When you cry manly tears of manliness

Listening to James Marsters's masterful reading of the latest Harry Dresden book from Jim Butcher, Changes.

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

Budo wrote:

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

As the father of a 19 month old girl, it has been suggested I not watch this. I have heeded this warning and have not regretted it.

The documentary "Waiting for 'Superman'".

Clemenstation wrote:

The documentary "Waiting for 'Superman'".

Certainly has some dusty parts there.

Budo wrote:

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

That was a great trailer. Got my interest piqued for a game not even on my radar before.

KingGorilla wrote:
Budo wrote:

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

That was a great trailer. Got my interest piqued for a game not even on my radar before.

Same here. I doubt they can keep that kind of emotional involvement throughout the game, but the fact that they managed to even put that together speaks volumes about where they want the game to go. They have my attention.

I even had my non-gamer wife watch the trailer and she thought it was pretty impressive. She thought it was for some kind of anime / cgi movie, not a game. She wasn't as moved by it as I was, but then again she's from behind the Iron Curtain and has seen worse sh*t in real life than most of us will ever see in the movies.

wordsmythe wrote:
Clemenstation wrote:

The documentary "Waiting for 'Superman'".

Certainly has some dusty parts there.

I must be allergic to something in that movie.

Asterith wrote:
Budo wrote:

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

As the father of a 19 month old girl, it has been suggested I not watch this. I have heeded this warning and have not regretted it.

I just came here to post this exact same thing. I wish someone had warned me Asterith. My two little girls are 18 months and 3 years. I was surprised at how much this hit me.

Spoiler:

I think it's the moment where the father picks up his daughter from the hallway, and you see in his face he knows, even before he takes her in the room, that she's turning, but picks her up and carries her away "to safety" anyway.

m0nk3yboy wrote:
Asterith wrote:
Budo wrote:

Not so much a crying event, but as a father of 5-years old twin girls I felt awful after watching the Dead Island trailer.

As the father of a 19 month old girl, it has been suggested I not watch this. I have heeded this warning and have not regretted it.

I just came here to post this exact same thing. I wish someone had warned me Asterith. My two little girls are 18 months and 3 years. I was surprised at how much this hit me.

Spoiler:

I think it's the moment where the father picks up his daughter from the hallway, and you see in his face he knows, even before he takes her in the room, that she's turning, but picks her up and carries her away "to safety" anyway.

What moved me about that was that, as portrayed,

Spoiler:

it's an agonizingly slow letting go and pulling away from her.

Soldier

I feel kind of stupid saying it, but it's totally true. At the part in the movie where Kurt Russell's character actually cries, I lose it. Every. Single. Time. And, though I'm not a manly man, this is most definitely a manly cry moment.

madgadabout wrote:

Soldier

I feel kind of stupid saying it, but it's totally true. At the part in the movie where Kurt Russell's character actually cries, I lose it. Every. Single. Time. And, though I'm not a manly man, this is most definitely a manly cry moment.

"You must feel something."

"Fear."

"Fear?"

"Fear....and discipline."

"Now?"

"Always."

Armageddon was on TV today....it's an oldie but I still hate Bruce Willis. so much. for that ending.

Now I'm a weird one who rarely ever cries but there's a certain grouping of things that make me cry. I think I've figured it out. One part hockey, one part touching music, one part family, and one part Canada. Mix a combination of those and you'll squeeze a few tears out of me.

Part of me is ashamed that advertising is enough to make me tear up. Another part of me doesn't care. Tim Horton's is strongly associated with home for me.

Oh man, that was evil Vector.

The first one was the only one that made me feel anything. I think the fact that I'm not Canadian probably has something to do with it.

The movie 'Mysterious Skin'. Without going into too much detail the personal proximity of some of the subject matter definitely brought the dust on, I'm not sure if it is a tear jerker for the general population or not.

Speedhuntr wrote:

Armageddon was on TV today....it's an oldie but I still hate Bruce Willis. so much. for that ending.

Yeah, that reminds me. Armageddon got me a little bit, but Deep Impact? Holy crap, no way I was holding back on that one.

Rallick wrote:

Oh man, that was evil Vector.

I'm a horrible person.

obirano wrote:

The first one was the only one that made me feel anything. I think the fact that I'm not Canadian probably has something to do with it.

Being Canadian has a large part to do with it. Or maybe it's the feeling of being proud to be Canadian.

So my friend is a political refugee from Sierra Leone currently living in Milwaukee. His wife and daughter, whom he has only seen sparingly over the last 8 years will be moving to the states this year now that he has gotten his citizenship. He just bought a house and is currently working at our Alma Mater(Marquette). Who is cutting onions over here?

KingGorilla wrote:

So my friend is a political refugee from Sierra Leone currently living in Milwaukee. His wife and daughter, whom he has only seen sparingly over the last 8 years will be moving to the states this year now that he has gotten his citizenship. He just bought a house and is currently working at our Alma Mater(Marquette). Who is cutting onions over here?

That's awesome. I've been separated from my fiancée and her two little daughters for only a few months, and I already miss them more than I thought possible. 8 years with only sporadic visits must have been hell.

Vector wrote:
Rallick wrote:

Oh man, that was evil Vector.

I'm a horrible person.

obirano wrote:

The first one was the only one that made me feel anything. I think the fact that I'm not Canadian probably has something to do with it.

Being Canadian has a large part to do with it. Or maybe it's the feeling of being proud to be Canadian.

Possibly. The first one also has the benefit that I am Asian maybe? Joking for the most part there.

My wife makes fun of me for tearing up during movies, but I just tell her she has no soul and no compassion. She does not disagree.

Anyway, a few movies that give me watery eyes are:

Return of the Jedi - Vader saves Luke at the end
The Fellowship of the Ring - Gandalf falls, Boromir dies, Frodo almost leaves, Frodo and Sam split from the group
Return of the King - Basically the entire last 45 minutes of the movie has me in tears
The Neverending Story - Artax sinks into the swamp, the Rock Biter is sad for his dead friends at the end
The Transformers: The Movie - Optimus Prime dies
Watchmen - Rorschach dies

There are more, but I am too sad to type.

burntham77 wrote:

The Neverending Story - Artax sinks into the swamp
The Transformers: The Movie - Optimus Prime dies

80s kid's movies were serious sh*t man.

burntham77 wrote:

My wife makes fun of me for tearing up during movies, but I just tell her she has no soul and no compassion. She does not disagree.

Does she have a sister? Or, is she getting sick of your candy ass yet?

Listening to William Shatner 'wake up' the Discovery crew this morning.

Monsters Inc
Finding Nemo
Up
Toy Story 3 (hmm... I detect a pattern here)
Field of Dreams

I've definitely grown more emotional the older I get. Probably due to getting married, having kids and losing my dad. I get choked up by some pretty cheesy stuff nowadays. It's usually because of the music that goes along with particular scenes...

Had the tv on and Star Trek II was showing on SyFy. Got a little dusty in my room during the reactor scene with Spock and Kirk.

Ballotechnic wrote:

Had the tv on and Star Trek II was showing on SyFy. Got a little dusty in my room during the reactor scene with Spock and Kirk.

I'm pretty sure that movie was my introduction to Star Trek as a kid...and not even knowing anything about the background of those two characters, it still broke me up.

The final episode of Blackadder is a common catalyst for my allergies..