Oh ya, I just looked it up he was in Half Nelson as well... which was one of those Sundance Film Festivals. They are okay movies, but they always seem to be about the struggle of some deep & philosophical person.

'Bambi'. That's Bambi Woods.... I thought her performance in Debbie Does Dallas was really "moving".
But seriously, Walt Disney's Bambi was probably the first movie to make me cry. I saw it as a very young kid and sobbed.
More recently, Pan's Labyrinth had me teary-eyed.

Mantisdreamz wrote:Oh ya, I just looked it up he was in Half Nelson as well... which was one of those Sundance Film Festivals. They are okay movies, but they always seem to be about the struggle of some deep & philosophical person.

You don't like indie films?

Mac_Guffin wrote:

Mantisdreamz wrote:Oh ya, I just looked it up he was in Half Nelson as well... which was one of those Sundance Film Festivals. They are okay movies, but they always seem to be about the struggle of some deep & philosophical person.

You don't like indie films?

I do like them. But sometimes they can be a bit melancholy...

Mantisdreamz wrote:

Mac_Guffin wrote:

Mantisdreamz wrote:Oh ya, I just looked it up he was in Half Nelson as well... which was one of those Sundance Film Festivals. They are okay movies, but they always seem to be about the struggle of some deep & philosophical person.

You don't like indie films?

I do like them. But sometimes they can be a bit melancholy...

Yeah, indie films tend to be melancholy or the characters have to earn their happy ending. There are some light-hearted ones out there, like these 2:



and:

K-pax kind of ripped that one off with whole "Is this guy for real?" plot.

^ I've never heard of those ones before, if I come across them I'll check them out. Sometimes they sell really cheap indy movies like that at the video store near me. K-Pax I have yet to see, but want to check it out.

Another movie that made me cry over an inanimate object...


I know that a few of you thought the movie sucked.

Animavore wrote:Didn't cry at Saving Private Ryan when the medical guy dies either.

That part always kills me...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind gets to me.

Speaking of Saving Private Ryan, the part that gets to me is when Ryan breaks down and crys, and asks if he earned it (or something like that).

Up, Dancer in the Dark, In America, Ponette, Ma Vie En Rose

fredbear wrote:"life is beautiful"

Me too. And the following:

E.T.

Philadelphia

Fried Green Tomaotes

Mask

Schindler's list,

The Color Purple,

A.I.

Big Fish

The English Patient



Need to go watch some Borat now. There, all better.

Mike_L wrote:'Bambi'. That's Bambi Woods.... I thought her performance in Debbie Does Dallas was really "moving".
But seriously, Walt Disney's Bambi was probably the first movie to make me cry. I saw it as a very young kid and sobbed.
More recently, Pan's Labyrinth had me teary-eyed.

Pan's Labyrinth.... deeply affecting. It reminded me of a movie I saw (on VHS) many years ago, the title of which I cannot remember. It was done with animated characters atop photographed backgrounds, and was set in Europe (France or Poland, perhaps) during WW2. A young girl survives a bombing that kills the rest of her family. She goes on the run and into hiding in the Nazi-occupied territory. She notices that German supply trains must cross a bridge into the town, and decides that if she can only destroy the bridge she will be able to bring the war to an end. The bridge is patrolled by guards. But, weak and starving, the girl hides in a stormwater drain (or sewer) close to the bridge, emerging only at night to remove bricks (one by one) from the supporting pillars. The ending is heart-rendingly sad.
Pan's Labyrinth made me think of that one, because of the common theme.... children, simultaneously brave and naïve, becoming victims of war.
Only wish I could recall the name of the animated movie....

Dracena wrote:
Fried Green Tomaotes

What a movie! I cried at that one too...

Also "Dead Poet's Society".

I've never cried during a flim. That's not to say that I haven't been emotionally effected by some movies, I just haven't been moved to tears. The closest I got was from watching The Hurricane with Denzel Washington.

Crocodile Gandhi wrote:I've never cried during a flim. That's not to say that I haven't been emotionally effected by some movies, I just haven't been moved to tears. The closest I got was from watching The Hurricane with Denzel Washington.

In recent years, the tears are a little harder to come by, especially in public.
I don't know if it's from being desensitized or what. I hate it because I sometimes come off as one of those lame "Real men don't cry." guys, and I was never raised that way.

Mac_Guffin wrote:

Crocodile Gandhi wrote:I've never cried during a flim. That's not to say that I haven't been emotionally effected by some movies, I just haven't been moved to tears. The closest I got was from watching The Hurricane with Denzel Washington.

In recent years, the tears are a little harder to come by, especially in public.
I don't know if it's from being desensitized or what. I hate it because I sometimes come off as one of those lame "Real men don't cry." guys, and I was never raised that way.

Insensitive brute! Somebody oughtta.... Well heck, I'm gonna start knitting myself a pair of boxing gloves right now!
(Kidding, of course!)

I've never shed a tear in a movie either, although I've been close a couple of times. The closest I ever got was watching Brokeback Mountain. I did however shed a few tears and sobs when I read the book after watching the movie ± 3 - 4 times.

Somebody originally posted this a couple of months ago on the RD forum. It's a "sand animation" performance by Kseniya Simonova, an entrant on Ukraine's Got Talent. She went on to win the contest. The storytelling technique is itself amazing, and here she uses it to powerful dramtic effect. Note the scenes of people (in the audience and on the judges' panel) weeping quite openly....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qOmST_yz-4[/youtube]

How come Grave Of The Fireflies not mentioned, Roger Ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made.



If you can sit through that movie and not Cry, then you're a sociopath.