A trip to Auschwitz
In late 2001 our class (at the time the class 10d) was convinced by Mr. Wyrobisch and Mr. Sommer to make our class trip to Poland, although our original intention was to go to the Netherlands. So in May 2002 we went for 9 days to Cracow and visited several places in and around the town.
The day before we left home for Trier, we paid a visit to the former concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau, which are one big complex. It was one and half hours away from Cracow and we went there by bus. It was an oppressive feeling sitting in that bus, knowing where we were. I asked myself how the Jews must have felt on their way to Auschwitz.
When we arrived, the place looked just fine. Only a sign was pointing to the events that happened here about 60 years ago. Nevertheless, our class stayed calm when getting off the bus.
As we had organized a 2 hour visit of a salt mine on our way to Auschwitz it was around 1 p.m. and Mr. Wyrobisch proposed to have lunch in the restaurant which is located in the main entrance building. Anyway, we had an hour left until our guided tour should start.
I really think it is bizarre sitting next to a place where millions of people have been killed, eating cutlets with potatoes. But the lunch was organized already and we were hungry. Looking back, one and a half years later, it seems even more strange.
An hour later, our guided tour started. Mr. Wyrobisch went off to buy some flowers, so we were left alone with a Polish guide who didn
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:36 PM
Excellent piece, Tim. 
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:37 PM
I Spy.....after the first two minutes....I had to go home and immediately put on my DVD's of the series..... 
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:38 PM
I have honestly never cried at a movie, books have done it to me, but never tv or films.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:55 PM
Okay, here's my list:
GALIPOLI- I was 11 when I saw it and it just started flowing when they froze the last image and started running the credits.
THE FIVE HEARTBEATS- When one of the original members of the group reappears singing in a church choir twenty years after he'd succumbed to drug addiction. I didn't cry when I first saw it but as time passed that scene just grew on me.
MALCOLM X- When Malcolm's making the trek to the Audubon Ballroom. The scene is intercut with assassins readying themselves to kill him(all to the strains of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come") . This is pure manipulation by the filmmaker.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION- When Red's released from prison and get the feeling that he'll end up just like Brooks. Red sitting in that chair with his head in his hands- that sense of isolation and lonliness is devastating.
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI)- For a violent film, it's an extremely touching and effective film. The scene where Nishi is sharing food with his terminally ill wife. There's no dialogue but you get everything about the state of their relationship at that point.
And finally...
TRADING PLACES- I know you're all scratching your heads; but when Clarence Beeks gets some of that "Monkey Love," I lost my mind. I laughed so hard, 'cause it just came out of nowhere. Tears kept running down my face and I just kept laughing any time there was silence. Ahh, the power of film. 
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You know, Tracy's death in OHMSS didn't move me but Bond's last exchange with Moneypenny(when he throws her his hat) does.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 09:56 PM
Okay, here's my list:
GALIPOLI- I was 11 when I saw it and it just started flowing when they froze the last image and started running the credits.
THE FIVE HEARTBEATS- When one of the original members of the group reappears singing in a church choir twenty years after he'd succumbed to drug addiction. I didn't cry when I first saw it but as time passed that scene just grew on me.
MALCOLM X- When Malcolm's making the trek to the Audubon Ballroom. The scene is intercut with assassins readying themselves to kill him(all to the strains of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come") . This is pure manipulation by the filmmaker.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION- When Red's released from prison and get the feeling that he'll end up just like Brooks. Red sitting in that chair with his head in his hands- that sense of isolation and lonliness is devastating.
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI)- For a violent film, it's an extremely touching and effective film. The scene where Nishi is sharing food with his terminally ill wife. There's no dialogue but you get everything about the state of their relationship at that point.
And finally...
TRADING PLACES- I know you're all scratching your heads; but when Clarence Beeks gets some of that "Monkey Love," I lost my mind. I laughed so hard, 'cause it just came out of nowhere. Tears kept running down my face and I just kept laughing any time there was silence. Ahh, the power of film.
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You know, Tracy's death in OHMSS didn't move me but Bond's last exchange with Moneypenny(when he throws her his hat) does.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 10:41 PM
The plight of the Jeiwsh people seems to affect me greatly. I myself am not Jewish but I feel strongly against any sort of discrimination be it on race or sexuality or weight or whatever.
Tim, your article made me swell up. I don't think I could go to Auschwitz without having a breakdown. I just wanted to say that the Nazis were a minority controlling a huge majority through fear. The soldiers who were in the trenches (on both sides) were, quote "just doing their jobs". It is sad that the greatest conflicts in the world are started and maintained by a select, bastard few. You should never feel ashamed to be German. Be proud of your nationality and don't let a couple of severely disturbed psychopaths taint your identity.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 11:32 PM
Okay, here's my list:
GALIPOLI- I was 11 when I saw it and it just started flowing when they froze the last image and started running the credits.
