It's nothing to be ashamed of, you emotional cripple.
I don't get emotional whilst watching films, but....
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It's nothing to be ashamed of, you emotional cripple.
There are a handful of films that get to me emotionally, bringing me close to tears. The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon all mentioned previously. But the most recent and probably the only film to really send me over the edge is Warrior. The 2 times I've seen it I've been a gurning blubbering mess at the end :/
Movies...
1) As a child the film that used to get me was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger... the bit where the sabre-toothed tiger killed the Cyclops. I used to blub my bloody eyes out every time.
2) As a man, Forrest Gump always gets me...the bit at the end where he is talking to Jennys grave about his son: "...and he's so smart". lergh.
3) Also The Green Mile is a similarly throat-catching film, as we all know.
On TV...
4) I watched a series a good while ago now called Sex Traffic, a true-story based on two Maldovan sisters who were tricked into working as sex slaves and subjected to horrific acts of physical and sexual violence. Heart-rending and uber-graphic but never (imo) gratuitous, it's almost too realistic. That really upset me. You can still see it on 4oD I believe http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-traffic
5) On TV the other day was a program called DIY SOS about a family whose father was afflicted with Cancer and had less than a year left... they were living, destitute with two children, in a derilict house (that they had bought to renovate before he became terminally ill) that was so run down they were all sleeping in the same room. One of their friends called to get the team in, and they started renovating it. The magic was when all the local builders heard about the story, they came in droves to give their free time to help, with no ulterior motives, and it was probably one of the most touching and heartwarming piece of television I have seen in a long time. I recommend people watch it, think it's on iPlayer for another day or so http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010v01y
That's all I can think of for now.
1) As a child the film that used to get me was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger... the bit where the sabre-toothed tiger killed the Cyclops. I used to blub my bloody eyes out every time.
2) As a man, Forrest Gump always gets me...the bit at the end where he is talking to Jennys grave about his son: "...and he's so smart". lergh.
3) Also The Green Mile is a similarly throat-catching film, as we all know.
On TV...
4) I watched a series a good while ago now called Sex Traffic, a true-story based on two Maldovan sisters who were tricked into working as sex slaves and subjected to horrific acts of physical and sexual violence. Heart-rending and uber-graphic but never (imo) gratuitous, it's almost too realistic. That really upset me. You can still see it on 4oD I believe http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-traffic
5) On TV the other day was a program called DIY SOS about a family whose father was afflicted with Cancer and had less than a year left... they were living, destitute with two children, in a derilict house (that they had bought to renovate before he became terminally ill) that was so run down they were all sleeping in the same room. One of their friends called to get the team in, and they started renovating it. The magic was when all the local builders heard about the story, they came in droves to give their free time to help, with no ulterior motives, and it was probably one of the most touching and heartwarming piece of television I have seen in a long time. I recommend people watch it, think it's on iPlayer for another day or so http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010v01y
That's all I can think of for now.
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I am the same, it's actually pretty embarrasing so I generally watch films by myself. Think of a film that even pulls slightly at the heart strings and if i've watched it, i've probably cried doing so.
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Dead Man's Shoes get's me every time.
He had bowel cancer. Tugged the heart strings.
Not just sadness but other emotions from films.
Saving Private Ryan - The scene where the guy is having a scuffle with a german and the guy on the stairs could have saved him but he just let him die. That makes angry.
Green Mile - Makes me incredibly sad.
American Beauty - The end for some reason resonates through me.
There are others these are just a few I can think of.
Saving Private Ryan - The scene where the guy is having a scuffle with a german and the guy on the stairs could have saved him but he just let him die. That makes angry.
Green Mile - Makes me incredibly sad.
American Beauty - The end for some reason resonates through me.
There are others these are just a few I can think of.
Like a few others here I tend to get very emotional watching films.
The opening sequence of Up! is in my opinion an absolute masterpiece in cinematic storytelling, and says more about life, love, loss and death in ten minutes than any other film I can think of.
Continuing the Pixar theme, in Toy Story 3 in the incinerator, they all just accept what's about to happen because there's nothing they can do about it.
A well written story about life. Utterly infuriates me though...
The opening sequence of Up! is in my opinion an absolute masterpiece in cinematic storytelling, and says more about life, love, loss and death in ten minutes than any other film I can think of.
Continuing the Pixar theme, in Toy Story 3 in the incinerator, they all just accept what's about to happen because there's nothing they can do about it.
A well written story about life. Utterly infuriates me though...
The guy comes this to ruining his marriage and family, but realises his mistake before it's too late. As some sort of atonement he smiles at the picture of his loved ones, knowing where his heart lies, and that he is now on a different path from the one where the film started, ready to continue the rest of his life.
Then get's his brains blown out.
The overriding impression the film gives me is that life is, ultimately, pointless. No matter what mistakes you make in life and how you deal with them, you die anyway and that's that.
Really doesn't sit well with me, but I guess that was the intention.
Then get's his brains blown out.
The overriding impression the film gives me is that life is, ultimately, pointless. No matter what mistakes you make in life and how you deal with them, you die anyway and that's that.
Really doesn't sit well with me, but I guess that was the intention.
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+1 for the opening sequence of Up!
I couldnt hold it together.
Ive never had such a feeling of loss watching a film, which is bizarre considering its animated!
I couldnt hold it together.
Ive never had such a feeling of loss watching a film, which is bizarre considering its animated!
Bit of a strange one but Click gets me. Yes it's a poor Adam Sandler film, however, the part where he skips forward 6 years and finds out his dad had died in those 6 years... when he goes back in time to see their last conversation he was in auto mode.
Marley and Me, Hachi. Major lump in throat all the way, eyes on verge of bursting and then right at the end a lone tear slides down the right cheek.
Flippin heck! Is this what happens when you get into your thirties, you become more and more emotional every year?
Flippin heck! Is this what happens when you get into your thirties, you become more and more emotional every year?