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Tear-jerkers.
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I do like her boots :pac:
Is it really that bad though?! I was afraid to mention it, because a lot of women have been very honest about the films that upset them, and I think its great they shared. But I've thought about it, and know its not that I'm ashamed to cry in front of anybody. I've watched some of the films mentioned on my own, and I just get thick with it and switch over
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Seriously though, I think some otherwise sensitive people just don't tear up at films, including people I know.0 -
Jees, I never used to be a crybaby but now I seriously am. I mean I watched The Notebook and I was like "where's the part where I'm apparantly supposed to cry?" as all my friends were saying "oh you'll need the Kleenex for The Notebook". Then it was over and I was like "where was the sad bit".
As for now? I have emotions now lol. I bawled at Gran Torino, I didn't cry at Marley and Me the movie but I did fight back tears. HOWEVER. When I read the book, it was while I was on holiday - I was reading it on the beach and had to put it away as it was coming towards the end and I was getting upset. I managed to pick up the book and read it and I was just a blubbering mess on the beach, it was so embarrassing. The book is just so much more overwhelming than the movie, it really gets to you - the film on the other hand didn't focus on Marley that much.
As for today when I was watching Home & Away, oh god Belle dying, it was so sad - I also bawled when Aden found out that Belle had cancer.
And I was devastated at the end of 7 Pounds with Will Smith, I was a blubbering mess, my bf was like are you ok! I was so upset. Maybe I'm just more emotional now than I was a few years ago or something
Oh I almost forgot - I just about managed not to cry at the cinema (it was really hard though) when I went to see Sex and the City - the part where Carrie goes back to the empty apartment at the end to get her blue Manolos and Big is just there waiting for her, omg it was so emotional! I was trying so hard not to blub during that bit. Tiz my fav part in the whole film.0 -
Ab, you don't have to be a crier to be sensitive to others.
I know what you mean, but its not that I'm completely insensitive
And its certainly not a 'hard woman' thing. I guess I just can't relate to something I'm watching on TV / film. I tend to over-analyze everything.
Now, family and friends are another thing. I know its real, and you can't switch it off. If I see someone is upset, at a funeral for example - I'm glued to them and talk them through and rationalize everything with them. I hate seeing people upset. Its like they've been turned completely inside out, all of these raw feelings and inability to hide them. Of course, nor should they. Its one of the few times you can see people (sad as the event is) with their guard down. It isn't what you normally see in them. and that in itself, is very unsettling to me, and almost a distraction from what is really going on.
I just think I see things through 'different eyes', if that makes any sense 0 -
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I just have to listen to Songbird by Eva Cassidy and the tears they are a flowin!!
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I just have to listen to Songbird by Eva Cassidy and the tears they are a flowin!!
Oh I know, when I was younger I always wanted this to be my wedding song, but the thing is I couldn't coz I'd just start crying!!!0 -
The one time I cried in the last 3 years was watching this episode of Scrubs!!! I didn't cry when my uncle died, but I cried when Ben died. It kills me.
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Karl Hungus wrote: »Apologies for making everyone here break down into tears, but...
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You horrible horrible man!!!! I am actually tearing a little, it took me a long time to suppress that episode, it' s so good. I hate you.0 -
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minidazzler wrote: »You horrible horrible man!!!! I am actually tearing a little, it took me a long time to suppress that episode, it' s so good. I hate you.
I'm not horrible! The title of the thread was Tear-jerkers, so I posted a tear jerker. God knows, I was honestly sobbing like a baby myself, it's heartbreaking stuff.
The most heartbreaking film I've ever seen was Grave of the Fireflies. It's an absolute masterpiece, but even thinking about it has me welling up a bit, it's incredibly tragic and harrowing. Everybody here should watch it.
Bugger it, the trailer alone made me cry. 0 -
That also made me cry buckets...I dont like watching tearjerkers, anything with illnesses is a no-no but happy love stories are fine, as someone else posted - the end of When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorites.Karl Hungus wrote: »Apologies for making everyone here break down into tears, but...
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The elephant man is another one for me. The bit at the end where he dies, because he wanted to sleep like an ordinary child with his head on the pillow and he suffocates. Jesus the tears go horizontal on that one. Tarka the otter was another one that got me as a kid.
Telly stuff rarely enough, though a wierd one for me was watching an episode of Dr Who where his girly companion(billie piper) was trapped on another world and he had to leave her behind. She breaks down not just because he's leaving, but that he would be alone. Then she admits she loves him, but just before he admits the same the connection is dropped and it cuts to him with tears running down his face. I wasn't far behind him Though I'd be fairly miffed to leave ms piper myself:D
The Elephant Man.. tragic.. and that episode of Dr Who.. I was watching it with the kids and my head was pounding trying to keep back the tears - I couldn't believe that he had left her and that he didn't get to tell her that he loved her.. boo!!.. but excellent episode!
I also want to add 'She's having a baby'.. when Kevin Bacon's wife is in the hospital and he is left in the waiting room and 'this woman's work' is blasting out by Kate Bush - Jesus.. its sooo tragic!!!.. gets me everytime...
I am also surprised that no one has mentioned The Boy in the Stripped Pyjama's.. very sad..0 -
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As a kid it would be what you would expect. The Lion King, Terminator 2 (ending), Homeward Bound, and NUMEROUS episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Becoming Part 2, The Body, The Gift, and the one where Oz left are just some that had me near bawling.
Nowadays I'm a bit harder and only seeing injustices from the man's point of view really make me tear up. Gladiator, Gran Torino and ........I'd say the romantic movie that affects me most is actually Brokeback Mountain. I was so gutted by the ending...
I have never lived that down. 0 -
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Every single episode of Grey's Anatomy. And also A Walk To Remember, I cry every time even though I know what's going to happen! The Notebook is a tear-jerker too, the first time I saw it I didn't cry though, I guess I wasn't in the right mood for it.
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I hate your soul right nowKarl Hungus wrote: »Apologies for making everyone here break down into tears, but...
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I'm 10 weeks pregnant - and thinking about that clip has had me on off in tears all day (not blaming you - should not have read tearjerkers).Karl Hungus wrote: »Apologies for making everyone here break down into tears, but...
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Yep didnt expect that reaction myself at all. Not considering "my" Dr Who was Tom Baker:D AFAIR The bit that got me was when she blubbed about him being on his own without her. Then again I was madly in love at the time and was watching it with the object of same. I tend to babble a lot, I'm a know it all, I was a fair bit older than her and she was younger, blonde and foreign so I suppose I was projecting!*:DThe Elephant Man.. tragic.. and that episode of Dr Who.. I was watching it with the kids and my head was pounding trying to keep back the tears - I couldn't believe that he had left her and that he didn't get to tell her that he loved her.. boo!!.. but excellent episode!
+1000Karl Hungus wrote:The most heartbreaking film I've ever seen was Grave of the Fireflies. It's an absolute masterpiece, but even thinking about it has me welling up a bit, it's incredibly tragic and harrowing. Everybody here should watch it.
*anyone suggesting I was also projecting with the elephant man earns a ban
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Poor Greyfriars Bobby...minidazzler wrote: »There is something about loyal dogs that gets everyone down. 0 -
Hi
Had to add to this thread.... Some great movies to add to my list to watch
I agree that 'The Notebook' is one of the saddest movies ever.
Also though my favourite all time weepie is 'An affair to remember' the ending makes my cry every time.
Also I love ' The bridges of madison county'
And more recently 'The Time Travellers Wife' - very very sad0 -
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