THE FIVE HEARTBEATS- When one of the original members of the group reappears singing in a church choir twenty years after he'd succumbed to drug addiction. I didn't cry when I first saw it but as time passed that scene just grew on me.
MALCOLM X- When Malcolm's making the trek to the Audubon Ballroom. The scene is intercut with assassins readying themselves to kill him(all to the strains of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come") . This is pure manipulation by the filmmaker.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION- When Red's released from prison and get the feeling that he'll end up just like Brooks. Red sitting in that chair with his head in his hands- that sense of isolation and lonliness is devastating.
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI)- For a violent film, it's an extremely touching and effective film. The scene where Nishi is sharing food with his terminally ill wife. There's no dialogue but you get everything about the state of their relationship at that point.
And finally...
TRADING PLACES- I know you're all scratching your heads; but when Clarence Beeks gets some of that "Monkey Love," I lost my mind. I laughed so hard, 'cause it just came out of nowhere. Tears kept running down my face and I just kept laughing any time there was silence. Ahh, the power of film.
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You know, Tracy's death in OHMSS didn't move me but Bond's last exchange with Moneypenny(when he throws her his hat) does.
Good Choices Robinson, Shawshink Redemption especially. Well I cry at some weird films the Untouchables when Malone (Connery) was dying on the floor. Godfather I when Santino was brutally murdered. The Lion King (Death of Musfasa, and the finale where Simba's proudly walks up Pride Rock)****** Imitation of Life (the one with Lana Turner, especially the funeral, when the most beautiful voice of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson sung at the funeral. That was soulful)******** Lethal Weapon I (Where Riggs attempts to commit suicide) All those moments I shed a tear or more.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 12:25 AM
I cried so hard at the end of Awakenings that I had to sneak out the back exit.
The episode of Thirtysomething when Peter Horton's character Gary died. When Ken Olin's character reacted to the news, THAT'S what made me lose it.
I usually get misty-eyed at triumphant scenes of joy rather than manipulative and depressing things, but the two examples listed were the only two examples of me crying, other than the original King Kong which made me despise mankind as early as age 6...
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 12:56 AM
I've cried in a few movies.
LOTR: FOTR - When Boromir dies, it gets me every time.
SPARTACUS - When Kirk Douglas has to kill Tony Curtis, and then at his crucifixion looking down at his kid. It just gets me.
FORREST GUMP - Man. What a tearjerker.
TITANIC - Yeah, I cried when it first came out. But not that great a movie, its just that seeing people die isn't my cup o' tea.
SCHINDLER'S LIST - Another serious tearjerker.
And a potential film:
THE PASSION OF CHRIST - I've at least gotten misty-eyed during the previews and footage I've seen, so I'm pretty sure I'll bawl like a baby.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 01:05 AM
Braveheart almost...  
Edited by Agent76, 11 February 2004 - 01:08 AM.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 01:29 AM
Hm...
The Professional. The end when Mathilda tells her teacher the truth.
American Beauty...that part when Kevin Spacey's character gets shot.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 07:37 AM
Okay, I really don't like to talk about myself on the internet, but this topic is drawing me out.
When I was a kid [maybe 8 yrs. old] I saw this movie called "The Bobo". It was a comedy starring Peter Sellers. Britt Eklund was in the movie also.
Anyhow something funny happens and Peter Sellers is dressed up as a matador, but is all painted blue. Anyhow, he's standing there looking at Britt Eklund and declares his love for her. He of course gets rejected. I thought this was sad, so I started crying. My parents were laughing during this event, as was the rest of the audience. When they noticed I was crying they asked why. So I told them I felt sorry for the Bobo. This sent them into hysterics. Then I really got pissed off!
It has scarred me for life, and now I am a very mean person. 
4A
P.S. And also a womanizer. 
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 10:49 AM
The second film is something I will no doubt be mocked over for the rest of my natural life ...
The end of Star Trek VI:The Undiscovered Country when the music stirs and the cast sign their names on the screen.
i won't laugh, I had a tear in my eye at Data's sacrifice and the way the crew deals with it in Star Trek Nemesis. Same reason as for E.R. I guess, you see a character you've been folowing for a while, and then he's suddenly gone.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 07:02 PM
i won't laugh, I had a tear in my eye at Data's sacrifice and the way the crew deals with it in Star Trek Nemesis... I guess, you see a character you've been folowing for a while, and then he's suddenly gone.
I thought Data dying was a bit contrived(we can have another thread on how NEMESIS was a near remake of WRATH OF KAHN). However, I thought the reactions afterward were moving. The look on Picard's face during the memorial/party conveyed so much sorrow.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 09:07 PM
Sad times:
PHILADELPHIA: The end scene with Tom Hanks in the hospital.
TITANIC: When we see Rose "return" to the Titanic; certainly not when we lose Jack.
EMOTIONAL JOY TEARS:
The ending of CAPRICORN ONE, the combination of Goldsmith's score and the emotion of the scene do it for me.
