SuziQ - I managed to retain my composure out of a sheer desire to not be teased by my hubby for "crying at a movie". But I was truly hard pressed to keep it together in those two parts you mentioned.
Both you and JenB have renewed my hopes and heightened my anticipation for RoTK!!
SSQ just smiles and holds my hand. My weepiness is well known. I used to read the 'Redwall' books to the kids at night, and invariably one of the good characters dies. I would always start getting weepy and my son could hear the change in my voice and would say "Mom's getting fahklempt!"
Sometimes a song can come on the radio, and it will remind me of something sad or happy or I'll just get fahklempt for no reason! I do it all the time. Christmas, 1968 I was in the 10th grade and in the girl's choir at our high school. We went to the Gulf Coast to sing a concert for the airmen at Keesler AFB. I remember singing "I'll be Home for Christmas" and looking out over the crowd wondering if some of them would never make it home. That song will always be connected with that night in my mind, so I get fahklempt when I hear it! SSQ says I'm just tender-hearted, I guess that's what it is, though I'm a pretty tough cookie in most respects!