So I was watching The Mighty (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/) again last night.
The first time I saw the film, I had a weekday off from work and went downtown to the Angelika (http://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/houston/default.asp). There were maybe six people in the auditorium for that showing. I sat way in the back, as I was feeling a bit self conscious about being there alone. I bawled my eyes out during the film, sitting even through the credits, sobbing away. I was the last person to leave, and an usher saw my state and commented, "Liked the movie, huh?"
I've seen the film a handful of times since. When I was watching it last night, I felt more distanced. Things struck me as being cornier than they had before. Dramatic moments felt a bit more forced than they used to. As the end of the film came near, I felt a little sad that I wasn't going to feel the emotional impact this time.
My fears were for naught: I started bawling, right on cue.
Does anyone else have a movie that gets them every single time you watch it?
The Color Purple.
I cry everytime Suge sings God is Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'. Especially when she goes up to her daddy, the preacher, and says "sinners have souls too."
The Color Purple.
I sob from the opening credits straight on through to til the screen fades to black.
The ending of Saving Private Ryan when Matt Damon's character is reflecting on his events duing the war, when he is crying turns to his wife and asks if hes lead a good life.. That part gets me evey time.
Gettysburg- Chamberlain's speech and the death of Armistead
Highlander- Heather's death
Finding Neverland- I sob from when the kid breaks his arm to the end
West Side Story- Natalie Wood may be the WORST Maria ever, but when she screams "Don't you touch him" and falls on Tony's body- oh!
I used to cry at Independence Day, when the president makes his speech. But I showed it from July 2 unti November, at least once a day, every day. I'm numb to it now.
I'm sure there's more.
Quote from: dazie on November 22, 2005, 10:29:05 AM
Gettysburg- Chamberlain's speech and the death of Armistead
Highlander- Heather's death
Finding Neverland- I sob from when the kid breaks his arm to the end
West Side Story- Natalie Wood may be the WORST Maria ever, but when she screams "Don't you touch him" and falls on Tony's body- oh!
I used to cry at Independence Day, when the president makes his speech. But I showed it from July 2 unti November, at least once a day, every day. I'm numb to it now.
I'm sure there's more.
your softer than a jumbo marshmellow.
Transformers the Movie - when Optimus Prime dies.
Quote from: dazie on November 22, 2005, 10:29:05 AM
Highlander- Heather's death
That scene milks the emotional hell out of that Queen song.
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 22, 2005, 10:31:32 AM
Quote from: dazie on November 22, 2005, 10:29:05 AM
Gettysburg- Chamberlain's speech and the death of Armistead
Highlander- Heather's death
Finding Neverland- I sob from when the kid breaks his arm to the end
West Side Story- Natalie Wood may be the WORST Maria ever, but when she screams "Don't you touch him" and falls on Tony's body- oh!
I used to cry at Independence Day, when the president makes his speech. But I showed it from July 2 unti November, at least once a day, every day. I'm numb to it now.
I'm sure there's more.
your softer than a jumbo marshmellow.
*grin* So bite me...
Quote from: Beefy on November 22, 2005, 10:38:28 AM
Quote from: dazie on November 22, 2005, 10:29:05 AM
Highlander- Heather's death
That scene milks the emotional hell out of that Queen song.
Yup. Just kills me every damn time.
It's not a movie, but EMHE reduces me to puddles.
Quote from: Gamplayerx on November 22, 2005, 10:44:27 AM
It's not a movie, but EMHE reduces me to puddles.
(http://us.st8.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/buyinprivate_1849_13531168)
Is that what Depends look like? Huh. Who knew?
Quote from: Bishamonten on November 22, 2005, 10:34:08 AM
Transformers the Movie - when Optimus Prime dies.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Rudy
Hoosiers
Behind the Green Door
It's all about the balls...
Quote from: hattmoward on November 22, 2005, 10:49:44 AM
I've never had any more than watery eyes from a movie. I isolate myself from movies like I isolate myself from people, dammit.
