Author Topic: Movies that make grown men tear up... (Read 4251 times)

WunderCade · « **on:** March 18, 2009, 01:38:09 pm »

There aren't many. So what movies made you fight-back the watershed? We've all been there, stiff upper lip, fighting back even the appearance of glossy eyes so the wife don't make a big deal, etc. Which movie broke the dam so-to-speak?

A recent one for me was this movie with that dude from Growing Pains....didn't really care for the 'righteousness' stuff, but the plot and ending were very good. And seeing 'Mikey' pull off being a complete A-Hole was interesting.

This is the movie that was a tear-jerker:

Todd H · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:13:28 pm »

Road House. When Sam Elliot's character Wade Garrett dies, it brings a tear to my eye every time.

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:17:42 pm »

In Cheerleader Autopsy, when dude goes on a bad trip and chops off his junk with a dull meat cleaver... and it takes multiple whacks... I cry every time.

Hoopz · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:19:11 pm »

Brian's Song - the original.

Nuff said.

Todd H · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:20:09 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 18, 2009, 02:17:42 pm

In Cheerleader Autopsy, when dude goes on a bad trip and chops off his junk with a dull meat cleaver... and it takes multiple whacks... I cry every time.

*Makes mental note to NEVER rent Cheerleader Autopsy*

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:28:02 pm »

Quote from: Todd H on March 18, 2009, 02:13:28 pm

Road House. When Sam Elliot's character Wade Garrett dies, it brings a tear to my eye every time.

Good one.

massive88 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2009, 02:54:25 pm »

Quote from: Hoopz on March 18, 2009, 02:19:11 pm

Brian's Song - the original.

Nuff said.

Agreed.

TOK · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:17:30 pm »

I can't be the only one here that also visits KLOV. Seems like there are lots of copycat threads over to here lately.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:24:42 pm »

All new BYOAC topics are on hold until Foley starts producing that sonic gun his been working on.

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Two weeks ago I was watching my sister's kids and a family channel was having a Finding Neverland - with Johnny Depp marathon.

It was a warm and fuzzy movie so I didn't expect the ending.

Level42 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:32:55 pm »

Shaving Ryan's Privates, I mean Saving Private Ryan.

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:33:23 pm »

shardian · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2009, 03:34:17 pm »

KLOV don't have a copyright on threads. Being the KLOV OP, I fully endorse my thread being imported to byoac.

TelcoLou · « **Reply #12 on:** March 18, 2009, 04:14:56 pm »

Cyrano de bergerac, the one with Jose Ferrer.

SNAAKE · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2009, 04:15:09 pm »

blackhawk down

WunderCade · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2009, 04:41:42 pm »

Quote from: TOK on March 18, 2009, 03:17:30 pm

I can't be the only one here that also visits KLOV. Seems like there are lots of copycat threads over to here lately.

Note to TOK, if there are copy-cat threads...you ARE NOT the only one here visiting Klov.

WunderCade · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2009, 04:48:20 pm »

Quote from: shardian on March 18, 2009, 03:34:17 pm

KLOV don't have a copyright on threads. Being the KLOV OP, I fully endorse my thread being imported to byoac.

A worthy thread indeed....

bleargh · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2009, 05:35:05 pm »

A.I. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/)

When my wife and I first saw it in the theatre, not a word was said the entire half hour walk home.

I've since recommended the movie to many of my friends who were thinking about having kids. Its the reminder that, "all that kids really want is just to be loved by their parents."

saint · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2009, 05:43:43 pm »

AI, I agree. I had a smart-arsed response queued up but soon as you reminded me of AI I had to agree.

Aceldamor · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:06:08 pm »

John Q

I can only hope to be the father to my kid that Denzel was to his....I cried a river.

The first time I saw Braveheart and Mel cried FREEEEEDOOOMMMMM!!!!!! ......baby time.

Donkey_Kong · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:20:17 pm »

Cinderella Man

Ummon · « **Reply #20 on:** March 18, 2009, 06:35:09 pm »

Quote from: bleargh on March 18, 2009, 05:35:05 pm

A.I. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/)

I haven't seen it, but if you're an SF reader, then it's really old hat. Read the original Bicentennial Man, even. Very similar.

I don't watch much of that kind of drama, just because I have no need for it, but what immediately comes to mind in a topic like this is Terms of Endearment. Saw it at thirteen or so and it still tops in my memory.

erictrumpet · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2009, 07:31:52 pm »

Rocky III when Mick dies.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2009, 08:10:45 pm »

Quote from: bleargh on March 18, 2009, 05:35:05 pm

A.I. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/)

When my wife and I first saw it in the theatre, not a word was said the entire half hour walk home.

I've since recommended the movie to many of my friends who were thinking about having kids. Its the reminder that, "all that kids really want is just to be loved by their parents."

Parts of the film were good but the tacked on happy(ish) ending slightly spoiled it for me. It would have been a much better movie if it had been directed by Stanley Kubrick as was originally intended.

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 18, 2009, 09:02:57 pm »

Joy Luck Club.

Probably one that many have not even heard of... but its very powerful.

Those poor woman went through so much. Makes me cry like a baby. Highly
recommended.

ideft · « **Reply #24 on:** March 18, 2009, 09:19:14 pm »

Dead Poets Society.

Just the part at the end, I have always found it very moving.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8UL_9R_W-Y[/youtube]

daywane · « **Reply #25 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:27:26 pm »

Quote from: Hoopz on March 18, 2009, 02:19:11 pm

Brian's Song - the original.

Nuff said.

