I though I was safe...

[smileyeagle1021]

OK... I'm one of those people who gets emotional during movies... I just get drawn in and they don't let go.
I figure I'm safe to turn on the History Channel at work... right... educational stuff... nothing can possibly be on there that's going to draw me in and get me emotional at work.
Nope... wrong... I turn there just in time to see the scene in Pearl Harbor when the Navy carrying the bombers to Japan gets attacked and they have to launch the bombers early... Smiley is drawn in hook line and sinker... and by the time the pilot who is the father to be dies I'm busy crying at work with my coworkers staring at me like I'm insane.
I was going to wait until I got home to watch Mr. Holland's Opus... but now that my coworkers think I'm insane anyway might as well watch it at work.

My name is Smiley... and I am... a movieholic :p

[Fenrus]

<snippy> I'm busy crying at work with my coworkers staring at me like I'm insane.
Wait... you're not insane? Woah... news to me!

My name is Smiley... and I am... a movieholic :p

You say that like it's a bad thing...

[RayvenQ]

Watch Feast, you'll get emotional, but probably laughing your ass off.

[Nyoibo]

I cried during Mr Hollands Opus.

[RootedPhoenix]

I'm pretty certain I did too. Still loved it.

[AdminAssistant]

Back in the dorm days, I had a roomie who liked sappy love movies. One day, she watched Pearl Harbor. She cried. I laughed. :shrug: Can't handle blatant historical inaccuracies.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I almost never actually cry at movies. My college roommate cried at Cool Runnings.

[Shards]

I don't remember ever having cried at a movie. My mom does all the time, but me, I usually just cock my brow and ask if they really had to draw that scene out that long.

Then again, I'm the bastard who laughed during Saw. (At a friends birthday party. One of the more obvious and brutal deaths came, and somehow everyone else but me and the birthday boy jumped. Me and him were laughing our asses off.)

[Dreamstalker]

Back in the dorm days, I had a roomie who liked sappy love movies. One day, she watched Pearl Harbor. She cried. I laughed. :shrug:
I did the same thing with The Twit and Titanic. When she inquired, I proceeded to tell her exactly what the errors were (I was somewhat known in my elementary afterschool group for being the biggest Titanic encyclopedia in the building...what can I say, I like historic disasters).

[AdminAssistant]

I just found it absolutely ridiculous that those two guys were going to single-handedly bring down the Japanese. Two guys who, by the way, are in love with the same nurse who is single-handedly saving all of the soldiers! Ridiculous

I mean, if you're going to do a war movie - do a WAR movie. You don't have to throw a lame love story in the middle of it. I can even handle all of the historical snafus in King Arthur - because they at least kept the Lancelot/Arthur/Guinivere thing WAAAYYYY on the back burner.

I can't, however, watch Shakespeare in Love. Mainly because I strongly believe that an illiterate actor and second-rate business man is not the greatest writer of the English language. Yeah, it's a good story. But how exactly did a man who never left English soil know so much about Italian novellas and Danish politics...hmmmm???

[protege]

I didn't cry during Titanic. In fact, I nearly fell *asleep* during it. Why? Well, after sitting in the theater for 3 freaking hours, with roughly *2* of those waiting for the end...what can I say? Sink the damn ship already :p

[Shards]

Agreed. First time I saw that movie, I was with my cousins, and they were all crying, but for the two other males, and the three of us were stealing glances at each other like 'is it over yet? Is it over yet? When is the damn ship going to sink?'

I'm not saying Titanic was a movie only women could enjoy, but... It kinda fell pretty squarely into the "Chick Flick" domain.

[Evil Queen]

My name is Smiley... and I am... a movieholic :p

:wave: Hi Smiley!

Hi, My name is EQ and I'm a movieholic. I cry at Mr Hollands Opus, too. I also cry at any movie that was originally a novel by Nicholas Sparks. I mean, COME ON! The Notebook?! Can you blame me?!? God help me, I cried when "Sam" (the dog) was killed in I am Legend and we'll not get NEAR Old Yeller or Where the Red Furn Grows.

Titanic, however, was the most boring piece of shit I'd ever seen.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I didn't cry during Titanic. In fact, I nearly fell *asleep* during it. Why? Well, after sitting in the theater for 3 freaking hours, with roughly *2* of those waiting for the end...what can I say? Sink the damn ship already :p

The day I saw Titanic in the theater, when we got out it was absolutely pouring, get-on-the-ark kind of rain...we lol'd.

