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Many posters have mentioned Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". My only beef with this otherwise terrific film is as follows: Why didn't they just blow up the bridge and skeedattle? What did they gain by sacrificing all those Warriors (especially the sniper Jackson who was worth a dozen Ryans). And Ryan would have still survived. I read that John Milius was approached about doctoring the script but refused because Spielberg insisted on this ending. Oliver Stone told Milius that if the Hanks character had been in Vietnam he would have been fragged.

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[quote=The Goat;554080]The end of the English Patient the only time I watched it.

Life is Beautiful...only sociopaths don't cry watching this movie.[/quote]

Life is Beautiful definitely. "Ah Principesa!"

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;553820]That's also pretty funny only for 2 reasons:

1. The entire time the girl cowboy has a crazy smile on her face.
2. They just left it like that. Who abandons a doll? Or did they donate it?[/quote]

I think the doll was donated.

Yeah her smile starts to desolve when she realizes that the girl just left her and isn't coming back.

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and awakenings( sp?) with Robin Williams. great flick

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[quote=70Chip;554083]Many posters have mentioned Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". My only beef with this otherwise terrific film is as follows: Why didn't they just blow up the bridge and skeedattle? What did they gain by sacrificing all those Warriors (especially the sniper Jackson who was worth a dozen Ryans). And Ryan would have still survived. I read that John Milius was approached about doctoring the script but refused because Spielberg insisted on this ending. Oliver Stone told Milius that if the Hanks character had been in Vietnam he would have been fragged.[/quote]

I've seen the movie about 1000 times, and can cite the answer (virtually verbatim) to that very question provided by Captain Miller (Hanks):

[quote]We can't push on to Paris without a deep water port, Rommel knows that so he's going to try to get his armor across the river. Then he can hit us in the flank when we turn to Cherbourg. That makes any village with a bridge solid gold real-estate.[/quote]

Essentially the bridge (any bridge) was critical to positioning one's forces in a strategic manner. For the Germans it was critical in order to position heavy ordinance in the path of the advancing allies. For the Americans it was critical to shore up multiple access points to generate multiple fronts in their push towards Germany.

That movie's great for so many reasons, not the least of which being the historical accuracy.

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[quote=4mrusmc;554088]I think the doll was donated.

Yeah her smile starts to desolve when she realizes that the girl just left her and isn't coming back.[/quote]


tell me it isnt funny though

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[quote=Schneed10;554126]I've seen the movie about 1000 times, and can cite the answer (virtually verbatim) to that very question provided by Captain Miller (Hanks):



Essentially the bridge (any bridge) was critical to positioning one's forces in a strategic manner. For the Germans it was critical in order to position heavy ordinance in the path of the advancing allies. For the Americans it was critical to shore up multiple access points to generate multiple fronts in their push towards Germany.

That movie's great for so many reasons, not the least of which being the historical accuracy.[/quote]

I see. So they are preserving the bridge for the allies. I would have blown it up and saved my fighters.

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Caught the end of this one the other night: Hoosiers

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Into the Wild, when he realizes he made a mistake and there's no turning back

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[quote=SmootSmack;555014]Into the Wild, when he realizes he made a mistake and there's no turning back[/quote]

great flick

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[quote=70Chip;554154]I see. So they are preserving the bridge for the allies. I would have blown it up and saved my fighters.[/quote]

And you wouldn't have lasted long in the army!

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[quote=SmootSmack;555014]Into the Wild, when he realizes he made a mistake and there's no turning back[/quote]

That was a good movie. I was thinking about it days after I saw it....the mark of a good movie. And a great soundtrack too by Eddie Vedder.

We rec'd Marley and Me today from Blockbuster. I'm not going to cry...not going to do it.