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 01:25 PM
I thought Data dying was a bit contrived(we can have another thread on how NEMESIS was a near remake of WRATH OF KAHN). However, I thought the reactions afterward were moving. The look on Picard's face during the memorial/party conveyed so much sorrow.
Well, I only watched the movies with the TNG crew, so I didn't see Wrath of Khan His sacrifice had the kind of effect of "wow !", but then you see the reactions of Picard and the others. It's stretched out a bit, and I was thinking "stop stretching or I'll start crying like a little girl !" Patrick Stewart also says it in the Making Of of the movie : instead of having just a big bang finale, having the reactions of the others and taking it slow affects you a lot more.
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Posted 13 February 2004 - 05:35 PM
When I saw LOTR: ROTK at the cinema, the ending got me. I love non-Hollywood happy endings. I also laughed my head off at Smeagol, now alongside Agent Smith as one of my favourite movie characters of all time. Andy Serkis is great.
T2 also had me going for the tissues when the T-800 told little John Connor that " he "had to go away".
Donnie Darko was a great film, but that chilling Mad World track gets me more. The first example of a remade song being better than an original.
Also, Walter Salles' Central Station. Brazilian film worth watching, it really is emotionally satisfying. Trust me, please, I'm a film student!
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Posted 13 February 2004 - 06:19 PM
FIREWORKS (HANA-BI)- For a violent film, it's an extremely touching and effective film. The scene where Nishi is sharing food with his terminally ill wife. There's no dialogue but you get everything about the state of their relationship at that point.
Yes! That's a very moving scene (in a superb film) - and I love the bit where Kitano plucks the cigarette from his wife's mouth, not saying anything or making a big deal of it. Brilliant filmmaking. The score also tugs at the heartstrings, I find.
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 10:41 PM
I just wanted to add that Amadeus was the first film, and so far, the only film, that has ever made me cry based on the score alone.
The fan film Last Exit also makes me cry, but for completely different reasons.
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 10:45 PM
Smokey & the Bandit
All those cars... All those poor, poor police cars...
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 10:59 PM
Haven't really cried in many movies, but have gotten kind of emotionaly choked at some very powerfull moments:
Transformers the Movie: When Optimus Prime dies. Vince di Cola's score is just so moving and I still get goose bumps when I hear it today.
Top Gun: Obviously Goose's death made me very distraught when I first saw that movie. Again, the music (by Harold Faltemeyer was very powerfull)
E.T. : When he dies and then at the end where he says goodbye to Elliot (Wow, I just got goose bumps again typing this sentence.)
The Green Mile: Everyone in the theater was in tears at the end of that movie.
Armageddon: That last scene with Liv Tyler saying goodbye to Bruce Willis and Aerosmith's music was another tear jearking scene for me.
Platoon: Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings (which was also used in the Elephant Man) really added to the realism of the Vietnam war in that movie for me.
Star trek:Nemesis: Okay I didn't cry when Data gets killed at the end of that movie, but some of my friends did. I was more pissed off and shocked at that moment. That certainly didn't help an already meager Next Gen film.
The Final Episode of M.A.S.H. : What a way to end a wonderfull t.v. series that had lasted 11 years.
Michael J. Fox's last episode on Spin City and the final episode of Miami Vice where also moving for me.
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 11:07 PM
I've cried at the end of "Schindler's List"... It is only 2 weeks ago that I have seen the movie the first time in my life. It was the 59th day of Auschwitz being freed by the Russians. In early 2002 I have been to Auschwitz and that was the most shocking experience ever in my life...
Thanks for sharing that, Tim. Very heartfelt story well-told.
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License To Kill
Posted 17 February 2004 - 11:44 PM
The last movie I cried at was Evelyn.
I cried at Evelyn too, Xen.. Very poignant...
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 11:47 PM
I also cried at the montage to Q at the beginning of the TWINE VHS.
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 02:38 AM
I think the film I cried the most in was 'The Green Mile' I was completely hysterical in that film. I remember about a week after I watched it I thought about it and started crying! Played on my mind loads!
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 10:27 AM
Transformers the Movie: When Optimus Prime dies. Vince di Cola's score is just so moving and I still get goose bumps when I hear it today.
Me too I was surprised how a movie based on the Transformers could have this scene with such a strong emotional impact. Definitely a great moment of animation !
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 04:12 PM
I cried watching The Dirty Dozen.
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Posted 18 February 2004 - 06:49 PM
The end of Star Trek VI:The Undiscovered Country when the music stirs and the cast sign their names on the screen.
I felt a lump in my throat as I noticed myself passing DeForest Kelley's star in LA back in the summer of 99. It was a few months after he had passed away and Bones has always been my favorite Star Trek character. I feel dumb, but October Sky gets me. As cheesey as that film is, and as cynical as I can be... I dunno what gets me. GALIPOLI- I was 11 when I saw it and it just started flowing when they froze the last image and started running the credits.
Isn't that based on a Spanish Civil War photo? They actually captured in a photo a soldier at the very moment of his death.
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