It doesn’t matter that I’ve seen Princess Bride many, many times. Doesn’t matter if I can practically quote the whole movie. Every single time Peter Falk (the grandfather) says “As you wish” to Fred Savage (the grandson) at the end, I tear up a bit. Sniff, sniff.
What movie makes you emotional?
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it’s a wonderful life
harvey
many many movies
i remember the line tat goes something like
an irishman goes screaming into battle but sheds a tear in the back of the movie theater
it rings true
did you see princess bride on the big screen last week or whenever it was on
i was tempted
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I wish I had seen it on the big screen again. When “Princess Bride” first came out I saw it three nights running with three different people because I loved it so much – one of the few times where I love the movie more than the book. But this week I just happened upon it on TV about an hour after having read in the news that it was the 30th anniversary of the movie coming out – so a nice coincidence.
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Dark Victory. Bette Davis is phenomenal.
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Rise and Weep Baboons!
Ordinary People. Love that movie.
Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton. Produced and directed by Robert Redford.
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oh, dear. WP is on an exclusive toot–wants me to log in. That is never a good sign. Sigh.
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About two days ago I typed an exceptionally long post. When I clicked “post comment” WP sniffily replied “You cannot publish that post.” I was outraged. For an hour I kept trying, then I figured a way to copy the post in another app. I gave WP two hours to sober up and then tried again to post it. No problems. I’m not sure WP is any more sane or predictable than Trump, and that’s the worst thing I can think to say of anyone or any thing.
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I’ll take Word Press over Trump any day.
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I like “Ordinary People” as well but I don’t think it’s ever made me tear up. I do remember reading once that everyone was surprised that Mary Tyler Moore had been picked for that role but that Robert Redford had seen her either sitting on the beach or walking along the beach and somehow knew that she had the strength to play this character. I hope that’s true cuz it’s a great story.
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I’ll offer two obscure films: Whale Rider and Japanese Story.
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I’ve seen “Whale Rider” but not “Japanese story”. The Hennepin County Library doesn’t have it but I’ve requested on MNlink .. we’ll see if that works.
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It is one of my favorite movies of all time, but not necessarily to everyone’s taste. There could be reasons it appeals so powerfully to me that might not apply to others.
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Love Whale Rider!
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The part where Paikea is standing before the assembled parents to perform with her school group . . . that’s where I start bawling.
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I think the movie that’s actually made me cry the hardest was “The Way We Were” with Barbra Streisand. It struck something in me at the time (high school) and I probably cried for 3 hours. I don’t even remember!beer why, but that reaction has kept me from ever watching it again.
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Hmmm. Was “beer” a typo or is that the reason you cried so much?
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Just voice recognition problems.
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Lots of them, but my brain can only come up with Kramer vs. Kramer at the moment. More later…
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Well, and Old Yeller.
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Oh yes. Anything in which the dog dies is bad for me.
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And this goes for books as well. I just finished re-reading “The Grey King” by Susan Cooper as part of my Newbery winners list and several days later I’m still bugged by the fact that the dog got shot and killed.
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I was sobbing at the end of “Of Mice and Men” the book, so I have no doubt the movie version would get me as well.
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Lassie was a sure crying bet-TV or movie. Lassie did not die, but I cried none=the-less.
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The Reivers with Steve McQueen and Will Geer…the amazingly filmed horse race narrated with William Faulkner’s words by Meredith Burgess. My all time favorite movie.
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Will check it out, Cynthia.
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Never seen but will search for it…The Rivers? Or Reivers….thx!
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Found The Reivers!
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Lots of movies choke me up. “It’s a Wonderful Life” of course. One that’s near and dear to this ex-band director’s heart is “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” The ending, when all his former students come back and perform in a surprise concert (even though the quality of the music is WAY too perfect for a bunch of former students! **details, details***)
The ending of “Saving Private Ryan” left me a blubbering mess. I was grateful my wife didn’t come to the theater with me. I couldn’t compose myself until the last of the credits had rolled. Whew!
Chris in Owatonna
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Oh yes.. definitely “Wonderful Life” when Harry says “to my big brother George, the richest man in town”. Gets me a little verkle!pt just typing the quote!!
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I can’t bring myself to watch Black Beauty I find I cry at the most mundane movies and even at some commercials.
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I cry at Hallmark commercials, so you know I’m a hopeless weeper.
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You and Hans, both!
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Sophie’s Choice
The Color Purple
Live is Beautiful
Seven Pounds
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
(I cheated and googled some…)
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The ultimate tear jerker for me, Terms of Endearment. I won’t watch it anymore even though I am a Jeff Daniels fan and it was his break out movie.
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I’m a big movie cryer, but I have to say when they sing the Marseilles in Casablanca, it gets me every single time.
I cannot watch the end of the 4th Harry Potter movie, when Cedric Diggory’s dad realizes his son, his pride and joy, has been killed. I do not know who that actor is, but he absolutely nailed that moment and I cannot watch it.
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When “Marley and Me” came out several years ago now, YA nd I went to see it as our holiday movie. Of course at the end when the dog is dying and everybody in the theater was crying.
A woman behind us was sobbing so hard she was taking big gasping gulps. YA told me afterwards that she was afraid the woman was going to go into convulsions right there in the theatre.
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Fiddler On the Roof…
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Yep, rying right now.
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crying…
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One word: Bambi. OMG, I was heartbroken for days.
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Bridget Jones’ Diary – when Mark says to Bridget, “I like you very much. Just as you are.”
Notting Hill. Don’t remember the exact moment, but yup, I’ve cried for that one, too.
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I tear up at a lot of movies, but if it feels like I’m being manipulated into tears, I don’t really remember it very well. I remember the movies that devastate me. Sophie’s Choice was a painful movie.
I haven’t seen Dunkirk yet. I know that Paul Gallico’s book The Snow Goose makes me cry every time I read it. It centers on the events at Dunkirk. The movie would probably have the same effect.
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Beaches. I sobbed all the way out to the car and beyond. I never watched it again, barely remember the movie, just the crying.
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