"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most...human."
A lot of great choices that I would have selected.
One recent scene that always gets me is:
You have Rocky living in the past, talking to two headstones because he is basically all alone in the world. This is an aging, lonely, broken down ex-fighter who suddenly realizes, while talking to his deceased family, that his best friend's son has given him a new lease on life, a future. It's a simple scene on the surface that has great depth. The movie is filled with moments like that. It's a great performance by Stallone and it always gets to me.
The ending scene in the train yard at the end of Schindler's List.
Perfection.
A lot of great choices that I would have selected.
One recent scene that always gets me is:
You have Rocky living in the past, talking to two headstones because he is basically all alone in the world. This is an aging, lonely, broken down ex-fighter who suddenly realizes, while talking to his deceased family, that his best friend's son has given him a new lease on life, a future. It's a simple scene on the surface that has great depth. The movie is filled with moments like that. It's a great performance by Stallone and it always gets to me.
I cried like a motherfucker watching this. I was a mess. It had been years since I cried like that.
Any other film that gave you a similar reaction?
The ending scene in the train yard at the end of Schindler's List.
Perfection.
The thing that gets me the most about that scene in Schindler's List is how Schindler himself is an incredibly flawed character and is shown to be both unfaithful and greedy several times throughout the story. But despite his many imperfections, he's still capable of making a massive difference in the lives of the people he might have otherwise viewed as a means to an end for his business. He didn't make a difference because he was some devout savior character, he made a difference because he was an average flawed who guy who still understood the value of a human life in the face of great inhumanity. Him breaking down under the weight of his (perceived) flaws with that line "Just one more, one more person" gets me like nothing else in film or literature.I cried like a motherfucker watching this. I was a mess. It had been years since I cried like that.
Any other film that gave you a similar reaction?
i actually made all the way to the end credits. teared up a bit but didn't break down.
and then i realized they were the real survivors. the people that the actors were portraying visiting his grave. i sobbed like a baby.
The thing that gets me the most about that scene in Schindler's List is how Schindler himself is an incredibly flawed character and is shown to be both unfaithful and greedy several times throughout the story. But despite his many imperfections, he's still capable of making a massive difference in the lives of the people he might have otherwise viewed as a means to an end for his business. He didn't make a difference because he was some devout savior character, he made a difference because he was an average flawed who guy who still understood the value of a human life in the face of great inhumanity. Him breaking down under the weight of his (perceived) flaws with that line "Just one more, one more person" gets me like nothing else in film or literature.
Captain Phillips ending scene. Never cried in a theater before.
Every damn time( seen it over 50 times and yes almost all extended version viewing)
Every damn time( seen it over 50 times and yes almost all extended version viewing)
The ending of Mrs. Doubtfire, where she responds to the child's letter about her parents:
What the child writes about "losing my family" and asking about what she can do to get her parents back together, it hits hard. It's something that most kids of divorced parents ask themselves often, myself included. Doubtfire's reply in that "just because they don't love each anymore doesn't mean that they don't love you" is something that, despite knowing that's the truth, is something that is truly needed to be heard when you're confused and even blaming yourself. It's a powerful scene for me to this day, and no matter what I always get choked up when I hear that speech.
As an aside, I'm truly grateful that Sally Field and Robin Williams apparently put their feet down and changed the ending, because apparently it was planned for the two characters to get back together and they didn't want to give false hope to children of divorced parents.
yes, this is a great scene.The ending of Mrs. Doubtfire, where she responds to the child's letter about her parents:
What the child writes about "losing my family" and asking about what she can do to get her parents back together, it hits hard. It's something that most kids of divorced parents ask themselves often, myself included. Doubtfire's reply in that "just because they don't love each anymore doesn't mean that they don't love you" is something that, despite knowing that's the truth, is something that is truly needed to be heard when you're confused and even blaming yourself. It's a powerful scene for me to this day, and no matter what I always get choked up when I hear that speech.
As an aside, I'm truly grateful that Sally Field and Robin Williams apparently put their feet down and changed the ending, because apparently it was planned for the two characters to get back together and they didn't want to give false hope to children of divorced parents.
Captain Phillips ending scene. Never cried in a theater before.