I don't get emotional whilst watching films, but....

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Ok, so I'm a grown man of 36 who can get emotional when the right moment occurs - death of a loved one, birth of a child etc.
Very rarely do I find myself showing any kind of emotion when watching a film, especially in the cinema.
I did find the very ending of Forest Gump emotional - the realisation that this simple man was in fact too good for the love of his life and not vice-versa.

So I find it hard to admit that the last 10 minutes of "Seeking a friend for the end of the world" had such a similar effect on me.
I kept on going over those minutes on the drive home and then again the following day.
A film that will be very much overlooked at the time of the Block Busters - but a very emotional cinema moment for me.
 
After watching "Never let me go" I wanted to cry so much, but I couldn't. Such an emotional film which to this day is still vivid in my memory. Give it a go. :)
 
I read Never Let Me Go after all the hype about the film and thought it was a rubbish love triangle with a dystopian twist. I really didn't like it at all.
 
I challenge anyone to watch the start of the Pixar film 'Up!' and not have their heart strings tugged. I don't know what it is about pixar films but they like having some sort of sad part in them that really gets to you. They had the same kind of thing in Wall:E for example.
 
Pixar films can reduce me to a blubbing mess if I'm not in a very good mood when I watch them. I tell you what I watched and I totally didn't expect it. Million Dollar Baby. It came on Film4 one night and I decided to give it a go as Clint Eastwood is always good for a watch and I like a good boxing film and suddenly it happens and everything starts spiralling downwards and then the end. I was weepy at that.
 
I hear you mate, Forest Gump gets me every time. I think it's partly to do with the soundtrack, plus seeing Tom Hanks get upset. Does me in. That and Cast Away. I know, I know. The scene from Up, as mentioned, found myself choking up in the cinema! Saving Private Ryan at the end when he's asking if he's led a good life.
 
Vonhelmet said:
I cry at practically any remotely emotional film. Like, literally anything.
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To be honest, I'm starting to find this more and more lately.

Bridge to Terabithia is probably the one that hit me the hardest, didn't see it coming at all and then instead of letting-up, it just hits you again. :(
 
Can't say that any film has moved me to tears but a few documentaries have come close.

Alex A Life Fast Forward by the BBC which is about a young man who was diagnosed with bone cancer at 17. Really devastating to see how quickly he deteriorated. I'll link it because it deserves to be watched.

There was also a documentary about Seve Ballesteros' cancer battle last year on the BBC which was difficult to watch.
 
If this thread was in GD there'd be a load of replies like "man up", "stop being gay" etc etc.

There's nothing wrong with getting emotional at films, in fact it's a good thing as the film has clearly done its job.
 
Septym said:
If this thread was in GD there'd be a load of replies like "man up", "stop being gay" etc etc.

There's nothing wrong with getting emotional at films, in fact it's a good thing as the film has clearly done its job.
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I agree, it's a sign that they're doing something right. Just a shame that very few games seem to manage to achieve the same sort of thing in their stories, probably the closest I've seen is in Uncharted because you feel connected with the characters.

I'd have thought Heavy Rain would have achieved at least something, but the story was let down by weak voice acting and clunky dialogue.
 
Philadelphia really got me when I finally watched it the other week.

I just well up and start to shudder a bit, I kind of like it though..
 
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