When you cry manly tears of manliness

Nosferatu wrote:

I don't think I've cried at anything in a long time, I've come close a couple of times, but the last time I remember actually tearing up was (and I was a lot younger at the time) when reading Where the red fern grows I don't know why the ending got to me the way it did.

By the time we read that in class, I was broken in by Bridge to Terabithia. However, instead of tears, that elicited rage. It was so pointless. Why introduce a character only to kill her off? Took me a long time to realize that that was kind of the point.

93_confirmed wrote:

The Notebook - particularily the part at the end when she remembers everything and they have a few minutes together. The first time I watched this my wife quickly turned the lights on when it was over to catch me crying. I was so choked up I could say anything for while.

Very good movie for a chick flick.

This one gets me too. I think that anyone who has had a set of grandparents who live to old age together and the good fortune of being born soon enough to know them will be touched by this.

Haven't seen this one mentioned yet -- either that or everyone misspelled it.

Crash.

SPOILER

The part where the Latino girl is scared of getting shot because they live in a crap neighborhood so she lays under her bed and her hardworking dad takes off his invisible bulletproof cape and gives it to her to protect her from the bullets. Then, of course, later in the movie he's held at gunpoint outside the house and the girl runs out because he no longer has the bulletproof cape and she jumps in his arms and gets shot right in the back... I shut off the goddamned tv. Right when he fired it I shut it off, bawling. My wife and I were just complete messes, we both went up and stared at our daughter's sleeping form for like 10 minutes to try to recover.

I can't take sh*t like that, it gets me misty even typing it. Luckily we decided to finish it later so we could see that the girl was actually fine. But damn.

As a man, I NEVER cry. That being said, IF I were to turn into a hysterical, soggy mess of at the end of Return of the King, when Arwen shows up and Aragorn's almost loses it as well, then that would in no way immascualte me. I'm pretty sure.

Forgot to add, 2 scenes in Lost. SPOILER ALERT!

When Kate and Jack find Charlie hanging on that tree. And when Aaron is born juxtaposed with Boone dying. Kinda sappy, but still gets to me. Especially with that piano music. Its the same they use whenever anyone important dies.

Higgledy wrote:

I started to tear up watching the start of The Matrix last night (and when Morpheus said, "Welcome to the real world.") I can think of two possible explanations. Either, deep in my subconscious, I realise that were are trapped in a matrix or I was sad that the greatness of the first film (I'd forgotten how good it was) was completely absent from the two sequels.

I would guess that your subconscious realized that this is as good as it gets and that in the next movie the highlight will be a slow-motion rave and and a fight they seriously call the "Burly Brawl"

I started to tear up watching the start of The Matrix last night (and when Morpheus said, "Welcome to the real world.") I can think of two possible explanations. Either, deep in my subconscious, I realise that we are trapped in a matrix or I was sad that the greatness of the first film (I'd forgotten how good it was) was completely absent from the two sequels.

When the Elves showed up at Helm's Deep and I realized what a hack they had given the franchise to...

/troll

Back on topic... right after my now 4 year old son was born, I went for about a year where I would tear up at the drop of a hat at anything parentally related- I've gotten over that bigtime, though.

Watched The Answer Man this weekend with Jeff Daniels. Not a bad movie, about a guy who writes a book because he "talked to God". There is a scene where one character, a bookstore owner who has gotten through to the Jeff Daniels reclusive character, shows up and simply says along the lines of "My dad died. I don't feel anything, I don't know what I should feel." After talking with two other characters, he gets stone faced and says, again, "My dad died," and starts crying because it finally hits him. Didn't expect it at all, rough scene.

Photopia can be played in one sitting. Doing that one sitting with your sleeping 3 month old daughter in your arms is inadvisable.

There's three in particular that get me every single time and it really pisses me off:

#1. Buffy - Last episode of season 6.
Xander's "Yellow Crayon" Speech

#2. Con-Air.
That goddamn Pink Bunny and Trisha Yearwood's How Do I playing in the background.

#3. The Patriot.
"Daddy don't leave, I'll promise I'll be good."

Every. Damn. Time.

"The world's gonna end and, hey, I still wanna hang."

Thai Life Insurance has some commercials that are just too much. Judging from the comments here, this one will get you guys the most.

I fell to this one.

Has anyone mentioned "Tales of Ba Sing Sae" from Avatar: The Last Airbender yet? That one grabbed me completely by surprise.

Grenn wrote:

Has anyone mentioned "Tales of Ba Sing Sae" from Avatar: The Last Airbender yet? That one grabbed me completely by surprise.

Do you get a 1000-point achievement just for watching it?

Thirteenth wrote:

Thai Life Insurance has some commercials that are just too much. Judging from the comments here, this one will get you guys the most.

Damn. That first one almost got me at the office. Must have something to do with having a 1-month-old at home...

The second one I just liked. That was sweet.

Thirteenth wrote:

Thai Life Insurance has some commercials that are just too much.

Oh, up your ass, Thirteenth.

ColdForged wrote:
Thirteenth wrote:

Thai Life Insurance has some commercials that are just too much.

Oh, up your ass, Thirteenth.

Seriously.

Grenn wrote:

Has anyone mentioned "Tales of Ba Sing Sae" from Avatar: The Last Airbender yet? That one grabbed me completely by surprise.

I know exactly what part of that episode you're referring to. It was extremely moving and really cemented Iroh as one of my favorite characters in the series.

Theme music to Band of Brothers. Gets me every single time.

Johnny Cash singing "Hurt." And I cried even worse when I saw the video.

ExitPursuedByBear wrote:

Johnny Cash singing "Hurt." And I cried even worse when I saw the video.

Yup.

That song/video is some heavy, heavy stuff.

Of course on the flip side, the Kermit the Frog version is a freakin' hoot.

Aaron D. wrote:
ExitPursuedByBear wrote:

Johnny Cash singing "Hurt." And I cried even worse when I saw the video.

Yup.

That song/video is some heavy, heavy stuff.

Of course on the flip side, the Kermit the Frog version is a freakin' hoot.

Really? Seeing him go down on Rowlf the Dog makes me want to throw up.

When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

heavyfeul wrote:
When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

Well, that wraps up the thread right there.

Rat Boy wrote:
heavyfeul wrote:
When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

Well, that wraps up the thread right there.

I dunno; I thought the statute of limitations for comments like that was 2 pages. Seems kinda silly after 7 pages...

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:
heavyfeul wrote:
When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

Well, that wraps up the thread right there.

I dunno; I thought the statute of limitations for comments like that was 2 pages. Seems kinda silly after 7 pages...

Have you read the Goodjer Commandments lately? We can drag this sh*t out until Hell freezes over if we want to.

heavyfeul wrote:
When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

Not married, but thanks for the suggestion, you soulless little man.

Agemmon wrote:
heavyfeul wrote:
When you cry manly tears of manliness

Hand your balls to your wife so she can keep them in her purse.

Not married, but thanks for the suggestion, you soulless little man.

Soulless? Probably. Little? You are way off.

Just finished watching a film and I had to revisit this thread:

'I've loved you so long' - Excellent French film. I wept buckets.