[SJ cDave]

Heulwen point out that doesn't know anyone who hasn't cried. I think the same was true of Up.

I saw Les Mis at the weekend. On the way out I turned around to wait for my group, and everyone's cheeks were wet. It was weird to see so many people who'd just been weeping. And I do mean weeping. Les Mis doesn't seem to have a simple gut-wrenching moment at the end, but by the time it ends the whole theatre is quietly crying.

The ending of a ling running series are often sad too. I remember crying at the last episode of Cheers. And, more embarrassingly, at the end of Boy Meets World. It's not like I even watched that much of the preceding series, but a well written farewell scene with actors who've built up genuine chemistry always gets me.

So what have you seen recently, or in the past, that made you cry?

[SJ heulwen]

Oh gosh yeah - I cried at Up too. Twice!!
I think Chris Knight found it amusing...

I cried at the end of Remember Me, and at the Boy in Striped Pyjamas

I am quite a weepy sort though when it comes to TV and films. I remember crying when Kerry Mangle got shot by bird hunters in Neighbours.

This post has been edited by SJ heulwen: 28 July 2010 - 04:41 PM

[EvilJ]

Crazy Dave, on 28 July 2010 - 04:35 PM, said:

...more embarrassingly...

I seem to remember turning round as the cinema lights went up and seeing you sobbing at the end of AI many years ago

I'm terrible with reality documentaries. Anything that shows someone overcoming hardship will set me off.

Having said that - the *last* time I cried was at that stupid John Lewis advert with "Always a Woman" as the soundtrack. I didn't even think it had moved me that much - just found myself balling inexplicably. Thought it was a one-off but it happened the next time I saw it too. Very odd

[PJ Wopunga (GA)]

I don't often cry at film/TV. Did well up at Toy Story 3. Last time I was properly upset was during an episode of Without a Trace where at the end this boy about 9 was hanging himself and I got all worried the team wouldn't get to him in time and I'd felt so sorry for the boy during the whole episode and the end really got to me. They did find him and he lived so it was all ok

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

The last ep of Fresh Price of Bel Air made me cry. It was genuinely sad.

[G J Katie]

Don't cry at films (including Schindlers List or Bambi), don't cry at books, I don't even cry when really sad things happen...

Music can have me in pieces.

Ella Fitzgerald's "Bewitched" had me in a blubbery state a couple of days ago.

When I was little I hated watching the Rescuers because one of the songs invariably made me cry.

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

Oh I generally don't cry at things either.

But episodes of Quantum Leap and Due South make me cry more often than not. They're not even sad, there's just little moments that are so touching. It kills me. Even when I've seen that ep many many times before.

[Hayley]

I'm a definate cryer. Somehow I was never able to cry if someone else was in the room, but recently I have cried at teh end of Bicentenial man with my boyfriend telling me 'aaaw, you're so CUTE. aaw aaw aaw' over and over again like the prick he is! And I shed a handful of tears at the end of Toy Story three - made me think about all my poor little toys at home and how depressed they must be. I did weep uncontrolably at the end of Benjamin Button too, although I was alone thankfully.

Bambi just makes me laugh. And it's so BORING.

[SJ cDave]

EvilJ, on 28 July 2010 - 05:08 PM, said:

I seem to remember turning round as the cinema lights went up and seeing you sobbing at the end of AI many years ago

I'm terrible with reality documentaries. Anything that shows someone overcoming hardship will set me off.

Having said that - the *last* time I cried was at that stupid John Lewis advert with "Always a Woman" as the soundtrack. I didn't even think it had moved me that much - just found myself balling inexplicably. Thought it was a one-off but it happened the next time I saw it too. Very odd

Oh, I hate that. I know that if I watched either of those without the sound track, I'd be left completely cold. I resent people using emotional backing music to add emotion to a scene that the script can't deliver.

p.s. The Billy Joel original of "Always a Woman" is far superior to the John Lewis version, for exactly the same reason that the Jonas brother they had playing Marius wasn't right. They may be note perfect, but they don't portray the emotion!

[Joinee WEG]

Toy Story 3 made me cry a couple of times.
Watched Up again recenlty and that makes me blub.

[SJ Aynsley]

Joinee WEG, on 29 July 2010 - 08:09 AM, said:

Toy Story 3 made me cry a couple of times.
Watched Up again recenlty and that makes me blub.

Uh-oh, I'm seeing Toy Story 3 tonight, thanks for the warning.

[SJ heulwen]

I also cry to music.... Don't think I've managed to watch Feeder perform High live since Jon (the drummer from Feeder)'s funeral without blubbing my eyes out.

