Most moving scene

for me it was the ending scene between Teddy and Damien


it gets me every time I see the movie

Yeah that was unnecessary, the boy only caved in due to tough circumstances. There were a lot of unethical, even illogical actions from a moral perspective. But then again, this is all the making of some Communist, so what should one expect?

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For me its the final scene between Teddy and Damien

Teddy: Its not too late Damien
Damien: For me or for you?

Sadly science has yet to provide us with a proven cure for stupidity

Honestly, this scene wasn't touching to me. It made me want to puke. I wouldn't want Teddy's hands on me consoling me if I were Sinead.

This whole movie really cut me up. It's so realistic and it doesn't seem fake a forced like most Hollywood trash. But for the most moving, id say the scene where they shoot Chris Riley and the one where he Sinead after she was shaken up. I agree that the last scene was moving, but there was this part in my gut that was also angry at Teddy, almost indignant. I guess its cause I could never shoot my brother, and even if he was crying and sad, I know that no duty I had could get in the way of family. But with Chris you see what it does to Damien. I know the whole symmetry, and how the same thing happens for Teddy to Damien, but its different for me because I feel bad for Damien but I never really feel bad for Teddy. The scene with Sinead also, I mean I guess character wise I just always felt myself in Damiens shoes. I know he's the main character so thats how its supposed to be, but I don't usually feel it as strongly as I do in this film. With Sinead and how he tries to make her feel better, I don't know it was moving for me.

I agree about Chris's death. Actually I'm sad to say but I couldn't watch the movie anymore after this. I am sure it is a masterpiece, but there was just too much violence for me in the first part of the movie. I'm a sensitive soul and tend to have nightmares about things like this for weeks or months even, so I just couldn't watch it anymore ...

When they took Chris out to the country, I told my husband, they're going to kill him. And my husband said, they're not going to kill him. I said, they are. And he said, no, I don't think so. He just couldn't believe it. So I told him, okay, if they kill the kid, we're turning it off.

We still have it on DVD and my husband is watching the rest of it today. I wish I could stomach the violence, because I really did appreciate the unflinching quality to the movie as well as the grey moral ground (most movies seem to have to show you black and white, good vs. evil), but I just couldn't watch it.

I had to leave the room when I saw they were going to shoot him... I felt like that was the tipping point. And Damien's death seemed kind of sound. The way he says to Sinead in the letter "I've tried to get out and I can't... " but he had the option of having amnesty.

by pharaoh89 » Thu Jul 24 2008 10:02:20
IMDb member since December 2006
Chris Reilley's death. I could barely watch that. He was some scared, largely innocent kid. Who could say they'd have done different if we were him?

For the rest of the movie, I had Reillet's death in mind, judging if the results were worth that cost.

Damien's death....I felt some kind of strange justice in it. He shot his best friend, helped create a rift in the family, and executed several others. But at the same time, he wasn't evil...

I give my respect to those who have earned it; to everyone else, I'm civil.

When he tells the Brit: "Get out of my country!..."

the most moving scene was when Damien had to shoot Chris Riley.
the way that it upset him so much and how he kept on talking to him.

Damien: Have you said your prayers?
Chris: Yes
Damien: I'll Protect you.
*gunshot*

or something to that effect.

When Damien was consoling Teddy after Teddy had his fingernails ripped off.