My first pick: the Green Mile. If I have to watch a monster of a man bawl the way Michael Clarke Duncan did, then I sure as heck want to. He'd probably beat the crap out of me if I didn't
So... this might not take off, but it is the internet (you know, so your friends don't laugh at you). Share a movie that moved you, and if you find a new one in this thread, share it with your girlfriend and she might just find it romantic when the tears (theoretically) start flowing.
Ernest Goes To Camp, right after he gets beat up.
Letters from Iwo had me chokin' 'em back. I had to maintain, though, because the fiancee and I were in public and about to eat dinner. War movies choke me up. That one nearly finished me off. ;)
That was a good one. But I sometimes wonder about Eastwood, every movie he's made lately ends as a tragedy.
Gladiator was a good one. Elephant Man starring Anthony Hopkins is an oldie but a great, sad movie.
Band of Brothers was touching...
Not a movie but the first time I saw the commercial with Sarah Mclachlan for the ( I think) Aspca I felt my eyes getting damp. Those poor animals. The song's always had some affect on me, but coupled with those animals... damned if I didn't come -so close- to tears hell one or two might have slipped out. Really tugged deep into my heart on that one.
Yet I don't feel a single damn thing other than "you money grubbing bastards" with those children starving in africa type ads. (the organization not the poor people in africa).
I think I -do- remember tearing up (but not crying) when the old man in FF2 sacrifices himself against the boulder to save you. That game was full of moments like that.
One Piece, the 4Kids TV dub.
Those were tears soaked with bile and hatred, but tears nonetheless...God I hate that TV station.
Ernest Goes To Camp, right after he gets beat up.
Or when Steven Martin really calls out John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Am I allowed to respond to this?
As long as it doesn't have anything to do with Star Wars, of course. :P :D
As long as it doesn't have anything to do with Star Wars, of course. :P :D
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As long as it doesn't have anything to do with Star Wars, of course. :P :D
Bah, SW doesn't make me cry. Unless they were tears of my childhood dying with Episode 1.
(Though now I see how some girls can feel ... excluded ... on the "normal boards. ;))
Anyways ...
There are a couple of movies that always make me cry:
Big Fish
A Beautiful Mind
Lady in the Water
The first two are for intensely personal reasons, but the 3rd is just that one scene where he's healing the girl. His "speech" just gets me every time.
All three movies focus around the AIDS epidemic in some way. I don't know very many people personally who have the disease, but its heartwrenching anyway.
Also, this isn't a movie, but the ending song of Les Miserables always gets me.
All Quiet on the Western Front. The teacher gave me a pass on the book when I whispered to her before class that I couldn't finish because I was crying. Of course, that was what... 10 years ago? I'm sure I'm twice as manly now.
Oh, and a while ago I got Mass Effect, and it was all fine and dandy until I had to choose between my romantic interest or my second in command (who ordered me to abandon him and the five other soldiers who I struggled so desperately to save). I teared up right there, and right before the end fight when I ordered the human (space-) navy to protect the Coucil Ship before engaging and saw all of those tiny little ships just like mine get blown up as they took shots aimed at the council ship. That was actually a real tear jerker for me.
Oh, and during Gears of War (1) when Kim got impaled by General RAAM. That was a real downer too.
Also, whilst listening to Loreena McKennit's song (based off the same name poem by Noyes) "The Highwayman" I almost cried in the middle of the lunchroom (this must have been 10 years ago too) when the 'innkeeper's daughter' blows herself away (situationally necessary) to warn her (highwayman) love that the redcoats were waiting for him.
I can't remember anything else that has teared me up in a while. Not that it hasn't happened. My wife teases me all the time for trying not to cry.
Edit: ANOTHER ONE! Les Miserables when Inspector Javert drowns himself in the Siene.
I've got to agree with big fish also.
"Dad, wanna have a catch?"
Music, however, is another story. I can definitely cry to music, and I don't care who knows. Taylor Swift just speaks to my soul...
I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around.
My faith in you was fading, when I met you on the outskirts of town,
And I said, "Romeo, save me. I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you, but you never come.
Is this is my head? I don't know what to think."
He knelt to the ground, and pulled out a ring
And said, "Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad. Go pick out a white dress.
It's a love story. Baby, just say yes."
EDIT: The title of that song is Love Story, by the way. ;)
I can honestly say I've never cried about a movie. Maybe I just don't get it or maybe I'm just a douche, but I just never have. Usually I just don't like that kind of movie at all to begin with or the characters are just too supremely stupid for me to sympathize with... :P
Music, however, is another story.
Nah. I can't pretend I'm an expert, but its pretty obvious that there are mediums that cause certain people to become emotionally involved. I've never felt one way or another about tragic scenes/themes in video games, and while I can appreciate music (when I think sad music, he stopped loving her today by George Jones is the first song that comes to mind) it doesn't move me emotionally either. Now, a good film (or book, actually) with characters I can relate to... that'll tug on the ol' heart strings. So you're definitely not a douche
I would counter that you might be exaggerating a bit about character archetypes in films. You just haven't seen one where you can really relate!
Another favorite on my list: Unforgiven (and yah, its another Eastwood film).
EDIT: I forgot to mention, good choice on Big Fish, KillerGM. I'm with you on that one.
1. When a dog heroically gives up his life to save his master.
2. She uses her teeth.
I am legend gets me because of the part where his dog gets infected and he has to put her out her misery.
I agree. I have a hard time seeing bad stuff happening to dogs.
Big Fish gets me every single time.
Oh yeah, and The Notebook.
2. She uses her teeth.
Really? Because I thought the movie Teeth was hilarious!
Really? Because I thought the movie Teeth was hilarious!
Her victims didn't.
Her victims didn't.
I wouldn't call any of those people "victims." ;)
My dad could substitute for some Chuck Norris one-liners...
My Dad's tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries...
So, I live w/ two competing sets of genes. Usually, my dad's genes win out...
...but there are times. For example: Bridge to Terebithia, both the book and movie, put me in tears. And while I am resistant to most music, if you accompany the music with Sign Language, I'm helpless.
I live with a frustrating combination of genes. My mother is a CRIER w/o peer. She can tear up half-way through a commercial, discover that it is just a set-up for a joke, and keep crying. Television. Movies. Music. Drama. Doesn't matter, it made her cry.
My mom cried at the end of the South Park movie.
Of course during the beginning she was ranting about how bad it was.
I agree. I have a hard time seeing bad stuff happening to dogs.
I've thought about this a lot. Dogs, and any animals, often are portrayed in a semi-anthropomorphic manner. That is to say, a dog's willingness to be a friend, loyal, and have a vague sense of awareness is often played up... yet they remain innocent (or "animal") enough to not understand when they become a victim of violence or betrayal, like in old yeller or where the red fern grows.
I think the contrast and portrayal of the two conflicting natures of the animal really make the death moving. Strange, that it can sometimes be more difficult to make a human's death as meaningful in literature/movies.
I think the contrast and portrayal of the two conflicting natures of the animal really make the death moving. Strange, that it can sometimes be more difficult to make a human's death as meaningful in literature/movies.
Yeah it is weird, you can torture and murder people all day long on screen and there I am with the popcorn cheering for the good and the bad guys.
But touch one hair on a dogs head, and I am done.
I know this thread was pointed at men, so I don't really qualify, but I thought I would chip in anyway.
Teeth was an A-W-E-S-O-M-E movie, one of the best in years, I don't think I have cheered that loudly in a film for a long time. :D
Running to the tower of Waterloo, looking for the Sullivan train to come,
And here's five boys, when under the tower, salute him as he went by,
First we'd wave hello, then we'd wave goodbye, goodbye..
It's not hard to reach back to the day after the attack on Pearl,
And overnight my buddies turned into men, running out of time for games and girls,
And the Sullivan boys were not overlooked, Uncle Sam would call 'em each by name,
The very next day they left on a mystery train..
So say goodbye-bye-bye, Mrs. Sullivan,
Don't you cry-cry-cry-cry-cry...
