So I just finished this book...
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I really can't think of any films of books that have actually made me cry
But god...Games have made me fucking weep...One day I turned on my Gamecube and sat down to play a little Sonic Adventure 2. Only to find my data had all been erased and my Chao was gone forever
I don't think I ever really recovered from that..
But then there was another time when I was about 10? I was playing Runescape and just finished buying my fancy new Adamant chest plate (incredibly cheap and pretty worthless), after so long of trying to get one, I was so happy with it, and I decided to go and try it out by killing a bear...The bear killed me and by the time I got back, my shiny new chestplate had been stolen.
I cried like a *****.
But god...Games have made me fucking weep...One day I turned on my Gamecube and sat down to play a little Sonic Adventure 2. Only to find my data had all been erased and my Chao was gone forever
I don't think I ever really recovered from that..
But then there was another time when I was about 10? I was playing Runescape and just finished buying my fancy new Adamant chest plate (incredibly cheap and pretty worthless), after so long of trying to get one, I was so happy with it, and I decided to go and try it out by killing a bear...The bear killed me and by the time I got back, my shiny new chestplate had been stolen.
I cried like a *****.
I just saw a partial clip of that between the theatrical run (which I missed) and the video release, and I had to stop it before the end. It's just... oh my.Aris Khandr said:
A couple years later, having actually seen the movie, I'm finally _almost_ over it. And a sudden thought came to mind:
Why didn't they adopt, instead? The world is full of orphans after all. Or would it have ended up depriving Disney and every other animation/kids film studio (well, every other one except Pixar themselves) of their usual steady stream of motherless child protagonists?
It's a weird disconnect that comes over you once you've seen enough of these things, you get inured to it. I wasn't reduced to a blubbering mess by Grave of the Fireflies, either; it's a plenty sad story, and I didn't come away bursting with the joys of life or ready to go out and drop a few firebombs of my own, but it didn't have the supposed limbic-short-circuit effect that it's infamous for. Maybe because I was pre-warned and so there was less shock value? I dunno.
Lucky you. I first heard it as a radio play. The only respite was that it was in two parts. Otherwise a straight rollercoaster into a wide-eyed abyss of psychological horror. No crying, but very difficult listening. The part with the morse code transmitter... man.the clockmaker said:
As an 80s child, growing up at least at first in an environment where mutually assured destruction was still a watchword (and the Gulf War seemed almost like a safety valve being opened, in between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the USSR) my response to that sort of thing - along with, for example, When The Wind Blows, the daydream scene from Terminator 2, and the clips I've seen of Threads - is less one of sadness and tears, and more one of paralysing, horrified, suicidally depressive dread. It's a time you just would never want to go back to. Life was good, but the political climate was beyond scary.
1. DUDE! SPOILER THAT SHIT! The statue of limitations on revealing major literary plot points goes back at least 25 years.SonicWaffle said:
2. This actually was one of the few moments where a book or film actually has brought me to the edge of breaking down like a big old baby. Not quite, but only from a combination of deliberate self control (I'm British, damn it - stiff upper lip!) and because half my brain was STILL reeling from the full on mind-expanding crazy-shit rollercoaster ride of the 1000+ pages of epicness I'd just clawed my way through. That and the ending of TAS falling apart somewhat thanks to PP stubbornly sticking to a "I said I'd write a trilogy, and that's what I'm going to do, even if the publisher's page limit causes problems" strategy instead of Doug Adamsing it.
Even though I started reading the series when I was 29, and finished it when I was 30.
And you could see the aforementioned "moment" coming from a mile away...
well, sort of. There was still that vain hope that somehow, maybe, possibly they could do a Mr Scott and find a way around the laws of multiversal physics. But then you think back and remember how Pullman revelled in being an unrelenting grade-A bastard to his characters right from the start, pretty much just as our young co-adventurers come to the final realisation...
And that there had already been enough other moments of minor heartbreak and general psych-horror about every hundred pages or so (damn, HDM earns its TVTropes "anybody can die" badge) to act as a warning...
The fact Phil had the straight-up chutzpah to pull something like that is one of the reasons it shot straight into my all-time top 10, mind. Yer typical formulaic filler it most certainly is not.
...hell, I can't top that. Most of what actually makes me cry nowadays are borderline emo sad rock/melodic pop songs, and then only when I sing along with them. Possibly the most wimpy thing I've ever admitted to online.
Screw you guys, I'm going home to squash some spiders and lounge around in my underwear drinking beer and watching action movies.
;,-(
First time would have to be the ending to Final Fantasy X.
Ripped my goddamned heart out.
Though, I'm not sure if that was first or if the ending to Cowboy Bebop came before it.
Either way, heart ---> pieces.
Ripped my goddamned heart out.
Though, I'm not sure if that was first or if the ending to Cowboy Bebop came before it.
Either way, heart ---> pieces.
You know, it honestly didn't occur to me to spoiler it. It's hardly a new book - IIRC it came out in 2000 - and it feels like I'd be putting spoilertags around something liketahrey said:
Hey, did you know that Neo is actually the One? I know! I mean, sure it's an anagram, but I just didn't put it together...
