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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:40, 32 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Edward Scissorhands, but I didn't actually cry
defensive story: I was at uni, sat with a load of friends in their lounge.

I was unbelievably stoned at the time which is what led to the sadness. It is a sad film anyway, but due to the fact that I was so stoned even the look on his face was making me sad.

I ended up leaving about halfway through because otherwise I know I would've started sobbing!
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:48, Reply)

I've neer seen that
it looks shit though
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:36, Reply)

oops
sorry about the reply thing
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Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:36, Reply)

Never
I've never cried because of a film, I did have to choke back the tear at the endof a TV series though.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:51, Reply)

NEVER
I have never cried because of a film*.

You fucking girl. ;)

*Except Bigfoot and the Hendersons -I mean, he doesn't have to punch Bigfoot, does he?

*runs away crying*

EDIT @Agnostic Just looked at your profile pic, the one of you in the skirt, and I'd just like to say, WOULD.
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Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:54, Reply)

I cried when I watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I knew I could never look that good in a basque and stockings.
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girlinthehole, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)

@BGB
Of course you could, don't be silly, but none of us could ever have looked that good in THE CRYSTAL DOME.

*dum dum dum-dee dum dum*
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Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:00, Reply)

I've never cried at a film
But then again I'm a little dead inside.
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Cawl, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:00, Reply)

In before everyone else...
(with apologies to someone funnier than me, ~~Jimmy Carr perhaps~~ actually I think it was Gervais)

I heard that Schindler's list was a real box of tissues movie, I don't know why, I watched it and only wanked once.
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:03, Reply)

and ontopic...
When I was about 6/7, I watched and cried at Ghost. (I honestly don't think I've ever told anyone that :0 )
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:05, Reply)

André the Seal
I did shed a tear when he wasn't well and lost :(
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:08, Reply)

I've cried at a few films but I couldn't say which
But I will say that Scrubs regularly makes howl like a sick kitten.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:11, Reply)

b3tamax
think it was Jimmy Carr.

in part because I remember seeing it, and in part because it was funny and therefore not Gervais.

the fat, annoying moron.

edit: Hollyoaks makes me cry, but only because it is the worst pile of shit ever created.

I don't want to go too far here, but the Holocaust was less of an offence to humanity than Hollyoaks is.
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:11, Reply)

@Bert
*Blushes* Haha!

@Vipros
It was Gervais, am pretty certain.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:14, Reply)

@Agnostic
hmmm, it looks you and b3tamax are right

weird, I can picture and hear Jimmy Carr saying it...
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:16, Reply)

The one that really got me
was a rather obscure one- it was a very literal film adaptation of a James Joyce story, namely "The Dead". It was John Huston's last film, and starred his daughter Angelica.

The story is an oddity- a fairly long tale of a Christmas gathering of family in which you get to meet all the members of the family and get a feel for their personalities, but other than the party there's nothing that really happens- until the end, when a smallish event causes the wife of the narrator (Angelica) to start weeping, and she tells her husband why she wept. He then turns to the window to look out at a snowstorm and starts a voice-over soliloquy that takes the entire film and ties it all together so that it suddenly makes sense, then slams you all at once.

As I said, this is a very faithful adaptation of the original story. I highly recommend reading it, if you can't find the film.

In any case, I watched it through, puzzled but patient, until that soliloquy- then burst into tears.

Beautiful.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:45, Reply)

Matrix

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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:49, Reply)

I'm such a wuss.
Leon.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 14:58, Reply)

I always cry
at the end of The Railway Children
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:00, Reply)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

I cried like a baby...

Because it cost me about £50 to watch that steaming pile of elephant wank in the cinema.

it was like watching the last money-sponging nail being hammered into the coffin of everything I loved as a child...

*sniffs*

Oh, but really - Watership down, Dead Poets Society...and that one with Hugh Grant where he's an 80s singer with Drew Whatserface...
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:00, Reply)

Pooflake
music and lyrics?

surprisingly entertaining
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:09, Reply)

Rainman
Near the end when he has to choose whether to live with Charlie or go back to the home.

NOt so much crying, more a lump in the throat.

*edit*
Looking at the list, Kes and Killing Fields brought a lump too.

E.T is number one! wtf??
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:14, Reply)

Although I cultivate a weary, deeply cynical exterior
I am something of a sentimental at heart

A crowd of fifteen or so of us went to see Ghost at the cinema back in 1990, which had me wiping the tears from my eyes as the credits rolled. I was sixteen. Likewise, I think I blubbed at Patch Adams too.

The shame...
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:27, Reply)

Life is Beautiful
I really struggled with that film, especially what happened at the end.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:27, Reply)

not mentioned yet
Transformers - the bit where Optimus Prime dies. I still have a little weep at 30 :0)
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SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:45, Reply)

One other
What Dreams May Come. When he finds his wife in hell and finds that it's a hell of her own making and that he can't reach her... well, it tears me up pretty badly.

Sappy film, maybe, but damn it works...
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:44, Reply)

Too many to mention
Cos I'm a wuss and proud of it. I'm with himjim above on 'Life is Beautiful' and would add 'Shadowlands' (the bit in the attic), 'Dumbo' when he goes to visit him mum in the clink, and 'It's a Wonderful Life' (told you I was a softie). Tons of others too numerous to mention, oh yes, had a good old cry on Friday night when we watched 'For the Boys' a great film starring Bette Midler and James Caan as a song 'n' dance comedy double act - great songs too.

Our sprog used to burst into floods of tears whenever we watched 'The Land Before Time'...happy days.

p.s. TRL: was that based on the James Joyce short story? Well worth a read - it's in 'Dubliners'
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:11, Reply)

@Che
Yup, that's the one. I had read the story many years before, so I knew roughly how it went- but seeing it acted was altogether different. It had a huge wallop for me as all at once I understood exactly what he was saying, and it hit me in an unexpectedly powerful way.

I like that collection, but that story is the true gem.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:19, Reply)

Depending on my hormones
I either cry at everything or at nothing.

I've cried at films, tv - including Scrubs, My Name is Earl, Futurama and The Simpsons, live performances of just about anything, hell I've cried at adverts...
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warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:40, Reply)

The Elephant Man
every fucking time.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 17:42, Reply)

Amilie
The bit where the bead curtain moves and she thinks its that bloke, but its the cat.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 20:34, Reply)

TV adverts
The ones for cancer research where the people are in the back ground then disappear and just about all the NSPCC ones :( everytime
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 21:18, Reply)

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