it moved me to tears, or some other reaction !!

irishash

ok, so i was watching a particular movie last night for the 100,000 time and again right at the end, I started to feel a bit weird - hairs standing up on the back of my neck, my throat started to get a little tight with a weird lump forming in it, my eyes got a little blurry and started to seep a clear liquid substance. (for those of a dirty mind, i was starting to shed a tear)

after i recovered i kinda thought i would like to know what movies make the rest of ya choke up (or hurl for that matter).

oh and the movie was redemption of the shawshank kind.

Wacker

Finding Nemo. The bit where all the fish are caught in the net, and the are all chanting "SWIM DOWN" while giving it all they have. Cue me crying like a girl and howling "SWIM YOU FISHY SCALY BSATARDS!" every time.

Duggy747

No movies have ever really made me get that lump in the throat, the closet probably being the ending of Terminator 2 when Arnie lowers himself into the molten liquid. *sniff* And when he sticks up the thumb it's even more heart-wrenching *sniff* Oh God!!!

The movie that made me hurl the most was The Day After Tomorrow, Jesus what a cringe-worthy movie. Corkey Romano was probably the WORST movie I have ever seen, incredible how it got the green light and it had Sean Penn and the guy who plays Columbo (though that's not saying much!) I couldn't stop laughing and cringing at the cheapness of the movie!

I knew some people who would get choked up over the bit in Armageddon when Bruce Willis is saying goodbye to his daughter Liv Tyler.

Wacker

Duggy747 wrote:

No movies have ever really made me get that lump in the throat, the closet probably being the ending of Terminator 2 when Arnie lowers himself into the molten liquid. *sniff* And when he sticks up the thumb it's even more heart-wrenching *sniff* Oh God!!!

The movie that made me hurl the most was The Day After Tomorrow, Jesus what a cringe-worthy movie. Corkey Romano was probably the WORST movie I have ever seen, incredible how it got the green light and it had Sean Penn and the guy who plays Columbo (though that's not saying much!) I couldn't stop laughing and cringing at the cheapness of the movie!

I knew some people who would get choked up over the bit in Armageddon when Bruce Willis is saying goodbye to his daughter Liv Tyler.

Spoiler tags please.

Gillie

Duggy747 wrote:

I knew some people who would get choked up over the bit in Armageddon

when Bruce Willis is saying goodbye to his daughter Liv Tyler

Yep!:D
Ashamed to say it!

aurel

The ending of the elephant man always gets me.

monkeyfudge

The Iron Giant...

"SU-PER-MAN...."

Vin Diesel is an outstanding actor.

BopNiblets

Hugz at the end of Shawshank, awesome.

Q_Ball

Peter Jacksons King Kong. watching the movie knowing what was going to happen, seeing kong at the top of the empire state building and waiting for the inevitible. if only jack black had kept his f**king mouth shut at the end :mad:

Also, the original endng to 28 days later. so much better than the one originally released. really hit home what the characters were going through

MikeHoncho

The end of The Truman Show moves me every time. Get goosebumps etc. Im sure there are others but this one comes to mind straight away.

The Iron Giant gets me every time. As does Serenity, Shawshank, The Green Mile and The Lake House. If only I was more manly.

Retr0gamer

Grave of the Fireflies every single time, and after watching the film the beginning of the film chokes me up.

ET used to make me weep like the little child I was.

irishash

ok, this is a weird one, and i cant really explain why it gets to me, it just does.

so its the untouchables and the bit where , spoiler - sean connerys character dies in a hail of bullets.
First time I saw that - floods of tears. Maybe it was the accent !!!

TerrorFirmer

Schlinders List. Closest I've ever come.

Also for anyone who's seen 9th Company. The part where

The main character of sorts, the artist soldier, is shot straight through the head in the middle of a gentle, passive scene where's he painting a picture and suddenly finds himself surrounded when he looks up. Very brutal, and totally unexpected - did such a fantastic job of stressing the fact that there's no bravado as an action hero in real life

Paligulus

"Teacher says, that everytime a bell rings an angel gets his wings"

"That a boy Clarence"


Everytime. Hook line and sinker!!!! Can barely breath such is the size of the lump in my throat!!!!!!!!

Oh and I'm talking about It's a Wonderful Life!!!

Owen

Cinema Paradiso, such a great great film!

