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Last night, in watching my recorded copy of the Series Finale of HBO's Six Feet Under, the tears began a good 5 minutes before the episode ended, and just kept coming, heavier and heavier.
Prior to that, I had been moved to tears at various times, but don't remember breaking down that much. Closest thing I can remember to having that kind of breakdown was when the final line of "Life is Beautiful" was spoken.
Things don't have to be sad to make me cry - they just have to be true.
So when was the last time a story really powerfully moved you to tears?
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I was extremely close to tears at parts of the novel The Stand. I did cry when a certain character passed away in The Talisman.
I'm pretty sure OSC has made me tear up as well, but it's been a long time so I don't remember when. (No, I am not saying his writing has lost its power to affect me. I'm saying that I read most of his novels a relatively long time ago, and only read one or two new novels a year from him now, so he has fewer opportunities to hit me that way.
I think one of the stories in Folk of the Fringe really got to me. The one about the little boy in the closet?
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The book Ordinary People made me cry. (But this is not "the last time," this is when I was in high school.) When I was in college, The Prince of Tides totally f*cked me up, though I knew it was manipulative and a horribly inaccurate portrayal of psychotherapy.
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I shed some tears near the end of The Dark Tower. I don't believe I've ever cried for a movie or tv show, but the last book that did it to me was On the Beach several years ago.
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SPOILER WARNING FOR HARRY POTTER AND HBP (BOOK 6)
At the end of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince I had a feeling the Dumbledore would die so I only teared up, but when Fleur de la Couer started yelling at Mrs. Weasley over Bill's mangled body -
"' You thought I woul dnot weesh to marry him? Or per'aps, you hoped...What do I care how looks? I am good looking enough for the both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave! And I shall do zat!' she added fierecy, pushing Mrs. Weasley aside and snatching the ointment from her."
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Though plenty a book or movie has constricted my throat or misted my eye, I don't think any piece of fiction has produced actual tears, or made me all out bawl. Damn this cold tin heart of mine.
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MOst of OSC's books have gotten me the firrst time butsince I have read most of them several years ago its been awhile I havent reead The Dark Tower yet but I think It might get because that series is just so good the only movies to ever make me cry were the Fox and the Hound (as a kid) and Revenge of the Sith. Obi-wan s speech, the murder of the children, the jedi being shot.
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It kind of shocks me that I've cried more over fiction than I have at having family (in my case at this point, admittedly, only great-grandparents) die. Their deaths made me sad, sure, but I didn't shed a single tear.
Having beloved fictional characters die, on the other hand, has often turned me into a watery mess.
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Edit: This was supposed to come right after Raia's post.
And as long as I'm editing, I'd like to include the episode of Futurama about Fry's dog. The end of it, with the dog just sitting outside the pizzaria for however many years, always makes me sniffle.
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The last episode of Buffy 6th season makes me cry every time. SOOOO good! The end of American Beauty gets to me too- it's just so beautiful. Posts: 1947 | Registered: Aug 2002
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***possible spoilers*** I prbably would have cried at dumbledores death if my friend who always reads the ending first had not yelled it out to everyone the day before i read that aprt , right in the mddle of a TCG tounament at the locla card shop, too.but when I actually read it even with the warning Iwas so shocked I couldnt breath for about 3-4 seconds.
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For me, there are three and im secure enough in my masculinity to admit this! I cried when I saw "The Prom" and "Becoming P2" of Buffy TVS. I just got into the show a week or two ago and have only seen seasons 1-3 but it is incredibly good.
Edit: To add my third, I cried at the end of HP for reasons obvious to everyone who has read it.
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Oh yeah... and Angel 5th season. No spoilers but I'm sure that whoever has seen the episode/twist knows what I mean.
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I have never been able to watch the end of Braveheart or read "Unaccompanied Sonata" without crying.
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The most emotionally-hellish movie ever made: "A.I." I think that one really gets me 'cause I'm a mom, and as a child I had a mom who was there but wasn't there, if you know what I mean.
Also the movie "Pay it Forward."
Or maybe it's just any movie that Hayley Joe is in.
quote:Things don't have to be sad to make me cry - they just have to be true.
This is the reason that I didn't cry at Dumbledore's death actually, but instead at a moment earlier in the book when Harry comes in and is with Ron and Hermione in one scene. I can't even remember what was going on, but for just a moment, I had a really strong sense of what their friendship is like, and it really hit home and brought tears to my eyes.
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End of HP 6. Elfquest, several scenes in that. Haibane Renmei The end of Lost Boys the last time I read it. The end of Prayer for Owen Meany. I would have bawled if I hadn't been at work.
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quote:Things don't have to be sad to make me cry - they just have to be true.
This is the reason that I didn't cry at Dumbledore's death actually, but instead at a moment earlier in the book when Harry comes in and is with Ron and Hermione in one scene. I can't even remember what was going on, but for just a moment, I had a really strong sense of what their friendship is like, and it really hit home and brought tears to my eyes.
I don't generally cry at books, movies, anything, but at the end of HP 6 when Ginny came over and put her hand in Harry's and took him away, I felt a tear. I think the funeral scene also made me teary a bit.
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When Fleur and Mrs. Weasely hugged immediatedly after KEGE's quoted I admittedly teared. I just sighed at Dumbledore's death because I wasn't suprised and thought if he was going to die, book 7 would have been more appropriate. I have never actually "bawled" over fictioned, just some welling up of tears and I blame that on my overactive tear glands.
