I'm one of those who purposefully avoided the film adaptation of Bridge to Teribithia because the book destroyed me when I was a child. Actually, now that I consider it, there were several books which accomplished this feat. Admittedly, I was much more sensitive as a child and a teenager than I am now, however.
After I went through a depression and went on Paxil, I stopped crying altogether, and I've never really recovered from that. It now takes a lot to make me cry, and it's usually either well-crafted drama or over-the-top melodrama. For example, when I watch A Walk to Remember, I start sobbing as soon as Mandy Moore sings the opening notes to 'Only Hope', and I don't stop for several hours after the credits stop rolling. Almost any drama starring Angelina Jolie starts me on a torrent of tears, particularly Gia, Beyond Borders, and A Mighty Heart.
I'm not spared from episodic television, either. I cried like a bitch during Doctor Who's Doomsday, even though I knew ahead of time that it was Billie Piper's last episode. That scene with them on the beach kills me. Every. Time. Ditto BtVS's The Body, The Gift, and the one in which Tara dies (I can never remember the name of episodes from that season, because I try to block it out, but I think it was Grave.). Certain episodes of Charmed also get me, namely the ones in which Prue or Piper died (and even though Piper came back, Prue's final death was, er, final, and I was devastated). Also a few episodes of Xena, especially the one in which Gabrielle and Xena were crucified (at the end of S4) and A Friend in Need, the series finale.
Hell, there are even some songs which can make me tear up, either because of the lyrics or because it is so beautifully performed. Sarah Brightman's Nessun Dorma, which I blast at top volume, really gets to me.
Huh. Looking at this, it would seem I cry a lot, but I honestly don't; often I'm unable to cry even when I wish to do so. In fact, I'll sometimes put on something which I know will make me cry, just so I can have that release. I think it's all part of the magic of film and music: they allow you to empathize in a way which seems safe and can be said to be devoid of personal context. 'Why are you crying?' 'Oh, because such-and-such is such a good actress, or blah-blah is so talented', etc.
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Date: 2008-03-05 12:37 am (UTC)After I went through a depression and went on Paxil, I stopped crying altogether, and I've never really recovered from that. It now takes a lot to make me cry, and it's usually either well-crafted drama or over-the-top melodrama. For example, when I watch A Walk to Remember, I start sobbing as soon as Mandy Moore sings the opening notes to 'Only Hope', and I don't stop for several hours after the credits stop rolling. Almost any drama starring Angelina Jolie starts me on a torrent of tears, particularly Gia, Beyond Borders, and A Mighty Heart.
I'm not spared from episodic television, either. I cried like a bitch during Doctor Who's Doomsday, even though I knew ahead of time that it was Billie Piper's last episode. That scene with them on the beach kills me. Every. Time. Ditto BtVS's The Body, The Gift, and the one in which Tara dies (I can never remember the name of episodes from that season, because I try to block it out, but I think it was Grave.). Certain episodes of Charmed also get me, namely the ones in which Prue or Piper died (and even though Piper came back, Prue's final death was, er, final, and I was devastated). Also a few episodes of Xena, especially the one in which Gabrielle and Xena were crucified (at the end of S4) and A Friend in Need, the series finale.
Hell, there are even some songs which can make me tear up, either because of the lyrics or because it is so beautifully performed. Sarah Brightman's Nessun Dorma, which I blast at top volume, really gets to me.
Huh. Looking at this, it would seem I cry a lot, but I honestly don't; often I'm unable to cry even when I wish to do so. In fact, I'll sometimes put on something which I know will make me cry, just so I can have that release. I think it's all part of the magic of film and music: they allow you to empathize in a way which seems safe and can be said to be devoid of personal context. 'Why are you crying?' 'Oh, because such-and-such is such a good actress, or blah-blah is so talented', etc.