Running Bing

Blow always gets me at the end!:(

Vegeta

the only film that every really moved me was 21 grams
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moved me straight out of my cinema seat and home to wash my eyes with bleach and flash bright lights until I forgot its content

mike65

King Kong and Run Cougar Run got to me as a kid, in more recent decades one film that had an unexpected impact was Nic Roeg's Insignificance.

There is a moment when Senator Joe McCarthy (Tony Curtis) thumps Marilyn Monroe (Theresa Russell) so hard in the stomach it made me double up and actually hit pause for 5 mins. Very strange still can't quite make out why it erm hit me like that beyond the skill of Roeg and Russell

Mike.

Owen

I almost forgot ... "The Good Shepherd" made me cry ... due the immense boredom of watching Matt Damon say nothing, or not move for 5 minutes on end, or the endless silent scenes of him walking through corridors.

Gillie

ned78 wrote:

I almost forgot ... "The Good Shepherd" made me cry ... due the immense boredom of watching Matt Damon say nothing, or not move for 5 minutes on end, or the endless silent scenes of him walking through corridors.

Ever seen Meet Joe Black?;)

Tzetze

Roger Waters' Wall gig from Berlin when the wall came down. '89 I think. Everytime it gets to the "Bring the boys back home" bit, I'm reduced to blubbering like a baby.

The scene in About Schmidt where Kathy Bates gets into the hot tub makes me throw up a little in my mouth every time I see it.

mobby

The Green Mile.Great Film.

Gillie

Actually the end of the Color Purple really fúcks me up everytime!

coley

no mention of La Vite e bella?

Shryke

No ones mentioned The Royal Tenenbaums(the ending)? I'd also agree with whoever said Blow. Great film.

Snake Plisken

We did this thread a couple of months back, but anyway:-
Man on Fire caught it again at the weekend on BBC1 and that just breaks me up, particulary the scene on the bridge at the end, think u might have to have kids for it to really affect you, but anyway.
The Green Mile
Somewhere in time:- Romantic Time travel story with Christopher Reeves, even more sad now that Superman is dead.
Blow was all the more sadder for me when I read that the Director Ted Demme had died of a cocain induced heart attack.
LOTR The Return o the King
The end of Donnie Darko as well

Snake

Ruu_Old

Said it before so I'll say it again, Pay it Forward. Close, very close. ;_;

p~b

Dead Poets Society, Patch Adams, Mr Hollands Opus & Jack were fairly sad

Dodge

Felt myself going at Rocky Balboa

at the end of the 9th round when that music start playing

I know I should be ashamed of myself but it was Rocky godamnit!

gucci

god damn it rocky had that effect on me too, i tried to claim after that it was nostalgia to my younger years not emotion!! oh and the lion king, think there was a swelling of the tear ducts in that too but i managed to hold it in....music is so powerful in that film.

Gillie

p~b wrote:

Dead Poets Society, Patch Adams, Mr Hollands Opus & Jack were fairly sad

Robin Williams obviously upsets you!;)

folkface

Snake Plisken wrote:

Somewhere in time:- Romantic Time travel story with Christopher Reeves, even more sad now that Superman is dead.
Snake

Shut up Superman is not dead - it was only the actor who played Superman.

The movies that really choked me up are:

Jerry Maguire - the bit where the little lad hugs and kisses Tom Cruise, and Rennee Zel (mom) goes he's never reacted that way to any man before.
Gets me every time.:)

Also Life is Beautiful.

film_gonzo

Almost ashamed to say it but in 'The Lion King' when Mufasa dies i'm usually blubbing like a wean. Also the bit in E.T. where the flower comes back to life and Elliot screams for joy gets me.

I used to be hard and cynical about allowing myself to show emotion towards a movie be it horror, fantasy, sad film, happy film etc.. But I've kinda broken down that wall in recent times and allowed myself to shed a tear if I feel it coming on or wince if it's a horror movie. It's what the movie going experience is about-letting yourself go. Allowing the filmmaker to take you on an emotional journey.

