Movies that made you tear up or cry like a baby by Gorramreavers

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Movies that made you tear up or cry like a baby

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:39 AM

Saw a similar thread over at SA. Made me think of Firefly cause the scene in the first episode where Simon is talking to the crew about his sister makes me well up. The end of Out of Gas does the same.

The Green Mile makes me cry like a baby when they have to 'do the deed'.

Alot of people mentioned 'What Dreams May Come' with Robin Williams. Never seen it..want to rent it now.

Im a guy but I am also a big sap. The things that are important in my life are based on emotion (such as love and relationships with family/friends)..so yeah, I like sappy movies.

So what movie(s) do it to you?

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:41 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

Maybe it was because I'd just gotten engaged, but I think it was that Nick Cage movie "Family Man" (was that the title...came out a few Xmases ago) and I just started tearing up at the end.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:41 AM

HERO

The last one that really got me was WE WERE SOLDIERS.

Not so much crying like a baby, more like crying like my old man.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:45 AM

PURPLEBELLY

Monster. I started crying before the opening credits. Well, at end of the first sentence. And that was because I knew how it was going to end - how's that for positive spoilers?

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:03 AM

EST120

the end of saving private ryan. when the elderly ryan asks his wife if he is a good man. gets me every time.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:36 AM

BADGERSHAT

E.T.

Saw it when it was first released in theaters. Became absolutely hysterical, to the point where grown men stopped as they were leaving at the end to try to comfort me.

Mom bought it for me on video when they released it in 1990. Turned it on, barely got to the end.

Can't watch it.
Haven't been able to watch it in many many years.

Got into a big argument with a girl I was dating, when they re-released it back in 2002 in theaters, because she wanted me to go see it with her.

Cannot watch that movie. Absolutely kills me.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:43 AM

SHINYSEVEN

Casablanca--when Rick backs up Laszlo about playing La Marseillaise and Yvonne shouts "Vive La France!"

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:53 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Any Futurama fans here?...I have never seen the episode but at the other forum alot of people brought up an epi called 'Jurassic Bark'.

Everyone said they couldnt believe a funny cartoon could get so emotional. Anyone that has ever owned a dog knows it has to come to an end..but it doesnt make it any easier to deal.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:13 AM

CONNORFLYNN

"Powder"

Theres a scene that gets me every time, when Powder is relaying the Sheriff's dying wife's words to the Sheriff. Too much..I'm tellin ya.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:20 AM

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

ET, FIELD OF DREAMS, MY LIFE, GOOD WILL HUNTING, AND THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST JUST TO NAME A FEW............YEAH I SAID ET!

"Hamsters is nice."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:26 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Yeah..the 'not your fault' scene in Good Will Hunting gets me too.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:35 AM

STATIC

Any movie with Adam Sandler or Rob Schnieder makes me weep. . .but that's mostly due to the idea that those guys, being the two most UNFUNNY F**KS in the 'Verse are still making money.

Truthfully. . .

"We Were Soldiers"

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:54 AM

MOHRSTOUTBEARD

"I'm glad you're here with me, Sam. Here at the end of all things."

Actually, a lot of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy made me weepy. (But a manly type of weeping reserved for commandos, secret agents, ninjas, and the like.)

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:57 AM

BEATLE

'Old Yeller'
and
'My Life'

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:57 AM

JADEHAND

Surprisingly, there are a lot of these.
Out of gas, and Green Mile will do it.
Good Will Hunting and Powder too.
Recently, and this may sound odd but, The Last Samurai. "Perfect....They are all Perfect."
One of my favourites, because I can at different times identify with both of the main characters, Don Juan DeMarco.
Really too many to name. But I'll go ahead and predict Serenity will be on the list.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:59 AM

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

The Green Mile was the first film to ever make me cry.

There's been a few others but the only other one I can remember offhand is Return of the King when Sam thinks Frodo is dead and does his "don't leave me alone here, don't go where I can't follow" bit. Gets me every time.

