Most heartwrenching scene...

Synd D`nys · 08-26-2002, 06:32 AM

Keeping with the theme of best (insert type) of scene threads, what are some of the most heartwrenching scenes that you can think of. Ones that would make the most cold and gruff guy's eyes well up with tears.

Schindler's List: "This car. Why did I keep the car? Amon would've bought this car. 10 people right there. This pin, 2 people, This is gold! 2 people he could've given me 2 people at least one. One person. One person who is dead. One person I could've gotten out and I didn't!!"

I thought I was going to completely lose it.

A Beautiful Mind: The pens. Still gets me after 4 veiwings.

Saving Private Ryan: The end. The only movie I've ever walked out of where you could hear a pin drop as the people filed out. It was like there was a white noise generator drowning out all sounds. There was barely a dry eye among the crowd, yet no one made a sound. One of the most profound movie going experiences I ever had.

Xaen · 08-26-2002, 07:23 AM

The beginning of Alien^3 ...

Sigh... /cry

Awanka · 08-26-2002, 08:40 AM

Schindler's List: "This car. Why did I keep the car? Amon would've bought this car. 10 people right there. This pin, 2 people, This is gold! 2 people he could've given me 2 people at least one. One person. One person who is dead. One person I could've gotten out and I didn't!!"

I thought I was going to completely lose it.
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Heh, Steven Spielberg sucks at melodrama. I think that whole scene was made up. It certainly seemed fake.

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A Beautiful Mind: The pens. Still gets me after 4 veiwings.
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The pens? The only pens I can think of were in that insane asylum when he was cutting himself up. Oh wait, the pens. Now I remember... Yeah, that was pretty good.

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Saving Private Ryan: The end. The only movie I've ever walked out of where you could hear a pin drop as the people filed out. It was like there was a white noise generator drowning out all sounds. There was barely a dry eye among the crowd, yet no one made a sound. One of the most profound movie going experiences I ever had.
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I can't believe anyone actually buys into such contrived crap. Steven Spielberg's hamfisted attempts to milk emotions from his audience always comes off as manipulative to me. It's like getting a handjob from a guy instead of a girl, it's always crude, overdone, and lacks subtlety. The scene in Black Hawk down where the 2 guys defend that downed helicopter totally blows Steven and his hackwork out of the water.

Eh.
Anyway,

I thought the ending to Sixth Sense was pretty moving. A lot of things came full circle. What I really liked was that the kid stopped fighting his curse, and instead embraced it, and it became a part of him.

Good Will Hunting managed to draw some crocodile tears from me.

I'm trying to remember the last time I've cried. I think it happened last year. What movie was it again? Actually I think it was an episode of Law and Order. Damn, this is sad. I haven't been moved by a movie in the longest time. I think Lilo and Stitch is the closest I've gotten. The ending to Imposter, that Philip K. Dick movie that was in and out of theatres in 2 days was pretty sad too. You know what? That part in LOTR where Frodo says he'll take the ring to Mordor, and the part where he decides to go alone moved me.

Fuck, that's lame as hell this is all I can come up with. I'm like emotionally stunted.

Searyx · 08-26-2002, 11:08 AM

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I think that whole scene was made up.

Does it matter? It's a movie. Regardless of whether it was made up or not, Liam Neeson does a great job of portraying Schindler's guilt, and the scene pulls at your heartstrings without trying to surgically remove tears from your eyes like some films do.

Searyx · 08-26-2002, 12:36 PM

Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) is easily the saddest, most heartwrenching film I've ever seen. The only movie that got even remotely close to making me cry like that film did was "Titanic", and I blame that on youth

Eomer · 08-26-2002, 01:41 PM

Platoon - When Elias is chased across the field by the horde of Vietnamese, or the ending narrated by Sheen. Either was pretty heart wrenching.

Shawshank Redemption - When Morgan Freeman is in the room that the old man killed himself in, and sees his name carved in the beam (I think that's what happened, I don't remember too well, saw the movie a long time ago).

BigTaurean · 08-26-2002, 04:01 PM

I vote for two scenes from Forrest Gump.

One, when Bubba dies. At this pointed I started crying.

Finally able to contain myself, the scene at the end where Forrest talking to Jenny with the letter his son wrote. Dear lord I lost it.

ShamusChad · 08-26-2002, 04:51 PM

I thought Liam Nieson's scene was pretty good... gauging the worth of human life to things we had on our wrists as we watched the film...what we used to drive up to the theatre etc...

Acies · 08-26-2002, 04:59 PM

Heartwrenching=Braveheart
And Schindler's List too. Knock it all you want, but I thought it was beautifully done.

gn0me · 08-26-2002, 05:27 PM

A Beautiful Mind - The whole movie had me holding back tears. I can't say the same about any other movie I've ever seen.

Searyx · 08-26-2002, 05:46 PM

The WHOLE movie had you holding back tears? Did you just happen to be peeling onions in the theater at the time?