We regret to inform you the Navy is taking your sons away,
All five-five-five-five.. so put your blue star in the window..
The window...
It's not hard to reach back to her smile when she received the letter,
And the letters they sounded generally the same,
They said 'they couldn't be home, atleast they were together,
On a mighty, fightin' battleship, somewhere in the South Pacific,'
The letters never got much more specific..
So say goodbye-bye-bye, Mrs. Sullivan,
Don't you cry-cry-cry-cry-cry...
We regret to inform you the Navy is keeping your sons away,
All five-five-five-five.. so keep your blue star in the window..
In the window...
It's not hard to reach back to the day when the war finally came home,
Uncle Sam'll send you a telegram so he doesn't have to tell you over the phone,
I heard she cracked up when they found out what the war had cost,
When all five of her boys were lost...
They were..
They were..
They were..
Oh, say goodbye-bye-bye, Mrs. Sullivan,
Go ahead and cry-cry-cry-cry-cry...
We regret to inform you that all your sons have passed away,
All five-five-five-five.. so change your blue star to gold,
Blue star to gold,
Blue star to gold,
Blue stars..
Change 'em to gold..."
I also nominate the song "Last Kiss" (atleast Pearl Jam's cover); 'scuse me, I need to find a tissue. I've got dust in my eye...
Big Fish gets me every single time.
How can this movie be so good?
Yeah, it's definitely one of the few that can get me close to the point where I'm about to break down, but it doesn't quite push me over the edge.
I know this thread was pointed at men, so I don't really qualify, but I thought I would chip in anyway.
Ah no sweat. Besides, a lot of the stuff mentioned isn't even that "manly" or even a movie. :P
I'm just enjoying all the different input...
How can this movie be so good?
RE: Big Fish
I know, right.
It is amazing, when I first watched it I thought, yeah I will sit down, watch it, Tim Burton, fairie tales, fathers that tell stories, families, fables, coming of age, love, blah blah blah...
Then from the moment Edward saw Sandra it was like my heart melted and I was totally into it. Most of the time I can hold myself together until the end of the movie and then the Circus freaks start waving; I am gone, open the dam and let the tears FLOW!
Brudda Iz: Somewhere over the Rainbow
If you take the time to check it out, make sure to read the info from the poster. It makes it that much more moving. You'll probably recognize this rendition from Scrubs, Life on Mars, Dr. Greene's last episode on ER, and the movies Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black and 50 First Dates. (I'd heard it from a couple of these shows/movies, but I basically stole the whole list from the OP of the music vid
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RE: Big Fish
I know, right.
It is amazing, when I first watched it I thought, yeah I will sit down, watch it, Tim Burton, fairie tales, fathers that tell stories, families, fables, coming of age, love, blah blah blah...
Then from the moment Edward saw Sandra it was like my heart melted and I was totally into it. Most of the time I can hold myself together until the end of the movie and then the Circus freaks start waving; I am gone, open the dam and let the tears FLOW!
My scene is the bathtub, where she's crying and says "I don't think I'll ever dry out."
Crimson_Concerto: Sometimes, movies just hit you a certain way. They don't hit everyone, and it's hard to explain when someone doesn't "get it". Not a bad thing, just not for everyone.
I also nominate the song "Last Kiss" (atleast Pearl Jam's cover); 'scuse me, I need to find a tissue. I've got dust in my eye...
Great song, too. I almost missed it cause it was a little blurb at the end :P
Other times I've shed Manly Tears include Kamina's and Kittan's deaths in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. So much GAR...
-Joni
-Joni
Yeah it is weird, you can torture and murder people all day long on screen and there I am with the popcorn cheering for the good and the bad guys.
But touch one hair on a dogs head, and I am done.
Check out the 1982 animated film The Plague Dogs, featuring the voice of John Hurt...it's about two dogs who escape from a laboratory, that are suspected of carrying the bubonic plague. Bring a towel.
For me, I first saw Watership Down when I was maybe eight years old... It kinda messed me up, lol. I still have issues with watching certain parts of it.
Another one I saw really young was the original Highlander. I was 12 back in '86. The Queen song "Who Wants To Live Forever?" gets me a bit choked up - especially when they used it in the tv series, when Tessa and Ritchie got shot.
There's two songs which never fail to get me choked up, though...
(Which isn't necessarily a good thing, because I've sung one of them in public before, lol.)
I'm an actor and a poet, but one thing I am sooo not is a singer. Back in college I was in the theater guild and used to read my poetry at the coffeehouse nights the college put on a few times each semester. One of the girls could never get through one of the songs from Les Mis when she was onstage but sung it beautifully without an audience, so I told her if she got through it that night, I'd get up and sing myself. (They don't call me Mad fer nuthin...)
She did, and I found myself onstage trying not to murder "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables"... It was the only song I knew off the top of my head - specifically because it gets to me...
However, the one song I can't listen too at all without getting choked up is "The Green Fields Of France", also known as "Willie McBride" and "No Man's Land", written by Eric Bogle in 1976 about World War One...
The Green Fields Of France
I can't even get to the second verse before I can't sing it anymore, even by myself in the shower...:surrender
(A few years after I first heard the song, one of my cousins got sent a copy of a newspaper article from the family back in Ireland about how one of our distant cousins had finally found the grave of her grandfather who'd been buried in a small town in northern France, after almost 40 years of looking...)
Another one I saw really young was the original Highlander. I was 12 back in '86. The Queen song "Who Wants To Live Forever?" gets me a bit choked up - especially when they used it in the tv series, when Tessa and Ritchie got shot.
Ahh, I don't know if it's good or bad that I forgot all about that.
I wonder, does "Poor Jack" from The Nightmare Before Christmas count? Just seeing the Pumpkin King sprawled out in that statue's arms after getting blown out of the sky... well, it starts on a downer but ends on a high note. :DFor me, I first saw Watership Down when I was maybe eight years old... It kinda messed me up, lol. I still have issues with watching certain parts of it.
The book nearly got me. And I read at work during lunch, too. I hunt and eat bunnies. Somethin' 'bout those bunnies, though, got to me. It's a great story.
Another one I saw really young was the original Highlander. I was 12 back in '86. The Queen song "Who Wants To Live Forever?" gets me a bit choked up - especially when they used it in the tv series, when Tessa and Ritchie got shot.
That song (and the scene in the TV series) always gets me. I never actually shed tears, but I get so choked up I have to try not to. Good stuff.
I almost lost it to Stairway to Heaven. We were in a bar after work on the evening my friend was found dead in his garage. It was a suicide and his girlfriend was the one that discovered it. It was just a few of us in the bar at that moment - many came later - and we had been quietly sipping beers and talking about it only sparingly. A guy that we didn't know walked over to the jukebox and fed it some cash. The first song that came on was this one. And it did a pretty good job of destroying us. People that are under 30 (as many of us were at that time) should never have to bury their friends. To this day, I do my best not to listen to it if I hear it somewhere. It's still pretty rough.
A scene or too from most any random T. Burton films. Always an underdog, gets sh-t on, you feel bad for him (Jack, Edward, Victor, Charlie). I'm a softie I guess. "Edward Scissorhands" particularly, reminds me I was a kid once.
"Schindler's List" was pretty damn heavy. Didn't cry so much as smoke quiety in intense depression for like 15 minutes in silence. Any Holocaust film really. "Sophie's Choice" is in that range too. Unlike the prior, this reminds me I'm an adult now.
A scene or too from most any random T. Burton films. Always an underdog, gets sh-t on, you feel bad for him (Jack, Edward, Victor, Charlie). I'm a softie I guess. "Edward Scissorhands" particularly, reminds me I was a kid once.
"Schindler's List" was pretty damn heavy. Didn't cry so much as smoke quiety in intense depression for like 15 minutes in silence. Any Holocaust film really. "Sophie's Choice" is in that range too. Unlike the prior, this reminds me I'm an adult now.
I am not emotionally dead inside (thank god) and I cry at emotionally charged moments in a lot of things.
