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Post by Crowfan on Jan 31, 2006 19:37:16 GMT -5
I still cry at "Old Yeller" and "Shindler's List" was another one that made me cry.
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Post by Unsavory on Jan 31, 2006 20:55:41 GMT -5
One more for me. Everytime I see the end of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, when they let Kenny into Heaven, I sorta choke up. Yes, I have seen a therapist, but this didn't come up. Ha. Awesome. Have you ever seen the episode Kenny Dies? It's legitimately sad and has gotten to me. It's not a movie so I didn't bring it up before.
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Post by Gorphax on Jan 31, 2006 23:31:23 GMT -5
Dancer in the Dark Magnolia (when Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives the elderly, bed-ridden Earl Patridge those drops of liquid morphine, and kisses him on the forehead while crying...geez) Paris, Texas (when Mother and Son finally reunite in a hotel room) Million Dollar Baby I remember perpetuallly being on the verge of crying during The Grapes of Wrath
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Feb 1, 2006 0:28:00 GMT -5
I hate to cry, but I pretty much always do at sad movies. Really it's not so much the sad thing happening that makes me cry, as it is the other characters reacting to the sad thing. If somebody cries in a movie, I cry too. I just can't help myself. I think the movie that made me cry the hardest was Shadowlands; when Anthony Hopkins cried I totally lost it. But like I said, I cry at everything.
As far as TV, I don't watch much, but I cried like a baby when Vic died on Queer As Folk, as well as when Brian FINALLY told Justin that he loved him. Man, I was WEEKS getting over that.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 1, 2006 1:16:50 GMT -5
I cried when I watched 'snoopy come home' when I was eight.
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Post by Truck Farmer on Feb 1, 2006 1:34:41 GMT -5
I remember seeing Bambi as a kid, and just bawling my eyes out when Bambi's mom died. I'm tearing up just thinking about it It's A Wonderful Life gets me every time. It's like the last 15 minutes it starts to build up and at the end when Zusu hears the bell ringing and Clarence left the book for George and I totally lose it. Does this mean I'm a total wuss?
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Post by Unsavory on Feb 1, 2006 1:57:46 GMT -5
I guess this is slightly unrelated, but since we're talking about traumatizing movie moments as kids, I could never watch the burning castle duel between Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Disney's Robin Hood without an adult with me. God, I'm a wuss.
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Post by mightyjack on Feb 1, 2006 4:19:43 GMT -5
I cried at "The Passion...", but not when I thought I would. The moment that got me was when Jesus was carrying his cross, and he turned to Mary and said, "Behold, I make all things new." I sobbed like a little girl. Yes, thank you for reminding me of that. The scenes with his mother as he's carrying the cross got to me. It's that human element, that's a mother watching this happen to her son. Back to Roman Holiday - Years ago I lent my copy to a teenage gal at work I thought would love it. And she came back and was all mad at me. I was shocked, "You didn't like it?" - She said she loved it but the end made her cry like a baby. She hated feeling sad like that and wanted Gregory Peck to find a way to stay with Audrey Hepburn. I wonder if the movie was made today if Producers would tack on a happy ending. Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront" - a couple scenes with Eva Marie Saint in the bar when she says she knows he would help her if he could. You only see the side of his face, but his look of pure anguish cuts right to my heart.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Feb 1, 2006 12:50:13 GMT -5
One more for me. Everytime I see the end of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, when they let Kenny into Heaven, I sorta choke up. Yes, I have seen a therapist, but this didn't come up. Ha. Awesome. Have you ever seen the episode Kenny Dies? It's legitimately sad and has gotten to me. It's not a movie so I didn't bring it up before. I think I have. The one where stem-cell research is discussed as a possible cure? I don't think Kenny's death would have much impact on me, as Kenny dies in 99% of the episodes. Yeah. Wrath of Khan, when Kirk's voice breaks, probably got to me.
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Post by Unsavory on Feb 2, 2006 1:08:26 GMT -5
I think crying at movies or even TV shows has a direct relationship with how much you like what you are watching. I love South Park and could somehow accept that Kenny was really dying this time. Liking and respecting what you are watching helps you to better suspend disbelief and buy into the tragedy. I would suggest that the reason we cry as children is because everything is so much more real and children are so much more impressionable, thus the ability to believe in Santa Claus, etc. Children can suspend disbelief at the snap of a finger.
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Post by losingmydignity on Feb 2, 2006 1:14:38 GMT -5
I think crying at movies or even TV shows has a direct relationship with how much you like what you are watching. I love South Park and could somehow accept that Kenny was really dying this time. Liking and respecting what you are watching helps you to better suspend disbelief and buy into the tragedy. I would suggest that the reason we cry as children is because everything is so much more real and children are so much more impressionable, thus the ability to believe in Santa Claus, etc. Children can suspend disbelief at the snap of a finger. No, I think the reason children cry a lot more is because they have not yet been conditioned that this is not acceptable....esp. boys.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 2, 2006 1:18:22 GMT -5
I lost it on that Kenny episode too.
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Post by RafaelH on Feb 2, 2006 1:36:50 GMT -5
RafaelH- is that a Mr. Show graphic? Yes. It's my favorite show ever.
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Post by mightyjack on Feb 2, 2006 9:03:47 GMT -5
No, I think the reason children cry a lot more is because they have not yet been conditioned that this is not acceptable....esp. boys. And I find that sad. No one goes to a comedy and suppresses their laughter do they? When you see a great concert, you show your appreciation by applauding. So why are we ashamed of tears? When we cry isn't this a sign that the artist did their job well? As a songwriter I can't put locks on my feelings if I'm to express myself honestly and write lyrics that ring true. I know there are those who try and manipulate tears or drama or whatever in inartistic ways. But a true artist is drawing from something real. And if one of the audiences responses is tears then I've also created and connected with something universal and pure within us.
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Post by Don Quixote on Feb 2, 2006 11:39:07 GMT -5
Since we already made reference to the 'Kenny Dies' season five episode of South Park, I must mention the only other TV show to make me cry:
'Jurassic Bark' from Futurama: Season 4 episode 7
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