Acies · 08-26-2002, 06:20 PM

I have not seen a beautiful mind yet.
Some shitpusher completely ruined the plot for me 10 minutes prior to the film, so I said fuck it and played eq instead ; p

Unleashed · 08-26-2002, 07:42 PM

Eh...make fun of what I'm about to say all you want, but...

The ending of My Dog Skip when Skip died. I didn't cry, I never cry because of a movie, but I damn near get close at a couple of them. This one made me have a tear in my eye and a bile welled up in my throat and it felt like a damn anchor was in my stomach when he got the letter of when Skip died, and you better believe I was trying hard not to fuckin lose control and start crying right there in the movie, or whenever I watch it.

BigTaurean · 08-26-2002, 08:35 PM

Turner and Hooch, when Hooch dies. Incredibly sad. I couln't have been more than 7 but I was bawling my eyes out.

Also, you can't forget White Fang when the guy is trying to get rid of White Fang, right before he decides to go back to him. SOmething about animal movies I guess....

Shada · 08-26-2002, 08:43 PM

Glory: During the assault on the fort when Matthew Broderick is shot and Denzel Washington picks up the flag (something he said he would not do earlier, thx foreshadowing) and yells for everyone to move on, huge chills... followed by the best music in the movie while the regiment tries to take the fort, Andre Braugher with his war cry on top of the wall and getting mortally wounded, the cannons, then the slower music theme as Broderick and Washington's bodies fall into the mass grave on top of each other, by then I'm crying.

Dead Poets Society: Hey, for some reason this one gets me crying more than any other movie. At the end, when Ethan Hawke is trembling while Robin Williams packs his things, then can't hold back any longer and desperately apologizes, being berated by the headmaster, and when he stands on his desk with "Oh Captain My Captain," I lose it every time.

The Iron Giant: Gives me butterflies and my eyes well up... Hogarth says "I love you" as the giant flies up to save the town, "Su-per-man" and I'm choked up or crying.

I agree with A Beautiful Mind, the pens got me good, saw it by myself in theaters and I was sobbing like a baby.

That's about the extent of my crying history with movies. The movies that TRY too damn hard to be tear-jerkers (Steel Magnolias, that Walk to Remember bullshit I've heard people here talk about, etc.) never gets me.

08-26-2002, 06:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Synd D`nys The root of all evil Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hockeytown, U.S.A. Posts: 548 +0 Internets	Most heartwrenching scene... Keeping with the theme of best (insert type) of scene threads, what are some of the most heartwrenching scenes that you can think of. Ones that would make the most cold and gruff guy's eyes well up with tears. Schindler's List: "This car. Why did I keep the car? Amon would've bought this car. 10 people right there. This pin, 2 people, This is gold! 2 people he could've given me 2 people at least one. One person. One person who is dead. One person I could've gotten out and I didn't!!" I thought I was going to completely lose it. A Beautiful Mind: The pens. Still gets me after 4 veiwings. Saving Private Ryan: The end. The only movie I've ever walked out of where you could hear a pin drop as the people filed out. It was like there was a white noise generator drowning out all sounds. There was barely a dry eye among the crowd, yet no one made a sound. One of the most profound movie going experiences I ever had. __________________ EverQuest free since 7/03

08-26-2002, 12:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Searyx I'm still the master of Mistmoore, dammit! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,072 +0 Internets	Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) is easily the saddest, most heartwrenching film I've ever seen. The only movie that got even remotely close to making me cry like that film did was "Titanic", and I blame that on youth __________________ "“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” --Socrates--

08-26-2002, 05:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
gn0me so much h8 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, Ore. Posts: 1,038 -7 Internets	A Beautiful Mind - The whole movie had me holding back tears. I can't say the same about any other movie I've ever seen. __________________ The Gnome of Own

08-26-2002, 05:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
Searyx I'm still the master of Mistmoore, dammit! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,072 +0 Internets	The WHOLE movie had you holding back tears? Did you just happen to be peeling onions in the theater at the time? __________________ "“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” --Socrates--

08-26-2002, 07:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Unleashed Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 43 -1 Internets	Eh...make fun of what I'm about to say all you want, but... The ending of My Dog Skip when Skip died. I didn't cry, I never cry because of a movie, but I damn near get close at a couple of them. This one made me have a tear in my eye and a bile welled up in my throat and it felt like a damn anchor was in my stomach when he got the letter of when Skip died, and you better believe I was trying hard not to fuckin lose control and start crying right there in the movie, or whenever I watch it. __________________ Unleashed Iksar Transcendent

08-26-2002, 07:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xaen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 889 +0 Internets	The beginning of Alien^3 ... Sigh... /cry

