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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
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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?
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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dontmakemecry; films; movies; notfilms
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To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
1. Never heard of
2. Yes
3. I can’t remember, probably
4. Yes
5. Heck No!
6. Never heard of
7. No
8. Never seen
8. ?
8. When are you supposed to cry in that movie?
11. No
12. No
13. ?
13. No
14. No
14. ?
I bawled on Empire of the Sun when the kid finds his mom and feels her hair. I cry about a lot of movies.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:59:16 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: dfwgator
The opening scene in Up gets me every time.Me too.
Scenes where personal sacrifice to save others, regardless of the genre, make me tear up, as well.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:59:17 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: KC_Lion
Lone Survivor made me misty eyed.
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:59:22 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: cuban leaf
Really?
I’m going to have to break out that DVD tonight and see if this time is the one...
85
posted on
01/14/2015 7:59:31 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: SeekAndFind
Mostly, I tear up when I realize I just dropped $30 on tickets for the drivel I just “watched” on the screen, and I’ll never get those wasted two hours back...
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posted on
01/14/2015 7:59:45 AM PST
by
elteemike
(Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak!)
To: SeekAndFind
My boyfriend’s a pretty tough guy. I don’t remember him ever crying at a movie. But for some reason he gets all teary at a certain part of “A Christmas Carol” that the Missouri Rep does every year. Go figure.
To: SeekAndFind
There’s a scene in “The Alamo” (2004) in which Jim Bowie is dying from tuberculosis and is all but incoherent with fever when his sister tending to him suddenly becomes his dead wife, and kisses him one last time. With the swelling of Carter Burwell’s score, it becomes a terrifically iconic moment. At least IMHO.
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:00:03 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: WayneS
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:00:22 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: SeekAndFind
I don’t think I actually cried, but “Silent Running” choked me up a bit. I really kinda liked those little robots by the end.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:00:31 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: WayneS
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:00:49 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Night Hides Not
You DO know there’s a difference between crying and simply having your eyes water, don’t you?
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:00:50 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: glorgau
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:01:01 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: SeekAndFind
For me the Shootist. Great final tribute to the Duke.
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:01:02 AM PST
by
BobinIL
To: SeekAndFind
Return of the King when Theodin says, “ I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed.”
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:01:11 AM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:01:19 AM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: Loyalty Binds Me)
To: dfwgator
The opening scene in Up gets me every time. Probably the only movie my husband and I both sobbed at. And it hits you out of no where. Timing had something to do with it but that is one movie we will never watch again.
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:01:33 AM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: SeekAndFind
The Notebook? I had no idea any men saw that one. And I’m not making a machismo joke: I’ll admit to liking Steel Magnolias. I think the last time I cried at a movie was Farenheit 911... for our country when I saw how stupid so many Americans are. (Not really.) I don’t think I cried during “Up,” but it was definitely cry-worthy... easily the most cry-worthy of the bunch among the ones on the list I’ve seen. I probably cried during Bambi, since I was a little kid and it was very sad.
I don’t recall actually crying at movies, but some certainly got me very emotional. And since I have a son, I get more emotional whenever something touches on that for me. So even though I didn’t cry at My Girl, I probably would now if I saw it for the first time.
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:02:05 AM PST
by
dangus
To: WayneS
Oh yeah. We Were Soldiers; when the wives were getting the visits.
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posted on
01/14/2015 8:02:22 AM PST
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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