[Neil Diamond]

The final scene of Blood Brothers - "I could have been him!"

[Gaz]

Anyone who doesn't get emotional at the beginning of Up is a little bit dead inside.

The absolute worst one for me though is the film of Watership Down when Hazel dies of old age. Though I suspect a lot of that is linked to the fact that all my pets have died of old age and it just brings back memories.

[spannz15]

The lion king. Every time the stampede starts I just start crying because I know mufasa is going to die
Pay it forwards a sad one, I remember watching it at school and trying sooo hard to not cry, but looking around and seeing most of the boys collapsing under grief.
Watched marley and me the other day and I think I cried for about an hour.

I also cry everytime a worthers original advert comes on, just because I love them and I love my grandad and he still actually gives them to me and tells me to run along now.

[i can haz jo!nee big sal?!]

I cry at everything, I even cried at a persil advert because I have a thing for welsh accents and they had THE most adorable little welsh boy doing the voice over. My flat mate watched Up with me and he knows how bad I can be at crying so he thought it was hillarious. I was also a weepy mess in Dr. Who when he first looses Rose 'for good'. I could go on all day, hehe. Although I will ask, did anybody well up at the Tim Burton film Big Fish? Always gets me...

[Lethal Biddle]

Cocoon, Beaches & The Wrath of Khan are the only films that have really actually made me cry.
But quite a few have brought me to the brink:

Less Than Zero.
American History X.
Grave Of The Fireflies.
Terminator 2.
Memento.
The Elephant Man.
House Of Sand & Fog.

Never cried at the theatre though or at a TV show that I can recall, although the end of Cold Feet came close.

This post has been edited by Lethal Biddle: 29 July 2010 - 11:38 AM

[Gaz]

Oh, just thought of another one. The episode of Futurama with Fry's dog Seymour (though that's retconned to have a happier ending in Bender's Big Score).

[Lethal Biddle]

Poohbah (Gsq), on 28 July 2010 - 09:23 PM, said:

But episodes of Quantum Leap and Due South make me cry more often than not.

Ooh! Yes, you've reminded me, the bit where Ray keeps asking about Fraser's lost love & then eventually, late at night, Fraser spills the whole story about keeping her warm during the blizzard & almost cries, then turns to see that Ray had already fallen asleep. That nearly got me.

Boston Legal nearly got me too, in the final season where Alan gets misty eyed talking to Denny's Doctor.

[Joinee WEG]

Gaz, on 29 July 2010 - 11:49 AM, said:

Oh, just thought of another one. The episode of Futurama with Fry's dog Seymour (though that's retconned to have a happier ending in Bender's Big Score).

Awwww, yes. I cried at that one too.
Now I want to watch all our Futuramas again.

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

Lethal Biddle, on 29 July 2010 - 12:32 PM, said:

Ooh! Yes, you've reminded me, the bit where Ray keeps asking about Fraser's lost love & then eventually, late at night, Fraser spills the whole story about keeping her warm during the blizzard & almost cries, then turns to see that Ray had already fallen asleep. That nearly got me.
.

Only 'nearly' ?!

I remember the first time I watched the ones around the Victoria's Secret eps, there was a string of about 5 episodes that made me just sob. And I watched them all back to back (god love student-dom!) and so I basically spent a whole day just in tears. I was a bit broken after that!

Also, the one that always always always gets me is in series 3 where a woman that Hot Ray arrested (before he was Vecchio) is going to be executed. And suddenly he has doubts about whether she did it. And so he starts to look into it again, and realises that he doesn't think she did it. And he just can't cope with the fact that she is going to be killed because he made a mistake that put her in prison. At the end of the episode, when everything's resolved and finally the weight is gone from his shoulders, him and Fraser are sat in their car, and he just breaks down and starts sobbing. It gets me every time.

With QL, any mention of Sam's father, Sam's brother that died in 'Nam, Al's first wife, or Al's time as a POW make me cry. Plus countless other things too. But they're the biggies. [edit to add: also anything that plays on Sam and Al's bond as uber-best-buds. Just so sweet, always makes me blub!]

Also, the ending of the film version of Hair made me cry to such an extent that I refuse to ever watch it ever again. Although most of it was great and I really enjoyed it, then ending is just SO gut-wrenchingly sad that it makes the whole film gut-wrenchingly sad, and I cannot cope. I can't watch it again.

This post has been edited by Poohbah (Gsq): 30 July 2010 - 09:35 PM

[Joinee Meek]

I always cry at Dr Who. It is an emotional rollercoaster!

