Confession Corner: Crying at the Movies

I am fairly new to the press list in my town, and went into "My Sister's Keeper" with a steely resolve to not shed a tear. Not only did I fail, but I almost had to leave the movie because my sobs were borderline disturbing other movie going peers. I tried to sob silently, which was very hard. I hid in the bathroom after the movie to collect myself. When I finally went to the rep, I burst into a new round of tears, and choked that I would have to email her, as I was too upset to talk. It was humiliating.

That's the way I roll.

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Let's see:

WALL-E - what a love story. The protags don't even have "dialog."

Don't Say A Word - two little girls in jeopardy, need I say more?

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I'll cry at a movie if it really earns it. Tearjerker stuff just annoys me.

Every single time I see Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility, Emma Thompson's big moment (everybody who's seen it knows what I'm talking about) makes the tears come out. I've seen it like seven times now, and I'm not even kidding: every. single. time.

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As a guy, we hate to admit crying. But I well up at movies where the guy finally admits/allows himself to like the main dude. At the end of "Dances With Wolves", when Wind in His Hair screams that he was always Costner's friend, f'in kills me every time. In fact I won't watch it anymore.
Also, "Awakenings" at the end when Robin Williams watches the film of DeNiro during the "good days", and cries.... so do I. He was more than a patient at that moment, he was a friend. A friend who he'll never see again. That's kills me too.
Two examples. Thanks for listening. I await some bashing.

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I love when a movie makes me cry. The wedding scene in In Her Shoes disolves me, and most Pixars have some teary moment for me. Last thing I check before I head to the theater, is Kleenex in my purse. Especially love when all you hear during the closing credits of a film is sniffling. In my mind, a successful story. A dark theater is a wonderful, safe place to cry. Good topic.

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Iron Giant and WALL-E.

Twice over cartoon robots. What's wrong with me?

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I'm such a sap. I'm a really easy weeper. And sometimes it's because it's so thrilling and beautiful. To wit: "Cheek to Cheek" in "Top Hat." "Aquarius" in "Hair" (gets me every time, I swear). Recently, the "running on the waves" sequence in "Ponyo." I was surprised how hard "Lars and the Real Girl" got me, starting from the party with Talking Heads' "Naive Melody" playing, and Lars was so... happy. Needless to say I was thusly primed for the sadder sections later on. The final scene in the cemetery in "The End of the Affair." But the movie that made me cry buckets and buckets -- mainly because I didn't expect it -- was "Babe: Pig In The City." (SPOILER ALERT!!!) When that lame dog was hit by the car and suddenly we cut to heaven, with him happily leaping and running on all four legs, I literally had to leave the theatre. (Turned out he wasn't dead, but still -- that was DEVASTATING.)

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Yes, I cry. In the theater. At home. I'm more likely to cry when I'm alone (or I guess the way to say it is I'll likely try to hold it back more if I'm with people). All About My Mother makes me cry every time I see it. Talk to Her also makes me cry every time I see it. Requiem for a Dream makes me cry every time. The Wrestler made me cry. Up made me cry. Hunger made me cry.

I've never had a movie make me full on sob (that honor belongs to a TV show: Six Feet Under), and like I said above, it depends on where I am / who I'm with.. if I'm alone in a movie theater or alone at home watching a DVD, I mostly just give into it and cry. If I'm with people, I try to hold it back a little, but most of the time I'm not very successful.

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I have only cried in a few movies, I cried at the end of Saving Private Ryan, and I cried at the very begining of Up. A movie has to be really good or really pull at my heart strings to get me to cry, and Up really met that requirement, and Saving Private Ryan just got me at the end.

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What always gets me to cry is "Radio Flyer". I want to cry just thinking about it. Just the way it shows the love between two brothers always resonated with me.

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Ahh...As a guy, it's kind of emberrasing to admit these kind of things, but anyone secure in their manhood blah blah blah. I was never a crier, although "Saving Private Ryan" did it for me when first saw it in theaters at a pretty young age. Since then, the first 15 minutes of "Up," like, 10 times during "500 Days of Summer," and...yep, "The Notebook." While watching it alone. Sue me.

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Maybe i am the only one but i cried during the Return of The King when Frodo turned on Sam. I don't know why but i just felt sad for old Sam wise.

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Actually I had been looking for a movie to cry to recently. I remember crying at Titanic when I was younger although I hated it at first (I definetely don't now). More recently I cried near the ending of Bolt. The plot had a couple of bumps but was still good and the part where Penny and Bolt are reunited, i was glad to get a few tears out. I even almost started crying at the beginning of Star Trek a couple of days ago and I have absolutely no idea why.

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As for this year. Quite like vegimorph, I did cry during the first 10-15 mins of Star Trek...twice! And about every 15 mins during "UP". As a man assure of his emotions, I am good with it.

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Great minds...

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/12/08/fan-rant-tear-ducked/

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