08-26-2002, 08:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
Awanka Seething with dark power and -internets Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,798 -63 Internets	Schindler's List: "This car. Why did I keep the car? Amon would've bought this car. 10 people right there. This pin, 2 people, This is gold! 2 people he could've given me 2 people at least one. One person. One person who is dead. One person I could've gotten out and I didn't!!" I thought I was going to completely lose it. ============= Heh, Steven Spielberg sucks at melodrama. I think that whole scene was made up. It certainly seemed fake. ========== A Beautiful Mind: The pens. Still gets me after 4 veiwings. ========== The pens? The only pens I can think of were in that insane asylum when he was cutting himself up. Oh wait, the pens. Now I remember... Yeah, that was pretty good. ========== Saving Private Ryan: The end. The only movie I've ever walked out of where you could hear a pin drop as the people filed out. It was like there was a white noise generator drowning out all sounds. There was barely a dry eye among the crowd, yet no one made a sound. One of the most profound movie going experiences I ever had. ========== I can't believe anyone actually buys into such contrived crap. Steven Spielberg's hamfisted attempts to milk emotions from his audience always comes off as manipulative to me. It's like getting a handjob from a guy instead of a girl, it's always crude, overdone, and lacks subtlety. The scene in Black Hawk down where the 2 guys defend that downed helicopter totally blows Steven and his hackwork out of the water. Eh. Anyway, I thought the ending to Sixth Sense was pretty moving. A lot of things came full circle. What I really liked was that the kid stopped fighting his curse, and instead embraced it, and it became a part of him. Good Will Hunting managed to draw some crocodile tears from me. I'm trying to remember the last time I've cried. I think it happened last year. What movie was it again? Actually I think it was an episode of Law and Order. Damn, this is sad. I haven't been moved by a movie in the longest time. I think Lilo and Stitch is the closest I've gotten. The ending to Imposter, that Philip K. Dick movie that was in and out of theatres in 2 days was pretty sad too. You know what? That part in LOTR where Frodo says he'll take the ring to Mordor, and the part where he decides to go alone moved me. Fuck, that's lame as hell this is all I can come up with. I'm like emotionally stunted.

08-26-2002, 01:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 10,202 +39 Internets	Platoon - When Elias is chased across the field by the horde of Vietnamese, or the ending narrated by Sheen. Either was pretty heart wrenching. Shawshank Redemption - When Morgan Freeman is in the room that the old man killed himself in, and sees his name carved in the beam (I think that's what happened, I don't remember too well, saw the movie a long time ago).

08-26-2002, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
BigTaurean Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Detroit-ish Posts: 62 -1 Internets	I vote for two scenes from Forrest Gump. One, when Bubba dies. At this pointed I started crying. Finally able to contain myself, the scene at the end where Forrest talking to Jenny with the letter his son wrote. Dear lord I lost it.

08-26-2002, 04:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
ShamusChad Limey Bastard~ Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 721 -8 Internets	I thought Liam Nieson's scene was pretty good... gauging the worth of human life to things we had on our wrists as we watched the film...what we used to drive up to the theatre etc...

08-26-2002, 04:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Acies Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: No Posts: 30 -1 Internets	Heartwrenching=Braveheart And Schindler's List too. Knock it all you want, but I thought it was beautifully done.

08-26-2002, 06:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
Acies Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: No Posts: 30 -1 Internets	I have not seen a beautiful mind yet. Some shitpusher completely ruined the plot for me 10 minutes prior to the film, so I said fuck it and played eq instead ; p

08-26-2002, 08:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
BigTaurean Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Detroit-ish Posts: 62 -1 Internets	That reminds me... Turner and Hooch, when Hooch dies. Incredibly sad. I couln't have been more than 7 but I was bawling my eyes out. Also, you can't forget White Fang when the guy is trying to get rid of White Fang, right before he decides to go back to him. SOmething about animal movies I guess....

08-26-2002, 08:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Shada Hates Event Horizon Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 101 -1 Internets	Scenes Glory: During the assault on the fort when Matthew Broderick is shot and Denzel Washington picks up the flag (something he said he would not do earlier, thx foreshadowing) and yells for everyone to move on, huge chills... followed by the best music in the movie while the regiment tries to take the fort, Andre Braugher with his war cry on top of the wall and getting mortally wounded, the cannons, then the slower music theme as Broderick and Washington's bodies fall into the mass grave on top of each other, by then I'm crying. Dead Poets Society: Hey, for some reason this one gets me crying more than any other movie. At the end, when Ethan Hawke is trembling while Robin Williams packs his things, then can't hold back any longer and desperately apologizes, being berated by the headmaster, and when he stands on his desk with "Oh Captain My Captain," I lose it every time. The Iron Giant: Gives me butterflies and my eyes well up... Hogarth says "I love you" as the giant flies up to save the town, "Su-per-man" and I'm choked up or crying. I agree with A Beautiful Mind, the pens got me good, saw it by myself in theaters and I was sobbing like a baby. That's about the extent of my crying history with movies. The movies that TRY too damn hard to be tear-jerkers (Steel Magnolias, that Walk to Remember bullshit I've heard people here talk about, etc.) never gets me.

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