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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Feb 2, 2006 11:41:33 GMT -5
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. That's very nicely put, Mighty Jack. For me, it would be easier to list movies at which I have not cried. Particularly movies seen in theaters. The whole experience there is more intense. (Unless, as sometimes happens, the theater is too cold or the people around me are too rude. Or I drank too much water.) But then I cry easy. I even teared up a bit at this. So, for example, here's some movies I've seen in theaters within the last few years. (I don't get out to the cinema much.) - Chronicles of Narnia - yep, cried a bunch of times during this.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - when Willie's father hugs him.
- The Incredibles - I don't recall any soggy moments in this one.
- Return of the King - oh gosh, plenty of waterworks.
- the last two Matrix films - not hardly.
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Post by RafaelH on Feb 2, 2006 12:01:44 GMT -5
- Chronicles of Narnia - yep, cried a bunch of times during this.
You cried at Narnia? You do cry at everything. You probably cried better than the little girl from the movie. She was awful.
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Post by RafaelH on Feb 2, 2006 12:03:13 GMT -5
'Jurassic Bark' from Futurama: Season 4 episode 7 That's the only Futurama show that made me boo it. Totally manipulative. Hated it.
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Post by Wild Rebel on Feb 2, 2006 12:23:15 GMT -5
But then I cry easy. I even teared up a bit at this. You had to show me that, didn't you?
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Feb 2, 2006 16:29:22 GMT -5
God, Snoopy Come Home tore my heart out! My parents were worried about me.
The only Futurama episode that made me cry was the one where Leila finds her parents and they do the montage of them following her growing up. I'm adopted and that pushed some buttons.
Schindler's List and Dead Man Walking made me sob. In Dead Man, the usher even warned us: " Everyone thinks they won't cry, and they do. Make sure you have Kleenex." And she was right, baby--baby she was soooo right.
Now I'm all sad....
mrsphyllistorgo
This is gonna be really sad like the end of Old Yeller, isn't it?
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Post by siamesesin on Feb 2, 2006 18:21:06 GMT -5
I find no shame in crying at movies or tv. Anything involving animals is a guaranteed weeper for me. I don't allow myself to watch those animal cops shows for a reason.
I may be teased for this, but the first time I saw the "Circle of Life" opening from "The Lion King" I cried.
What about live theatre? Plays are more apt to get me crying right away than tv or movies. Not musicals, but regular plays. I saw "Masterclass", a play about Maria Callas written by Terrance McNally, and spent most of the show in tears.
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Feb 2, 2006 19:05:46 GMT -5
You cried at Narnia? You do cry at everything. You probably cried better than the little girl from the movie. She was awful. Heh, have you seen the version done by the BBC many years ago? The girl in the current version is an Oscar contender in comparison. And my dear husband also sniffled a bit, so it wasn't just me. Yeah, we're a pair of softies, so what? But then I cry easy. I even teared up a bit at this. You had to show me that, didn't you? Darn straight. When first seeing E.T. in the theater (yeah I'm that old, shut up), I remember being much struck that when I was all tears, the people around me--even the men--were also.
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Post by eliservo on Feb 3, 2006 14:55:15 GMT -5
I cried multiple times when I saw "Return of the King" for the first time. As did I. The peaceful look that Frodo gives Sam as he's boarding the ship made me very sad. I imagined it was my best friend leaving me, and knowing I would never see them again was heart breaking.
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Post by Melting Manos on Feb 3, 2006 16:45:38 GMT -5
Let's see here...
Backdraft-At the end when Kurt Russell is in the ambulance dying. I've watched scenes like that before to no effect, but that one got to me.
Dead Man Walking-Sean Penn's performance in that one was almost too good. I felt sorry for someone I probably shouldn't have, and I have to admit I shed some tears at that one.
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King-Didn't cry, but had a lump in my throat when the hobbits bow to Aragorn and he tells them everyone should be bowing to them and has everyone proceed to do so.
That's about all I can think of right now.
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Feb 3, 2006 20:43:01 GMT -5
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King-Didn't cry, but had a lump in my throat when the hobbits bow to Aragorn and he tells them everyone should be bowing to them and has everyone proceed to do so. Yep, that made me cry too, even though it wasn't really sad. Sometimes I cry at really happy things as well. But then I just remembered that I cried at the end of "La Bamba," even though I knew he was gonna die! I started crying when his mom and girlfriend did. I told you I cry at everything.
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Post by Crowfan on Feb 6, 2006 20:39:28 GMT -5
I would like to add "Pride of the Yankees" to my list.
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Post by Chuck on Feb 6, 2006 20:45:15 GMT -5
Add The Fisher King to my list. Saw it today. Great movie. Here! Here!! (I really like Terry Gilliam!)
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Post by losingmydignity on Feb 10, 2006 16:12:30 GMT -5
I cried.....that I spent ten dollars to see Fellowship of the Ring. What a horror to sit through.
But anyway, the film that gets me more than any other (all I have to do is hear the music and it's automatic tears) is Robert Bresson's Au Hazard Balthazar, but I'm guessing no one else has seen this. The main character is a donkey.
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Post by Ratso on Feb 10, 2006 20:27:01 GMT -5
When I was younger I got teary at the end of Charlotte's web but that was about it. I've never been big on expressing my emotions.
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Post by Gorphax on Feb 11, 2006 17:52:09 GMT -5
I cried.....that I spent ten dollars to see Fellowship of the Ring. What a horror to sit through. But anyway, the film that gets me more than any other (all I have to do is hear the music and it's automatic tears) is Robert Bresson's Au Hazard Balthazar, but I'm guessing no one else has seen this. The main character is a donkey. Oh yes. When the swarm of sheep surround him and he gently lays down and dies....instant spickets I'd also like to add Love Liza to my list. A little known gem of a film with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Anyways at the conclusion when he finally reads his wife's suicide letter. Bawling like a baby, haha.
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