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'The Diary of Anne Frank'--not actually a tearjerker, but I cry when I see it.
I'll have to think further--it has been so long since I was anything but annoyed at the films shown on TV, and I rarely go to the movies anymore--on a budget--I just can't think right now.
[quote=LauraC;4807247]Nope, it's even more embarrassing when I cry over a book.
No need for Kleenex. The book wasn't a tearjerker by any means. I like re-reading it because it has so many funny moments that were never attempted in the movie.
Whenever I see a lousy movie adaptation of a book, I feel it probably scares people away from reading the original story. And I have to wonder - if someone thought the book was worth making into a movie, why turn it into a totally different story?
To stay on topic:
Fire Walk With Me - I get choked up every time I see Laura Palmer murdered, both for her and the person who did it.
What makes ET even more sad is that Spielberg filmed that movie in sequence, which is rare for directors to do. So basically, the day that ET "went home" and told Elliot to "be good" ... you see the true reactions of the kids because right before they shot that day, Spielberg took Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore aside and told them that ET was going back home and they would never see him again .. can you imagine??? Those tears were very real. Manipulation for the sake of drama! It worked though.
That's one thing about Spielberg: He has always been able to get AMAZING performances out of child actors. Now we know why. He's sadistic!
I have a hard time believing that a 10-yr-old (Harry Thomas at time of filming ET) was under the impression that the piece of rubber that he was working with all along was actually a good-hearted alien. Could be that he was just a good child actor - they do exist!
I have a hard time believing that a 10-yr-old (Harry Thomas at time of filming ET) was under the impression that the piece of rubber that he was working with all along was actually a good-hearted alien. Could be that he was just a good child actor - they do exist!
edit: I was only 7 or 8 when this was in the theaters. I didn't at all believe that ET was real, but I definitely cried like a baby. It was actually the first movie that made me cry ever...a weird experience. It didn't help that my much younger brother cried through the whole thing - half the time he was scared of ET and the other half he was sad for him.
Nope, it's even more embarrassing when I cry over a book.
This thread reminds me - When I used to fly a lot with my job I would never watch the in-flight movie (unless I already saw it) and would read instead. I was always worried about blubbering on a plane where everyone could see me cry.
I finished the book The Kite Runner on an airplane. I was trying to stifle my tears when the guy next to me handed me a tissue and whispered "it's OK, I read that one too".
The movie The Namesake had me crying too... I swear I almost moved to India over that one.
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