posted
Ok, time to fess up -- what movies make you pull out the Kleenex, blubbler, get you choked up, openly weep -- make you cry like a leetle guurl...
I'll give it some thought and get back to ya...
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
The most recent is Far From Heaven - it's happened twice. Magnolia has also done it to me twice. I guess that When Julianne Moore starts to cry, I just need to roll in a pile of Kleenex.
Also, on Buffy, in Season 3 (I think) when Buffy gets recognized at the school prom.
-------------------- Why are you laughing at me? It's unkind, as well as puzzling!
From: City of Angels | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
It's funny that you would mention Julianne Moore, Rokk.
Cause after I saw the Hours, I was sitting in the car turning it over and over in my head, and then after thinking about the movie for about 15 minutes, I burst into tears. It was such a strange experience. That movie had a lot of power.
Also, I caught "Dumbo" a few weeks back one Sunday morning on Toon Disney. I was fine and really enjoying it. Then came the "Baby Mine" scene when Dumbo goes to visit his mom in the clink. And I just started BAWLING. It was SO silly, and I remember thinking how silly it was at the time.
The Lion King did that to me too. Oh, and it's not a movie, but the Broadway show of Les Miserables... one big sob-fest. Of course the fun thing about seeing Les Mis is seeing all the guys with their wives sobbing ilke BIG BABIES. It's not my favorite show, but it's done a lot for the popularity of stage musicals. That's about it. I got a little choked up at the end of Dead Poet's Society, but nothing major.
-------------------- White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So... many... possibilities.
From: Birmingham, AL | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Errr...the Umberellas of Cherbourg always brings a tear to my eye. Of course if you told that to my friends that I'd refuse to admit it!
From: Kernow | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
The following always bring at least one or two tears to my eye: -- "The Sixth Sense" when the boy tells his mom how her mom did in fact see her in the school play -- "Glory", one of my favorite films. The scene on the beach right before the end. It was the emotional climax of the movie because they achieved victory just by earning the right to be there. -- "Armageddon". Ok, I admit I fell for it as manipulative and cheesy as it was -- the scene with Bruce and Liv at the end. -- "Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael" (anyone else even see this?) The scene near the end when Winona Ryder's orphan character desperately tries to reach the woman she thinks is her mother, but Jeff Daniels has to tell her that she's not.
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
One movie that gets me every time I watch it is "Steel Magnolias." That seen with Sally Field in the cemetary reducing me to a blubbering fool every time.
A happy scene that also makes me cry is toward the end of "Christmas Eve" with Loretta Young. I get all fluttery and weepy... such a nice little movie.
-------------------- Some people are like slinkys: not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when you knock them down a flight of stairs
From: Penthouse atop Levitz Hall, LMBP Plaza, Embassy Row, Legion World | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
The end of Saving Private Ryan where the old Pvt. Ryan is standing in front of the graves of the men who died tryin to "save" him, when he turns to his wife and says, "Tell me I'm a good man..."
I think the fact that I have a great uncle that I lived with when I was very young who fought across N. Africa, D-day, and the Battle of the Bulge makes me empathize more than I should. I'm also a retired soldier myself (not much of one, but it still counts), but the weight of the sacrifice of the WWII soldiers landing so squarely on one man just gets to me every time.
Honorable mention is Forrest Gump when either Jenny or Bubba dies. Tom Hanks is such a great actor.
quote:Originally posted by Kid Prime: You're absolutely right about the cemetary scene with Sally Field in Steel Magnolias, Cru. God, what a mess I was the first time I saw that.
On the DVD, they talked about how they had to film that seen a great number of times, to get all of the camera angles and whatnot. Anyhoo, they said that Sally did the scene the same way each time, and nailed it every single time.
-------------------- Some people are like slinkys: not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when you knock them down a flight of stairs
From: Penthouse atop Levitz Hall, LMBP Plaza, Embassy Row, Legion World | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
That's amazing. You know, I think Sally Field is SO good an actress that it just tears her up emotionally, which is why she has had problems in the past and doesn't work so much anymore. I've always thought she was just brilliant.
-------------------- White. A blank page or canvas. His favorite. So... many... possibilities.
From: Birmingham, AL | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic | Subscribe To Topic
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
