Do you cry at the movies? - Democratic Underground

Pale Blue Dot

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Fri Aug-08-03 08:41 PM
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Poll question: Do you cry at the movies?

Edited on Fri Aug-08-03 08:41 PM by Finnfan

Me, I love when a movie has truly earned its tears, like "E.T.", or "Cinema Paradiso".

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KamaAina

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Fri Aug-08-03 08:45 PM
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1. Only when they show ten minutes of commercials before the film starts!

Actually, I believe the last time this happened to me was at "Philadelphia", obviously many years ago.

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Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Aug-08-03 08:47 PM
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2. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg gets me every time.

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JanMichael

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Fri Aug-08-03 08:48 PM
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3. OK. Only if you promise not to tell everyone...

...yes, I do.

Hell I was teary eyed during "Sea Biscuit" yesterday...Not during the end or other "Tear Jerker" moments, but when the trainer made the eye contact from the banshie horse to the pissed off jockey, then back again, then made his match.

That was beautiful.

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BlueJazz

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Fri Aug-08-03 11:12 PM
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7. Yep, That was one of those moments...

...that brought a tear to my eye also.
Anyway, I read that crying is actually good for men.
Now I think about it, it's good that there are no movies about my Power Bill ! ...it's bad enough as it is...

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Pale Blue Dot

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Fri Aug-08-03 09:21 PM
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4. Kick

Since people are voting, and I'll cry if it drops off the page. :-)

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incontrovertible

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Fri Aug-08-03 10:14 PM
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5. schindler's list

sobbed.

Shed a tear at the end of secrets and lies, gangs of new york (the twin towers at the ending), many tears when Gandolf "died" in FOTR (when Gimli was being held back by Strider and Aragorn), many tears for Gollum in TTT. Way too many to list, really - the ability to evoke shared emotion is the principal strength of the medium; nothing at all to have issue with.

I'm curious if anyone else here sobbed at the end of Jimmy Corrigan.

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NightTrain

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Fri Aug-08-03 11:11 PM
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6. Oh god, yes!

I was particularly moved during the final scene, which showed the Schnidler Jews of 1993. That was when it finally hit me: all the horror and misery I had just spent three hours viewing on-screen were based on real-life events! Man....

Another film whose final scene really got me was Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark," starring Bjork. Let's just say, I liked her acting in that film a whole lot more than I ever liked any of Bjork's music!

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