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I dont know about anyone else, but I bawled starting when DD died all the way through the end of The HBP.
I know I am extra sensitive, there are even some commercials that make me cry, most recent is a credit card commercial. The one with the Bride and her father. It shows flash backs to her child hood durring the wedding. "You are the Wind Beneath My Wings" plays throughout the commercial. It is just beautiful.
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I knew D was going to die in HP6 (it got spoiled for me, but I think it was my own fault for not paying attn to spoiler warnings) but it STILL got to me (because I am a sucker). But KEGE's quote, yes, THAT is what got me. Oh. my. gawd. I cried at several things in that book (not the least of which was D's death, even though expected, it was the manner and the time D spent with HP--oh! The getting of the Horcrux and begging HP 'no more' oh oh I'm going to cry again).
I've lost my train of thought.
Lost Boys made me cry and I have recommended it to many many people who otherwise well-versed in OSC, have never heard of this title. Is it out of print? I got it at the library so I have no idea. It's an amazing book, on so many levels. And of course, it made me cry. Because I'm a big crying crymachine. Weepy McSobby.
Tante, I would buy a bookjacket (re-usable) with tissues (NOT re-usable! ha!) in it. But only from you. I support jatraquerian enterprise! *G*
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*SPOILERS* (though, if you haven't seen this movie, you need to stop reading right now, go out, get the movie and watch it
Here's where the tears start:
quote:Red leans down and solves the mystery at last, staring at the object buried under the rock. Stunned. It's an envelope wrapped in plastic. Written on it is a single word: "Red."
Red pulls the envelope out and rises. He just stares at it for a while, almost afraid to open it. But open it he does. Inside is a smaller envelope and a letter. Red begins to read:
ANDY (V.O.) Dear Red. If you're reading this, you've gotten out. And if you've come this far, maybe you're willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town, don't you? I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I'll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready. (beat) Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well. Your friend. Andy.
...and the tears keep flowing, up until the end, which isn't very far away.
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I sobbed during the Green Mile. I seriously couldn't take it. I also can't take sad animal movies so I cried at Where the Red Fern Grows, Bambi, Old Yeller and probably quite a few others. Armageddon also got to me once when I watched it right after I moved to college for my first year and had said goodbye to my Dad
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The last time I cried was just the other day when I finished Gathering Blue. But the one I really cry about is The Faithful Elephants. link I sob like a big baby everytime I read that to my students.
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I'm not sure if this is the last movie that made me cry or not, but it definitely had me crying at several points. The movie was "Grave of the Fireflies" and I strongly recommend it to anyone, even if you are not a fan of anime. The story transcends the medium.
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These elephants were not really faithful and their trainers and handlers were decidedly unfaithful. I should point that out next time I teach the book. Or better yet, just read Horton instead. It would save me a box of tissue. Posts: 1319 | Registered: Jul 2005
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I buy ALL of my used pocket tissues from ebay. Wouldn't know what to do without em'... probably be a sucker and buy some new pocket tissues instead.
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Mack, I love Shawshank too. The ending of the movie is just perfect, isn't it? It's just so darned....satisfying. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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I cried at the same part of HP6 as KEGE and jexx.
I sobbed and sobbed through the last ten minutes or so of A Walk to Remember, and then couldn't stop crying for another ten minutes after it was over. (Very cathartic, actually.)
I cry at certain fanfics, particularly Ad Astra Per Aspera and several others. (I reread that one whenever I feel like a good cry.)
I cry over books all the time. One that comes to mind is The Wizard's Dilemma. I cry every time I read it.
I won't reread OSC's Lost Boys. I remember crying buckets.
But probably the induces-most-tears-per-minute award goes to the Wonderworks of Bradbury's All Summer in A Day. 30 minutes long, and it evokes 5-10 minutes of tears.
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Ugh. I am such a baby. 90% of the things mentioned here I cried about. I had only read the title of the thread when I had confessed to Xavier that I simply bawled during the the Six Feet Under finale. The first time I watched it was with him and I was fighting tears so hard it became painful. I have On Demand so watched it again after he went to sleep on Monday and just couldn't hold it in. I sobbed.
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rivka - I won't even watch A Walk to Remember because I know what happens (my daughter has it and they watch it all the time along with The Notebook which I also won't watch)!
I read OCS's Lost Boys (which we are discussing now on the other side of forum) in 1997 and not only cried buckets but went through all the stages of grief as if a family member had died. It was totally real for me and I have NEVER been able to reread it!
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quote:Originally posted by Valentine014: Ugh. I am such a baby. 90% of the things mentioned here I cried about. I had only read the title of the thread when I had confessed to Xavier that I simply bawled during the the Six Feet Under finale. The first time I watched it was with him and I was fighting tears so hard it became painful. I have On Demand so watched it again after he went to sleep on Monday and just couldn't hold it in. I sobbed.
The first time thorugh the 'Epilogue', my vision was getting so blurry that I missed a lot of details that people had later pointed out as being significant.
I watched the epilogue again the next day to catch more detail, and it still really, really affected me. No tears this time, but that emotional swelling feeling certainly was present.
Alan Ball has created a masterpiece.
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The end of The Dark Tower killed me and I cried plenty.
I finally started watching Battlestar Gallactica from the beginning recently and that got me a few times. The wall of pictures...
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What gets me on BSG is the father-son stuff with Apollo and Adama. There's something about seeing a grown man cry...it just...gets you.
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