Oh and by the way, nice post. Well done.
“when the movie ended in a packed theatre, a few people, me included, were drying eyes, but the theatre was absolutely silent and stayed that way. no one moved for a while then the whole theatre silently filed out.”
Well written and quite succinct. You don’t need to say more.
You paint such a good picture there.
I hardly ever go see movies anymore.
Your description above is so captivating that I wonder if I want to have such emotions with a bunch of random people also at a movie theater.
Is that wrong? The same thing happened in theater I was in. I’m not ashamed to cry in public and I found it gratifying that others were similarly moved. I will certainly by the DVD when it comes out and enjoy crying in the privacy of my home again and again, as I do when I watch Lone Survivor. Chris Kyle had a remarkable and short life but he accomplished a lot for the country and his family.
I second ifinnegan’s praise. The movie must be great, it’s breaking all kinds of box office records, and your’s is certainly the best short review I’ve ever seen.
Probably the most emotional moment I’ve ever had in the movies was when my friend’s dad took her and me to see “Captains Courageous” in one of the great old revival theaters, back in the day.
At the end there was literally not a dry eye in the house, even my friend’s dad was treary eyed, and I’m sure he’d seen the movie before, maybe many times before.
I actually love that experience, it’s a real part of what makes going to the movies fun. I used to esp. like to go see action movies with the rowdy crowds in Times Square.