Things that unexpectedly made you cry.
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I went into Grave of the Fireflies expecting it to be a tragic yet ultimately uplifting story about two kids in Japan trying to survive after losing their home in WWII.
Well, two out of three ain't so bad.
EDIT: Actually, I did rather go in expecting that it'd make me cry. I tend to do so at points of high emotion, and I knew going in that it'd be a sad story. It was far sadder than I'd expected, a fact which hit me like a fist to the gut, but still.
In terms of tear jerkers from entirely out of left field? Little Miss Sunshine. I watched it in a plane, so it may have been partly due to excessive lack of sleep and jetlag, but those tears fell freely for the majority of the movie.
Also, Goodnight Mr. Tom, when the boy goes back to his abusive mother.
Oh, and Mother 3, right at the end, as well as a certain scene near the beginning.
For Full Metal Alchemist fans, one word: Nina.
Yeah, I cry rather a lot during emotional movies/books/anime/whatever.
Well, two out of three ain't so bad.
EDIT: Actually, I did rather go in expecting that it'd make me cry. I tend to do so at points of high emotion, and I knew going in that it'd be a sad story. It was far sadder than I'd expected, a fact which hit me like a fist to the gut, but still.
In terms of tear jerkers from entirely out of left field? Little Miss Sunshine. I watched it in a plane, so it may have been partly due to excessive lack of sleep and jetlag, but those tears fell freely for the majority of the movie.
Also, Goodnight Mr. Tom, when the boy goes back to his abusive mother.
Oh, and Mother 3, right at the end, as well as a certain scene near the beginning.
For Full Metal Alchemist fans, one word: Nina.
Yeah, I cry rather a lot during emotional movies/books/anime/whatever.
Same. I'm pretty angry that they somewhat retold the dog's story (without actually retconning it) in one of the movies. But at least his fate seems a lot less cruel now.elitepie931 said:
More recently: the ending of Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, when
Joe 'Red' Hartsock gets hospitalized just past the halfway mark in the game when a building collapses onto him and 3 others. Matt Baker (who had his face mutilated in said collapse), his best friend and the player character in the first and third game (you play as Red in the second game), is asked to tell the good news.
Why's it 'good'? Red had been wanting to go home to his wife (he's the only married character in the game; ironically his ring finger gets shot off in the second game) and his daughter, who he has never seen (his wife was still pregnant when he got drafted). He's going home, but not in the way you really want him to. He's paralyzed from the waist down. And I can't help but think he's still a lucky one.
The cutscene, if you do not plan on playing the game (but seriously. Buy it, play it, love it). The scene I'm talking about starts at about 2:00, ends at 5:00, the rest isn't all that relevant and pretty much requires you to play the game to really understand. The music freaking tears me up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqddHyvdYc
Why's it 'good'? Red had been wanting to go home to his wife (he's the only married character in the game; ironically his ring finger gets shot off in the second game) and his daughter, who he has never seen (his wife was still pregnant when he got drafted). He's going home, but not in the way you really want him to. He's paralyzed from the waist down. And I can't help but think he's still a lucky one.
The cutscene, if you do not plan on playing the game (but seriously. Buy it, play it, love it). The scene I'm talking about starts at about 2:00, ends at 5:00, the rest isn't all that relevant and pretty much requires you to play the game to really understand. The music freaking tears me up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nqddHyvdYc
And Gears of War 2:
THEY'RE SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT WORM!
I dare bet you didn't see THAT coming.
I dare bet you didn't see THAT coming.
There was a series on last year in England with Steve Coogan called Sunshine about a gambling addict who is trying to be a better father, whilst he lives with his dad himself.
If any guy watched the third part and didn't at least well up...
Also I'll agree with Armageddon when I was younger, from when he takes AJs place on the asteroid to all the pictures of those who died on display at the wedding. Ah hell, watching it on youtube now and it still gets to me.
I remember scenes in Deep Impact having a similar effect.
If any guy watched the third part and didn't at least well up...
Also I'll agree with Armageddon when I was younger, from when he takes AJs place on the asteroid to all the pictures of those who died on display at the wedding. Ah hell, watching it on youtube now and it still gets to me.
I remember scenes in Deep Impact having a similar effect.
I've never been a crier for whatever reason. Not that I'm a big ole tough guy or anything, just nothing really touches me like that. That being said, Big Fish made my throat close up and choke me up quite a bit. That and an episode of CSI:NY when danny's brother got the crap beat out of him and Danny was crying on Mac's shoulder and mac was hugging him. I had to cover my choked-up throat with a cough when I saw that one.