I wouldn't trust any man that thought crying was for sissies or the weak. The person is psychologically impaired and likely screwed in the head.
The term 'manly men' is as dumb as 'girly girls'.
You might also note the OP was written with a light-hearted irony.
1 ton ghost: Ever seen the Long Engagement? I prefer it to Amelie, myself but I agree, Jeunet is an excellent director all around, even if its not a romance.
I recently saw the Orphanage (not that its a Jeunet film), and was suprised by how touching the story was.
If you haven't actually seen the movies, go see them, then read all the spoilers ahead.
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1. Order 66 gets me every time, I can't stand to see all the Jedi getting killed, plus, all the planets that they're on are about to get taken over by the Galactic Empire.
2. Basically every part at the end of Return of the Jedi, and though the scene with Luke and the Emperor is always powerful, but I love the scene where the brave pilot flys his own A-wing into the bridge of a Star Destroyer
3. Palpatine's speech that announces the formation of the Empire from Revenge of the Sith, and Padme's chilling line at its crescendo
4. The storming of the Hoth base in Empire Strikes Back is horrible to watch, after seeing the Death Star get blown up, its nothing short of traumatizing to see the noble rebels being crushed by the Empire.
5. As much as I felt that Episode I was a wound to the Star Wars saga, I felt crushed when Qui-Gon was slain by Darth Maul
6. Alderran, just Alderran
1. Order 66 gets me every time, I can't stand to see all the Jedi getting killed, plus, all the planets that they're on are about to get taken over by the Galactic Empire.
2. Basically every part at the end of Return of the Jedi, and though the scene with Luke and the Emperor is always powerful, but I love the scene where the brave pilot flys his own A-wing into the bridge of a Star Destroyer
3. Palpatine's speech that announces the formation of the Empire from Revenge of the Sith, and Padme's chilling line at its crescendo
4. The storming of the Hoth base in Empire Strikes Back is horrible to watch, after seeing the Death Star get blown up, its nothing short of traumatizing to see the noble rebels being crushed by the Empire.
5. As much as I felt that Episode I was a wound to the Star Wars saga, I felt crushed when Qui-Gon was slain by Darth Maul
6. Alderran, just Alderran
I found this song moving:
Brudda Iz: Somewhere over the Rainbow
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I am a girl but 'Agreed'. This song is so beautiful when he sings it. The whole album that the song is on is great, his voice is so intrinsically emotional.One of the few times I've cried during a movie was when Boromir died in LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring...I didn't cry much in LOTR trilogy but this was so sad. He began to redeem himself but never got the chance to live a better life; very sad.
I cry at a lot of movies but it's not because they are sad but because it feels good to release built-up tension. I feel quite a bit of relief afterwards and that makes me happy. I know that sounds weird 'crying to be happy' but it's kind of carthatic.
I took my familiy and BF to see I Am Sam Once and I think my boyfriend cried more than me. I realise the sole purpose of that movie was to make people cry but it feels good to allow yourself that rather than trying to maintain composure.
I found this song moving:
Brudda Iz: Somewhere over the Rainbow
If you take the time to check it out, make sure to read the info from the poster. It makes it that much more moving. You'll probably recognize this rendition from Scrubs, Life on Mars, Dr. Greene's last episode on ER, and the movies Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black and 50 First Dates. (I'd heard it from a couple of these shows/movies, but I basically stole the whole list from the OP of the music vid
I'm sad it actually took me this long to truly find this rendition.
It's amazingly beautiful.
Were this ever put to my crying kryptonite (Calvin and Hobbes) I'd probably just so gone I'd have to barricade myself in my room for a day just to get myself together again.
Albert: You're not allowed to do that...
Death: The Hogfather can. The Hogfather gives out presents. There's no better present than the future.
-Joni
No one is immune to crying - just takes the right amount of pain to get it out.
I take it you've never met a sociopath.
I take it you've never met a sociopath.
Those you just dose with tear gas and kick in the groin. :P
Those you just dose with tear gas and kick in the groin. :P
Or pull on their moustache/nosehair.
The ending... its right, and it rocks. Loved this movie.
The most recent one to get me hard was actually 'WALL-E'. The last 5 minutes or so for me are just complete waterworks, as soon as
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EVE shoots a hole in WALL-E's trailer roof to charge him back up.
No one is immune to pain except people who have neurological pathologies. I have yet to meet a man who refused morphine in the face of shock-inducing bone pain for days on end from multiple cancer metastases.
There are people who don't cry anymore from such severe pain, but that's because they've become so used to it that they can't cry anymore, not that they didn't cry at all. Pain can be really, really, really bad. Anyone who says otherwise can prove his point by undergoing vivisectomy without anesthesia.
Awesome Dude:
No one is immune to pain except people who have neurological pathologies. I have yet to meet a man who refused morphine in the face of shock-inducing bone pain for days on end from multiple cancer metastases.
There are people who don't cry anymore from such severe pain, but that's because they've become so used to it that they can't cry anymore, not that they didn't cry at all. Pain can be really, really, really bad. Anyone who says otherwise can prove his point by undergoing vivisectomy without anesthesia.
Crying is emotional. You can force a person to shed tears by inflicting pain or irritation, but there is no way in hell you can upset a sociopath enough for him to cry. What you could reasonably expect from such efforts ranges from being verbally abused to being robbed or conned to being tortured and/or murdered yourself.
In any case, messing with one is not a good idea.
I don't agree. Someone who's crying from severe depression because of days upon days of unthinkable pain IS crying. I will not tolerate anyone belittling such a monstrous experience by saying that it's not.
I have a hard time seeing how you can do anything but tolerate it. It's a matter of definition. Crying (psychic tears) is tied to emotion. Otherwise it's called lacrimation (basal and reflex tears) and is simply a biological function.
For starters.
Heaven help you if his bouncer friends overhear your insensitive commentary.
No, actually I don't. If I'm seeing a cancer patient who's crying out in severe pain and you were there with the nerve to say to his face that he's not really crying, then I AM going to smack you upside the head.
For starters.
Heaven help you if his bouncer friends overhear your insensitive commentary.
Good luck with all of that. You still have to tolerate it seeing as you are in the Philippines and I am not, and further, you have no idea where I am. I have no intention of getting assaulted by a bunch of irrational savages hell-bent on inflicting physical pain on those who are right against their will.
Don't mistake my intent.
Then don't mistake mine. From the beginning I've said that crying is emotional. There's a simple causal relationship between pain and crying:
Cancer -> Pain -> Fear (in this case apprehension, or fear of what may follow) and despair -> Crying.
I don't know why you couldn't see it and only went for the conditional sentences immediately (using a condition that would never happen), but I tend to respond with the assumption that people understand what I say or write. So forgive me if I thought you were more than a little insane for a while.
And to tie this in with my original post, which had nothing to do with this tangent: Sociopaths don't cry. Ever. They lacrimate, but their emotions are too shallow and basic for them to even understand it.
Sociopaths have trouble with social mores and contracts. It's speculated that this stems from a basic lack of empathy. It doesn't mean that they don't have emotions or can't suffer from depression.
Empathy and emotions are controlled by the same area of the brain. This area is underdeveloped in sociopaths. Conversely, the R-complex (the reptilian brain, which controls aggression among other things) is often overdeveloped, meaning that the only real "emotion" sociopaths exhibit is anger. Sociopaths' brain function and behavior is not dissimilar to that of solitary predators.
And yes, sociopaths can suffer from major depressive disorder. Their body is still (assuming no other complications) capable of secreting serotonin, which means that its extrecellular levels can decrease, leaving them pathologically apathetic and lethargic.
I have no self-control when it comes to this sort of thing...any movie, song, or even book (well, as long as it's readable) can play with my emotions at will. So, pretty much anything sad can make me tear up. Especially a main character dying.
I'm with you, Grod. I get a bit weepy even in some truly bad movies or books; my wife often hassles me about it!
It's true and I'm not trying to sound like a man or anything but I just can't =/ I wish I could though :surrenderAnyways, the only movie that brought me close to crying was Pursuit of happiness. So beautiful.
