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ratbastid · 01-08-2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bmadison

Don't feel too bad. It took over a half hour to show up. I tried to post it twice, actually, but the board would not let me.

Actually, who won wasn't so important as the "Moving on". When a willravel/Ustwo pissing match spills out of Tilted Politics... well then you've just got a whole lot of piss.

Willravel · 01-08-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ratbastid

Actually, who won wasn't so important as the "Moving on". When a willravel/Ustwo pissing match spills out of Tilted Politics... well then you've just got a whole lot of piss.

Sometimes I drink apple juice in preparation.

Crack · 01-09-2008, 06:22 AM

Bridge to Terribithia. Fuck the book, Fuck the movie, Fuck it all. I cried.

Tophat665 · 01-09-2008, 07:58 PM

The last time I teared up in a movie was back a couple of years ago. I think I was waiting for the Matrix Revolutions, and the Trailer for LOTR: Fellowship came up, and Instant Waterworks. Smile ear to ear and tears streaming down my face. I waited 20 years for that movie and they Nailed it.

Booty Call made me laugh so hard that I cried. Ditto the South Park movie.

Now, I know, like Will said, that it's a cheap trick. I've taken ethnopoetics classes, and I know how a really good speech can press your buttons. The one in Independance Day does it for me. The presentation scenes in The Lion King are meant to do the same thing.

Ratatouillie, when the Critic tastes the food - that is one of the few times I have managed to sink into the skin of an animated character and I was right there with him. (Fantastic movie, that.)

And I think I may be forgiven by the male cred committee for tearing up the first time I watched the Grinch with my daughters (as I was remembering the first time my dad watched it with me.)

/ Off to eat some Testosteroni (TM) Pasta For Men (TM)

Plan9 · 01-09-2008, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Tophat665

The last time I teared up in a movie was back a couple of years ago. I think I was waiting for the Matrix Revolutions, and the Trailer for LOTR: Fellowship came up, and Instant Waterworks. Smile ear to ear and tears streaming down my face. I waited 20 years for that movie and they Nailed it.

Booty Call made me laugh so hard that I cried. Ditto the South Park movie.

Now, I know, like Will said, that it's a cheap trick. I've taken ethnopoetics classes, and I know how a really good speech can press your buttons. The one in Independance Day does it for me. The presentation scenes in The Lion King are meant to do the same thing.

Ratatouillie, when the Critic tastes the food - that is one of the few times I have managed to sink into the skin of an animated character and I was right there with him. (Fantastic movie, that.)

And I think I may be forgiven by the male cred committee for tearing up the first time I watched the Grinch with my daughters (as I was remembering the first time my dad watched it with me.)

/ Off to eat some Testosteroni (TM) Pasta For Men (TM)

Hell, I got teary-eyed reading this. Great post, man.

Testosteroni. HAH!

Fotzlid · 01-09-2008, 09:08 PM

the only movie that had me teary-eyed at the end was "Saving Private Ryan".
any other i will catagorically deny...

Elphaba · 01-09-2008, 10:20 PM

A movie (a commercial even) that does a good job of presenting loss has me bawling like a baby. Hubby always gets the sniffles watching Brian's Song.

Willravel · 01-09-2008, 10:26 PM

Is that an id/masculine/machismo thing to think it's okay for women to cry but not men? I don't really find myself choking down tears at movies.

I will admit that books are a bit of a different story, though. I got choked up a bit when I was reading the RFK bio and it went into the assassination.

Elphaba · 01-09-2008, 10:53 PM

Oh, yeah. I get far more involved with books. "What could have been" is a certain throat clutch.

Martian · 01-10-2008, 12:26 AM

Books don't do it for me either. Really, it's a good thing Crompsin cries for me, because I'm not a teary dude as a rule. I'm not worried about being unmanly or any nonsense like that; I just don't, as a rule.

The flip side of that is that when I do turn on the waterworks, it's because something has seriously got me fucked up, emotionally speaking.

dd3953 · 01-10-2008, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Crack

Bridge to Terribithia. Fuck the book, Fuck the movie, Fuck it all. I cried.

I remember having to read that in high school, i can't remember what it was a about, sounds like it might be worth reading again. i also remember having to read Eric in HS, that book had me crying.

and now that i have been thinking about it, I blinked a lot during the movie I Am Sam but didn't cry.

Tophat665 · 01-10-2008, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by willravel

I will admit that books are a bit of a different story, though. I got choked up a bit when I was reading the RFK bio and it went into the assassination.

Books far more than movies. Far far more than movies. I reliably tear up at the end of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Watership Down, Lord of Light, and Small Gods (4 of my top 5).

History and Alternate history don't make me sad. They make me furious.

bmadison · 01-10-2008, 11:03 AM

I must also admit that I cried during the Naked Wrestling scene in Borat. It's hard not to cry when you can't breathe.

MahlerIsGod · 01-13-2008, 02:47 AM

A few that immediately come to mind:
1) Braveheart - When Wallace sees Murron in the crowd strapped to the table.
2) Shawshank Redemption - Seeing Red walk down the beach.
3) Saving Private Ryan - When the old man falls to his knees at the beginning. (I was fall out balling the first time I saw the ending to Band of Brothers)
4) Shakespeare In Love - The End
5) Tombstone - Doc & Wyatt saying goodbye.

I will stop there with my manhood still intact...................