Hell of a lot of Buffy gets to me too.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:00 AM

THEGREYJEDI

The end of Return of King were everyone shows up at Frodo's bedside, and Frodo sees his dear friend is actually still alive, just music, no words. Very moving scene. No tears, but a little misting.

We Were Soldiers, What Dreams May Come, AI, Saving Private Ryan. The first time I saw Gladiator in theatres, the end was a pretty powerful scene, honoring the dead, the scene with his family in Elysium. A powerful scene. Music helped.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:00 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

"Serenity will be on the list."

I agree :)

Has anyone seen the movie Iron Giant?
I am hearing really good stuff about the emotional ending on this one.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:13 AM

BARCLAY

The opening of Serenity, when I realize I'm sitting in a theatre actually watching it.

Return of the King "My friends, you bow to no one." And then the kingdom of Gondor kneels for the Hobbits...

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:16 AM

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

yes the ending of the iron giant is weepy and the whole film is wonderful.i was one of the few who actually saw this in theatres--its a wonderful film.vin diesels best work.

"Hamsters is nice."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:17 AM

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

yes the ending of the iron giant is weepy and the whole film is wonderful.i was one of the few who actually saw this in theatres--its a wonderful film.vin diesels best work.

and yes when i see serenity in theatres i too will cry.

and anytime allyson hannigan cries(especially in btvs-the body--emma caulfield too) i cry with her.

"Hamsters is nice."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:37 AM

MALICIOUS

It's a Wonderful Life. 'Nuff said. I bawl like an itty bitty baby. At then end, I am sobbing. Every stinkin' time.

Mal-licious

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:59 AM

DARKJESTER

Believe it or not, first time I ever cried in the theatre was watching "Ghost", the scene with the penny. Another one no-one has mentioned is "Deep Impact", where the parents give their baby to their teenage daughter and her husband to save while they stay behind to die. "What Dreams May Come" left me a bit misty at the end, but smiling nonetheless. And the score for "The Crow" still sends shivers up my spine, poignant and powerful.

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:17 PM

SHEALYNN88

Let me just preface this with...there are LOTS of good movies (and shows) that DON'T make me cry. And I really appreciate that, too. Some movies make you cry and you HATE them for it, because it is so hollywoodized. I'm trying to think of the Keanu Reeves movie about the baseball team...shoot, can't remember. Anyhow, that's a "I HATE that movie for pulling that cheap trick and making me cry" kinda thing.

But, for the good cry kind of movies...I think the worst was Sommersby, with Jodie Foster. OMG, I BAWLED!! On a happier note, I tear up every time I watch "Going My Way," with Bing Crosby. So worth seeing if you haven't. I'm one of those that crys at the end of E.T. I think the last time I saw it I was able to keep it down to a short sniffle, but it was still there. Dances With Wolves is one of those 'I never got through it, it was so cry-worthy.' I have never seen the very end, and have no real desire to. What a depressing movie!

On the up side, the best non-crying, but very touching and uplifting movie I've ever seen was "Uncorked" with Minnie Driver.

Shealynn

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:21 PM

ZOID

I'm with 'Lish on this one: It's A Wonderful Life was the first movie that actually made me cry (oddly, not until I was in my mid-20s, though I'd watched it every year since childhood). When Uncle Billy's squirrel climbs his sleeve as if to console him, on the bridge when it starts snowing again and the final scene.

After I broke down for that movie, however, it's been 'Katie bar the door' ever since. Now just about everything makes me cry, unless it's just ridiculously maudlin, in which case it makes me laugh uncontrollably.

Y'all hadn't mentioned "Forrest Gump" yet, and that's got 2 or 3 really good weeping jags in it.

For PurpleBelly:

"Animal House" always makes me cry. Kevin Bacon's tearful, "Thank you, sir! May I have another?" is very reminiscent of, and provides a powerful counterpoint to Dickens' Oliver Twist, as he heart-rendingly asks "Please, sir, I want some more" at the orphanage. I often wonder if Landis wasn't paying homage to Dickens' with that scene. "What are your thoughts, Hobson?"

