
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Technically a giant, intellectual midget. Group: Established Members Posts: 4,319 Joined: 29-March 03 From: Enger-land Member No.: 197 Gender: Transgender |
The Green Mile made me sad...so do a few episodes of things I watch on TV...mostly when a main character I like dies...
Not quite on the same theme, but toward the end of The Amber Spyglass (the book by Phillip Pullman), I was welling up a little too... -------------------- He's a freak of nature, but we love him so.
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Jan 20 2007, 06:01 PM
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Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Sir_Psycho_Sexy @ Jan 20 2007, 04:05 PM) but toward the end of The Amber Spyglass (the book by Phillip Pullman), I was welling up a little too... Man, that got me both time I read it. If we're including books, then Audrey Niffenegger's The Time-Traveler's Wife had another wonderfully sad ending. -------------------- |
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Jan 20 2007, 11:47 PM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
I was supposed to cry at Pan's Labyrinth. I know I was. All the stone-hearted girls and boys who I am friends with wept buckets. All the mean old film critics did, too. But I didn't. It just didn't make me feel that sad. (although I nearly jumped out of my seat with adrenaline during the Mr. Pale chase scene).
Big Fish is hell of sad when the main character is struggling with tears to tell his dad the final story, but I am usually OK by the time the scene shifts. To some degree I try not to cry in movies--it makes me feel like the movie has won, or that I'm being manipulated. But that's my crazy brain talking. -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Jan 24 2007, 12:29 PM
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dream to make believe Group: Established Members Posts: 2,522 Joined: 12-January 04 From: England Member No.: 863 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Jan 20 2007, 11:47 PM) I was supposed to cry at Pan's Labyrinth. I know I was. I watched Amile on Monday and I felt the exactsame way... to the point I was thinking "something is wrong... why am I not crying? tearduct cancer?" I was kinda welling up, but not a tear was shed. -------------------- |
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Jan 24 2007, 02:01 PM
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 Candbrush Threepwood Group: Established Members Posts: 5,391 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Derby Member No.: 345 Gender: Female |
I normally don't cry at movies, but I cried when I watched Finding Neverland. I also told my sister she was dead inside because she didn't.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind made me well up a little when I watched it the second time. The first time I was rather too smooshed up against strangers to get very emotional about anything. -------------------- I love you in a way that is mystical and eternal and illegal in 20 states.
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Jan 25 2007, 09:13 AM
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 I'm an inefficient bear. Maul. Group: Established Members Posts: 1,968 Joined: 21-June 03 From: carlinville illinois Member No.: 408 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Sir_Psycho_Sexy @ Jan 20 2007, 10:05 AM) The Green Mile made me sad...so do a few episodes of things I watch on TV...mostly when a main character I like dies... Not quite on the same theme, but toward the end of The Amber Spyglass (the book by Phillip Pullman), I was welling up a little too... that book is really sad... i will aways wonder about how will is going to explain the panther that follws him around. that book started sad, and ended sad... i liked the golden compass better. thats not really a give away. the notebook makes my fiencee cry when he watches it... but most of these movies are right on track with what makes me cry. -------------------- ATTACK SLOTH! It's gonna get you... eventually. |
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Jan 27 2007, 12:37 AM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (elphaba2 @ Jan 20 2007, 11:47 PM) I was supposed to cry at Pan's Labyrinth. I know I was. All the stone-hearted girls and boys who I am friends with wept buckets. All the mean old film critics did, too. But I didn't. It just didn't make me feel that sad. (although I nearly jumped out of my seat with adrenaline during the Mr. Pale chase scene). That is when I cried. There is now a list of things I hate, due to that character. It includes: The sink in Wytu's bathroom as the taps and plug make the same face Jesus statues- the one with his hands showing the holes from the nails, facing upwards (The Jesus statue had me running away down the street with Wytu following in tears of laughter. He couldn't quite believe I was THAT scared of Jesus.) -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Jan 30 2007, 08:15 AM
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 Shut up, noob! Group: Established Members Posts: 5,760 Joined: 7-June 03 From: The Dina, No Flo Member No.: 367 Gender: Male |
I cry whenever I watch The Passion of the Christ and Chasing Amy. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm certain there are more out there that have made me shed some tears.
EDIT: I got choked up during one scene in SLC Punk. I won't spoil it, but if you've seen it you can probably figure it out. -------------------- With every breath...and all that I am...I will make a stand...until the end. |
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Feb 5 2007, 06:47 PM
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 Super advanced member Group: Established Members Posts: 87 Joined: 22-November 06 From: W.Mids, UK Member No.: 2,935 Gender: Female |
I cry all the time at films and books and music and pretty much anything else...ones that really get me going are The Notebook, Gladiator, Love Actually (kinda unusal, I guess, but the funeral...and then the soppy bits...) and, although I haven't seen it I know it will, The Deer Hunter...I'm such an emotional person *shakes head*
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Feb 12 2007, 05:29 PM
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LOL, I use to cry at like every movie or show I saw (excluding crazy comedies).