The last one I got misty eyed at was the screening of BttF the other week. When Doc says "Roads, where we're going we don't need... Roads!" and the music swells a tear of joy at seeing one of my all time favourite movies on the big screen liberated itself.

irishash

film_gonzo wrote:

I used to be hard and cynical about allowing myself to show emotion towards a movie be it horror, fantasy, sad film, happy film etc.. But I've kinda broken down that wall in recent times and allowed myself to shed a tear if I feel it coming on or wince if it's a horror movie. It's what the movie going experience is about-letting yourself go. Allowing the filmmaker to take you on an emotional journey.

well said - i totally agree with you there. if the film-maker is doing a good job, then you should feel the tears welling up inside you when the film is showing you something that is meant to get a emotional reaction. It is the same thing if watching a gore move, you squirm if it does the job right. It is your way of applauding the film-maker in a way only you can, by using your own emotions.

oh and another one that just came to mind - stranger than fiction - as a person who really just started living, it packs a real punch with me.

silverwater

Jack was the one for me when I was younger...
I remember only seeing the first twenty minutes one evening (before bedtime came), then running down the stairs the next morning to watch the rest, which we had taped, i think...
Blubbering incessantly...

Also 21 Grams hit me hard, but no tears...

Gillie

film_gonzo wrote:

Almost ashamed to say it but in 'The Lion King' when Mufasa dies i'm usually blubbing like a wean.

Yeah! A lot of animated movies have that affect on me.
When the "mammy dinosaur" dies in the Land before time.
Or when Spirit's spirit is broken in um Spirit.

Another movie that gets me is the Patriot.
When

the little girl who doesn't talk suddenly does to Mel Gibson's character!

Not to mention the end of Braveheart but i'm sure loads of ppl feel the same about that one.

x Purple Pawprints x

Deleted User wrote:

The Iron Giant gets me every time. As does Serenity, Shawshank, The Green Mile and The Lake House. If only I was more manly.

Have only seen The Green Mile and The Lake House but they're brilliant!

Don't worry Darko, women like men who get emotional.

mobby wrote:

The Green Mile.Great Film.

I agree.

azezil

It depends on my mood, sometimes the most heart wrenching scenes will have no effect on me what so ever, other times I'm in tears watching the most incredibly trivial of things... seriously, once while watching Home and Away I was near tears UGH!

Snake Plisken

folkface wrote:

Shut up Superman is not dead - it was only the actor who played Superman.QUOTE]

Don't be so fookin rude :mad: For a lot of people Chris Reeves was Superman

Snake

Kinetic^

The wind that shakes the barley, last scene.

Jane_LS_88

Jane_LS_88 wrote:

Have only seen The Green Mile and The Lake House but they're brilliant!

Don't worry Darko, women like men who get emotional.

But real men like football, beer, porn and beating on their women while Sweet Home Alabama plays in the background.:D

The Lord of the Rings is another one that gets me every time. I know it's not a film but the final episode of Stargate also caused me to feel quiet sad. Not because the episode it's self,but more to do with it being the end of an era so to speak. It was the only show I watched religiously since it first aired.

uncle ernie

marwoods parting words to withnail...that was a tough one

o1s1n

Most Studio Ghibli films. There's just something so *sniff* innocent and pure about them.

Especially; Laputa, Nausicaa, Totoro and certain bits in Mononoke.

irishthump

Q_Ball wrote:

Peter Jacksons King Kong.

Ha!

That movie made ME cry too..... but for all the wrong fu*king reasons....

Fredrick

Braveheart & The Patriot few v sad bits indeedy!

Shawshank yup v sad but ends great.

The Green Mile the end was a killer.

Man on Fire, ah was the biz! Top man Creasy!

Platoon, when Elias is dying.

The Gladiator the end.

King Kong when i was a wee lad. Probably would still now.

Champ, the end was v sad.

Ishmael

Forrest Gump.

Beelzebub

Earthlings.

If you can watch that and not be affected, then you truly are a stone.

Galvasean

The Land Before Time still gets to me. I blame James Horner's score for that one. Heck i cant even listen to Diana Ross anymore.
I also got lump at the end of

Gladiator

and

Dragonheart

. Theres just something about a noble sacrifice that gets to me. Oh and lest we forget

Optimus Prime, NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jackdaw

Q_Ball wrote:

Peter Jacksons King Kong. watching the movie knowing what was going to happen, seeing kong at the top of the empire state building and waiting for the inevitible. if only jack black had kept his f**king mouth shut at the end :mad:

Also, the original endng to 28 days later. so much better than the one originally released. really hit home what the characters were going through

thats right .. it was a sad ending to an otherwise crap film and then Jack Black with that AWFUL line ... IT WAS BEAUTY THAT KILLED THE BEAST --- FUUCK OFF!!!