[Joinee Michelle]

I am rubbish I cry all the time now I have had the kids. Mainly at the news though and the horrid things people do (killing 3 kids over a custody battle - why would you??) but if we are talking silly things like films and TV then I still have a list as long as my arm.

Toy stiory 3 i cried from the moment they held hands in the crusher/furnace till the end credits, then a bit more in the car on the way home
I cry regularily at CSI if a kid dies
The princess and the frog at the funeral.

Oh loads I would be here all day.

[joinee tarka]

EvilJ, on 28 July 2010 - 05:08 PM, said:

Having said that - the *last* time I cried was at that stupid John Lewis advert with "Always a Woman" as the soundtrack. I didn't even think it had moved me that much - just found myself balling inexplicably. Thought it was a one-off but it happened the next time I saw it too. Very odd

me too

[Joinee Michelle]

joinee tarka, on 06 August 2010 - 10:22 PM, said:

me too

me three. Not the last time but I cried at that too.

[Silver SV Joinee Jo]

The last episode of Scrubs (I'm ignoring the next generation stuff). Little women, obviously. The Vincent Van Gogh episode of Doctor who had me actually sobbing in my living room.

And, of course, the Railway Children - 'My daddy, oh it's my Daddy!'

[Poohbah (Gsq)]

Oh GOD! The Railway Children!!!! I'm feeling all tingly in the face just at the mention of it.....!

I can't cope with father-related stuff like that, it gets me every time.

[joinee_doug]

[never mind; I'll have to come back to it.]

"Dancer in the Dark" really got me; I really loved it, but haven't watched it in years - I don't know if I could take it.

This post has been edited by joinee_doug: 08 August 2010 - 05:49 PM

[joinee coolio]

Silver SV Joinee Jo, on 08 August 2010 - 01:52 PM, said:

And, of course, the Railway Children - 'My daddy, oh it's my Daddy!'

It gives me shivers just thinking about that bit!

[Timothy Goose]

Only three films have ever made me cry.

the Royal Tenenbaums made me properly blub the first couple of times I saw it. I still can't watch it without getting a massive lump in my throat.

Where the Wild Things Are made me feel a bit weird and glum for the whole film (and about 2 hours after) - it finally reached breaking point when Max has to finally leave the island and says good bye to everyone.

I also cried when Sadako gets pushed into the well at the end of Ring 0 - but I was wasted at the time.

[Joinee Hollis]

Music gets me more than films

Bridget Jones makes me cry for a few reasons

oh and yeah that bloody John Lewis advert. Always a woman started playing in my local off licence when I was quietly trying to buy Lambrini. I needed it after.

[GJ Dandy David]

The end of Con Air when he meets his daughter with "How Do I Live Without You" playing in the background. That one gets me every single time.

[Rachel Rose]

I think I cry hardest at Christmas carols. When Celine Dion sings O, Holy Night, toward the end I am sobbing. The 'fall on your knees' bit. I weep. It's too beautiful.


The last movie I cried over was the intro to Watchmen. I cry every time.


And, the season ender of Monk.

[Gold Joinee Mhairi]

Ooh Timmy, where the wild things are had me in bits. BITS. I was so so so moved by it, it was just so emotional and I kind of felt like I was Max, it was so well done that I empathised completely with someone who was completely different to me. It brought out that feeling I'd forgotten about from when you were a kid and just one thing would be so hugely important, so all encompassing, that it would drive you MENTAL that grown ups couldn't see how important it was!! God. It really really got me.

[Chez]

The scene in cold feet where she thinks she is losing the baby made me cry.. then when she dies

The horse sinking in mud in the never ending story

Watership down

I've steered clear of anything weepy since I became pregnant my hormones are bad enough as it is...

[Timothy Goose]

Gold Joinee Mhairi, on 09 August 2010 - 08:42 PM, said:

Ooh Timmy, where the wild things are had me in bits. BITS. I was so so so moved by it, it was just so emotional and I kind of felt like I was Max, it was so well done that I empathised completely with someone who was completely different to me. It brought out that feeling I'd forgotten about from when you were a kid and just one thing would be so hugely important, so all encompassing, that it would drive you MENTAL that grown ups couldn't see how important it was!! God. It really really got me.

Yeah, it got me too.

I just felt so empty and alone and drained for about two hours afterward. More so than any other film I've seen - even really bleak ones.

I need to get it on DVD because I think it was one of the best films of last year.... but, goodness. It was traumatic!