Most emotionally affecting moment in a movie or show

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LUCCIOLA

Friday, June 3, 2005 3:37 PM

...when Tim Robbins stands up after having escaped through the prison sewer in Shawshank Redemption...I stood up, too, when I saw it the first time.

STEVETHEPIRATE

Friday, June 3, 2005 3:51 PM

Any time I see Alyson Hannigan cry makes me crumble. That girl ... geez. Hard to watch any of the "Willow crying" scenes without getting your heart ripped out.

I'm gonna get a bit corny for a minute and mention the end of "Field of Dreams" - I'll never list Kevin Costner as one of the best actors of our time, but that scene was extremely well done, I think.

As for scenes of this nature that were surprising but felt a bit out of place,

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when Ned (Owen Wilson) dies in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou." A relatively well-done scene, as was his memorial scene, but it all seemed ... odd.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 3, 2005 7:11 PM

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Originally posted by Lucciola:
...when Tim Robbins stands up after having escaped through the prison sewer in Shawshank Redemption...I stood up, too, when I saw it the first time.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.

YT

Friday, June 3, 2005 7:18 PM

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Originally posted by weichi:
Ben Affleck's (yes Ben Affleck) raining in the car speech in "Chasing Amy"

I certainly understand your "(yes Ben Affleck)". Chasing Amy was the first movie I saw him in, and he was good. It took many later examples of his work for me to realize the guy is a stiff. His performance in Shakespeare In Love is interesting in that I can't tell whether Ben is acting badly, or if he's doing a good job portraying a ham who acts badly even when not on stage.

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . . (wutzon) Jerry Garcia Band, "Think", "How Sweet It Is"

PERIDIDDLE

Friday, June 3, 2005 7:22 PM

Hrm...there is that one moment in Romeo + Juliet (the modernized version with Leonardo Dicaprio) at the end. Romeo sees Juliet and assumes she's dead, and he drinks the poison JUST as Juliet awakes. The look of complete destruction on both of their faces is enough to break hearts, and then she takes her own life. YES, I knew it was going to happen, but I don't think I'd ever seen a rendition of Romeo and Juliet in which she's awake while he dies. Gah.

In Buffy the Vampire Slayer...oh my. The Body, The Gift, Seeing Red and Becoming Part II hurt to watch. The Gift, most of all, simply for what Buffy does and the look on the Scoobies (and Spike's) faces.

And, okay, it's not exactly out as a movie YET, but the rock opera RENT sent me into tears when I saw it performed on Broadway. The look of helplessness on Angel's face and Collins' as Angel's health declines, and the way Collins says "It's over" and moves into the song 'I'll Cover You: Reprise.' AH. I was in tears throughout the second act, to the point where I could not see the stage. When the movie comes out, I'll be bawling.

And finally...LION KING. When Simba runs around Mufasa and nudges him, pleading with him to stand up and then finally he curls up next to his father and cries...did Disney REALIZE what that would do to people? I cried. I still cry, and I've seen the movie possibly a million times. Gah.

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

RHYMEPHILE

Friday, June 3, 2005 8:24 PM

Wow, there are so many to think about and choose from. I'll stick to my favorite TV show of all time, The X-Files. Yeah, I enjoy Firefly, but my first love will always be XF.

In the episode "Paper Hearts" David Duchovny gives one of his most emotionally affecting performances ever on that show. When he's digging at the dirt of a makeshift forest grave with his bare hands because he believes child molester John Lee Roche may have killed his sister and buried her there -- he's frantic, exhausted from not sleeping -- and when Scully protests that he's disturbing a crime scene, he simply says, "Help me, Scully." Of course she joins him. Fantastic.

Then in Season Seven's "Closure" we finally learn the truth about what happened to Mulder's sister. Overall, I wish they had stuck to a more plausible explanation that what we got, but the scene where Mulder ultimately accepts Samantha's fate and goes running to her and gives her a giant hug -- it's the music in that scene, along with the sight of all the ghostly children's spirits -- that always make me cry, no matter how many times I've seen it nor how cynical I am about the truth behind her disappearance.

As for movies, dudes, The Iron Giant! You can't not cry at that film!

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"I've seen life on this planet, Scully, and that's precisely why I'm looking elsewhere."

-- Fox Mulder, The X-Files

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 3, 2005 8:42 PM

Hey, this turned into a 'Stuff that made you cry' thread, or what?
Okay, I'll go with it.

When Superman was holding Lois' dead body, and crying in Superman The Movie. Reeve was incredible.
The thirty seconds before Bruce Willis pushes the button in Armageddon- it kills me! He loved his little girl more than anything.
Okay, when Jayne says "Make something up", that gets me, too. Gosh Darn it! Now I feel all like a girley-man and such!

I never cry Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 3, 2005 8:48 PM

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It just shows how people can just become nothing when cut off from the world, reminds anyone of something from Firefly?

Apocalypse Now is a film I've only seen once, possibly the most disturbing movie I've ever seen. And one of the most powerful.
Full Metal Jacket and Clockwork Orange are close seconds.

Shell shocked Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Friday, June 3, 2005 8:51 PM

What about in an early episode of Hercules when his wife and son get killed by Hera?

That wasn't nice Chrisisall

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 3, 2005 8:54 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I never cry Chrisisall

That’s not good. Don’t worry, we take care of our own, we’ll get you an operation to fix that.

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I’m not sure if it’s turned into a “stuff that made you cry” thread, or if it’s just that that’s the easiest indicator of powerful emotion. Certainly the John Q thing I mentioned early on didn’t make me cry, made me not breathe is what it did, but many times crying is the result of the “emotionally effecting moments.”

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What made you feel something so strongly, so deeply that you were moved to tears, or felt so happy you could bust, or absolutly stunned you with a stark realization of the human condition?

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