Dude

daywane · « **Reply #26 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:33:05 pm »

Quote from: saint on March 18, 2009, 05:43:43 pm

AI, I agree. I had a smart-arsed response queued up but soon as you reminded me of AI I had to agree.

I HATE movies that make me tear up!!!
except this one.
I do not watch much TV. ( I used to.. I do not know why I quit)
this is a great movie even if it yanks at my hart.

daywane · « **Reply #27 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:44:31 pm »

Quote from: Ummon on March 18, 2009, 06:35:09 pm

Quote from: bleargh on March 18, 2009, 05:35:05 pm
A.I. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/)
I haven't seen it, but if you're an SF reader, then it's really old hat. Read the original Bicentennial Man, even. Very similar.

no kidding? Bicentennial Man ? I never knew it was a book 1st
Green Mile and Bicentennial Man are way up there in my favorite movies.
I must check into the book ( hope its in audio format. Thanks)

I asked my wife of movies that pissed me off because there sad
Real fast she blurted out
Jack Frost
Simon Birch
I know Jack Frost is a kids movie. The Father Dies .... Pisses me right off.
HATE that movie

erictrumpet · « **Reply #28 on:** March 18, 2009, 11:04:36 pm »

No one agrees with me on Rocky III huh? You guys must be made of stone.
The other one that always gets me is the very end of Shawshank Redemption.

Eric.

JimmyU · « **Reply #29 on:** March 18, 2009, 11:12:25 pm »

Quote from: Hoopz on March 18, 2009, 02:19:11 pm

Brian's Song - the original.

Nuff said.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfI_HT39eeM[/youtube]

This was actually my ringtone for a while.

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 18, 2009, 11:47:13 pm »

danny_galaga · « **Reply #31 on:** March 19, 2009, 06:25:36 am »

No ones lip quivered at the end of Gran Torino?

I also copped some dust in my eye from Shawshank redemption...

shardian · « **Reply #32 on:** March 19, 2009, 08:41:08 am »

I didn't feel the slightest desire to tear up during Shawshank redemption. I was too busy being intrigued by how damn clever the movie was.

massive88 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 19, 2009, 09:19:16 am »

Quote from: danny_galaga on March 19, 2009, 06:25:36 am

No ones lip quivered at the end of Gran Torino?

I loved Gran Torino, but no, I was laughing at Clints singing at the end.

Though my wife was bawling because the dog lost its owner.

lcddream · « **Reply #34 on:** March 19, 2009, 12:21:24 pm »

Quote from: shardian on March 19, 2009, 08:41:08 am

I didn't feel the slightest desire to tear up during Shawshank redemption. I was too busy being intrigued by how damn clever the movie was.

you only watched it once?!

J_K_M_A_N · « **Reply #35 on:** March 19, 2009, 12:51:34 pm »

Freedom Writers has a spot in the middle where the one kid reads from his journal. Gets me every time. But I am a big wuss. I cry at a bunch of movies. Like a little girl. It is kind of sad actually. Excuse me....

J_K_M_A_N

Loafmeister · « **Reply #36 on:** March 19, 2009, 02:23:11 pm »

There are a few.

- Brian’s Song was probably the first movie to have that effect on me.

- Titanic. No, not when Rose lets Jack go; although I bought into the lovey-dovey love storey, it didn’t hit me that hard. But when they end up in the water when the ship splits in half; the camera is centered on Rose and starts to pull back, then back, then back some more, which now shows several hundred people all crying out and you know aside from a couple pulled out of the water, they’ll all croak. For whatever reason, that was a strong scene for me.

But for me, the movie that hit me the hardest was:
- Field of Dreams. When Costner tells his father (with a slight tremor in his voice) “Dad, do you want to have a catch?” I lost it! Thinking about it right now, my eyes still well up.

Honorable mention: Catwoman. Seriously, the idea I’ll never be able to get that 2 hours back was too much…

Chadwick · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2009, 03:13:59 pm »

It didn't make me tear up, but after watching "Requiem For A Dream" I was so emotionally "spent" that it felt as though I had been crying for hours.

orion · « **Reply #38 on:** March 20, 2009, 08:54:42 am »

"I didn't feel the slightest desire to tear up during Shawshank redemption. I was too busy being intrigued by how damn clever the movie was."

I have to agree that Shawshank was damn clever. Though it didn't make me cry, I do believe this is one of the most profound movies I have ever seen. The whole metaphor of "Andy Dufresne, who crawled through a river of ---Cleveland steamer--- and came out clean on the other side." I find very poignant. And to think that this was written by Stephen King! I had no idea just how good of a writer he is until I saw this movie. I had a whole new level of respect for him afterwords.

shardian · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2009, 09:10:49 am »

Quote from: orion on March 20, 2009, 08:54:42 am

I have to agree that Shawshank was damn clever. Though it didn't make me cry, I do believe this is one of the most profound movies I have ever seen. The whole metaphor of "Andy Dufresne, who crawled through a river of ---Cleveland steamer--- and came out clean on the other side." I find very poignant. And to think that this was written by Stephen King! I had no idea just how good of a writer he is until I saw this movie. I had a whole new level of respect for him afterwords.

Stephen King will put you inside the head of his characters better than any other writer I've ever read. He's also an incredibly sick ---fudgesicle---! Don't believe me? Read Gerald's Game.

Some of his best work also comes in Short Story form. Romance? Yeah he is good at that too. The 4th Dark Tower book, Wizard and Glass, is a prequel of sorts and is a tragic romance story with steamy sex scenes and everything. I felt like storing my copy in my wife's romance collection after finishing it. Goodness knows it has to be better than anything else in that section.


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