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;554061]"I am Legend" made me choke up when he strangled his dog.[/quote]

Oh man...forgot about that. I can watch all sorts of grusome things on TV, nothing makes me flinch...but I HAD to turn away when that happened. It haunted my dreams after I watched it, now it's going to again. It made me like the movie less and I never watched it again, just like I'll NEVER watch Marley and Me again.

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[quote=redsk1;555022]That was a good movie. I was thinking about it days after I saw it....the mark of a good movie. And a great soundtrack too by Eddie Vedder.

We rec'd Marley and Me today from Blockbuster. I'm not going to cry...not going to do it.[/quote]

Yep great soundtrack. I'm seeing him live on 6/8. I'm sure he'll play a lot of those songs.

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[quote=jsarno;555023]Oh man...forgot about that. I can watch all sorts of grusome things on TV, nothing makes me flinch...but I HAD to turn away when that happened. It haunted my dreams after I watched it, now it's going to again. It made me like the movie less and I never watched it again, just like I'll NEVER watch Marley and Me again.[/quote]

One of the best movies I've ever seen. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks (if not months) afterward. And each time I thought about it my reaction to the movie was more intense. The way it end just haunts you, probably the most powerful ending to a movie ever (near the top is The Ice Storm)

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[quote=SmootSmack;555028]One of the best movies I've ever seen. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks (if not months) afterward. And each time I thought about it my reaction to the movie was more intense. The way it end just haunts you, probably the most powerful ending to a movie ever (near the top is The Ice Storm)[/quote]

Well, the writers definitely did a good job making it memorable. Certainly a powerful movie.
I don't think I ever saw The Ice Storm. Who is in that? (don't tell me the ending just in case...cause i might want to see it now)

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[quote=jsarno;555039]Well, the writers definitely did a good job making it memorable. Certainly a powerful movie.
I don't think I ever saw The Ice Storm. Who is in that? (don't tell me the ending just in case...cause i might want to see it now)[/quote]

The writers did do a good job, but of course they had real-life material to work with.

The Ice Storm is an Ang Lee film starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Cris Cooper, Elijah Wood, Cristina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, and Katie Holmes.

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[quote=SmootSmack;555045]The writers did do a good job, but of course they had real-life material to work with.

The Ice Storm is an Ang Lee film starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Cris Cooper, Elijah Wood, Cristina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, and Katie Holmes.[/quote]


The Ice Storm is a great film, but I couldn't have shed a tear for any of those characters. They were all so smug. I felt relieved for the kid that he didn't have to be around them anymore.

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[quote=70Chip;555051]The Ice Storm is a great film, but I couldn't have shed a tear for any of those characters. They were all so smug. I felt relieved for the kid that he didn't have to be around them anymore.[/quote]

Well at the risk of further giving it away, I wouldn't say the ending makes you cry it's more like "I can't believe it ends like that" I kept thinking there must be another scene coming up

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[quote=redsk1;555022]That was a good movie. I was thinking about it days after I saw it....the mark of a good movie. And a great soundtrack too by Eddie Vedder.

[B]We rec'd Marley and Me today from Blockbuster. I'm not going to cry...not going to do it.[/B][/quote]

I would be amazed if many people make it through M & M without crying. I saw it in the theatres and I mean the sniffles and tears were loud and long. (including mine as noted before)

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[quote=SmootSmack;555014]Into the Wild, when he realizes he made a mistake and there's no turning back[/quote]

Can't say I cried any tears during that movie, but only because I have read the book roughly ten times (literally), and, as is so frequently the case with a book you really love, a movie based on it doesn't quite measure up.

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[quote=SmootSmack;555028]One of the best movies I've ever seen. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks (if not months) afterward. And each time I thought about it my reaction to the movie was more intense. The way it end just haunts you, probably the most powerful ending to a movie ever (near the top is The Ice Storm)[/quote]


I Am Legend?

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[quote=SmootSmack;552998]

I shed some tears when Fiona's father croaked in Shrek 2 (or was it 3?)