[Shards]

Hi, My name is EQ and I'm a movieholic. I cry at Mr Hollands Opus, too. I also cry at any movie that was originally a novel by Nicholas Sparks. I mean, COME ON! The Notebook?! Can you blame me?!? God help me, I cried when "Sam" (the dog) was killed in I am Legend and we'll not get NEAR Old Yeller or Where the Red Furn Grows.


Darn you, EQ, you brought up my one weakness.

Every time I see a dog die in a movie I walk out. Every time. Did it in signs, did it in I am Legend, every time. I take the fastest possible path back to my puppy at home, and I play with him and pet/scratch him for an hour or two.

[Evil Queen]

Darn you, EQ, you brought up my one weakness.

Every time I see a dog die in a movie I walk out. Every time. Did it in signs, did it in I am Legend, every time. I take the fastest possible path back to my puppy at home, and I play with him and pet/scratch him for an hour or two.

You're lucky in that aspect. You have a furry one to shower with affection. Mine died some time ago and I've not gotten something to replace that missing spot in my heart.

Wow, how overly dramatic was that statement. :lol: Meh. I just really like dogs. They're awesome.

[Shards]

You're lucky in that aspect. You have a furry one to shower with affection. Mine died some time ago and I've not gotten something to replace that missing spot in my heart.

Wow, how overly dramatic was that statement. :lol: Meh. I just really like dogs. They're awesome.

Agreed. If it makes you feel better, you can play with Davis (my puppy) anytime you want! Admittedly it'd be tough to do from a different zip code, but...

[BookstoreEscapee]

Hey EQ - The Notebook was on the Oxygen channel twice (in a row - I hate that, I just watched it, put something else on) last night. :D I've never read a Nicholas Sparks book, but I've seen a few of the movies. Never cried, though.

The first story I remember crying at was when I read Where the Red Fern Grows in 6th grade. I was finishing it during reading time in class and trying desperately not to cry. I reread the last chapter when I got home just so I could wallow. :D

[Becks]

My college roommate cried at Cool Runnings.

Hey, now. I still tear up sometimes at the ending.

And I still, and forever will, cry at the ending of GWTW when I'm reading it.

Damn it.

[jedimaster91]

I can't, however, watch Shakespeare in Love. Mainly because I strongly believe that an illiterate actor and second-rate business man is not the greatest writer of the English language. Yeah, it's a good story. But how exactly did a man who never left English soil know so much about Italian novellas and Danish politics...hmmmm???

If you can find it, I recommend the book Alias Shakespeare by Joseph Sobran. He doesn't buy the Shakespeare story either. And actually, there is a LOT of interesting research on the authorship debate. You should check out the Mendenhall study on word lengths between Shakespeare and Christopher Marlow, too. Really interesting stuff there.

Hi, My name is EQ and I'm a movieholic. I cry at Mr Hollands Opus, too. I also cry at any movie that was originally a novel by Nicholas Sparks. I mean, COME ON! The Notebook?! Can you blame me?!? God help me, I cried when "Sam" (the dog) was killed in I am Legend and we'll not get NEAR Old Yeller or Where the Red Furn Grows.

I REFUSE to EVER watch WTRFG again. I cry every time. The latest movie to make me tear up was The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe at the beginning when the mom is sending her kids away.

But I think my sister takes the cake. She cried during and episode of farkin POKEMON when Pickachu was going to leave.

[Sliceanddice]

...casper the friendly ghost...
i cry every time i see it
yes i cry when i saw pearl harbor, but i did hate the inaccuracys, i cry easy

at one point in my youth the conspiracy(my mom spelled that not me) theorist in me was born. i believed that Shakespeare was really just a man who knew how to market and got his works for other people. because macbeth doesnt feel like it was written by the same man who wrote romeo and juliet or a midsummer nights dream.

i grew out of that but im still suspicious.

[BethB]

I've been called "heartless" just because some movies didn't make me all weepy and emotional. I never was emotional or a big cry-er. At least not until I got pregnant with kid the first. I was sitting at home browsing the channels and stopped to watch the story of the killer whale in Free Willy. I burst into tears and I had no idea why. I changed the channel. I still don't get weepy unless it is something harsh that happens to children. I hate seeing that.