Just bottle it all up. Little bits of anger or rage or tears gets old and annoying. if you bottle it, you get good outbursts and thats more memorable and meaningful.
I Am Sam... I bawl during basically the whole movie. Oh and Sommersby.
Quote from: Infobahn on November 22, 2005, 10:52:04 AM
Rudy
Hoosiers
Behind the Green Door
It's all about the balls...
*lol*
this one
nsfw: http://www.showstudio.com//2005/11/16/kate_moss_400300.mov
I am surprised Brian's Song hasn't been mentioned.
Band of Brothers actually when the German field marshal was giving the last speech to his troops, saving private ryan (same scene as Mr U, though I also think his daughter are hot), im a big baby at pretty much all war movies
Steel Magnolias
Armegeddon (yeah, I know)
The Color Purple
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on November 22, 2005, 12:44:06 PM
Band of Brothers actually when the German field marshal was giving the last speech to his troops, saving private ryan (same scene as Mr U, though I also think his daughter are hot), im a big baby at pretty much all war movies
that was a damn good scene in band of brothers. didnt pay attention to the daughter hottness scale though. i was too turned on by the war :)
Quote from: Jessie on November 22, 2005, 12:45:22 PM
Steel Magnolias
Armegeddon (yeah, I know)
The Color Purple
arme- what the hell did you cry when he ate the animal crackers or what?
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 22, 2005, 01:03:22 PM
Quote from: Jessie on November 22, 2005, 12:45:22 PM
Steel Magnolias
Armegeddon (yeah, I know)
The Color Purple
arme- what the hell did you cry when he ate the animal crackers or what?
Oh man, that made me laugh. :)
I don't think there are any movies that get me, but for some reason I get too choked up to sing along with Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" or "Bobby and June" from the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind."
Quote from: Bennyhana on November 22, 2005, 01:12:31 PM
I don't think there are any movies that get me, but for some reason I get too choked up to sing along with Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" or "Bobby and June" from the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind."
Arms of an angel by sarah mclachlan gets me every time. makes me think about both my grandparents. *sigh*
Quote from: Bennyhana on November 22, 2005, 01:12:31 PM
I don't think there are any movies that get me, but for some reason I get too choked up to sing along with Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" or "Bobby and June" from the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind."
The Luckiest is one of the best songs ever written. It is beautiful.
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 22, 2005, 01:14:07 PM
Quote from: Bennyhana on November 22, 2005, 01:12:31 PM
I don't think there are any movies that get me, but for some reason I get too choked up to sing along with Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" or "Bobby and June" from the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind."
Arms of an angel by sarah mclachlan gets me every time. makes me think about both my grandparents. *sigh*
That makes me think about Nana, my surrogate grandma.
Quote from: Alice on November 22, 2005, 01:54:03 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 22, 2005, 01:14:07 PM
Quote from: Bennyhana on November 22, 2005, 01:12:31 PM
I don't think there are any movies that get me, but for some reason I get too choked up to sing along with Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" or "Bobby and June" from the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind."
Arms of an angel by sarah mclachlan gets me every time. makes me think about both my grandparents. *sigh*
That makes me think about Nana, my surrogate grandma.
group cry... group cry...
Quote from: Infobahn on November 22, 2005, 10:52:04 AM
Rudy
Hoosiers
Behind the Green Door
It's all about the balls...
Yeah, the part where he gets accepted to the university and again when he makes the sack at the end of the game. Both parts just fill me with emotion.
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I need to listen to that on the way home.
Quote from: Jessie on November 22, 2005, 02:47:59 PM
I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?
And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know
That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest
I need to listen to that on the way home.
I don't know that I've ever heard that. Dump anyone?
I'd offer to do it tonight, but I have to work tonight. Remind me over the weekend and I'll be happy to.