Zotz · 01-14-2008, 04:17 PM

Saving Private Ryan
The Passion of the Christ

Oh yes.....the ending of Band of Brothers, when they showed the interviews. Wow, powerful!

forgotten_dream · 01-15-2008, 10:55 PM

Not a lot of movies that get me emotionally involved enough to get teary eyed, but Schindlers List was up there. Definitely at the top of the list is Life is Beautiful, along with What Dreams May Come.

And Return of the Jedi, those Father/Son moments are always so emotional. "let me... look on you with my OWN eyes" always gets me weepy.

KirStang · 01-15-2008, 11:06 PM

Man the first and only movie I had to leave the room for because I couldn't help but cry:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The part in the end when Jim Carrey's memory is being deleted and he tries to stop it.....reminded me a lot about how I felt about a recent ex. Because I was trying my best to delete all the good times we had together..

meh.

01-09-2008, 06:22 AM	#43 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Bridge to Terribithia. Fuck the book, Fuck the movie, Fuck it all. I cried. __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

01-09-2008, 07:58 PM	#44 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	The last time I teared up in a movie was back a couple of years ago. I think I was waiting for the Matrix Revolutions, and the Trailer for LOTR: Fellowship came up, and Instant Waterworks. Smile ear to ear and tears streaming down my face. I waited 20 years for that movie and they Nailed it. Booty Call made me laugh so hard that I cried. Ditto the South Park movie. Now, I know, like Will said, that it's a cheap trick. I've taken ethnopoetics classes, and I know how a really good speech can press your buttons. The one in Independance Day does it for me. The presentation scenes in The Lion King are meant to do the same thing. Ratatouillie, when the Critic tastes the food - that is one of the few times I have managed to sink into the skin of an animated character and I was right there with him. (Fantastic movie, that.) And I think I may be forgiven by the male cred committee for tearing up the first time I watched the Grinch with my daughters (as I was remembering the first time my dad watched it with me.) / Off to eat some Testosteroni (TM) Pasta For Men (TM) __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

01-09-2008, 10:20 PM	#47 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	A movie (a commercial even) that does a good job of presenting loss has me bawling like a baby. Hubby always gets the sniffles watching Brian's Song. __________________ "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007

01-09-2008, 10:53 PM	#49 (permalink)
Elphaba Deja Moo Location: Olympic Peninsula, WA	Oh, yeah. I get far more involved with books. "What could have been" is a certain throat clutch. __________________ "You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." Molly Ivins - 1944-2007

01-10-2008, 12:26 AM	#50 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Books don't do it for me either. Really, it's a good thing Crompsin cries for me, because I'm not a teary dude as a rule. I'm not worried about being unmanly or any nonsense like that; I just don't, as a rule. The flip side of that is that when I do turn on the waterworks, it's because something has seriously got me fucked up, emotionally speaking. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

01-09-2008, 09:08 PM	#46 (permalink)
Fotzlid Junkie Location: Greater Boston area	the only movie that had me teary-eyed at the end was "Saving Private Ryan". any other i will catagorically deny...

01-09-2008, 10:26 PM	#48 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Is that an id/masculine/machismo thing to think it's okay for women to cry but not men? I don't really find myself choking down tears at movies. I will admit that books are a bit of a different story, though. I got choked up a bit when I was reading the RFK bio and it went into the assassination.

01-10-2008, 11:03 AM	#53 (permalink)
bmadison Upright Location: So-Cal	I must also admit that I cried during the Naked Wrestling scene in Borat. It's hard not to cry when you can't breathe.

01-13-2008, 02:47 AM	#54 (permalink)
MahlerIsGod At The Globe Showing Will How Its Done Location: London/Elysium	A few that immediately come to mind: 1) Braveheart - When Wallace sees Murron in the crowd strapped to the table. 2) Shawshank Redemption - Seeing Red walk down the beach. 3) Saving Private Ryan - When the old man falls to his knees at the beginning. (I was fall out balling the first time I saw the ending to Band of Brothers) 4) Shakespeare In Love - The End 5) Tombstone - Doc & Wyatt saying goodbye. I will stop there with my manhood still intact................... __________________ "But a work of art is a conscious human effort that has to do with communication. It is that or its nothing. When an accident is applauded as a work of art, when a cult grows up around the deliciousness of inadvertent beauty, we are in the presence of the greatest decadence the West has known in its history."

01-14-2008, 04:17 PM	#55 (permalink)
Zotz There's someone in my head, but its not me	Saving Private Ryan The Passion of the Christ Oh yes.....the ending of Band of Brothers, when they showed the interviews. Wow, powerful!

01-15-2008, 10:55 PM	#56 (permalink)
forgotten_dream Psycho	Not a lot of movies that get me emotionally involved enough to get teary eyed, but Schindlers List was up there. Definitely at the top of the list is Life is Beautiful, along with What Dreams May Come. And Return of the Jedi, those Father/Son moments are always so emotional. "let me... look on you with my OWN eyes" always gets me weepy. __________________ "A ouija board just works better if you've made it yourself. It's sortof like how 'Clue' is more interesting when one of you has actually killed someone."

01-15-2008, 11:06 PM	#57 (permalink)
KirStang Future Bureaucrat	Man the first and only movie I had to leave the room for because I couldn't help but cry: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The part in the end when Jim Carrey's memory is being deleted and he tries to stop it.....reminded me a lot about how I felt about a recent ex. Because I was trying my best to delete all the good times we had together.. meh.