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[Loomis]

I hate movies/TV that tried to tug at the heart strings. I hate dramas of all stripes. I watch movies to have a good time, I watch TV to have a good time, not to be depressed or see the darker side of life. To me a movie should be a party completely contained on a DVD.

Quite right. Heaven forbid that a movie or TV show should ever try to be about something more than just good old-fashioned entertainment. Heaven forfend that there ought be a "message". When I hear the word "culture" I reach for my revolver. I JUST WANNA PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ACE]

Cry might be too strong a word (I'm sure there was smoke in the room) but the following always, er, move me (no, just dust in my eye..., really!):


1 To Kill A Mockingbird
When Atticus shots the mad dog - just the look of admiration in Jem's eye. And, of course, when they all stand up in court for Atticus.

2 Twelve Angry Men
When they move away from Ed Begley's Juror 10 in digust after his rant reveals his bigotry

3 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
"For a moment there, I thought we were in trouble"

4 The Man Who Would Be King
The look on Connery/Dravot's face after draining his whisky tumbler before signing the contrack. Connery/Dravot's nation building speech.

5 Ordinary People
Quite rightly beat Raging Bull for Best Picture. There, I've said it!
Conrad: What do I think? I think you're married to a fat lady and you go home and you the living daylights out of her!
Dr Berger: Sounds good to me.

6 The Verdict
Frank Galvin's breakfast

7 ET
The bicycle escape...

8 Stand By Me
"No, Ace, just you..."

9 Running On Empty
"I just needed you to know..."

10 Dead Poets' Society
"Oh, Captain, my captain..."

11 The Prince Of Tides
Places that belong to you

12 Reality Bites
"My father's dying right now of prostate cancer so I don't trouble him much for gifts..."

13 Smoke
Auggie's Christmas story

14 The Kite Runner
Reading Hassan's letter - oy, this keeps getting me!


Erm, there's rather too many here!

[MkB]

I *hate* crying, especially for a movie, so sadly in general I never watch again the one sthat draw me a tear... The ones that come to my mind are:

La Vita è bella by Roberto Benigni (nothing original though, the whole cinema had a dust in the eye )

Goodbye Lenin, to my own surprise. It must have struck a personal cord, for the one who had lent me the DVD, had told me it was some kind of comedy (well it is a comedy in some ways, but rather bitter-sweet)

[Jaws0178]

for the one who had lent me the DVD, had told me it was some kind of comedy (well it is a comedy in some ways, but rather bitter-sweet)

I know the feeling there. The family stone (excellent movie BTW) made my fiancee cry, and we were told that it was a comedy.

[Judo chop]

I spilled a few tears during SIGNS this Saturday night as Graham Hess holds his son and says to God (who he knows never left) “I. HATE. YOU.”

[Blonde Bond]

Not cry, but whimper and having wet eyes.

*cough* Revenge of the Sith */cough*
Casino Royale
Some finnish movie... but the name escapes me. Anyway, in the end the woman abandons her crying boy and the movie ends with the boy trying to catch the train his mother's on, but just falls in the snow crying... and so it ends.

Schindler's List

There are more, but I just can't remember them all.

[Jaws0178]

That is sad.

[Red Barchetta]

I've shed a tear watching

Titanic

Saving Private Ryan

Schindler?s List

Of course, I had to quickly wipe it away, so my wife doesn't think I'm a wuss! (she cries alot watching these movies)

I forgot to add...

The Green Mile

[The Ghost Who Walks]

I actually shed a tear last time I saw On Her Majesty's Secret Service, during the final scene, despite having seen it somewhere around ten times before. An incredibly beautiful moment, sad moment, that, despite what Peter Hunt said, would have lost a lot of its impact if it had been placed in the beginning of the never-to-be second Lazenby Bond movie.

[Zorin Industries]

God yes...! There's been loads....

I tend to ALWAYS lose it at ...

ET (not the final act but the scene where ELLIOT introduces his toys to the little guy).

EMPIRE OF THE SUN ("I've forgotten what my parents look like").

ALWAYS (when Holly Hunter flies solo at night)

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (when ROY and GILLIAN meet up on their drive to the mountain and are so pleased to have just found each other and that they are not nuts after all).

