Usually Don't Cry In Films.

I was crying so hard I could hardly breath by the time the movie finished. Started about 20 minutes before the end of the film. Really got going when the professor was reading her the children's book. Completely lost it! What an amazing film.

"To love another person is to see the face of God" Jean Valjean

Actually... I do cry at films, if they move me enough.

If I know the film, and I know I'm gonna cry... I will watch it alone and "enjoy" the experience to it's fullest!
I'll actually start even before, it get's to the sad parts... cos I know what's comming!!

"Wit" was Wonderful, and I cried a lot! (Emma Thompson at her Very Best!)

BTW: I'm a GUY, so I'm "not supposed-to CRY!" (???)
Well, I don't cry at Weddings... but I do at Funerals... and certain Movies, and TV dramas. (They've got to be really good one's though!)

dude after i saw this movie i was depressed for like 3 days!

I consider myself a rather heartless wretch, especially when it comes to emotional outbursts.

However, I was just like you. I was crying so hard that I was shaking. By the end, I was such a blubbery wet mess that I could not see a thing. God, it was horrible. I was pretty much entirely depressed for 24 hours after watching this film.

Yet, the emotional catharsis was quite liberating at the same time.

Prior to watching this film recently, I don't think I've cried, as an adult, during a movie (In high school, I cried during _Fatal Attraction_ when the bunny got boiled, but I chalk that up to teenage girl hormones and no sleep). Most films, even if they are very moving, I just sort of watch solemnly, and I can discuss them rationally afterwards. If I am tempted to shed a tear, it is usually later, when I am alone... I have a "thing" about crying/losing control in front of others. And actually, when I watched this film a few years ago on HBO, I didn't cry. I thought it made a powerful statement, but no tears.

Well, I watched it again last Monday in a class I'm taking. I tried to keep it together but just lost it. Red face, snot dripping out of my nose, the whole thing. Very "undignified."

I think that this film is particularly difficult for people who think. Obviously the subject matter is moving, but the plight of a person who normally relies on intelligence, reason, and hard study to get ahead--the cerebral, the intellect--facing something so organic and earthy and devastating is just Tragic (capital T intended). All of the tools she has equipped herself with to take on the challenges of her life are completely ineffective in the face of this disease. Those of us who see ourselves mirrored in her situation are, understandably, shaken.

What I take away from it is not only that life is full of unexpected turns, but that the life you live needs to be FULL. Pursuit of excellence in the abstract and the ideal is fine, especially if it's your passion. However, if you choose to live solely in that world and never take the time to connect with the organic, "real" world, you are liable to be unprepared for when the real world impacts yours.

A grim reminder for academics, but an important one.

-juni

me too.

I was driven to cry a lot at the end of the film.
Maybe it was the combination of great acting and great poetry interwoven with each other.

Yes me absaloutley!

I rarely am moved by a film anough to cry (Ok so I did cry at Titanic but I was 10 ok!) This film was truly chilling and at times mortifying. In both senses of the word.

I am in awe of Emma Thomsons acting ability. I remember sitting there thinking "I cannot believe that this is an actress and not a woman really going through this utter trauma". I assumed that it had been written from an actual sufferers diary. When I found out that it was originally a play I couldn't believe it.

It was both horrifing and magnificent.

I have never cried so much at a film.

I have cried during films on occasion, but then it's only been a stray tear or two. I was sobbing during this movie.