I generally find that any film in which the family dog dies (eg Marley & Me, Old Yeller, My Dig Skip to name a few) is enough to give me a big lump in my throat.
Oh and I grew up with white bull terriers, so that final scene in "The Incredible Journey" gets me every time.
Is it possible to watch the end of The Railway Children? I can't! I seem to be turning into a right wuss in my middle age. I even cried reading the end of The Kite Runner...
When I was three there was a burglary in the neighbourhood and the police were doing door to doors asking people if they'd seen anything and telling them to be vigilant.
I was terrified they were going to take my Daddy away like in the film and made him hide behind the bed. Just thinking about the ending makes me well up.
Is it possible to watch the end of The Railway Children? I can't! I seem to be turning into a right wuss in my middle age. I even cried reading the end of The Kite Runner...
It is not a weakness to cry at a film!! they are often designed in that way and if you cry it shows your an empathetic person.
Psychopaths are a group that would never cry at a film,
is that something to aim for now?
Funny thing is people expect you to feel embarrassed for crying at the end of that, but when I went to see it I was probably the only one in the cinema NOT crying. That was pretty embarrassing.
You must have a heart of stone to not cry at the end when Andy is saying goodbye to the toys, especially Woody. It's so sad! :p
I'll cry at a lot of films, I refuse to watch anything too sad with animals in, and I can't bring myself to ever watch E.T. again - that film broke my heart when I was a kid! :D
It's generalising, but Psychopaths have an extreme lack of empathy as a major characteristic of their psychological make up.
They do not recognise suffering or distress in the way most people do and show blunted emotional reactions too.
I cried at the end of KNOWING where Earth is obliterated by the sun, if only that could happen irl and wipe this cancerous plague known as humanity off this planet.
As a child I didn't give a toss, but now I'm middle aged (and have lost my daddy) I always cry at that bit.
I also cry at 3 precise points in 'Return of the King.' I've seen it a million times, and still cry every time.
Can I ask which 3? I can think of four:
Eowyn defending King Theoden ('I will kill you if you touch him' gets me)
Frodo making Sam turn back
When they are cheering Frodo and then they think he has died
'My friends, you bow to no-one'
The first time I watched Schindler's List my lip wobbled a bit at the end.
The first film I ever cried at was Schindler's List. I remember watching it in bed with my girlfriend, and the tears plopping down my cheeks at the end. I got out of bed to switch everything off, got back in without saying a word and just lay there in silence, weeping. I was a bit shocked at my own reaction I guess.
The last film I cried at was The Road. By the end I was in pieces and wailed like a baby throughout the end credits and for quite a while after. ...I highly recommend it.
Funny thing is people expect you to feel embarrassed for crying at the end of that, but when I went to see it I was probably the only one in the cinema NOT crying. That was pretty embarrassing.
Same here! And we were watching Toy Story 2 the other day - oh god, I choked up at the bit with Jessie and her little girl. The song, the sadness.
I love watching sad films.
The bit at the end when he hands them over. I'm 26, TS1 came out when I was a child, it reminds me of happy childhood times. For me it felt like I was Andy waving goodbye to the childhood memories and old toys I had...
I'm such a softie! Funnily enough when I went to see it in the cinema it was full of adults, not 1 kid in sight. It's one of the few animated films both kids and adults enjoy. I love the adult innuendos in it!
It's a bit of a running joke in my family that when my older brother (now in his 40s and a self-styled 'double-hard b*stard') was little he watched The Poseidon Adventure then took it upon himself to go to bed straight after. My mother went up a few minutes later to find him sobbing into his pillow. When she asked him what was the matter he wailed, "I didn't want that fat woman to die. " ...PMSL! Aww, bless.
Eowyn defending King Theoden ('I will kill you if you touch him' gets me)
Frodo making Sam turn back
When they are cheering Frodo and then they think he has died
'My friends, you bow to no-one'
Theoden's last lines about going to the halls of his fathers, amongst whom he will not now be ashamed.../ Theoden's death
Sam's "I can't carry the ring, but I can carry you!"
The last film I cried at was The Road. By the end I was in pieces and wailed like a baby throughout the end credits and for quite a while after. ...I highly recommend it.
