Weepies

[The Mollusk]

I watched "It's a Wonderful Life" over Christmas. It was only my second time seeing it but somehow the bastard thing made me cry even harder this time around. Maybe it's because my own sense of identity and self-worth has taken such an absolute flanneling over the last 12 months. Either way I think I cried at like 5 separate occasions throughout, the first of which being right at the start when he saves his brother from the frozen pond, and then again not long after when Mr. Gower cracks up in the shop after wellying George and then having a breakdown and hugging him. Fuckin film's incredible.

[Gulftastic]

I watched "It's a Wonderful Life" over Christmas. It was only my second time seeing it but somehow the bastard thing made me cry even harder this time around. Maybe it's because my own sense of identity and self-worth has taken such an absolute flanneling over the last 12 months. Either way I think I cried at like 5 separate occasions throughout, the first of which being right at the start when he saves his brother from the frozen pond, and then again not long after when Mr. Gower cracks up in the shop after wellying George and then having a breakdown and hugging him. Fuckin film's incredible.

'A toast to my big brother George...the richest man in town!' is what sets me off.

[bgmnts]

I do like it's a wonderful life a lot but you have to wonder how anyone can be upset with their life when they are shagging Donna Reed.

[Sin Agog]

I watched Ikiru with someone last night, and when I inevitably audibly teared up as Shimura started singing Life is Brief in his abyssal voice while swinging on his swing in the airy snow, the person I was with said, "Do you want to stop? You seem to be having a rough time of it."  Biss, please.  I'm having a great time.  This is beautiful and cathartic, and tears are the exact correct response.

Then again, I don't cry at funerals so maybe only being able to well-up at things that don't directly appertain to you is a bit warped.  Or very male.

[El Unicornio, mang]

I do like it's a wonderful life a lot but you have to wonder how anyone can be upset with their life when they are shagging Donna Reed.

Possibly the stress is causing him to have erectile dysfunction?

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

Spoiler alert

When Alvin finally meets Lyle and they silently look up at the stars

[close]

The Straight Story

:'(((

[Pink Gregory]

Anything where people sing Auld Lang Syne, to be honest.

[Twit 2]

horny as fuck

[Twit 2]

The combination of Conrad Hall's cinematography and Thomas Newman's music means I pretty much start crying as soon as Road to Perdition starts. Blubbing at the end. What an underrated gem that film is.

[bgmnts]

Hanks specialises in traditional blubbers doesn't he?

Road to Perdition
The Green Mile
Saving Private Ryan
Castaway

[The Culture Bunker]

I've never cried at a film myself, but I do remember back when I was a lad my mam bawling her eyes out when watching 'Terms of Endearment'. According to my dad, this happened when they saw it at the cinema and last time she saw it on TV not that long ago.

[WestHill]

Just watched Babyteeth on Netflix which is a beautiful film with some wonderfully wonky characters.

Also it completely destroyed me emotionally. I normally hold it in and let the odd tear escape but this was my first fully fledged bawl.

[Rizla]

horny as fuck

Well, he looks so fuckin vulnerable...

Rewatching the Sopranos, I shan't do spoilers but I really found big Pussy's arc unbearably poignant this time round.

[Icehaven]

Have you ever seen Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974) ?

I haven't, is it MC-ish? I'll look it up.

[non capisco]

Somehow, it wasThe Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou that did for me.  It's the line "I wonder if he remembers me.", and when Bill Murray's face starts going.

And they all put their hands on his shoulders. Yeah, that one got me good earlier this year on a rewatch, first time I saw that film when it came out I didn't go for it at all but adored it in lockdown. I have a probably bollocks theory that you're more emotionally affected by a film when you're watching it on a plane (my forensic thesis goes as far as "dunno, something to do with the altitude") and it's felt like everything I watched in these skewed new times is like watching something on a plane. Sound Of Metal absolutely ruined me last month. The scene where

Spoiler alert

Riz Ahmed's character puts in the implants for the first time and realises it's nothing like actually regaining full hearing like he'd hoped

[close]

, hooo boy. That lad can act.

[non capisco]

Spoiler alert

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Just watched Babyteeth on Netflix which is a beautiful film with some wonderfully wonky characters.

Also it completely destroyed me emotionally. I normally hold it in and let the odd tear escape but this was my first fully fledged bawl.

There was another one last year. 

Spoiler alert

Last flashback scene on the beach, "take care of Moses when I'm gone", Ben Mendelsohn's face

[close]

. Devastating.

[Brundle-Fly]

I haven't, is it MC-ish? I'll look it up.

'ish'. Give it a go?

TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYlz6-6n4Ws

[Brundle-Fly]

The opening ten minutes of Up (2009) has to be 'up' (arf!) there as one of the most saline inducing moments in mainstream cinema. The first ten minutes!

If we're talking Pixar sobsworthiness? This moment in Inside Out (2015)

[Hank the Rapper]

Mary and Max.

"You are my best friend. You are my only friend."

Both times.

Argh, I'm beefing about it right now.

[Dusty Substance]

Silent Running and The Elephant Man both leave me sobbing in despair.

My other guaranteed weepies include....

Harold And Maude
Cuckoo's Nest
Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Edward Scissorhands
Starman
Dancer In The Dark
Breaking The Waves

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

Just watched the 3+ hour Blue Rose cut of Fire Walk With Me and all I need to say about that is that it was deeply and profoundly upsetting.

I don't need to say which bits but I actually cried in terror multiple times and I don't ever ever want to view it again.

[holyzombiejesus]

I'd love to put a pitchfork through that fucker's neck.

[Icehaven]

Have you ever seen Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974) ?

I haven't, is it MC-ish? I'll look it up.

It's on Film4 riiiiight now!

[Poirots BigGarlickyCorpse]

The opening ten minutes of Up (2009) has to be 'up' (arf!) there as one of the most saline inducing moments in mainstream cinema. The first ten minutes!

If we're talking Pixar sobsworthiness? This moment in Inside Out (2015)

Nah nah nah. It's the bit before that when he yells "Sing Joy, sing louder!" and jumps off the back of the wagon.

I just finished JoJo Rabbit and it made me cry. It's funny and then it's really sad and then it's all heartwarming.

[Pink Gregory]

Spoiler alert

When Alvin finally meets Lyle and they silently look up at the stars

[close]

The Straight Story

:'(((

"I did, Lyle."

[Brundle-Fly]

It's on Film4 riiiiight now!

Did you watch it?

[jobotic]

Gah. Wish I had, haven't seen it since I was a teenager. When our cat back then had kittens I called two of them Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.