[smileyeagle1021]

gah... why did y'all have to mention Where the Red Fern Grows... :cry: I was trying to forget that heart break.

Oh, and I am shameless... I did actually cry when *spoiler alert... highlight to see* Laura Roslyn died while Adama was showing her where they were going to live *end spoiler* in the BSG Finale... I also cried in Firefly during Wash's funeral... actually series do that to me more than movies because series will get to the point where I no longer am watching for the stories but for the characters.

[JoitheArtist]

gah... why did y'all have to mention Where the Red Fern Grows... :cry: I was trying to forget that heart break.
I also cried in Firefly during Wash's funeral... actually series do that to me more than movies because series will get to the point where I no longer am watching for the stories but for the characters.

I cried during that, too...Wash.... :cry: And during Mr. Holland's Opus...and during Return of the King...and the episode Falling Asleep in the Light from Babylon 5. And all the way through the end of Fruits Basket...And the season 3 finale of Doctor Who...Yeah, I'm such a sap!!

[AdminAssistant]

If you can find it, I recommend the book Alias Shakespeare by Joseph Sobran. He doesn't buy the Shakespeare story either. And actually, there is a LOT of interesting research on the authorship debate. You should check out the Mendenhall study on word lengths between Shakespeare and Christopher Marlow, too. Really interesting stuff there.

I hadn't heard of those two, I'll put 'em on the reading list. I have "Shakespeare" By Another Name by Mark Anderson - which sets up the case for Edward DeVere, Earl of Oxford. I find the Marlowe/Shakespeare debate interesting, especially with Marlowe's more than suspicious death. I'm not convinced it was DeVere or Marlowe or Jonson or anyone else in particular. With some of the tonal changes, it could be more than one person. I AM convinced it was not William Shaxper of Stratford-upon-Avon. There is far too much evidence against him for anyone to say it was.

Smiley, I do NOT cry at movies, plays, or anything like that. However, when Director Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) died during NCIS's season finale last year, I BAWLED. I still miss her character - it's rare to see a woman in a position of power who can balance kick-ass and classy. I was mostly upset because I don't think they did justice to her with that finale. :shrug:

[SengaKitty]

Have I mentioned ya'll are evil? I now have to go back and watch these movies again, KNOWING I am going to cry.... Damn you EQ for bringing up Where the Red Fern Grows!

ETA: I know this makes me sound weird.. But I cry watching Beauty & The Beast EVERY TIME

[freeatlast]

I always cry in movies. When my daughter was in elementary school, I took her to see the Lion King. When Mustafa was killed, I started crying. Very quietly. Then my daughter says, really loud "Mom are you crying already?" And everybody in the movie theater started laughing at me.:cry:

[taurinejunkie]

A couple songs from my childhood still make me cry in nostalgia of the time when I didn't have one tenth as much to worry about as now.
I rediscovered one of them while trying to learn guitar chords other than powerchords, and going through my mom's songbooks (she's a good acoustic rhythm guitar player, I'm generally more of an electric, lead player).

I saw the title and started playing, sorta singing along as much as I could. I could barely see the chords on the paper through the tear-induced blur by the time I got to the end of the song. And I think I'll try and go back to these memories right now, since I feel some sort of happiness in nostalgic crying.

[Setsunaela]

where the red fern grows book made me CRY omg. So does The Last Herald-Mage series in multiple places throughout the trilogy. I cry really easily, generally.. Mr Holland's Opus and Lorenzo's Oil make me cry like a baby.. oh and I cried watching the end bits of Trigun, like after Wolfwood dies and you see Vash has his big cross gun
I get it from my mom though.. whenever she watches these movies at all we all go "someone get the tissues!"

[McGoddess09]

.But I think my sister takes the cake. She cried during and episode of farkin POKEMON when Pickachu was going to leave.

GUILTY!! I don't normally cry at any movies or shows, but that made me cry.

I have cried during:
Aforementioned Pokemon episode
Return of the King, starting at the part where Pippin sings until the end of the movie
Hotel Rwanda
The Notebook
Atonement


I think that's all.

[RootedPhoenix]

I always cry in movies. When my daughter was in elementary school, I took her to see the Lion King. When Mustafa was killed, I started crying. Very quietly. Then my daughter says, really loud "Mom are you crying already?" And everybody in the movie theater started laughing at me.:cry:

Aw. How mean of them! :( I know I cried at that part too.

