Crying in Movies: Show me Your Tears
Mar. 4th, 2008 01:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allyndraOn Saturday, we went to the video place and rented Holes (because my son just finished the book and adored it), Bridge to Terebithia (because he's been wanting to read the book), and Sydney White (because it was fluffy and had Danny Strong in it). We watched Holes and got started on Bridge to Terebithia, and it was all very nice. Then, Sunday morning, I awoke to find my son sobbing on the couch. He'd gotten up early and decided to finish Bridge to Terebithia without us, and he'd just gotten to the part where Leslie died. He hadn't ever seen a movie where a character he cared about, a sympathetic character who's given screen time to grow, died. Plus, she was just a kid, which I think hit him even harder.
Now, I cry in movies quite a bit, and so does my husband. I got to thinking, though, is that normal? Do y'all cry in films? If so, tell me:
1. Which movie do you love, even though it makes you cry?
2. Is there a movie you hate, but cry at anyway?
Now, I cry in movies quite a bit, and so does my husband. I got to thinking, though, is that normal? Do y'all cry in films? If so, tell me:
1. Which movie do you love, even though it makes you cry?
2. Is there a movie you hate, but cry at anyway?
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Date: 2008-03-04 10:36 pm (UTC)Steel Magnolias. Shawshank Redemption. Love Actually. (not at the funeral, though, at the part where Emma Thompson's character confronts her husband.)
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Date: 2008-03-04 10:41 pm (UTC)oh good god! Steel Magnolias!!!! Also, believe it or not - Straight Talk makes me cry - the bit where everyone honks their horns? I do love Doll Parton *g*
Beaches (of course), Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, FIELD OF DREAMS!!!
Your turn... ;o)
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Date: 2008-03-04 10:53 pm (UTC)Oh, Beaches! Yeah, I cried at Beaches. And I can't even sing The Wind Beneath My Wings around my husband, because they played it at his aunt's funeral when he was 10.
Ever After, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Apollo 13.
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Date: 2008-03-04 11:06 pm (UTC)That is FREAKY. REALLY FREAKY. I was watching Music and Lyrics earlier and when Drew Barrymore mentioned fairytales i thought about watching Ever After but I only have it on vhs not dvd so i couldn't be bothered... you are a little bit phsycic!
Four Weddings - the bit with the poem i take it? "I thought that love would last forever."? yeah, that gets me. a lot. and actually, i don't like the rest of that film so that fits in with your original question 2!
Apollo 13!!!! And Castaway too. But Apollo 13 just, oh dear. no matter how many times i see it - the washing machine bit! the algae bit! the triumphant radio call confirming they are alive (even though you know they are, cause it's HISTORY, i STILL am on the edge of my seat every time!
the bit at the end of Two Towers, when Sam does his speech about things being worth fighting for. SO SAD!!
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Date: 2008-03-04 11:15 pm (UTC)In Four Weddings and a Funeral, it is the part at the funeral. I do like the movie, but I hate Andy McDowell in it. Lately, I mute the TV when she's on, and unmute for the rest of the film.
Two Towers, yes, and Return of the King. The part where Frodo believes Gollum and leaves Sam. And the part at the end, where everyone kneels down around the hobbits.
Also, Rent and What Dreams May Come.
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Date: 2008-03-04 11:19 pm (UTC)haven't seen rent or what dreams may come - any good? ooh, oooh!!! AWAKENINGS!!!!
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Date: 2008-03-06 08:01 am (UTC)