I've never cried during a movie

[justinsayne]

"Pile of poop"
That MAY be the best movie review I have ever heard, outside of it stinks.

"It stinks!.... like a pile of poop" *in my best Jon Lovitz voice*

 

[TheOneBigWill]

End to Benjamin Button

I literally sat there with the following looks on my face..

Followed by (albeit partly joking) the exact quote of.. "Wait, I thought he aged in reverse? Why did he not just turn into sperm all over her hands?"

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

You are all a bunch of fucking *****es, seriously they're movies for fuck sake, THEY ARE NOT REAL.

In what sense do you mean they are not real? Movies are real, people go to see them/buy them because they exist and are not imagined. Stories are real even if the story is fiction. They're designed to engage emotions, whether the emotion be joy, sorrow, thoughtfulness etc. It could be said because someone laughs at comedy they are insane because, "They are not real" but that isn't the case is it? It's a release of a different emotion via the same medium and techniques.

It doesn't really matter if someone does/doesn't cry at a film, the company make their money anyway irregardless if someone worships or detests a film.

 

[justinsayne]

In what sense do you mean they are not real? Movies are real, people go to see them/buy them because they exist and are not imagined. Stories are real even if the story is fiction. They're designed to engage emotions, whether the emotion be joy, sorrow, thoughtfulness etc. It could be said because someone laughs at comedy they are insane because, "They are not real" but that isn't the case is it? It's a release of a different emotion via the same medium and techniques.

So let me get this straight, I call you a pussy for crying at a movie, and the part of the post you take offense to is me saying movies are not real, cause I totally meant that to be taken literally

It doesn't really matter if someone does/doesn't cry at a film, the company make their money anyway irregardless if someone worships or detests a film.

What in the holiest of shits does this have to do with anything?

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

So let me get this straight, I call you a pussy for crying at a movie, and the part of the post you take offense to is me saying movies are not real, cause I totally meant that to be taken literally



What in the holiest of shits does this have to do with anything?

Well I don't take offense to indirect generalisations personally. Like when anyone rants about the IWC wanting this or wanting that, I don't think, 'Hey, I'm part of the IWC! How dare they!' Plus I've been called worse to my face so reading '*****es' isn't really that big a deal

I was genuinely enquiring what you were meaning about them not being real though, so if you do fancy answering that then feel free.

The final point wasn't necessarily aimed at you, it was just a general thought about the film industry, because we're discussing films. Hope that's cleared everything up for you now.

 

[X]

Even though I'm LOLing hardcore at Justin calling everyone *****es for crying during a movie, I couldn't disagree more. Art is meant to evoke emotion out of you, and that includes sadness sometimes. I've shed tears while watching a few films before because of how much they've meant to me and how beautiful of a work I've considered them to be, but it's rare for my to shed any tears just from sheer drama in a film. It takes something special to get me misty eyed. Last time I got misty eyed was probably while watching Enter the Void, but I was also highly intoxicated so that also made me more vulnerable.

 

[justinsayne]

*sigh*I the whole "you're all *****es movies aren't real" comment was meant as a joke people...

 

[The Rob]

I went to watch Senna on Tuesday night for the second time. I cried quite a bit... both times. Such a well done ending to the film.

 

[Mr. Artistic guy]

I remember Seven Pounds definitely induced a few tears. I know there's been some other but I honest to God can't remember them now.