[RayvenQ]

The only film that made me even remotely nearly cry was Ginger Snaps (namely the ending)

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I've seen a TON of movies, and I haven't cried during a film since I saw "E.T." when it first came out.

But... last year, about 5 monthes after my dad had died, I was driving from Grande Prairie, Alberta to my home town (about a 1.5 hour drive) and was listening to a CD I just bought... Dream Theater's "Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory". Near the end of the disc there's a song called "The Spirit Carries On".

Something about that song hit me hard... I had to pull over to the side of the road for about 5 minutes before I could start off again.

[Lil Bunny]

Aside from afore mentioned Pokemon, my crowning moment on crying over odd stuff in movies is Bram Stoker's Dracula.

They killed him, I bawled my eyes out. I've yet to figure that one out.

My name is Bunny and I'm a proud movie emotionalist. :)

[Fire_on_High]

So does The Last Herald-Mage series in multiple places throughout the trilogy.

Or the last book of Mage Storms with Florian, or Urtho talking to Skan and Kechara at the end of Black Gryphon, or Kalira in Brightly Burning...

[Setsunaela]

Or the last book of Mage Storms with Florian, or Urtho talking to Skan and Kechara at the end of Black Gryphon, or Kalira in Brightly Burning...

yeah.. all of those too.. heh. my mom cried so much reading Brightly Burning omg..

[Evil Queen]

I REFUSE to EVER watch WTRFG again. I cry every time.
gah... why did y'all have to mention Where the Red Fern Grows... :cry: I was trying to forget that heart break.

Damn you EQ for bringing up Where the Red Fern Grows!
where the red fern grows book made me CRY omg.

I'm so wonderful. :devil:

[mrsmarit]

I cry at movies too.

The worst was watching The Pianist in the theater with my husband. I cried during most of it (the situations just broke my heart) and my husband turns to me.."Are you crying"... my response.. DUH


I also get weepy and some chick flicks. and sometimes on a rare tv show.

[BusBus]

I cannot remember the last time I cried in a theatre, but I am guilty of crying when watching things on the TV (usually when I am alone THANK GOD)...

-the end of Return of the King (especially after having watched the three movies in a row)
-a few weeks ago, I cried during an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (the story hit some nerve with me)
-I cried at Titanic. I was 17 yrs old. Shuddup.
-when I was 8, I cried at the end of Three Men and a Baby (?????)

Anything where I get emotionally entangled with the characters (a good book, long movie, TV series), god help me if something emotional happens to a character, because I become a mess. :cry:

[Trayol]

I've haven't all-in-out cried from watching a movie or TV show; I normally just feel bad. However, when I first saw Power Rangers: the Movie I did get very teary-eyed when Zordon died. That's a lot of emotion for a seven year old to deal with. :o

[smileyeagle1021]

My name is Bunny and I'm a proud movie emotionalist. :)

*in unison* Hi Bunny :wave:

it's good to be a movie emotionalist :p

However, when I first saw Power Rangers: the Movie I did get very teary-eyed when Zordon died. That's a lot of emotion for a seven year old to deal with. :o

I'm almost embarrassed to admit I did too :(

[Evil Queen]

-a few weeks ago, I cried during an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (the story hit some nerve with me)

There was an episode that pissed both my mother and I off; the idiots had thrown away this gorgeous antique cabinet. The woman that owned it also cried because it was a family heirloom.

[Bella_Vixen]

I still cry when I watch Dumbo.

When we first got it on VHS, Becks and I never made it through the entire movie because we were crying.

[Buglady]

I have cried during various TV shows (Grey's Anatomy is the worst for this, but House gets me once in a while too; "Extreme Home Makeover" gets me pretty frequently, much to my chagrin); the trailer for "Where The Wild Things Are"; every LOTR movie (the chord progression in "Into The West" does it all by itself now); "Slumdog Millionaire" (repeatedly); and, well, a lot of other things. Let's just say my emotions run very close to the surface...

I read "Still Alice" and bawled all the way through it last month. Lent it to my Abnormal Psych prof, who gave it back to me saying SHE had cried all through it and actually couldn't finish it...

The first book I remember crying over was "The White Cat" by Paul Gallico. I think it's out of print now.