OUT OF AFRICA (blame The Barry!)

DANCES WITH WOLVES (blame The Barry again - it's the bit when Costner dances with the, er, wolf).

THELMA AND LOUISE (the end - say no more).

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED (it USED to well me up - haven't seen it for a while though).

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (the tannoy moment).

GATTACA (when Jude has his final, er, shower)

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (THAT bus stop scene at the end is shocking)

KRAMER VS KRAMER (almost any scene with Hoffman - even the funny ones)

WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND ("He's not Jesus")

ORPHANS (when the brother scoops up his disabled sister)

THIS YEAR'S LOVE (when Kathy Burke sings SHINE at the end).

SECRETS AND LIES ("Why can't we just all get on?!")

SHADOWLANDS (THAT loft scene towards the end).

EDUCATING RITA (when the husband trashes her books).


There's a lot of dust in my lounge I think....


THE GOONIES ("this is our time!")

[Judo chop]

DANCES WITH WOLVES

Thanks for reminding me.

Jumani-tu-tanka, oh-wah-chi!!!
JUMANI-TU-TANKA, OH-WAAAH-CHI!!!

Niagra falls.

(My profound apologies for that horrible phonetical rendering of the Sioux language.)

[BlackFire]

Life's Beautiful

Seriously.. the saddest movie I've ever seen. I cried a lot when I first saw it and I do drop a tear nowadays.

[Zorin Industries]

I may have sobbed my eyes out at MARLEY AND ME the other night. It was a "take your Mum to the cinema" thing, but the film is surprisingly raw and honest about growing up and losing a pet.

[Joyce Carrington]

I love crying at the movies.

Did so this week at Last Chance Harvey, not a brilliant film but some parts just really touched me.

[Loomis]

I may have sobbed my eyes out at MARLEY AND ME the other night. It was a "take your Mum to the cinema" thing, but the film is surprisingly raw and honest about growing up and losing a pet.

I'll have to see that one. Adding it to my rental list now, in fact.

A Japanese film I watched last night, NOBODY KNOWS (2004, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda) is one of the most moving things I've ever seen. It isn't sentimental or cloying (the Japanese are not known for wearing their hearts on their sleeves and blubbing and letting it all hang out), but if it doesn't make you weep buckets then you're probably dead.

[Zorin Industries]

I may have sobbed my eyes out at MARLEY AND ME the other night. It was a "take your Mum to the cinema" thing, but the film is surprisingly raw and honest about growing up and losing a pet.

I'll have to see that one. Adding it to my rental list now, in fact.

A Japanese film I saw last night, NOBODY KNOWS (2004, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda) is one of the most moving things I've ever seen. It isn't sentimental or cloying (the Japanese are not known for wearing their hearts on their sleeves and blubbing and letting it all hang on), but if it doesn't make you weep buckets then you're probably dead.

I've heard similiar about that one.

[Loomis]

You should check it out, but be advised that the subject matter (child neglect) is very hard to bear. However, it's a brilliantly-made and -acted affair, beautifully shot and brimming with a sort of "National Geographic does the grungy neighbourhoods of Tokyo" feel.

I'm tempted to call it the best Japanese film I've ever seen, which is very high praise indeed.

[Sark2.0]

Try not to take it too personally (I certainly hope no one bursts into tears because of this
But when exactly did it become acceptable for men to cry during movies? I'm assuming at least 50% of the people posting here are of the male pursuasion.
I think of all the men I want to be like, and not one of them would weep like a 12 year old during a movie.
It's just my opinion, so try to refrain from attacking my person, but to me weeping while watching a movie demonstrates a lamentable lack of self-control.

As an aside, some people have mentioned titanic. Last time I watched with was with some friends. At the moment when Dicaprio sunk beneath the waves, my best friend and I raised a hearty toast. Yeah, I really hate that movie.

All I can say to this is that I am glad that since I have grown up, I have an edit button because you really would not have liked what I originally posted. Now, this is just out of curiosity. You are telling me that you have never cried, not even when you were a child?

The last time I cried was September 11, 2001. I imagine the next time I cry will be on the death of a loved one or something similar. It won't be while watching a film.