Big Fish gets me every single time.
Try listening to 'How I Go' by Yellowcard after seeing Big Fish... Yeah. All I'm saying on that.
Titan A.E. (When I was younger.)
Reading the Green Mile.
Any damn time I hear Aeris' theme. (I hate you Sephiroth.)
I'm sure there are more. I don't bawl, just a few tears well up. I love that feeling, because it means something really touched me. I don't cry... like ever, and so when I do, I remember them.
It has proven advantageous in the past. No woman ever asks me to go out to see a chick flick because of it. Although the Schindler's List incident* still comes back to bite me in the tuchus periodically.
*Don't ask. Inappropriate laughter in the audeince during a movie of that sort can get very ugly, very quickly.
I must be screwed up. Any movie that tugs at the heartstrings makes me chuckle. Maybe it's a result of the "men don't cry" thing I heard way back when while growing up.
Perhap, maybe a product of your environment thing, who knows. What I do know is this, the most common reaction for a human in an awkward situation is to laugh. Defense mechanism. Nervous, confused, pi$$ed, etc. Not the default reaction to everything, but you'd be amazed, we're just not cognizant of it so much cuz' it happens so often.
It has proven advantageous in the past. No woman ever asks me to go out to see a chick flick because of it. Although the Schindler's List incident* still comes back to bite me in the tuchus periodically.
It's not like you did the Seinfeld thing; make out w/ your date during "Schindler's List". And of course, the faux (it might be real maybe) porn, "Schindler's Fist" has probably had hilarious consequences as well.
*Don't ask. Inappropriate laughter in the audeince during a movie of that sort can get very ugly, very quickly.
Oh, God you just reminded me of my boy Steve. Bunch of us went and saw "American Beauty" @ the art haus theatre. So, far so good, really moving, good film, bla bla bla. Then, right where crazy marine dad starts beating his son in high drama/climactic fashion, ppl in the audience are going, "Oh, that's so heartbreaking, etc.," (
sad, heavy moment) Steve, lets out his huge guffaw which is so unexpected & innapproriate, then others snicker at his laugh, and chain reaction ensues as they can't help it....and Troll 2.
was it this part that made you cry?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwD4jTo3GE&feature=related
was it this part that made you cry?
Bit of a toss up...probably anything after the opening credits.
Oh, and yes, "A Very Long Engagement" kicked all kinds of ass. I particularly liked the seduction/bondage scene w/ the glass bed canopy and "aftermath".
Unrelated, but did you know he did Alien (4): Ressurection? It's actually not bad. "City of Lost Children" and "Delicatessen" are gold too, but no one over here has heard of him really and it's baffeling. He's like the French Spielberg.
And again, yes, "The Orphanage" was outstanding. Damn, that bag head boy...*shivers*. I know del Toro didn't Direct it per se, but he might as well have given his influence. He's groomed to do the 2 "Hobbit" films. Should be good.
Other male ego breaking films. You may cry, you might just need therapy, or you could cuddle w/ a sensitive, understanding girl name of Russle.
-"Platoon" (watch for Sgt. Elias' harrowing run for the choppers, cover pic). Most good war movies anyway. Watching the medic die in "Saving Pvt. Ryan" (Momma! Momma!) is so damn hard for me, not to mention the jew w/ the knife by the SS infantry they mistakenly let go prior.
-"The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (it's not what you think, no molestation monkies)
-"The Butcher Boy" (young irish boy, dejected, abandoned, quite a bit violent)
-"The Fly", towards the end, w/ the shotgun, no hope, everything's f'ed up.
-"Mary Shelly's Frankenstein", sad as Hell when he's explaining to the blind guy why everyone hates him cuz' he's so hideous, tries to make good, gets run out.
was it this part that made you cry?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwD4jTo3GE&feature=related
Dios mioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made my roommate watch Troll 2. I could tell he thought the movie was horrible but for some reason he couldn't stop watching.
I think maybe the part I teared up at was the death of Nancy in NoES 3. I'd put it in a spoiler block but that movie has probably been out for about 20 years. Its not much of a spoiler any more.
On the subject of Dogs in cinema, there's an urban legend (not sure if it's confirmed) that the actor who plays Michael from the 'Halloween' series was supposed to kick a dog in one of the movies... and refused, because he felt that's be just too evil. Michael. From 'Halloween'.
Wouldn't really make sense, he slew a dog with a knife in the first movie, he should have complained about that rather than the kicking, besides, who hasn't read the TV tropes article on that.
Wouldn't really make sense, he slew a dog with a knife in the first movie, he should have complained about that rather than the kicking, besides, who hasn't read the TV tropes article on that.
I don't think he slew the dog in real life. If you are killing a dog in pretend, such as in filming a movie, then that is different from actually kicking a dog no matter what the reason is.
Burton does it, esp. the oft-mentioned Big Fish. Man I should rewatch that.
Saving Private Ryan was a rough one, as well as Wall-E near the end.
I also near-cried by the end of Pay It Forward. I think H J Osment is overrated sometimes, but something about that movie's message really stuck with me. I'd been doing what it described before then, but now I had a mental image of what I try to accomplish every day.
The FF7 Aeris scene? Kudos to whoever mentioned that.
I might not cry outward tears because of some minor psychological "manly" stuntedness, but I've definitely got my buttons. Maybe I built up a resistance because I am often depressed and have a real love of tragedies.
Sidenote: Thanks for making this thread, it's a welcome distraction.
I just had a New Years party where I was DD for pretty much everyone, and was giving my roommate space because he'd had a rough week. Turns out I gave him just enough space for a drunken hook up with the woman I'd be flirting with for weeks. Happy...new...year. :surrender
Sidenote: Thanks for making this thread, it's a welcome distraction.
I just had a New Years party where I was DD for pretty much everyone, and was giving my roommate space because he'd had a rough week. Turns out I gave him just enough space for a drunken hook up with the woman I'd be flirting with for weeks. Happy...new...year. :surrender
Ugg, you need a better wingman. Sorry to hear that.
Ugg, you need a better wingman. Sorry to hear that.
Yeah, it's about par for my luck over the last nine years actually. Maybe he was a better pick for her anyway. Sigh.
But I am derailing this thread with RL wah-wah stuff when it should be movies. :/
Lessee...as far as classics go, It's a Wonderful Life tugs at my heart-stringy-things every time. Though that might be as much from it being kind of a family tradition to watch it during winter holidays.
An American Tail also has personal significance to me.
Yeah, it's about par for my luck over the last nine years actually. Maybe he was a better pick for her anyway. Sigh.
But I am derailing this thread with RL wah-wah stuff when it should be movies. :/
Lessee...as far as classics go, It's a Wonderful Life tugs at my heart-stringy-things every time. Though that might be as much from it being kind of a family tradition to watch it during winter holidays.
An American Tail also has personal significance to me.
Great movie for that situation: Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. I love the ending, its a great romance (and, you know, its kind-of-sort-of what you mentioned).
I can also recommend the Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Priceless as great French romances, similar themes... or if your tastes are a bit more contemporary, Ghost Town or The Wedding Singer.
I don't mind the (moderate) derailments, btw... I consider it the natural flow of the "conversation". As long as we don't end up talking about-- eh, nevermind. If I mentioned it, we probably would end up talking about it.
EDIT: Oh, another, slightly more action-packed film: Count of Monte Cristo. Any version is good. I'm partial to the ambiance of the older one, but enjoy the fight scenes from the new film, and Richard Harris as Abbé Faria is splendid.
Never felt so so good for shooting someone. Ever.
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I felt myself get a lil misty eyed when that rat bastard shot my dog.
I felt myself get a lil misty eyed when that rat bastard shot my dog.
Great movie for that situation: Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. I love the ending, its a great romance (and, you know, its kind-of-sort-of what you mentioned).
All your recommendations are appreciated, but this one I keep hearing about - it seems to be a very...divisive movie. As in, people either love it, or find it terminally boring and insipid (and I've heard people of both genders take both sides).