(Name that tear-jerking movie for spurious prizes and unimaginably faux cash! NB: It doesn't google, even if you know the name of the movie, so cheaters will not prosper)

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:03 PM

PURPLEBELLY

"What are your thoughts on that, Hobson?" (Dudley Moore, "Arthur")
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Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:21 PM

PURPLEBELLY

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
"Animal House" always makes me cry.

I like to imagine D-Day's career, and I mean career, through the FBI before running the gang-bust in Collateral.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:27 PM

ZOID

PurpleBelly:

Spurious and faux, en route to you, even as we speak! Just keep an eye out your front window for the delivery van! You must be present for the prizes to be awarded (and do try to wear something appropriate for the holiday television audience; perhaps a Santa suit).

The line, delivered by the late Dudley Moore, from one of the best scenes in 'Arthur':
Arthur: Oh, stay with me Hobson. You know I hate to be alone.
Hobson: Yes, bathing is a very lonely business.
Arthur: Except for fish.
Hobson: Pardon? Did you say "except for fish"?
Arthur: Yes... Fish all bathe together. Though they do tend to eat one another. I often think: Fish must get awfully tired of sea food. What are your thoughts, Hobson?

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When Hobson dies, Arthur realizes he has just lost his 'father'. Very poignant.

Cinematically,

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:35 PM

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Quote:
Gorramreavers wrote:
Thursday, December 16, 2004 08:53
Any Futurama fans here?...I have never seen the episode but at the other forum alot of people brought up an epi called 'Jurassic Bark'.

Everyone said they couldnt believe a funny cartoon could get so emotional. Anyone that has ever owned a dog knows it has to come to an end..but it doesnt make it any easier to deal.

Man...i balled for like,days it seems...even when i think about poor Seymore waiting for Fry to come back,holding quiet vigil in front of the pizza parlor,only to die waiting...Fry thought Seymore had a good long life,when he had a sad empty life alone. gets me every time.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:15 PM

ARAWAEN

Cyrano de Bergerac and A.I. for me.

Knowledge is sorrow; they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
-- Byron

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:32 PM

SGTGUMP

Quote:
Originally posted by est120:
the end of saving private ryan. when the elderly ryan asks his wife if he is a good man. gets me every time.

Me too. Every time that old man stands up and salutes the grave, I just can't stop it. I know its coming, I’ve seen it a dozen times. I think it's harder now that I have a friend who is buried at that cemetery.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 6:42 PM

MONTANAGIRL

It's not a movie, but the last B5 after JMS turns off the lights and everyone leaves and then they blow up the station makes me lose it every time. Normal people watch things like 'Steel Magnolias' when they want a good cry, I watch Babylon 5.

Also, I have to concur with all the 'Return of the King' references. It started with "Rosie Cotton dancin'," continued at "...here at the end of all things," got really bad at the unspoken look exchanged between Frodo and Sam in Ithilien, and reemerged at Frodo's departure at the Grey Havens. An excellent movie on so many counts.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:06 PM

JADEHAND

Ok, I thought of a couple of more wierd ones that tend to have that effect: The Fifth Element (ending, beam o light) and American History X ( I saw this in the theatre once , bought it when it came out on VHS and let it sit on a shelf for years before I could watch it again.)
Also agree with the Crow Music post, being a big big fan of the original graphic novel. added emotion. I always liked the little off topic quotes in the books, added flavor. One of my favourites: " There was a man, Playing the violin, and the strings, were the veins in his own arm."

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:16 PM

MONTANAGIRL

I can't believe I forgot 'Life Is Beautiful.' I saw it in the theater and still have not been able to watch it again.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:52 PM

BEATLE

Quote:
Originally posted by BlueSunCorporategoon:
Quote:
Gorramreavers wrote:
Thursday, December 16, 2004 08:53
Any Futurama fans here?...I have never seen the episode but at the other forum alot of people brought up an epi called 'Jurassic Bark'.

