The opening of Up makes for a great Pixar short but it felt like the higher ups wanted to add more accessible elements to be kid-friendly so they could have a feature length film that would make them money.
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As a grown man this scene still makes me cry
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I remember seeing the movie in theaters and getting really invested in the scene until some dumbshit kid went "MOMMY WHY IS HE CRYING?" super loud. Then I kinda just didn't care.
I do love the movie though, but it doesn't have the emotional bite to it. I guess I'm one of the people who prefers the rest of it anyhow. Love the talking dog and Kevin. And the kid.
Parts of Coco really got me misty-eyed though! shame the first like 20 minutes of that movie is a fucking chore to get through.
I do love the movie though, but it doesn't have the emotional bite to it. I guess I'm one of the people who prefers the rest of it anyhow. Love the talking dog and Kevin. And the kid.
Parts of Coco really got me misty-eyed though! shame the first like 20 minutes of that movie is a fucking chore to get through.
I cry more at movies at age 35 than I ever did during my twenties.
I remember seeing Arrival with a first date and during the climax just losing it.
I remember seeing Arrival with a first date and during the climax just losing it.
Searching was a movie where the premise is that it's mostly shot entirely from a computer screen with a couple cheats here and there.
To get people invested, they did a homage to that scene in Up, a brief opening detailing a happy family life disrupted by tragedy.
It was pretty effective and gets you on board with how you experience life from a computer!
To get people invested, they did a homage to that scene in Up, a brief opening detailing a happy family life disrupted by tragedy.
It was pretty effective and gets you on board with how you experience life from a computer!
Seemed like a really good movie but I struggled so much in the first 20 minutes I turned it off. It really wasn't working for me. Felt very inert.
Yeah it was really emotional.
Another one that hits me every time is this one :
If you never saw this movie, please do yourself a favor and watch it.
There is something about growing up and losing our innocence... And maybe somehow get it back, at leastt a bit, that truly touches a chord everytime with me.
Another one that hits me every time is this one :
If you never saw this movie, please do yourself a favor and watch it.
There is something about growing up and losing our innocence... And maybe somehow get it back, at leastt a bit, that truly touches a chord everytime with me.
I'm 52 and I cry about everything, it seems. I cried a couple of times during Spider-verse the other night. Lord help me if I watch one of those Thai insurance commercials.
Shame about the rest of the movie. I know some people already beat me to that comment but w/e
Coco made me cry at several points of the movie and for different reasons. By far the most emotional movie Pixar's ever made.
Coco made me cry at several points of the movie and for different reasons. By far the most emotional movie Pixar's ever made.
The intro did not break me.
But when he hands the kid the "Ellie Badge," I was a heap on the floor.
But when he hands the kid the "Ellie Badge," I was a heap on the floor.
Thank you. There is a small group of us out there that see the opening of Up as pure saccharine sweet garbage that was specifically designed to try to make you cry. It doesn't work on me. And I am a huge softy. But I think you have to earn it. As an example...
Fucks me up just thinking about it.
The end of Paddington 2 right before the credits. It is a moment you can see coming a thousand miles away. You tell yourself, "Oh, they are going to do this and it is going to be really nice."
And then they actually fucking do it. The neighbor goes, "We did this for you Paddington..."
And then the ugly cry starts. And not because it is sad, but because it is so fucking pure and sweet what they do for him that it is so overwhelming.
The movies are pure fucking magic.
And then they actually fucking do it. The neighbor goes, "We did this for you Paddington..."
And then the ugly cry starts. And not because it is sad, but because it is so fucking pure and sweet what they do for him that it is so overwhelming.
The movies are pure fucking magic.
I started ugly crying at a bagel shop when they played that movie on their big TV on the wall and
she finally remembers.
Oh, that's too bad. Maybe give it another chance if you ever feel like it. Both my wife and I had a seemingly unending stream of tears running down our faces, and that's not something that often happens when we watch movies together (and we watch quite a few).
It definitely got me feeling a bit emotional. It was a great intro to a pretty fun movie.
The Land Before Time scene with Littlefoot's mother got me tearing up as a kid to the point where I refuse to watch it again. It's a shame that that series just turned into a bunch of cheesy musicals.
I don't think I could handle Grave of the Fireflies.
The Land Before Time scene with Littlefoot's mother got me tearing up as a kid to the point where I refuse to watch it again. It's a shame that that series just turned into a bunch of cheesy musicals.
I don't think I could handle Grave of the Fireflies.
God those asian life insurance commercials are insidious shmaltz. Like what the hell!?
... *sniffle*
YepThe end of Paddington 2 right before the credits. It is a moment you can see coming a thousand miles away. You tell yourself, "Oh, they are going to do this and it is going to be really nice."
And then they actually fucking do it. The neighbor goes, "We did this for you Paddington..."
And then the ugly cry starts. And not because it is sad, but because it is so fucking pure and sweet what they do for him that it is so overwhelming.
The movies are pure fucking magic.
This makes me cry because it's so awesome and rewarding in the context of the movie. Life is hard
It's beautiful the way that Up takes the leitmotif established at the start and recontextualises it throughout to lend emotional weight to major steps in the character arc. What an incredible film.
Toy Story 3s end made me bawwwwl the most unexpectedly
hope 4 doesn't cheapen it
I first watched Up about a month after my grandmother died and let me tell you, that scene hit me like a ton of bricks.
Oh yeah, watching it after recent stuff like a relationship ending or death in the family only makes it more emotional.
I watched it again about a month after my ex wife and I split and it did not go well.
Same here OP,
Up's intro is up there at #1 tear jerker.
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My personal tear jerker comes from 2 Splinter speeches from TMNT 1990.
1) Splinter's one on one talk with Raph.
2) Camp fire meditation scene..
Up's intro is up there at #1 tear jerker.
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My personal tear jerker comes from 2 Splinter speeches from TMNT 1990.
1) Splinter's one on one talk with Raph.
2) Camp fire meditation scene..
Yeah I watched this years ago on Netflix having no idea what the beginning was like. Ten minutes in my 30 year old ass is tearing up. Up is a really great movie.
When I 1st started dating my baby-momma I noticed she wasn't impacted by anything. I started calling her the Ice Queen.
Busted out the Iron Giant on her and my now step-daughter. Surely this has to do it.
Once that scene came up I looked over at her through bleary eyes..
Nothing.
Even now she only cries over finance issues. She remains the Ice Queen.
Edit: To be fair, I was raised by a single mom. I think the Iron Giant plucks father/son heartstrings.
Edit2: I think the "I am.. Super Man.." part gets me more than the "you stay, I go part". I guess same scene, but I lose it at that part when he closes his eyes.
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That's the only movie that's made me cry. I think that a lot of its impact came from not having preconceived notions about the film, so watching it after reading "it's the saddest movie ever" a hundred times likely would have weakened the impact the film had.
UP and Iron Giant, as mentioned above, are both good at producing feels as well.
Yep, and wasn't prepared for Woody to be in the box because I was so into saying goodbye to Buzz and the gang.
Truth. And I wouldn't have believed it had I been told it before. Up didn't make me cry at all, even though it was sad. Coco? Wept like a baby.
Yep, turn off the music and watch it again. Most of the emotions you felt will be gone. I think it is true for a lot of these scenes.