[/quote]



ahahahahaha

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I cried out in pain when I was forced to watch twilight. That was abysmal.

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[quote=Mattyk72;555117]I Am Legend?[/quote]

Quoted the wrong person...was talking about Into the Wild's ending

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[quote=EternalEnigma21;555125]ahahahahaha[/quote]

Man...shut up! You weren't there!!! <<runs to room crying>>

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A Beautiful Mind
Schindler's List
Steel Magnolis
Beauty & the Beast

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[quote=70Chip;554154]I see. So they are preserving the bridge for the allies. I would have blown it up and saved my fighters.[/quote]

I'm surprised 70. Seems like a liberal thing to do. :)

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[quote=SmootSmack;555168]Quoted the wrong person...was talking about Into the Wild's ending[/quote]

I had a co-worker tell me the other day how good that movie was. After reading the comments here, I'm going to have to see it asap.

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[quote=Schneed10;553796]I'm surprised nobody mentioned this yet, but it's the ultimate tear jerker for any man who ever played catch with his father (which is most men in America)...

Field of Dreams

Probably cried harder at that movie than any other in my life. And a classic movie too, by the way.[/quote]

Just watched the last half of it on "retroplex" on Comcast. It's been a good 10 years since I watched that movie. And yeah, I cried.

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Armageddon gets me every time!

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[quote=SmootSmack;555168]Quoted the wrong person...was talking about Into the Wild's ending[/quote]

Makes sense now.

I was thinking maybe I needed to watch I am Legend again, because the first time around I thought it was pretty average.

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[quote=SmootSmack;555045]The writers did do a good job, but of course they had real-life material to work with.

The Ice Storm is an Ang Lee film starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Cris Cooper, Elijah Wood, Cristina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, and Katie Holmes.[/quote]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Surprisingly as many films as I have seen I have never even heard of this movie never mind seen it. So I noticed it was on Netflix instant watch so I watched it last night. First off Katie H. was just so damn hot in that film, she has a small role and is never naked but still she rocked. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Outside of her role of Wednesday on the Adams Family does Christine Ricci ever not play a messed up whore type? See Black Snake Moans.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The film was ok and I think American Beauty was inspired by this film. I enjoyed how they captured the seventies. The actual story itself was a little weak IMO. Maybe if I had seen it in 1997 it would have been "new" too me but at this point the dysfunctional family drama has been beaten like a dead horse. See Rachael is Getting Married for the latest version. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Now for a movie that made me cry. If you have kids watch Kramer vs. Kramer I bet you tear up. It is a very powerful movie. [/FONT][/COLOR]

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The usual. Rudy, Saving Private Ryan, Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump, Field of Dreams...

[I]Glory[/I] gets me too. If [I]With Honors[/I] wasn't such a bad movie, I probably would have shed a tear. And [I]Hotel Rwanda[/I] would have made me cry had I not known about the scene already...

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[quote=Mattyk72;555224]Makes sense now.

I was thinking maybe I needed to watch I am Legend again, because the first time around I thought it was pretty average.[/quote]


I still havent seen that yet

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;555274]I still havent seen that yet[/quote]

You're not missing much, if there's nothing else on and you're bored give it a try.

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[quote=GMScud;555185]I'm surprised 70. Seems like a liberal thing to do. :)[/quote]

I don't mind being called a liberal.

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for sum effed up reason click made me cry, i dont want to fonzie to be adam sandlers dad and the die lol ;*(

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[quote=JGisLordOfTheRings;555513]for sum effed up reason click made me cry, i dont want to fonzie to be adam sandlers dad and the die lol ;*([/quote]

was that an actual sentence?

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Braveheart

West Side Story

Glory

I Am Legend

The Professional

EDIT: Adding~Philadelphia, Million Dollar Baby, Old Yeller (I refuse to watch that one now), Man on Fire, John Q.


Is it just me or does Denzel do a lot of tear jerkers? What a jerk. lol