Yeah, they're a miserable bunch of books all told. As an allegory for growing up, they're pretty well-done: everything stops being fun, gets more difficult, and nobody is trying to shelter you from just how wearying life istahrey said:
Nothing has really made me full-on bawl my eyes out but I've gone teary eyed a few times.
The ones to come to mind include;
The very end of Final Fantasy X and VIII
Various parts of The Hunger Games trilogy (particularly one of my favourite characters' deaths. Film and book had me).
I did read "The Fault in our Stars" but it didn't really make me that sad. I don't know why - I do like John Green a lot. Having said that, Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska had me shed a tear as well.
Captha: "You the man!" No, YOU the man, Captcha! ;D
EDIT: I just remembered, "The Lovely Bones" and "13 Reasons Why" also got to me. I guess books have a better chance of doing that to me.
The ones to come to mind include;
The very end of Final Fantasy X and VIII
Various parts of The Hunger Games trilogy (particularly one of my favourite characters' deaths. Film and book had me).
I did read "The Fault in our Stars" but it didn't really make me that sad. I don't know why - I do like John Green a lot. Having said that, Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska had me shed a tear as well.
Captha: "You the man!" No, YOU the man, Captcha! ;D
EDIT: I just remembered, "The Lovely Bones" and "13 Reasons Why" also got to me. I guess books have a better chance of doing that to me.
Well there was that time I was reading My Life in Paris (Julia Child's memoirs) instead of watching where I was going. I managed to break my toe and hit my self in the tenders with my cane... Does that count? Many a tear was shed.
....you bastard!FelixG said:And did you knowSonicWaffle said:You know, it honestly didn't occur to me to spoiler it. It's hardly a new book - IIRC it came out in 2000 - and it feels like I'd be putting spoilertags around something liketahrey said:Hey, did you know that Neo is actually the One? I know! I mean, sure it's an anagram, but I just didn't put it together...
[/spoiler] SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE! [/spoiler]
God help us all!
I haven't gotten around to that bit yet!
Two things immediately come to mind.
In terms of games, I'd have to say Unreal 2. I played it when I was much younger, and the ending, more specifically the final "goodbye" made me tear up. I've despised the word goodbye ever since...
In terms of books, I'd have to say The Lovely Bones. I had to read it over the summer for school (I had my choice of books, and I chose that one). I had to read it over a period of a month. I didn't tear up or cry, exactly, but it evoked a STRONG emotional response in me. It was some pretty heavy shit.
Those were the first, but the one thing that ever evoked the strongest response in me was, believe it or not, Left 4 Dead 2. Namely, the passing DLC. Allow me to explain...
In the first game, I *always* played as Bill. Under no circumstances would I play someone other than Bill. I felt a strong connection with the character. When I saw that Bill wasn't on the bridge, sure, it hurt, but I didn't think much of it. When I found the body, though... Fuck, man, it was like looking at my own funeral, but even worse... Words cannot describe what I felt then. I was playing in single player at the time, so I paused the game and took a break. Many a tear was shed... I'd normally elaborate further, but I don't feel like it right now...
In terms of games, I'd have to say Unreal 2. I played it when I was much younger, and the ending, more specifically the final "goodbye" made me tear up. I've despised the word goodbye ever since...
In terms of books, I'd have to say The Lovely Bones. I had to read it over the summer for school (I had my choice of books, and I chose that one). I had to read it over a period of a month. I didn't tear up or cry, exactly, but it evoked a STRONG emotional response in me. It was some pretty heavy shit.
Those were the first, but the one thing that ever evoked the strongest response in me was, believe it or not, Left 4 Dead 2. Namely, the passing DLC. Allow me to explain...
In the first game, I *always* played as Bill. Under no circumstances would I play someone other than Bill. I felt a strong connection with the character. When I saw that Bill wasn't on the bridge, sure, it hurt, but I didn't think much of it. When I found the body, though... Fuck, man, it was like looking at my own funeral, but even worse... Words cannot describe what I felt then. I was playing in single player at the time, so I paused the game and took a break. Many a tear was shed... I'd normally elaborate further, but I don't feel like it right now...
I took about 5 minutes trying to figure out what UP stood for :L Oh I feel stupid sometimesAris Khandr said:
The end of Toy Story 3 was dreadfully sad. The other 2 films were ones I watched endlessly as a child and as the franchise and story closed... :'(
I have actually read that book and I know what you mean. The end was...emotional to say the least, I teared up quite a bit. But I think the best part about that book is the dialogue, particularly Augustus.
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...SonicWaffle said:
Despite having watched it for the first time about 10 years ago, I never noticed that it was an anagram... God I feel stupid.
OT: Quite a few Visual Novels lately have made me teary, and a couple had me silently bawling.
Don't feel too bad - I was at school with a guy who, no joke, though Keanu's "hacker name" was Neil.DasDestroyer said:
Seriously. He thought that during the badass climactic battle scene in the subway station, the guy actually shouted "My name...is Neil!"
What a tit.
I'm not actually sure I've ever cried at a piece of media. If I had to pick something that really affected me though, I'd probably go with FullMetal Alchemist, the whole Nina-Alexander chimera bit specifically. That was dark. Not what I was expecting when I started watching it. Can't think of anything else I've seen where children are just as likely to die/get horribly injured as adults.
Little Woodsman said:
When The Mother Thing had apparently died.