I don't mind the (moderate) derailments, btw... I consider it the natural flow of the "conversation". As long as we don't end up talking about-- eh, nevermind. If I mentioned it, we probably would end up talking about it.
That sounds like a desire to dish, T. Do eet. It's ok, it's the internet, no one knows you here. Digital hugs have no strings attached.
EDIT: Another mention of Fable II, that's three in as many days...hmm. Time to add to my 360 library. Xbox: the "cry in a tub of ice cream" for men. :P
"cry in a tub of ice cream"
I'll take peanut butter fudge ice cream. I love peanut butter fudge,... mmm.
But I don't feel much like crying. Can I join in anyway?
Warweaver, it's one of the best rpgs I've ever played.
I'm starting to think the 360 is going to be the Console of Great Rpgs like the Ps2 used to be.
and most of them are probably going to be American made Rpgs.
I'm starting to think the 360 is going to be the Console of Great Rpgs like the Ps2 used to be.
and most of them are probably going to be American made Rpgs.
Except for all the ones made in Europe (Fable) or Canada (Fallout). You know, except for the best two so far. ;)
We're supposedly going to get a KOTOR on the 360 at some point or another. (I say supposedly because KOTOR is being turned into an MMO which precludes it from being 1 an actual game, and two an rpg)
All your recommendations are appreciated, but this one I keep hearing about - it seems to be a very...divisive movie. As in, people either love it, or find it terminally boring and insipid (and I've heard people of both genders take both sides).
Well, you have to like Jane Austen. Most of her stories were very formulaic... what makes Ang Lee's film good, in my opinion, is that he really captures the characters and their emotions. As a viewer I felt myself drawn by the film and actually caring about how everything would be resolved.
Everything makes me cry. The emotional climax of any movie good enough for me to have become even a little bit invested in will always make me tear up. If it's really good, I'll fight sobs. I'm also very powerfully moved by music with a story context. I can hear a song on its own and go 'hm, that's nice', but if it fits into a story or accompanies a story point, I'll lose it. Hell, I cried when Yes Man cranked up Journey's Worlds Apart in the final act. Needless to say, the Buffy musical floored me, and oddly enough I always cry at the musical/dance sequence in the Dance Like You Want To Win episode of Evangelion. If any filmmaker ever puts the divine Eva Cassidy's masterwork Fields of Gold over a powerful moment of love and loss, I may simply die of heartbreak then and there.
Since I cry at virtually everything, I'll modify the question a bit and say what film made me cry the hardest.
I'm actually going to sblock this because... well, it's a downer.
United 93. Within the first five minutes I was weeping, and I lost it completely within the first half hour. Ultimately, it took me four viewings spread across two months to make it through that movie, and each of the four days on which I watched it was a complete loss to depressive fugues. I've seen a lot of bad movies. Horrible movies, dull movies, depressing movies, banal movies. I don't regret them, though, because there's something to be gained from the experience of watching bad movies. Amusement, a sense of superiority, a contrast to make me appreciate better movies, etc. United 93 is the only movie I ever regretted watching. I thought it was 'something I had to see', but I was wrong. It granted me no new knowledge, no new insight, no catharsis; it was simply hours of reliving pain I've spent years trying to heal.
I'm actually going to sblock this because... well, it's a downer.United 93. Within the first five minutes I was weeping, and I lost it completely within the first half hour. Ultimately, it took me four viewings spread across two months to make it through that movie, and each of the four days on which I watched it was a complete loss to depressive fugues. I've seen a lot of bad movies. Horrible movies, dull movies, depressing movies, banal movies. I don't regret them, though, because there's something to be gained from the experience of watching bad movies. Amusement, a sense of superiority, a contrast to make me appreciate better movies, etc. United 93 is the only movie I ever regretted watching. It granted me no new knowledge, no new insight, no catharsis; it was simply hours of reliving pain I've spent years trying to heal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E_JI41aq9Q
If it helps to lighten the mood, the movie I regret watching the most was The Happening.
OMG Bloodrayne was SOOO bad.
M. Night did some good. Uwe Boll has not.
If it helps to lighten the mood, the movie I regret watching the most was The Happening.
If there are movies that make men cry, this one made me want to punch M. Night in the face and take back my $10 for believing he could redeem himself. And I'm a devout pacifist!
Actually, while the movie itself was horrible, the concept was actually very unique and interesting, in my opinion of course. It had serious potential to be great. I wish they'd at least kept the original title, though. I think it was The Green Effect. The Happening is a ridiculous title.
EDIT: Also, Mark Wahlberg is a horrible actor.
M. Night? Do GOOD? Thats a joke....right?
Nope.
Unbreakable. Very good.
M. Night? Do GOOD? Thats a joke....right?
I think most people really enjoyed The Sixth Sense. I know I did. And Unbreakable has become kind of a cult classic - not as popular as the former, but still quite watchable. After that it went downhill.
If I had quit watching Signs about 20 minutes before the end, I probably would've been more satisfied. But the whole water angle made my brain eat itself.
The Village was...pretty. That's about it.
I skipped Lady in the Water due to the horror stories I heard, and then The Happening...well, I was hoping for a return to his earliest success. My senses were instead assaulted by a film the term "travesty" cannot encompass. There is "so bad it's good" and then there is "so bad your time was better spent staring at a blank wall". I'd heard about movies "doing violence to you" from people, but until this I'd never felt the sensation first-hand...
Unbreakable was pretty good.
signs was OK I guess.
The village was...meh.
Lady in the water...I heard a lot of bad things about it. It chased me off before I even watched it.
The Happening was horrible. I had to bleach my brain after watching that.
I've never seen the sixth sense, I need to see that sometime.
Phenomenal. Absolutely loved it. Normally I'm the guy who figures the movie out no later than half-way through, so it was a rare treat to be surprised.
Unbreakable was pretty good.
Very nearly as good as Sixth Sense, and it rates even higher from a geek perspective for being pretty much the only movie about superheroes that wasn't, y'know, a superhero movie.
signs was OK I guess.
Yeah, that's how I felt about it. It was fine right up until he tried to deliver another twist. It would've been a lot better if it'd just played out the creepy he'd been using, but the poor guy's a victim of his own schtick. Writer/directors can get typecast too, and he's stuck as 'that twist ending guy'.
The village was...meh.
I enjoyed it more than most, I think. It had a twist, but it was a lot gentler. Not the sudden reveal 'TADA!' people were expecting, and that's all right.
Lady in the water...I heard a lot of bad things about it. It chased me off before I even watched it.
I really wanted to like this one, if only out of Giamatti love, but it just felt too hodgepodged. I know it was patterned after an improvised bedtime story he told his kid, but it shouldn't read like one, you know? ('Why doesn't she just go home now?' 'Uh... because she can't! There are... plant... wolves! Plant wolves that will eat her if she tries.' '...') Also, the cynical, genre-savvy film critic who gets everything wrong came off (despite being played by the wonderful Bob Ballaban) as a juvenile straw man 'neener neener neener' to me.
The Happening was horrible. I had to bleach my brain after watching that.
After Lady, I just never got around to seeing it. Maybe someday, like if it comes to Hulu.
So... there's my take on those films. To make a very token gesture of on-topicness after this nutshell critique of Shyamalan's career, I think the only one I cried at was Signs, in that one flashback scene with his wife.
Unbreakable. Very good.
I'm right with you. The 'twist' was actually a natural part of the story, and I didn't feel it was contrived (as he usually does) just for the sake of having a twist.
I'm hopefully optimistic about his next film. I feel M. Night is actually a decent director... but as a writer, is just horrible.
I'm hopefully optimistic about his next film. I feel M. Night is actually a decent director... but as a writer, is just horrible.
I was optimistic about The Happening...but you burned me, Night! Ya burned me! Augh I feel dirty!
*Goes off to cry in shower and scrub the shame away*
:thumbsdow The Village.
:thumbsdow The Happening. :thumbsdow :thumbsdow
The Village
The Happening Fail.