Quote from: Jessie on November 22, 2005, 03:45:09 PM
I'd offer to do it tonight, but I have to work tonight. Remind me over the weekend and I'll be happy to.
I'll try. My brain usually goes on hold then... *lol*
Beaches and Iron Giant
Quote from: sugar_grrl on November 22, 2005, 05:48:25 PM
Beaches and Iron Giant
OH! I forgot about that one. "Soooperman" :'(
god. way too many to list.
here's a partial list:
harvey - about 7 different scenes, including the bar speech where he talks about what he and harvey do, and how they make friends and what harvey means to people, and of course the scene where he tells vera that if harvey makes her so unhappy that he will do whatever she wants him to do. and then i cry again immediately when she freaks out and goes running back in there to make sure they haven't given him the shot.
you can't take it with you
it's a wonderful life, even including zillions of viewings - not the very end, but the moment when he first takes in all those people.
my life as a dog - lots.
heaven can wait (the warren beatty one), when he stops, turns, and looks at julie christie and says "wait - do i ... do i know you?" also, when he tells her that everything is going to be ok.
wings of desire - lots.
grapes of wrath (henry fonda's speech at the end, and the early scene where ma is looking at things from a box of mementos that she has to leave behind).
the unbearable lightness of being - i can't remember any of the rest of that film, in spite of having seen it several times, but the scene where they have to put the dog down and she says to her husband, about the dog, "i love him more than i love you" and then corrects that to "i love him better than i love you, because he has no expectations and i can never disappoint him". i cried in a way that i would describe as "nearly hysterical" when i first saw this in the theater. i have no idea how this movie ends.
to kill a mockingbird ("stand up, scout. your father's passing", and at the end, when she tells boo radley "it's ok. you can pet him") (of course, i also laugh uncontrollably the first time she shows up in the ham costume).
i cry at many films. lots and lots of films. not just sad ones.
Big Fish makes my eyes water a little. But in a good way.
I am watching it again now.
i should add
the right stuff
the dish
astronaut movies that don't include tom hanks make me weepy, because i'm old and all. you punks don't know what it was like, getting hauled out of bed to watch moon landings. get off my lawn.
Un Chien Andalou
Quote from: dc on November 22, 2005, 09:15:36 PM
Un Chien Andalou
That eye was all wet for completely different reasons.
Quote from: Jessie on November 22, 2005, 03:45:09 PM
I'd offer to do it tonight, but I have to work tonight. Remind me over the weekend and I'll be happy to.
did anyone upload it yet?
Call me extremely sappy of military crudlo, but also everytime the history channel has a proud WW II vet give a few descriptions and then start to tear up. I can't help it, I want to cry too. I like it because they are usually chubby, full of jowls and wearing those hats. Its always sort of depressing to see them compared to their younger GQ gentleman-soldier pictures.
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on November 25, 2005, 12:42:18 PM
Call me extremely sappy of military crudlo, but also everytime the history channel has a proud WW II vet give a few descriptions and then start to tear up. I can't help it, I want to cry too. I like it because they are usually chubby, full of jowls and wearing those hats. Its always sort of depressing to see them compared to their younger GQ gentleman-soldier pictures.
Same here.
Quote from: hattmoward on November 25, 2005, 01:35:41 PM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on November 25, 2005, 12:42:18 PM
Call me extremely sappy of military crudlo, but also everytime the history channel has a proud WW II vet give a few descriptions and then start to tear up. I can't help it, I want to cry too. I like it because they are usually chubby, full of jowls and wearing those hats. Its always sort of depressing to see them compared to their younger GQ gentleman-soldier pictures.
Same here.
Ditto. Expecially when i watch Band of brothers and before each episode, they have the actual guys the miniseries talkin about each episode before it plays, and when i see one of those guys get emotional, i know its about the loss or the suffering they went through and it makes me feel the same because the loss that they feel i could never imagine.
The best episode of Band of Brothers, and the one that affects me the most, is the "Why We Fight" episode, about finding the concentration camp.