Yes. Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road had me in tears so I knew the film would be similarly bleak. Yet it's actually uplifting as well - the idea that humanity lives on, even if in only a few people.
As a child I used to cry during Beauty and the Beast during the song Tale as Old as Time and the song still makes me cry now. I also used to cry at Bright Eyes. I almost cried near the end of One Day, mostly because I felt so sorry for Dex and the ending is so bittersweet.
I generally find that any film in which the family dog dies (eg Marley & Me, Old Yeller, My Dig Skip to name a few) is enough to give me a big lump in my throat.
I think the same way. I was watching Paranormal Activity (whichever number it was) and saw the family dog and thought 'they'd better not hurt that dog' - even though people were being flung about and dragged up and downstairs, apparently, that was fine but don't dare touch that dog
Eowyn defending King Theoden ('I will kill you if you touch him' gets me)
Frodo making Sam turn back
When they are cheering Frodo and then they think he has died
'My friends, you bow to no-one'
the bit in The Two Towers, at the battle of Helm's Deep, when there's no hope and they're all going to die, but the elves turn up anyway, gets me every time
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Oh and I grew up with white bull terriers, so that final scene in "The Incredible Journey" gets me every time.
When I was three there was a burglary in the neighbourhood and the police were doing door to doors asking people if they'd seen anything and telling them to be vigilant.
I was terrified they were going to take my Daddy away like in the film and made him hide behind the bed. Just thinking about the ending makes me well up.
It is not a weakness to cry at a film!! they are often designed in that way and if you cry it shows your an empathetic person.
Psychopaths are a group that would never cry at a film,
is that something to aim for now?
Why wouldn't a psychopath cry at a film?
You must have a heart of stone to not cry at the end when Andy is saying goodbye to the toys, especially Woody. It's so sad!
I'll cry at a lot of films, I refuse to watch anything too sad with animals in, and I can't bring myself to ever watch E.T. again - that film broke my heart when I was a kid!
Oh dear :eek:
Strait jacket time then.....
It's generalising, but Psychopaths have an extreme lack of empathy as a major characteristic of their psychological make up.
They do not recognise suffering or distress in the way most people do and show blunted emotional reactions too.
Me too. Every single time. But I knew I would because I sobbed when reading the book too.
Mr Jingles
Watership down. I can even well up just thinking about it.
Can I ask which 3? I can think of four:
Eowyn defending King Theoden ('I will kill you if you touch him' gets me)
Frodo making Sam turn back
When they are cheering Frodo and then they think he has died
'My friends, you bow to no-one'
The last film I cried at was The Road. By the end I was in pieces and wailed like a baby throughout the end credits and for quite a while after.
The bit at the end when he hands them over. I'm 26, TS1 came out when I was a child, it reminds me of happy childhood times. For me it felt like I was Andy waving goodbye to the childhood memories and old toys I had...
I'm such a softie! Funnily enough when I went to see it in the cinema it was full of adults, not 1 kid in sight. It's one of the few animated films both kids and adults enjoy. I love the adult innuendos in it!
Theoden's last lines about going to the halls of his fathers, amongst whom he will not now be ashamed.../ Theoden's death
Sam's "I can't carry the ring, but I can carry you!"
And also "..you bow to no-one.":D
Ah yes, I knew there was another one, but that one doesn't make me cry so much as cheer.
Yes. Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road had me in tears so I knew the film would be similarly bleak. Yet it's actually uplifting as well - the idea that humanity lives on, even if in only a few people.
I tend to cry more at music though than films.
Forgot to change your socks?
Would appear that way
Now that's the odd one, I watched this as a child without any problem but now it's sob city.
Same here - I won't watch that film as, no matter how many times I watch Bambi, I still snivell - ergo: I will cry over Watership Down
I think the same way. I was watching Paranormal Activity (whichever number it was) and saw the family dog and thought 'they'd better not hurt that dog' - even though people were being flung about and dragged up and downstairs, apparently, that was fine but don't dare touch that dog
the bit in The Two Towers, at the battle of Helm's Deep, when there's no hope and they're all going to die, but the elves turn up anyway, gets me every time