Unbreakable
Six Sense
Hey! ONE part of Bloodrayne wasn't bad....... it's a five minute scene. I think you can all guess which scene to which I am referring. Rest of that movie though was total fail. Which means it was probably the best of his films to ever be created.
The Village is quite possibly the worst movie ever made. But I was brought far closer to tears for the money I'd wasted after sitting completely through Ultraviolet. Milla, I'll never forgive you for that. You rocked in The Fifth Element and were simply awesome in the Resident Evil franchise. Ultraviolet, however, supplanted M Night's seminal stinker The Village as the worst movie ever made. I had not thought that possible. Since, in the process of doing so, you've sullied your own reputation, I find this to be particularly unforgivable. Oh, your clothing line sucks, too. :P
PFft you're only upset because Milla didn't get nekkid in Ultraviolet. (let's face it that's half the reason you go see her movies :P)
The Happening is far worse than the Village... angry trees and their pollen? Seriously?
PFft you're only upset because Milla didn't get nekkid in Ultraviolet. (let's face it that's half the reason you go see her movies :P)
The Happening is far worse than the Village... angry trees and their pollen? Seriously?
Nah. I genuinely feel that I'll be interested in the entire movie. She's hot, sure, but she's also got some actin' chops. Even if she did disrobe, it wouldn't have saved that enema on tape known as Ultraviolet.
Dude. If you saw the Village and then still thought M Night was deserving of your money, it's not the movie's fault. It's yours. M Night tried to warn us. He started slippin' with Unbreakable (which is still ok) and utterly collapsed with The Village. I learned from that experience. It's a shame others didn't. :P
It didn't interest me enough to see his "what a twist" shennanigans.
Signs was enough for me to stop.
Had the Village spoiled for me too..
I find angry tree pollen far worse than the Village in premise though.
She can act? Then again she's never really been given ample opportunity to act in most of the movies she's in.... Resident Evil movies aside.
Another girl (at another time) made me go see Meet the Parents with her. At least she made it worth my while. ;)
I heard about one of the M Night disasters that involved aliens that got killed by water. Why in gods name would aliens fatally vulnerable to water come to a planet that is mostly comprised of water, where water falls from the friggin' sky and where even the inhabitants are full of the stuff? That d-bag is such a moron it sickens me.
I heard about one of the M Night disasters that involved aliens that got killed by water. Why in gods name would aliens fatally vulnerable to water come to a planet that is mostly comprised of water, where water falls from the friggin' sky and where even the inhabitants are full of the stuff? That d-bag is such a moron it sickens me.
Aliens are not necessarily smart aliens. ;)
I haven't recently seen a movie that has made me cry, but I'll always remember that the old animated movie Frank and Frey does when Frey is abandoned in the woods, and I know I am in danger when someone relates a sad story and get all teary-eyed. Then again, since the topic specifically calls for manly man, and I am not the particularly macho type, I may be outside the box.
Aliens are not necessarily smart aliens. ;)
Wait. So they're smart enough to pull off inter-stellar travel, but too dumb to know that if they try to take over a world that's largely made of the stuff that's the bane of their very existence, things will end badly? Uhh. Ok. ;)
), though he was not bad in "The Departed"."6th Sense" is Night's gem, bar none. It had endless possibilities, such is the case w/ alot of supernatural fare. Handled fairly well. He was new then, not fully institutionalized by the cinema industry, and we hadn't seen his famous twists become hackneyed plot devices that you grow wearisome of toots sweet as the years roll on...and on...and on...He better do something quick.
Ms. (or is it still Mrs.?) Jovovich I used to fawn over like most guys. And it wasn't just the T&A (though it probably started off as such, sue me). She is a rather protean woman and I respect that cuz' all I hear about of current or former models is drama, coke, drama, fake, drama, $...
Her career IMO: Modeling? Ok, no scandals, pretty standard, moving on.
The band? Hmm, interesting (not a masterpiece, but rare a model grinds out anything above average), particularly the Russian folk tunes; some depth showing, got a hit under her belt.
Childrens' books? Odd, but ok, different direction, shows initiative.
Filmography? Loved her in "Dazed in Confused". Kitchy, but not bad. "Million Dollar Hotel" (art haus, low $), I was like, damn, she can act. That's rare, most models suck. "5th Element", she makes her own language for Leeloo based on Japanese, Latin, and gibberish (committed), fairly compelling, not too cheesy. Still, for a popcorn movie, she did well. "The Messenger" had potential (Luc Besson again) and she clearly carried it which isn't easy when you're working w/ John Malcovich, so, thumbs up. Good, not great.
Then..."Resident Evil" I-III (and I love zombie films)? Oh, man, wtf? Wooden is an understatement. But, I guess you gotta' look at the material she had to work with. I mean, video game adaptations to film are infamous for being notoriously horrible in most applications. And "Ultraviolet"...holy sh-t, I felt like a sex crime victim. Do not want.
That, easilly, can make a grown man cry.
I'd like to see her in a remake of "Le Femme Nikita" (see, "Point of No Return", Jody Foster), do an episode of "Weeds" (she's a hipster), or kill Tyra Banks and take over that miscarriage of a TV show as a competant ex-model.
But, there is some good news: Guys, killer gangster movie coming out, "Public Enemies". Girls, it has J. Depp and C. Bale in it. Get happy.
Worst movie. Ever.
Note: I've never seen nor had the desire to see Bloodrayne. Video game, schmideo game.
I heard about one of the M Night disasters that involved aliens that got killed by water. Why in gods name would aliens fatally vulnerable to water come to a planet that is mostly comprised of water, where water falls from the friggin' sky and where even the inhabitants are full of the stuff? That d-bag is such a moron it sickens me.
They could have chosen earth because it had an atmosphere they could breathe, or native life that could serve as foodstuffs. It's not like we're going to put off interstellar colonization until we can find a planet where we can breathe the air or drink the water (that may or may not be there) without filtering it first. Earth may not have been their Eden, but it was passable enough that they wanted to try it out I guess.
Still on the subject of M Night, though, I've always had a horrible time with his movies. I don't know whether it's some weird cosmic convergence or that we have similar brain structure or what, but I've never made it more than half an hour into one of his flicks before it's painfully obvious that
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Sam Jackson caused all those crashes.
Also, what I will always remember him from is The Big Hit. That movie is hilarious, IMO.
Jovovich: You practically can't throw a d20 these days without hitting a geek who likes The Fifth Element, so I don't need to weigh in there. I could take or leave the Res Evil series. The Messenger really impressed me - I didn't expect a Joan of Arc movie to take the tack that it did, and her character's charisma was infectious and convincing.
As for Ultraviolet, the only thing I liked in that movie was how they played with extra-dimensional-space tech - a world where Bags of Holding are commonplace piqued my interest. However, I don't think it was on the same level of crapitude that Happening was - at least UV had pretty stuff to look at (like Milla herself or neat CG).
In Happening half the time all you saw were friggin' homicidal trees and grass (tip: they look just like normal trees and grass).
As for aliens and water being the big reveal in Signs, this sums it up pretty well:
. I was enjoying myself till then, and it all came crumbling down.They could have chosen earth because it had an atmosphere they could breathe, or native life that could serve as foodstuffs. It's not like we're going to put off interstellar colonization until we can find a planet where we can breathe the air or drink the water (that may or may not be there) without filtering it first. Earth may not have been their Eden, but it was passable enough that they wanted to try it out I guess.
I hope when our planet comes to an end and we are forced onto giant spaceships and need to seek out a suitable replacement our scouting parties amongst the stars don't happen on a planet with oceans of hydrochloric acid and decide that it is a good hospitable spot to colonize.
Warweaver you are absolutely right on about the Messenger. Milla is great.
Every time Half-Pint cries, I
. When the blonde girl, Mary, goes blind, I (I refused to watch that episode for the longest time). Kid with a limp gets picked on, I . Heck, I even cried during an interview with the actress who plays Laura (Melissa Gilbert). She teared up while talking about the close relationship she shared with Michael Landon (Charles Ingalls).That show's tough on an old fella :P.
