Dan1584(2) said:
ER - The episode where Dr.Green dies....I don't think I have cried so much in my life while watching anything. The last half hour I was non stop in tears...at the end of the show my Mom knocked on the door (she was watching it too) and I opened it all red eyed and she was the same way, and all she says is "You too?" SOOOOO sad.
Hell yeah. Boy I wept so hard during that episode and I didn't even really like Dr Green. It was cleverly done though. I mean, I knew it was coming from like the start of the series and the whole of that episode was just building up and up from start to finish. Then when that bitchy daughter of his let go of that balloon I couldn't control myself. Fuck, I almost cried again as I was typing that
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - It's a pretty sad film in general, but the part that always gets me is when Leonardo Dicaprio's character goes to wake his mum, only she's not sleeping. It's the combination of when he screams in her ear and the look on his face when he realizes that chokes me up
Boys On The Side - This is a total chick flick. I usually hate chick flicks, but this is one of my guilty pleasures. The scene where Whoopi Goldberg sings that Roy Orbison song turns me into a blubbering mess every time.
Dancer In The Dark - I still haven't seen this all the way through, but I caught the last half an hour on TV. That last 5-10 mins were both shocking and completely heart breaking. The thought stayed with me for a long time afterwards.
The Magdeline Sisters - God, this is incredibly depressing. It's made even worse by the fact that it's a true story, and I'm a sucker for those type of films. I pretty much cried every other scene. Those poor girls
Last Days - I think I'm one of the only people to have genuinely liked this film. I've been a Nirvana fan ever since I was about nine years old and I appreciated what Van Sant did. In my mind he captured Cobain's spirit in this film and didn't go for the typical biopic angle which I found refreshing. All these Cobain obsessives get so uppity about it and it annoys me. Anyway, the whole film has a strange chill about it. It's pretty eery. But it was the final scene which left me feeling extremely emotional. I think most of us have seen that photo of Cobain in the greenhouse, clenched fist, and untied shoe. But this scene brought that photo to life and made it seem so much more real to me.
Pieces Of April - Such a good film. Ignore the fact that Katie Holmes is in it just this once because she's good. Though I admit that any credibility she might have been building up she gave away as soon as she sold her soul to Scientology and that freak husband of hers. But anyway, as ever Patricia Clarkson is just wonderful too. It's the first time I've ever seen an actress play a woman dieing of cancer in a non sympathetic way. She's strong, and refuses to play the victim and that was pretty powerful to me.