Everyone said they couldnt believe a funny cartoon could get so emotional. Anyone that has ever owned a dog knows it has to come to an end..but it doesnt make it any easier to deal.

Man...i balled for like,days it seems...even when i think about poor Seymore waiting for Fry to come back,holding quiet vigil in front of the pizza parlor,only to die waiting...Fry thought Seymore had a good long life,when he had a sad empty life alone. gets me every time.

Did you have to bring that one up?
I felt so bad for the dog. Whenever I see that episode I hug my dog.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:09 PM

SERGEANTX

Not exactly a movie, but did many of you see the last episode of Quantum Leap?

Amazing stuff. When Sam realizes he could save Al's first marriage and goes back to tell his wife he's still alive. I get choked up thinking about it even... and then the closing fade to black with "Sam Beckett never made it home" or something like that. Jeezz.. powerful.

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:12 PM

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Ok, I'm a major dork for these two, but I always cry when Artax dies in "The Neverending Story" and when they take the little bunny's birthday coin his parents saved all year for in Disney's "Robin Hood". MEAN mean Sheriff!

I also bawl like a child thru the entire movie of "Radio Flyer" about the abused little boys. (incidentally, the abuser is Adam Baldwin...hmmm)

Through the last 45 min. of "Hamburger Hill", especially when the planes are killing their own men and they are waving their arms and trying to call them off. The futility of it and the hopelessness get me every time.

And, of course, when Satine dies in Moulin Rouge (My ABSOLUTE favorite movie of all time)

P.s. My hubby cried during Iron Giant too

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Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:11 PM

MINIME

Makes me girly, but - Little Women.
Also, inevitably, the Buffy ep 'As you were' from season 6 when Riley comes back to visit.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 12:24 AM

ALIENZOOKEEPER

Quote:
Originally posted by shinyseven:
Casablanca--when Rick backs up Laszlo about playing La Marseillaise and Yvonne shouts "Vive La France!"

Yeah. Lazlo wants the band to play La Marseillaise in response to what the Germans are singing (dunno the song, but the phrase 'wacht am Rhein' means it was provocative), they look to their boss, who nods. Understated and very kewl!

"Boss, you've done a beautiful Thing!" Excellent Movie!

Me, I cry a *lot* at movies. Even a couple of places in Cellular, for instance. Not so much in Sky Captain, except for the way they butchered the whole concept... Grr, Yargh!

The scene in Galaxy Quest where Alan rickman tells the dying alien 'You will be avenged!"

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Friday, December 17, 2004 3:56 AM

IAMZOE

"Also, inevitably, the Buffy ep 'As you were' from season 6 when Riley comes back to visit."

I’m glad someone mentioned a Buffy episode… it’s pretty impressive when a TV show makes you cry, since it gets less time and no silence and popcorn to help (unless you’re being strict with family / flatmates).
One I might mention, because it was kind of strange, is the film ‘Goodbye Lenin’. I saw that with three friends: two of us thought it was the saddest film ever, and the other two were in hysterics all the way through and thought it was the funniest film ever. Either way, we all thought it was brilliant, but it was weird to get such different reactions.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 4:36 AM

STILLSHINY

I know it's not a movie but, The last episode of Angel

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when Wesley dies...

Episode 100 of Angel

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when he looks up & Cordy is gone & he realizes she never was there

and the latest installment of LOST

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I had a serious inner argument that was quite verbal when I thought Charlie was gone

as for movies

My Life, Return of the King, Dead Poets Society, With Honors, Swing Kids, & believe it or not.....The Truman show & Bruce Almighty.

That's what I can recall for now.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 6:12 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

As for Buffy episodes...the 3 I can think of off hand:

Passion: Ms. Calender dies...but when Buffy has to punch Giles at the end and then breaks down...sheesh.