Except for all the ones made in Europe (Fable) or Canada (Fallout).
Er, are you referring to the ORIGINAL Fallout? Cause Fallout 3 was made by Bethesda Softworks which is in Maryland.
Er, are you referring to the ORIGINAL Fallout? Cause Fallout 3 was made by Bethesda Softworks which is in Maryland.
You know...thinking about the original Fallout games (which were awesome) reminds me of playing Planescape: Torment. I think I might've teared up a bit at the end. Baldur's Gate II as well. Not in Fallout, but those were great games too - you just didn't make as intimate ties with your "party" in them.*
*Though I could see someone crying when they realized how impossible it is to keep poor Dogmeat alive in the later areas of those games. Hahaha...er, I mean...
I hope when our planet comes to an end and we are forced onto giant spaceships and need to seek out a suitable replacement our scouting parties amongst the stars don't happen on a planet with oceans of hydrochloric acid and decide that it is a good hospitable spot to colonize.
Hey, it worked in Alien Nation. Maybe it's just because I grew up knowing the show/movie, but 'salt water is like acid to the aliens' seems a lot less contrived and stupid than 'water is like acid to the aliens'. /shrug
Though I could see someone crying when they realized how impossible it is to keep poor Dogmeat alive in the later areas of those games. Hahaha...er, I mean...
Poor Dogmeat. Quicksave is the only reason he made it to the end of that game. Woulda been awesome if a high enough INT would let you build him his own little power armor. He'd have been unstoppable.
I still haven't made it to the end of Torment. I find the combat dull and many of the quest design choices ill-planned[sup]1 2[/sup], and would much rather just GET THROUGH THE DAMNED STORY without having to actually play the game (and that includes the frelling FedEx quests). A real shame, because I love the tone, setting, and story. Ah well.
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1 Like how you've got a big quest to find out where Pharod's getting the bodies. I discover the catacombs where he's getting the bodies. Someone even says 'he's digging up deaders the dusties already have in their book'. I HAVE FOUND OUT WHERE PHAROD'S GETTING THE BODIES. So I continue with the story, which removes talking to Pharod from my options, go to turn in quest... WHOOPS! I don't get credit because I didn't hear it from Pharod himself. Mother
er, I call bull! :headexplo 2 Watch me be a good little sentient and refrain from turning this observation into a critique of non-4e D&D. :angelhide
I still haven't made it to the end of Torment.
Heh. My condolences on your frustration, but if you want my opinion the later character development and ending really is worth slogging through. I keep meaning to go back and re-play it to see all the stuff I missed.
Also, good man keeping the non-4e bile down. You can keep that stuff to my thread. :P
EDIT: Another sad-but-great - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Hilarious, gut-wrenching, and awesome at the same time! (It's on Hulu now for anyone committing the blasphemy of not seeing it.)
I hope when our planet comes to an end and we are forced onto giant spaceships and need to seek out a suitable replacement our scouting parties amongst the stars don't happen on a planet with oceans of hydrochloric acid and decide that it is a good hospitable spot to colonize.
Well, once we use up all the resources on this planet, we might be scraping the bottom of the barrel. I'm not saying it's a good position to be in, just that it's not entirely implausible that a species that doesn't watch itself can end up with a lot of bad options as far as potential home planets.
Er, are you referring to the ORIGINAL Fallout? Cause Fallout 3 was made by Bethesda Softworks which is in Maryland.
I thought Bethesda was in Canada. The devs for FO3 even told a story about coming to America and going to DC to take a bunch of photos of the capital and such. Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.
Wow, just realized I've never heard of about 95% of the movies mentioned here. I cried only once after a movie, and that was watching Pan's Labyrinth. Guess I identified myself too closely with the escapist protagonist.
I really recommend the Orphanage if you like Pan's Lab.
I cried only once after a movie, and that was watching Pan's Labyrinth
Oh, good call, that movie is tops, hence the Oscar nomination. del Toro certainly has come a long way very fast. Quite moving and pretty heavy. He had a big hand in "The Orphanage"; produced not directed, but it's hard to tell, all the signs are there which was also in the same league easilly. That is, it was excellent and pretty gut-wrenching as the viewer learns more.
Artifact: I cry during Little House on the Prairie. I watched the show as a kid but hadn't seen it in years. My wife recently bought 'em on DVD. I never expected the stories to move me as much as the do.
Ah yes, that's another really good canidate as well. I got reared on that show as well as a kid; didn't have much of a choice as mom was/is still a huge fan (...which pretty much means I'm a fan when I'm 6 or so), the values shtick, and authenticity give it good reality. Grew on me later when I was old enough to appreciate it. Funny how alot of the older shows were better.
The religious overtones are also pretty heavy and I can't help but think it's a decent TV rendering of the trials of Job maybe. M. Landen was an exceptional man too. Quite the model for humanity and decency. Damn shame what happened too (cancer @ a fairly young age, wasn't it?).
Batshido: Well, once we use up all the resources on this planet, we might be scraping the bottom of the barrel. I'm not saying it's a good position to be in, just that it's not entirely implausible that a species that doesn't watch itself can end up with a lot of bad options as far as potential home planets.
A plot device that's been used many times, but unsurprisingly, very relevant now. We're not in any immediate danger about consuming all the resources. Typically, what happens, and what will likely happen to us (again) is that we'll exceed (have exceeded) carrying capacity, and nature will "thin the herd" to restore us to a more manageable level like all things. Pandemic is widely acknowledged to be the main impetus for the fall or end of humanity.
All I can think of in this mindset is Agent Smith's (Hugo Weaving) villainous monologe about his time in comptemplation as a young program when he realizes humans are like viruses; replicate, move into area, deplete resources, replicate, move on, repeat. Not saying it was always like that (see Native America), but, well, the computers we're typing on right now stand as a pretty good testament to that I'd wager.
Pan's Labyrinth? Really? It didn't leave me teary-eyed at all. I did feel pretty "meh" about it, though. :P
Nor did I, but it was a good story.
I think I had somewhat similar feelings, because going into the film I was expecting/hoping for a film that was centered around all the fantastic areas and creatures you see in the trailer.
I loved it anyways, although its themes and focus where in different areas.
I had the same sort of reaction to Hellboy II. I really enjoyed the film, but I went in expecting something of the same tone and theme as the first and got something else instead.
I just remembered another movie that always made me choke up a bit. The Deer Hunter. Man is that some good stuff.
We Gamers must have callous hearts... no one's mentioned Bambi? lol
I don't cry when food dies. It's supposed to, after all. ;)
Pan's Labyrinth? Really? It didn't leave me teary-eyed at all. I did feel pretty "meh" about it, though. :P
It's not trolling if I diagnose this as your not having a soul, right? :D
Know what's ironic? I'm not sure I ever cried at Bambi. As a tot I grew up with the Bambi book on tape as a steady litany in the background, so the death of his mother was knowledge I'd had since before I knew what death was. When I finally saw the scene where she died, when everyone else was sniffling and sighing, I (6 years old or so) was simply elated at finally seeing what the hell a 'meadow' is.
It's not trolling if I diagnose this as your not having a soul, right? :D
Since when has accurate categorization been against the CoC? :P :D
The Lion King was one of my favorite movies growing up. "No Simba, I killed Mufasa!" god Scar was an awesome villain. I should watch that movie now really. Mufasa's death was touching for me as well.
Oh, and I've never seen Bambi, either. Guess I'm from Germany: around here, manly men grow up with anti-war movies :D .
But there have been a few books where the sad ending got to me. Haven't read any in a while that do that, mostly cause I like books that amuse me, not depress me.
Music is much more common. Mostly country.
"Roses for Mama" is C.W. McCall I think...
"Skin" by Rascall Flats
"If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw
"Love Story" by Taylor Swift
there's others, but those are the worst offenders I can think of at the moment.
