When Copper stands over Tod so that the hunter can't shoot him, I start to lose it. Then when they're walking away and Copper looks back and smiles at Tod, any attempt that was partially successful on my part to not completely lose it is gone. In my opinion, this is Disney's finest movie.
V for Vendetta
TMT
and Kansas City Bombers - to think of Racquel Welch getting away without stuffing her.
Yes, I know that sounds strange but his relationship with Jenny really hit home with me. He loved her so deeply and wanted to be so devoted to her but she would keep running away or hanging out with the wrong crowd, chasing silly dreams that led nowhere. When she finally decided to marry Forrest, she only had a short time left to live and Forrest was robbed of all the years they could have spent happily together. The scene where he cries as he stands at her grave always gets to me.
What Dreams May Come. Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra. It makes me cry not from sadness, but from the hope that can be had with strength of heart. Annabella (the sweetest face), loved the way they spoke through her paintings.
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before I read your post I answered with the same movie below yours. Cool.
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ET gets me every time.
Click.... where he finally gets it at the end... AND
the 10 things that I hate about you.... (when she reads the poem that she wrote to that broken back boy, it was beautiful)
or
Dr Zhivago - or Red River - or Shane - or there was an old movie - with Ward Bond - I think it was called "the long grey line" or some such... "how green was my valley" another great oldie... "the fighting sullivans"
but for the all time tear jerker...? hummm....
An affair to remember.... We can all go to the observation deck.... to see them meet (of course this was made before there were Denny's to meet at)!
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with my kids and it hit home big time. Big lesson to the adults so busy with life and trying to juggle carreer with family:
if you want to be successfull with the career and familly there might not be enough hours in the day to do all three. Those are trully three seperate components: Work, wife, kids.... god forbid you have pets!!! How does one juggle everything and make it work? Where and when are your classes? I would like to sign up.
There once was a movie, "Kramer vs. Kramer" - and I was Kramer. Worked hard, figured the correct time to marry, did, figured the correct time to have a child... did, and then my world came crashing down.... company failed. I was a "stay at home dad" for 2 1/2 years - and my wife's career took off like a rocket. There was no stopping her. But, I got to know my kid, and we had another kid along the way during those 2 1/2 years.
Then I went back to work... but with a sense of balance... my ex could not stand that (at least outwardly) it appeared that I "had no ambition" - not true, just the ambition was to make sure that I was there for the family, while she was out advancing her career.... in short, I was in the supporting role, rather than the lead... but I was ok with that, as my mom, prepared me for all of the potential situations that I might find myself...
We divorced... she has the big house, the "hot young guy" and big cars....
The kids? they know that I have the phone #'s of each and every one of their friends, cause I am friends with them as well....
Juggle? I would not even try.... ya pick your own life... for the most part... my regrets... Evelyn... and that I did not meet one person about 15 or 20 years ago... Maybe our lives would be different? don't know, but c'est la vie.
Most people spend their whole lives working for the time to relax and "do what they want" - and never realize that they should do it now... and not later.... I just cleared out my mom's house... and in it was one room with boxes of packed "stuff" for the new house that she and my dad were to move into so many years ago. He died of cancer and she recently died... in clearing out the things.... I found a contract on the house... They had a buyer, who had an approved loan... and they had a closing date, they did not sell the house, as they realized the house in which they lived was home... their friends and family were all around them.... and I came home every chance to visit.... You have to recognize that what is there, is there and not in some "future spot."
As I sorted through the things, I thought sad that mom never enjoyed all the treasures in the boxes... I called my cousin to help open the boxes to distribute the treasures contained therein.... and all that we found were candles which long ago had melted and fused into one great ball of wax.... mom knew what was there... but chose to not worry about it, as she and dad did so many other things.... That was one less "thing she juggled..." and in the end, she was happy.
