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Which Movies Make Grown Men Cry?
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT ^
| 01/14/2015
| Walt Hickey
Posted on 01/14/2015 7:31:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Argument much like karaoke and online shopping is at its best when done with friends and a drink. And so, heres Bar Fights With Walt, a column devoted to solving the only questions that truly matter: the dumb arguments about life and pop culture developed and hashed out in barroom rants. Well use data and research to take these arguments to their logical statistical conclusion. If youd like to submit a question or conundrum, corner the author at one of his typical haunts and pick a fight.
After an evening at Grassroots Tavern, some friends and I got into a heated argument about “Love Actually,” which I contend is a good movie (see this Ben Dreyfuss essay for more on that). This eventually became a slightly less heated argument about which movies make people cry. The consensus was that everyone has at least one movie that gets them. The lone dissenter was my friend Alex Kaufman, who claimed he had never cried during a movie. After we listed approximately half the films on IMDb, he eventually recanted, saying that “Saving Private Ryan” had, at points, briefly broken his steely resolve. This leads us to this week’s question:
What movies make people cry the most?
(Excerpt) Read more at fivethirtyeight.com ...
TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dontmakemecry; films; movies; notfilms
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To: SeekAndFind
Goodfellas is on my list. At the end when Henry Hill orders spaghetti and marinara and gets egg noodles and ketchup. That cuts to the heart of me.
To: WayneS
Indeed.
And what about “Lone Survivor”. . .made me tear-up.
I expect “American Sniper” to do the same.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:38:56 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: KC_Lion
I read the book, saw the movie. Don’t remember too much of it though ...boys, rockets .... etc.
To: SeekAndFind
What the hell is The Notebook?
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:39:28 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Rat Race. The scene where the air traffic controller looks though his binoculars. I laughed so hard I cried.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:39:32 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: KC_Lion
I just visited the town that movie was filmed in last summer. Came across it in one of our wonderful “let’s turn off the main road and see what we find” moments.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:39:39 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: BenLurkin
Yes.
Typical of Spielberg hackness.
To: SeekAndFind
The worst one for me, and it is WAY ahead of whatever is in second place:
Time Traveler’s Wife
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:40:12 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:40:54 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: dfwgator
Titanic? Ten minutes into that borefest, I'm going, "Just sink already!Thanks for giving away the ending. I was going to watch that movie.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:40:58 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: Hulka
Blackhawk Down
(seriously - although I may have been weeping with rage rather than from sadness)
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:41:06 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: SeekAndFind
Dirty Dozen*. Duh.
*Obscure Sleepless In Seattle reference.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:41:18 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Hulka
“The Best Years of Our Lives” always makes me tear up...
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:41:26 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: bigdaddy45
“The Best Years of our Lives”
I choke up several times through that movie.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:41:41 AM PST
by
CTyank
To: thefactor
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:41:54 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: Jeff Chandler
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:42:15 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
Phantasm II
When the 1971 Hemicuda got trashed
Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:42:40 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: MarkRegal05
You don’t want to see My Dog Skip, then. ;-)
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:42:44 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: dfwgator
Brain’s Song gave me some laughs though. A Pinky And The Brain episode.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:42:45 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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