Quote from: ignom on November 26, 2005, 02:17:45 AM
The best episode of Band of Brothers, and the one that affects me the most, is the "Why We Fight" episode, about finding the concentration camp.
i dont think anyone even with the most vivid imagination could understand anything of what those guys felt from that they saw, heard and smelt when they found it.
did anyone see Antwone Fisher? :'( in a proud way at the end.
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on November 27, 2005, 11:54:53 PM
did anyone see Antwone Fisher? :'( in a proud way at the end.
Yeah...I can see someone crying at the end of that one.
I think that the only time I cried was when Snoopy made his way home.
Quote from: cnamon on November 28, 2005, 08:29:09 AM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on November 27, 2005, 11:54:53 PM
did anyone see Antwone Fisher? :'( in a proud way at the end.
Yeah...I can see someone crying at the end of that one.
i heard in real life Denzel's chraracter was actually like 3 different Navy doctors.
The first time I saw The English Patient... I was a total wreck.
Quote from: Beefy on November 28, 2005, 12:13:54 PM
The first time I saw The English Patient... I was a total wreck.
OH I forgot about that one. Yup. I'm right there with you. Have you read the book?
I agree with Elaine from Seinfeld about The English Patient.
"Quit telling your stupid story about the stupid desert, and just die already! Die!!"
Quote from: ignom on November 28, 2005, 02:18:53 PM
I agree with Elaine from Seinfeld about The English Patient.
"Quit telling your stupid story about the stupid desert, and just die already! Die!!"
Elaine needed a good Danza slap about twice every episode. I cannot imagine a more self centered character, unless it was someone else from that show.
:-X
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: Beefy on November 28, 2005, 12:53:57 PM
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:29:38 PM
Have you read the book?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
::)
Go get the book. Read it. It's worth it!
get him the book on tap version, we cant assume that beefy can read. Audio the way to go. unless he had ADD or ADHD maybe even AC/DC
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 29, 2005, 08:57:27 AM
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: Beefy on November 28, 2005, 12:53:57 PM
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:29:38 PM
Have you read the book?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
::)
Go get the book. Read it. It's worth it!
get him the book on tap version, we cant assume that beefy can read. Audio the way to go. unless he had ADD or ADHD maybe even AC/DC
:rock:
Quote from: dazie on November 29, 2005, 09:19:53 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 29, 2005, 08:57:27 AM
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:57:51 PM
Quote from: Beefy on November 28, 2005, 12:53:57 PM
Quote from: dazie on November 28, 2005, 12:29:38 PM
Have you read the book?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
::)
Go get the book. Read it. It's worth it!
get him the book on tap version, we cant assume that beefy can read. Audio the way to go. unless he had ADD or ADHD maybe even AC/DC
:rock:
hey all you middle men, with your fancy clothes, and while your out there sittin on the fence, rock and roll aint no rhythum man, to me it makes good good sense.
What?
Quote from: ReBurn on November 29, 2005, 10:41:13 AM
What?
Blasphemer!!!!
thats the beginning line to AC/DC - Rock and Roll aint noise pollution.
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 29, 2005, 10:51:09 AM
Quote from: ReBurn on November 29, 2005, 10:41:13 AM
What?
Blasphemer!!!!
thats the beginning line to AC/DC - Rock and Roll aint noise pollution.
AC/DC hurts my ears.
Quote from: Jessie on November 29, 2005, 11:06:13 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 29, 2005, 11:00:36 AM
Quote from: Jessie on November 29, 2005, 10:54:07 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ubiquity on November 29, 2005, 10:51:09 AM
Quote from: ReBurn on November 29, 2005, 10:41:13 AM
What?
Blasphemer!!!!
thats the beginning line to AC/DC - Rock and Roll aint noise pollution.
AC/DC hurts my ears.
???WHAT???
I said AC/DC hurts my ears.
ya gotta type louder. i still cant hear u.