The Body: Joyce is gone and you feel numb. Great job by Joss to have no music in the episode. Music is a great way to get emotion but this really worked. When Anya has her lil breakdown...that will make me well up.

The Gift: Buffy dies. The reaction from the gang is what gets me...mostly Spike.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Friday, December 17, 2004 6:27 AM

CYBERSNARK

I'll echo whoever named Return of the King, with all of Gondor bowing to the Hobbits.

Also Bicentennial Man. To have come so far, and die together.

And (in animé), InuYasha, after he slaughters Gatenmaru's army and their hostages alike, and Kagome walks in on his hysterical hand-washing "Lady Macbeth" scene. Then he realizes she's watching, and gets all defensive and says he doesn't care, and she throws his own catchphrase back in his face ("Don't kid yourself.") and just hugs him.

And that one ep of Buffy (I suck at titles), just after Spike gets his soul back, and he's insane and confesses everything to Buffy, then hangs himself on a cross (to try to burn the pain away).

And a couple of times in Deep Space Nine, after the Feds retake the station during the Dominion War. Damar has just murdered Ziyal, and we see the proud, unbending, wickedly calculating Gul Dukat. . . broken. Just senile and delusional as Sisko visits him in his cell, not as an enemy, but as a sympathetic father. I'm way to young to have kids, but the look between Sisko and Dukat tells me exactly how much it hurts to lose one. Then in the last episode, after Damar sacrifices himself to free Cardassia.

Especially impressive when you realize that Damar's gone from the guy who murdered an angel to a hero himself.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 6:32 AM

SHINYSEVEN

My weepy Buffy moment in "The Prom" is the one-two pitch of Buffy walking through the aisle (echoing Angel's dream of their their wedding) to receive the Class Protector parasol (from Jonathan!) and realizes that even the people who were really mean to her appreciate her. And then Angel showing up after all, and dancing together to the weepy classic "Wild Horses."

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Friday, December 17, 2004 6:34 AM

BUCKAROO

Iron Giant, every time. Saw it multiple times while it was still in the theater - it blew me away. Best American traditionally-animated (OK, so there *was* some CG) film in the last 50 years.

Two David Lynch films: The Elephant Man (which I've sworn never to watch again) and The Straight Story (which I've sworn to watch as many times as possible.)

Gandalf's speech to Pippin in ROTK about the Undying Lands busts me up.

The bit in Galaxy Quest where Tim Allen has to explain to the Thermian strapped to the table that he's not who the guy thinks he is is tough to watch without the rivers a' flowin'. (What's that actor's name? He's really good...) Crazy, that a silly comedy should affect me so... it's a better Star Trek movie than most Star Trek movies.

Lots o' Buffy

Roy Baty's death scene in Blade Runner kills me.

That scene in Empire of the Sun when the P-51's are strafing the camp, and Jim, standing on a roof, comes eye-to-eye with the pilot. Don't know why that breaks open the floodgates.

Guess I'm just weird that way.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 6:58 AM

BADGERSHAT

Not a movie, or, strictly speaking, TV...

... but has anyone ever seen the video for "Angel's Son" by the band Strait Up?

If you don't know the story--

Back in about 1998, James Lynn Strait, lead singer of the poorly named metal band Snot was driving with his dog, Dobbs, and both were killed in an accident.

Strait's friends, lots of them, LOTS of them, recorded a tribute CD to him, under the name Strait Up, and one song in particular, "Angel's Son," is quite possibly the single most emotional 4 minutes I've ever witnessed... I'm literally tearing up as I type this, thinking about it.

Basically, it starts off mid-afternoon on the beach, with a group of musicians (a few guys from Strait's band, the singer from Sevendust, etc) siting on the sand, playing the opening of the song. The day progesses, as more and more musicians, and Strait's mother, all start gathering around, building a bonfire, laughing, drinking, hugging, etc.

Meanwhile, a ghostly, blurred, shimmering image of Strait is walking around the crowd, touching their shoulders, pressing his fist to their fists, putting his arms around his mother.