I don't teach classes anymore, most of my students never got my perspective and somehow I found that the Michaelis-Menton equation does not hold the secret of life.... try as some of my more academic friends try to tell me.... And while I thank God that I was forced to focus more on kids and friends.... I learned that late... early on my interaction with ladies was to "get laid" that and that alone... and now, the best sessions I have are with ladies who I pay to share their personality with me... rather than only "gettin laid" - the absolute best provider I know in terms of the mechanics of sex, is also the one who shares nothing of herself with me.... and for that reason I do not go to her..... ironic no? They say that the earth will shift its poles! Do you believe that? I do, just based on the events of my life.
Now, if I could just figure out where they put the key to this room, I could get out and come to see ya! lol!!!!
Yes, I loved Dr. Zhivago. The most horrific movie to watch and made me cry was "The Passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson. Gees! Talk about torture.
Hugs,
Ciara
while on my journey of the past three weeks... we did dine at Denny's! It seemed appropriate at the time!
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The torture? It was bad at first, then I stopped believing it. Too over-the-top.
Except for Reservoir Dogs and Predator. :-0)
I always cry all the way through the movie "Ghost" regardless of how many times I watch it. Oh, and definitely at the end of "American Beauty," but NOT because it was sad. I tend to cry more over honest realizations (particularly if I can relate them to my own life) and epiphanies than I do over sad things in movies.
Oh, and did anyone else cry during that scene in "Crash" before (and especially after) it became totally apparent that the store-owner's bullets were blanks? I am talking about the scene where he aimed and fired at the locksmith and the locksmith's daughter ran out to protect her father with her "invisible shield?" Wow... Powerful stuff!
I keep thinking of more... Gotta stop typing!
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Hi Miss Genni.
I am so pleased to see you again.
OK..back to your regularly scheduled thread now.
::steps out of thread mode::
Why, thank you Webbie!
I'm pleased to BE back and pleased to see you too. Will you be making another trip down South anytime soon?
I am not *completely* back yet, but soon!
xoxoxo
::files in line and steps back into thread::
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Nice ta see ya Sugar and YES SHE IS coming SOON!!!
Right ?
tyvm,P.T.
even though I've seen it dozens of times.
The biggest tear-jerker I ever watched was Joy Luck Club. I literally went through an entire box of Kleenex watching it for the first time. Fortunately, I was in my own livingroom, alone.
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Life is so short and the older you get the more it seems true. Ever try watching a movie like this and put yourself in it's shoes.... makes you think " WHAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT". When it all is stripped away....your money....your health.....your education....your job.....(and in the case of this movie- the life of loved ones).
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This movie is an all time favorite. I'm such a dork because I make literary references to everything but the quote, "but what dreams may come" comes from the famous soliloquy in hamlet. The to be or not to be speech. He's talking about suicide and how wonderful it would be to just dream in heaven, but then "what dreams may come." he could go to hell.
Anyway....tangent...that was fun. I'M A NERD!!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. the artistic direction is amazing, and it's very philosophical
Actually I frequently cry watching movies.
Requiem for a Dream-- that's got to be the saddest movie ever made.
Citizen Kane-- (anybody these days see this movie?) that amazing scene at the end where Kane's wife leaves him a failed, broken old man. He walks through a crowd, and then in front of two facing mirrors, where his image repeats infinitely. (How did they do that shot then?) It just said: infinite grief.
Carrie (the '76 version)-- inside this horror movie was a terribly sad story.
The Thing ('82 version)-- Kurt Russell's McReady, with all his flaws, has got to be the bravest character. When he realizes that there's no hope of survival the way he rallies the remaining exhausted men to gain-- a draw against the creature. The last scene when he and the other survivor know they are going to freeze to death but are then friends, brought me to tears.
Boggie Nights-- I cried when Amber Waves loses custody of her children, and I cried when Dirk returns to her and is crying in her lap.
Now, does this one count?
"Inside Little Oral Annie"-- the blow job scene at the beginning brought tears to my eyes. The rest of the movie was so-so.