I dunno. The most recent I can think of is...Requiem for a Dream. (I almost mad it through, but that last chilling scene, I just couldn't hold it in any longer! LOL! My friend cries at movies a lot too, but mainly when I show her the many movies in which Jared Leto dies in! LOL! -------------------- I cOuLd ReaLLy GiVe A fLyInG f*cK aBoUt HeAt, HoT, tHiS, nOt.
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Feb 20 2007, 05:20 AM
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 living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
I cry at lots of stuff, and I just got back from the cinema (I feel so sophisticated saying that) after seeing Bridge to Terabithia. OK, spoilers now...
I actually went to this movie knowing that a. it was depressing and b. the little girl dies. So I was pretty sure I was gonna cry. I didn't see it coming, and then it happened, and I was wondering why I wasn't crying... and then the little dog he gave her jumps up against the window when they go to her parents' house, and then I cried, and cried some more, and then some more. And then on and off again during the rest of the movie, which was probably 20 min. So sad.  The people that I saw it with said it was too depressing to redeem itself. Don't know about that, but yeah, depressing.
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Feb 20 2007, 10:25 PM
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 Super Cool Group: Established Members Posts: 609 Joined: 6-April 05 From: That one country over there--> Member No.: 1,734 Gender: Female |
I don't usually cry at movies (I think it's something to do with the fact that I'm usually with lots of other people, and I don't like to cry around other people), but lots of books make me cry. Notably and recently, Of Mice and Men, The Amber Spyglass, and Stranger In a Strange Land. I have read that last one a total of four times, and every single time it has made me cry.
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Feb 21 2007, 03:23 PM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Apollyon @ Feb 20 2007, 10:25 PM) I don't usually cry at movies (I think it's something to do with the fact that I'm usually with lots of other people, and I don't like to cry around other people), but lots of books make me cry. Notably and recently, Of Mice and Men, The Amber Spyglass, and Stranger In a Strange Land. I have read that last one a total of four times, and every single time it has made me cry. I cry every time I read 1984. The feeling of dispair you get after reading it is so intense and you just feel like there is NOTHING you can do about anything. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Feb 21 2007, 04:27 PM
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 Carcinogenic Donkey Group: Established Members Posts: 249 Joined: 21-February 05 Member No.: 1,656 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Daria @ Feb 21 2007, 03:23 PM) QUOTE (Apollyon @ Feb 20 2007, 10:25 PM) I don't usually cry at movies (I think it's something to do with the fact that I'm usually with lots of other people, and I don't like to cry around other people), but lots of books make me cry. Notably and recently, Of Mice and Men, The Amber Spyglass, and Stranger In a Strange Land. I have read that last one a total of four times, and every single time it has made me cry. I cry every time I read 1984. The feeling of dispair you get after reading it is so intense and you just feel like there is NOTHING you can do about anything. You know, although I'm far too manly to cry at that, I am overwhelmed with dispair. I'd forgotten about that. Very good book. Oh, and the other night, I nearly cried after reading Der Vorleser, but I sucked it up. As for films, I know I've cried at some when I was younger. Will get back to y'all. -------------------- JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) - In response to Israel's denial of water to the West Bank, HAMAS released three cheetahs in West Jerusalem, where they went on a killing spree, mauling four Jews and injuring thirteen. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Following a cheetah attack on West Jerusalem perpetrated by the majority HAMAS party, the Israeli Air Force retaliated by detonating twenty kiloton nuclear devices over Gaza City, Jenin, Nablus, Rafah, and Ramallah. ASHDOD, Israel (AP) - As a result of the atomic bombings of five Palestinian cities, a 50-foot tall reptile has woken from its million-year slumber in the Mediterranean Sea. The monster has made landfall at Ashdod and obliterated the city. Eyewitnesses report that the monster left the destroyed city heading southeast. |
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Feb 21 2007, 06:30 PM
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living in your basement, eating your candy hearts Group: Established Members Posts: 3,418 Joined: 23-February 04 From: cloud cuckoo land Member No.: 959 Gender: Female |
Despair! Despair! I wasn't going to correct it, but Wytu got it wrong, and now I'm worried. What have you done to him, Daria?
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Feb 21 2007, 06:33 PM
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Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Feb 21 2007, 06:30 PM) Despair! Despair! I wasn't going to correct it, but Wytu got it wrong, and now I'm worried. What have you done to him, Daria? /spam I gon made him fick! 
-------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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