And the scene that finally breaks me completely... the very last shot, the ghostly image of Strait, joined by the ghostly image of Dobbs, chasing a ball, then the two of them walking away down the beach into the night.

Haven't seen the video in a while, and given the fact that my heart currently resides on my right bicep, that might be a good thing...

Regardless of your musical taste, if seeing this video doesn't make you cry, you should have your programmers update your emotion module immedately.

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Friday, December 17, 2004 7:39 AM

SLAYER730

Wow - apparently the LotR series of movies gets a lot of people. The part that makes me cry the most is when Sam swims out into the lake to go with Frodo even though he can't swim. The sheer raw emotion of how deep their friendship runs really got me weepin' (and Sam's my favorite).

Also in Evita during all of the song "You Must Love Me" while Eva is dying in the hospital. I love the original musical and I thought this song was an amazing and emotional addition to the movie.

And I too cried at the last episode of Angel. Partially because of what happened ("Do you want me to lie to you now?") and partially because I knew it was the end of Whedon television as we know and love it.

***Never judge a book by its movie***

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Friday, December 17, 2004 7:46 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Wow..Jefé The Hat

That sounds like a great video. I hope I can catch that.

"..it is my very favorite gun."

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Friday, December 17, 2004 8:10 AM

RADHIL

There are many movies that get me to teary and eyes overflowing. Not many get past that, because I'm a ruthless bastard about holding it in once it gets that far. I sat next to a guy who was openly sobbing (I don't mean sniffles - I mean train wreck) well before it even got to the Emotional Bits when Return of the King was in theatres, and I've sworn never to get to that level of shame.

And after all, if a movie does get that far with me - I'm enjoying it. It's a knife-edge balance, and I love every minute. There's nothing like a story that destroys you, whether its with pain or with joy.

Speech over, list on.

Moulin Rouge. I'm a guy and I think it's the best chick flick ever made. At least five seperate spots in the film get me, and get me good, and from completely different angles. I love it. No shame.

Iron Giant, when he says that last word. You guys know it.

Shawshank. Can never help laughing like mad at parts (from "Am I blind??" to Book of Exodus), and can never help tearing Red finally sees his way out.

Green Mile. The books were better, and the movie was still killer. That's a testament to the worth of the book, by the way (I am very much a King worshipper). When Coffey faces the end of his Mile, and when you see the length of Paul's...

Truman Show. This one echoes to me in so many ways I can't help it.

Return of the King. 30 minutes of pure perfection at the end there, starting at about "For Frodo." And any number of classic moments from earlier in all the films.

Matrix. Trinity whispering to Neo as the world falls apart. Love or hate the sequels, nothing can ruin that moment for me.

Contact. The final message from one species to another soul, summing up the entire movie so well. This movie started my worship of Jodie Foster as well.

There are probably many many more - this might as well be my favorite movie list. There are also more that I'm sure I haven't seen yet (I pass on most war movies, so still have not seen Saving Private Ryan, and there are old classics I've yet to see)

Many TV shows that do it too - Firefly gets reeeaall close but not quite. What does do it is Buffy - just about every ultra-classic episode (Passion, Becoming, The Prom (YES to whoever mentioned Wild Horses), The Body, The Gift, Grave). Every great John/Aeryn moment in Farscape. The end of Babylon 5, the last ten minutes in particular, really get me, and the final shot of the station and the closing monologue put me out of comission for a good hour.

Radhil Trebors
Persona Under Construction

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Friday, December 17, 2004 8:28 AM

MSSAM

No one has brought up "Titanic" yet?? Too commercial, or what? Having had an interest in all things Titanic for years before the movie, I couldn't wait to go see it... then had to sit hiding my head in my hands as the theatre emptied at the end because I couldn't control myself enough to stop crying. Man... So much was lost so tragically. Could've been emotional since it was based on true events - could've been hormonal 'cuz I was pregnant at the time.

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