Unil the scene that exposed her cock!
Then what made me cry the hardest was still finding her curiosly attractive afterwards!
Kevin Costner, was a boat maker who lost his wife and sent a bottle with a writtin message to her out to sea, that was found by a newspaper writer can't remember the actress name.
Highlight was he gets to fall in love again, and go to NY for an all nighter and bangs her eyes out.
Then the fool kills himself trying to save people in a stormy sea, leaving his new girlfried sobbing and sobbing to the end.
Excuse me while I get the kleenex. And not to clean up either.
which reminds me, it's almost time for my ritual of watching it before football season begins.
As mick once sanf, "you make a grown man cry".
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If these's a more poingnant ending to a film, I haven't seen it.
Also, Edward Siszorshand.
That Johnny Depp, he makea me cry. 
I saw Little Miss Sunshine on opening night in the city. I laughed so hard I cried for about half the movie and cried for real once. It's been released to more theaters, if you haven't seen it, you MUST! I'm a huge Steve Carroll fan, which is why I was dying to see it. Love The Office! The entire cast was great though. Probably in my Top Five fave movies.
Kate
When Tommy DeVito(Joe Pesci)gets whacked in his good suit that he spent the morning dressing in because he thought he was going to be finally recognized by a crime family and become a "Made Man". It is so metaphoric to the cruel unfairness and uncertainty of life and how the best, most loyal and most humane so often are double crossed by his associates.
I hated that sappy-assed, moralistic father character played by Martin Sheen. I was hoping through the whole movie he'd get run over by a bus or something equally appropriate.
How did the Neocons ever allow for the plot to have Charly Sheen busted by the FTC? You'd think with their moralist control of censorship and ideologies the kid would have ended up wealthier than Donald Trump.
How about the video of my wedding? It starts strong, but everybody is upset towards the end...
my ex had her boyfriend from high school sing, and the toastmaster at the reception was the divorce lawyer her mom used when she divorced her dad....
Little did I know... I only found out these things years later.... Still workin' on distribution rights.... who you using? lol!
Some times we should meet and host a tankard of ale.... to the ladies!
This thread has so many wonderful films, and I did cry like a baby over emotional scenes. My most recent tearfest was because I was overwhelmed by the beauty of "Girl with a pearl earing", a biography of Vermeer. Every scene was like a composition of his work. Particularly painful was when she pierced her ear for him, and also when she showed she was not just a peasant girl by rearranging her pose to capture the light for him as he did his portrait of her. Not at all an artsy film, but like a walk through time of the Dutch master.
And I NEVER cry at movies!
In this poignant tragicomedy, a clever Jewish-Italian waiter named Guido (Roberto Benigni, who won an Oscar for his role) is sent to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, along with his wife (Nicoletta Braschi) and their young son (Giorgio Cantarini). Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. Benigni also directed.
He sacrifices EVERYTHING for his son. He makes his son's life "beautiful" while in the concentration camp completely forgoing his own misery...it's the most touching movie.
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Casablanca--particularly he last scene when Elsa ges on he plane.
Does it to me every time..also some of the best acting you will ever see and awesome chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine.
Yea all three or is it four?
A Walk to Remember and the end scene of The Story of Us.
the end of this movie, when the twin sisters in China first meet their niece from America, and not cry your eyes out.
when the US took over the Panama bank and he lost MILLIONS of his money to the US government.
Also, when he was in prision and was visioning talking with his daughter, how he promised her that he could never live without his heart.
Because it was one of Loni Sanders' last films.
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When Copper stands over Tod so that the hunter can't shoot him, I start to lose it. Then when they're walking away and Copper looks back and smiles at Tod, any attempt that was partially successful on my part to not completely lose it is gone. In my opinion, this is Disney's finest movie.
I have to admit that the end of The Color Purple makes me cry every time.
There are two that bring me to tears at the end EVERY TIME I see them..."The Joy Luck Club" and "The Color Purple".