I don't think my experience was negatively impacted as a result (it was that good), but it didn't make me want to cry. I think it might've even been the fairy tale aspect - I remember thinking it was almost appropriate that
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she dies at the end
"Roses for Mama" is C.W. McCall I think...
C.W. McCall?
As in "Convoy" C.W. McCall?
If you can tear up at anything that man does and not start laughing 10 seconds in because of his delivery, you've got a much healthier soul than I do.
Wait. So they're smart enough to pull off inter-stellar travel, but too dumb to know that if they try to take over a world that's largely made of the stuff that's the bane of their very existence, things will end badly? Uhh. Ok. ;)
;)
Oh, and I've never seen Bambi, either. Guess I'm from Germany: around here, manly men grow up with anti-war movies :D .
Das Boot?
The better-made German version of Saving Private Ryan (predates the latter film, as well). I remember watching it with my dad as a teen when he was stationed in Germany. We both loved it.
I'll have to see if I can find The Orphanage somewhere. Does it have a similar kind of fantasy-bent as PL?
Replace fantasy with horror and you're on the right track. Not in a bad way either... it is definitely worth watching (and available instantly on Netflix to watch online).
If you can tear up at anything that man does and not start laughing 10 seconds in because of his delivery, you've got a much healthier soul than I do.
Any other song of his and I'd agree, but that one song is very different from the rest.
As for the state of my soul. Eh, it's questionable. Agnostic, ya know?
I thought Bethesda was in Canada. The devs for FO3 even told a story about coming to America and going to DC to take a bunch of photos of the capital and such. Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.
No, they are in Maryland. My state. I could go 40 minutes to their studio. I desire to so I can whack them repeatedly like a Pinata until some damn game patches fall out.
The Lion King was one of my favorite movies growing up. "No Simba, I killed Mufasa!" god Scar was an awesome villain. I should watch that movie now really. Mufasa's death was touching for me as well.
I liked the Lion King. I also really enjoyed The Incredibles. It wasn't really all the sad, but it was full of AWESOME. Remember, no capes!
In fact, if you do a metacritic.com search, you'll find that even the straight to DVD sequels had pretty high marks...
In fact, if you do a metacritic.com search, you'll find that even the straight to DVD sequels had pretty high marks...
Huh, good to know. I enjoyed Lion King but I avoid Disney straight-to-videos like the plague. Just an old habit I guess. Though I did find out recently that Ursula from The Little Mermaid and the Queen of Chaos from D&D have a lot in common...
The Incredibles is a, if not the, favorite movie of mine. If I didn't hate being needlessly redundant so much I would buy it TWICE.
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Sin City. Towards the end of Marv's story, when he's in prison and Wendy visits him. He immediately calls her Goldy, but apologizes for his mistake. When she replied "You can call me Goldy" and embraces him, I semi-lost it. I don't know why.
The Incredibles is a, if not the, favorite movie of mine. If I didn't hate being needlessly redundant so much I would buy it TWICE.
I told my wife that we need to make sure we've got a copy of the Incredibles in our collection when we've got kids. Something I actually enjoy to punctuate the hours of whatever talking plush merchanidising mascot the kids fill the rest of our shelves with.
I have an alternate choice, which I will sblock. Spoilers in the sblock.ShowSin City. Towards the end of Marv's story, when he's in prison and Wendy visits him. He immediately calls her Goldy, but apologizes for his mistake. When she replied "You can call me Goldy" and embraces him, I semi-lost it. I don't know why.
Das Boot?
The better-made German version of Saving Private Ryan (predates the latter film, as well). I remember watching it with my dad as a teen when he was stationed in Germany. We both loved it.
Yeah... plus Die Brücke, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Longest Day, [i]Die Insel in der Vogelstra
I don't see why everyone's so hot for the Incredibles... the No Capes scene aside.
Cause it is a great movie full of awesome?! It wins. There are so many great one liners in their too, it is just great! :D
And Jack Jack, I totally love Jack Jack, who doesn't want a cute little baby like that?
That would be interesting to be sure. Me and comedy though usually doesn't mix well. (I blame Scary Movie and it's clones)
I don't.
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That's not Comedy.
Stand up comedy is what I generally laugh at. (Or the Daily Show and Colbert Report)
Huh, good to know. I enjoyed Lion King but I avoid Disney straight-to-videos like the plague. Just an old habit I guess.
Ditto. I can't abide Land Before Time part 30 and all that. $ is their endgame.
Lion King, eh, for it's time when I was about 17 or so, I guess it was alright IMO (James Earl Jones always helps), but you could kinda' see the new direction they were taking their films then; everything becoming way more PC, cleaner, safer. I like the older stuff, "Lady & the Tramp", "Sleeping Beauty", "Fantasia", stuff like that from Disney.
The Incredibles is a, if not the, favorite movie of mine. If I didn't hate being needlessly redundant so much I would buy it TWICE.
Ah, right before they gobbled up Pixar. Good outfit. Never seen a bad Pixar film. Wall-E was pretty good too, very bold move for them.
CGI is getting damn near photorealistic too these days. I figure in a few more years, even discriminating viewers won't be able to tell what is digitally rendered vs. normal filmed footage. Will they even need actors anymore when I'm 50 or just their voices? God, think of all those ppl in wardrobe, makeup, casting, grips, teamsters, etc....
I'll have to see if I can find The Orphanage somewhere. Does it have a similar kind of fantasy-bent as PL?
Uh, sorta'. Like a grim childhood homage ala T. Burton that isn't "cutesy". Like, serious as a heart attack. Dead is dead. The pain isn't necessarilly sentimental or whimsical. *Watch for the scene w/ the nanny @ the x-walk (don't look away, it's jaw-dropping). That should sum it up nicely.
Not quite fantasy; a heavy nod to drama that's definetly flirting w/ higher brow horror. Wouldn't say it's a think-piece necesarilly, but damn is it a clever suspense/horror one though. Not quite a tear-jerker, but wow, very heavy. It's typed under the genre of "horror" in most vendors, though far too many go, "Oh, look, subtitles (Spanish), that = foreign film." Err, wrong (IMO). I mean, damn, isn't most (all?) anime "foreign" too? Hell, I even saw Argento zombie films that were in "foreign" @ a Hollywood video once.
Cpt_Micha: That would be interesting to be sure. Me and comedy though usually doesn't mix well. (I blame Scary Movie and it's clones)
If that is "your measure", then I cannot blame you. Sympathize even. In short, they suck and are just crude cannibalizations of pop culture. Original material and creative vision take a back seat when you can just grind out shlocky low brow crap that makes money, nothing else.
This type of comedy vs. smarter fare: It's like watching parapalegics do slap stick gimmicks vs. J. Stuart on tour w/ Richard Pryor...
If that is "your measure", then I cannot blame you. Sympathize even. In short, they suck and are just crude cannibalizations of pop culture. Original material and creative vision take a back seat when you can just grind out shlocky low brow crap that makes money, nothing else.
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I'm ashamed to say Carmen Electra comes from my town.
I don't see why everyone's so hot for the Incredibles... the No Capes scene aside.
I guess I just consider it very "slick" as far as those movies go. It's hard these days to find a movie that can entertain me 100% from the first second to the last scene (and for Incredibles, even the credits are fun to watch). It does what it does very well, keeps things moving, has great action, it's something I can watch with pretty much any age group and enjoy, and I can feel for the characters despite them being CG.
That bit where Syndrome's missiles are heading for the plane is probably one of the tensest scenes in my "movie memory".
Heck, the movie came out almost right after my parents got divorced, and even then the "marriage on the rocks / mistaken infidelity" vibe the movie has at parts didn't weird me out enough not to like it. :P
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Right before the ending where he dies and all that happens while he was in "auto-pilot" really got me.
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he finds his daughter murdered
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The part with the daughter left me fairly cold. But I thought the ending scene where he gets the flashback and thus holds his punch against the Japanese and died afterwards was moving.
So, jonesin' for some awesome kung-fu action, I watched it without subtitles. I had no idea what anyone was saying, but I still got the feeling of an epic, tragic story due to the amazing visuals.