I hate movies/TV that tried to tug at the heart strings. I hate dramas of all stripes. I watch movies to have a good time, I watch TV to have a good time, not to be depressed or see the darker side of life. To me a movie should be a party completely contained on a DVD.

I completely agree, condescenders notwithstanding. Entertainment should be fun (I don't mean big dumb fun, like Transformers, but FUN). I don't mind entertainment that has a message (Southpark), I just prefer it delivered in a more... well, entertaining manner. Some people like to go to weepy films to cry. Ok. Some people like to go to horror movies to be scared. Fine. I don't find that either type of film has their desired effect on me, and therefore I don't care for those genres.

[Loomis]

The last time I cried was September 11, 2001. I imagine the next time I cry will be on the death of a loved one or something similar. It won't be while watching a film.

You, sir, are a real man. John Wayne would be proud of your square-jawed attitude. Heaven forbid that a work of art like a book or a film or a painting should inspire someone to tears. Leave that kind of thing to us girly men.

[Aris007]

Seriously, the film that made me the most uncomfortable(the word tears doesn't exist in my vocabulary )was On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Usually, when a Bond film ends I don't watch the closing titles. That time-after Tracy was killed- not only did I watch the titles, but I didn't pronounce a word!

If you had a picture of mine that time, I'd be like this...

[Sark2.0]

The last time I cried was September 11, 2001. I imagine the next time I cry will be on the death of a loved one or something similar. It won't be while watching a film.

You, sir, are a real man. John Wayne would be proud of your square-jawed attitude. Heaven forbid that a work of art like a book or a film or a painting should inspire someone to tears. Leave that kind of thing to us girly men.

And more condescending.

[00Twelve]

I come from the opposite side of the tracks regarding the "is it okay to cry at movies?" banter.

As an actor (putting my pretentious glasses on now ), I'm encouraged-- nay, required-- to not only "lack self-control," as Sark puts it, but to be acutely aware of those emotions and the circumstances under which they're triggered. That may sound like I'm required to be clinically analytic in those times, but not at all-- just absolutely content with the fact that I will react however I do and that is about who I am (and nothing to do with how old I am). Of course, I am that way because I'm required to be able to recreate moments like those in fictional settings for an audience. But it gives me a fascinating perspective on the need that some feel to stifle those emotions because of how silly they might look in front of their peers. I can only hope they at least allow themselves to cry or beat a pillow or laugh until they can't see while in private. Men and women are very different and we each have our different instincts and traits that serve us in roles appropriate for each gender, but fearing the exposition of oneself as "not a real man" because one is moved by a work of art seems to belie that one may not be all that secure about whether he's considered by whomever he deems worthy of validating him that he is indeed a real man. That's not meant in any way as an insult, just my observation.

[Harmsway]

The last time I cried was September 11, 2001. I imagine the next time I cry will be on the death of a loved one or something similar. It won't be while watching a film.

You, sir, are a real man. John Wayne would be proud of your square-jawed attitude. Heaven forbid that a work of art like a book or a film or a painting should inspire someone to tears. Leave that kind of thing to us girly men.

[EyesOnly]

Field of Dreams (When Kevin Costner plays catch with his father) and October Sky (when his father excepts his sons dreams).

[Tybre]

OHMSS got me the first time I saw it. Only film I recall crying over.

[tdalton]

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, DIE ANOTHER DAY, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, and TOMORROW NEVER DIES all made me cry, knowing that I had spent money and wasted time to see them.

[Gabe Vieira]

Rachel Getting Married (when we learn what happened to Ethan), Crash (when the little girl "protects" her dad), Forrest Gump (You died on a Saturday morning...), Saving Private Ryan (10 minutes in), Milk (10 second in), The Notebook (shut up), The Pursuit of Happiness (I cried at the previews), Little Children (When Ronnie breaks all the dolls) and the entirety of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

And that's just off the top of my head.

[DaveBond21]

I never used to cry at movies, until very recently. It seems as I get older, I shed a little tear at some movies:-

The Pianist (2002)

ET - the final moments

Heaven Can Wait

An Affair to Remember (the end)

Sleepless in Seattle

The Notebook

Forrest Gump

[00Twelve]

SHADOWLANDS (THAT loft scene towards the end).

Never cried harder at a film. Ever.

[JackWade]

The most recent film to make me cry was UP.