Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 176

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 06:48 PM

I cried 3 times in Brokeback. It stayed with me for days. Then again, Proulx's short story made me cry and things I read never, ever do that to me. (Except maybe for 'Harry Potter IV'.)

Billy Elliot made me cry twice as did Iwo Jima. I'm a weeper.

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 06:51 PM

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The Notebook was touchingly predictable, but I wouldn't use it as any litmus test.

The Notebook was a stinkfest. Bleh.
Terms of Endearment, Beaches, Life is Beautiful, Ghost, Fried Green Tomatoes... these are fine weepy films.

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2007, 07:05 PM

I can't say I got weepy over Billy Elliot, but the father's shocked gasp at the end when he watches his son's leap stands out for me as the best movie moment about the transformative power of art.

€uroMeinke · 02-26-2007, 07:06 PM

I wept for Peter O'Toole in Venus

Not Afraid · 02-26-2007, 07:13 PM

Life is Beautiful was a good cry - but it hit mostly afterwards in the car.

Stan4dSteph · 02-26-2007, 08:56 PM

I sobbed during Braveheart when he is about to be beheaded and sees his dead wife walking in the crowd. I'm sure I'll be mocked for that one.

My other huge cry was Sean Connery's death scene in The Untouchables.

At the moment those are the two that come to mind.

Strangler Lewis · 02-26-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

. . . Sean Connery's death scene in The Untouchables.

At the moment those are the two that come to mind.

An Oscar-winning performance that was voted worst movie accent of all time, edging out Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 09:22 PM

I cried when Braveheart won Best Picture. I thought it was a homophobic POS.

Mousey Girl · 02-26-2007, 09:22 PM

I do ok during most movies. If I know ahead of time I can avoid it. The things that really, really get to me are the deaths of children. For the last 10 years I can't handle seeing anything that involves the death of a child.

CoasterMatt · 02-26-2007, 09:24 PM

I laughed out loud when Jon Bon Jovi's character was shot in the movie "Cry Wolf", I got a really dirty look from Rose

02-26-2007, 06:48 PM	#1751
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I cried 3 times in Brokeback. It stayed with me for days. Then again, Proulx's short story made me cry and things I read never, ever do that to me. (Except maybe for 'Harry Potter IV'.) Billy Elliot made me cry twice as did Iwo Jima. I'm a weeper.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I wept for Peter O'Toole in Venus __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Life is Beautiful was a good cry - but it hit mostly afterwards in the car.
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Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I sobbed during Braveheart when he is about to be beheaded and sees his dead wife walking in the crowd. I'm sure I'll be mocked for that one. My other huge cry was Sean Connery's death scene in The Untouchables. At the moment those are the two that come to mind.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I cried when Braveheart won Best Picture. I thought it was a homophobic POS.
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Mousey Girl Just Me Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Flagon With The Dragon Posts: 2,437	I do ok during most movies. If I know ahead of time I can avoid it. The things that really, really get to me are the deaths of children. For the last 10 years I can't handle seeing anything that involves the death of a child.
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