Comments on: Movies don’t make me cry. http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/ Reflections on life from me. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wizus http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-40 Wizus Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:18:13 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-40 Eric, I can see how that movie could make tears come to your eyes, but I hope I never sit anywhere near you in a theater. I don't mind a little sniffle once in awhile, but 30-40 minutes of it would drive me insane! I really enjoy seeing movies on the big screen and I like to see the reactions of the audience members, but there comes a point when all that noise takes me "out" of the movie and back into the theater. I would complain about loud obnoxious laughter, too. Anything taken to the extreme is just rude. My point really isn't that I think people should not cry at movies, it doesn't bother me if a tear runs down your cheek. I just think compassion should be reserved for real live people. I am happy for you, that you are now closer to your god, but I would be happier to hear that the movie touched you in a way that caused you to do something extra to help your fellow humankind. Maybe volunteer for hospice? Raise money for cancer research? That, my dear, would help you see that miracles really do happen. Eric, I can see how that movie could make tears come to your eyes, but I hope I never sit anywhere near you in a theater. I don’t mind a little sniffle once in awhile, but 30-40 minutes of it would drive me insane! I really enjoy seeing movies on the big screen and I like to see the reactions of the audience members, but there comes a point when all that noise takes me “out” of the movie and back into the theater. I would complain about loud obnoxious laughter, too. Anything taken to the extreme is just rude.

My point really isn’t that I think people should not cry at movies, it doesn’t bother me if a tear runs down your cheek. I just think compassion should be reserved for real live people. I am happy for you, that you are now closer to your god, but I would be happier to hear that the movie touched you in a way that caused you to do something extra to help your fellow humankind. Maybe volunteer for hospice? Raise money for cancer research? That, my dear, would help you see that miracles really do happen.

]]> By: Eric Ebacher http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-39 Eric Ebacher Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:42:45 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-39 Whoever says that you shouldn't when watching a movie has their head up their patooty. Sometimes, I can't help but cry whenever I watch a specific movie, whether I one I have seen at a movie theater, on TV, or on video or DVD, sometimes, I get stuck watching a film that eventually brings tears to my eyes. One such example for me is "A Walk to Remember". I have seen this movie half-a-dozen times (once in the movie theater, twice on TV, and three times on DVD), and there's ALWAYS something that brings tears to my eyes. However, that usually doesn't happen until the final 30-40 minutes, beginning when Jamie (Mandy Moore) tells Landon (Shane West) that for the last two years, her leukemia has been to the point where she is no longer responding to treatment. I start to cry again shortly there after, when as Jamie starts to tell her dad (Peter Coyote) that Landon is building her a bigger telescope (thus the reason why the hell he was out on the front lawn), her face turns white, she collapses in her dad's arms, and she has to be rushed to the hospital. From there, I just can NOT stop crying until the movie is over. For me, though, my tears actually become so-called "happy" tears during the last 15-20 minutes, beginning when Landon drops to one knee and asks Jamie if she'll marry him. But the best part comes when Landon drops by Reverend Sullivan's house to pay him a visit four years after Jamie passed away, and during that visit, tells him that he's sorry that Jamie didn't get her miracle, to which Reverend Sullivan, replies "She did; it was you." Then Landon drives out to the lake and reflects on the short time he and Jamie had together, and in a voice-over, talks about how she saved his life and taught him about "life, love, and the journey ahead." He then says "Her love is like the wind; I can't see it, but I can feel it." Afterwards, all I say was "WOW!", and tried to wipe the tears from my eyes. This movie really helped bring me closer to God, and helped me see that miracles really do happen. Whoever says that you shouldn’t when watching a movie has their head up their patooty. Sometimes, I can’t help but cry whenever I watch a specific movie, whether I one I have seen at a movie theater, on TV, or on video or DVD, sometimes, I get stuck watching a film that eventually brings tears to my eyes. One such example for me is “A Walk to Remember”. I have seen this movie half-a-dozen times (once in the movie theater, twice on TV, and three times on DVD), and there’s ALWAYS something that brings tears to my eyes. However, that usually doesn’t happen until the final 30-40 minutes, beginning when Jamie (Mandy Moore) tells Landon (Shane West) that for the last two years, her leukemia has been to the point where she is no longer responding to treatment. I start to cry again shortly there after, when as Jamie starts to tell her dad (Peter Coyote) that Landon is building her a bigger telescope (thus the reason why the hell he was out on the front lawn), her face turns white, she collapses in her dad’s arms, and she has to be rushed to the hospital. From there, I just can NOT stop crying until the movie is over. For me, though, my tears actually become so-called “happy” tears during the last 15-20 minutes, beginning when Landon drops to one knee and asks Jamie if she’ll marry him. But the best part comes when Landon drops by Reverend Sullivan’s house to pay him a visit four years after Jamie passed away, and during that visit, tells him that he’s sorry that Jamie didn’t get her miracle, to which Reverend Sullivan, replies “She did; it was you.” Then Landon drives out to the lake and reflects on the short time he and Jamie had together, and in a voice-over, talks about how she saved his life and taught him about “life, love, and the journey ahead.” He then says “Her love is like the wind; I can’t see it, but I can feel it.” Afterwards, all I say was “WOW!”, and tried to wipe the tears from my eyes. This movie really helped bring me closer to God, and helped me see that miracles really do happen.

]]> By: shellssells http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-28 shellssells Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:04:50 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-28 I have had a hard time even commenting on this, not because I don't want to, but because there is NO WAY to express how sorry I am for your loss. These are things we cannot even comprehend until it happens. And it should NEVER happen. So we will remember him with you in the hopes it makes a small difference. I have had a hard time even commenting on this, not because I don’t want to, but because there is NO WAY to express how sorry I am for your loss. These are things we cannot even comprehend until it happens. And it should NEVER happen. So we will remember him with you in the hopes it makes a small difference.

]]> By: Wizus http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-26 Wizus Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:44:07 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-26 Thanks for the thoughts...it is never too late because he is always on my mind. Thanks for the thoughts…it is never too late because he is always on my mind.

]]> By: savasana http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-25 savasana Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:20:15 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-25 Is bawling at blog entries in the same category as movie crying?! I just don't have the words.... Is bawling at blog entries in the same category as movie crying?! I just don’t have the words….

]]> By: snigsspot http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-23 snigsspot Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:21:49 +0000 http://izus.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/movies-dont-make-me-cry/#comment-23 Well dangit, you made me cry Izus. I had no idea you'd gone through something like that. Amazing the things we learn about each other through these blogs. I can't imagine your feelings then or now and I don't want to try to. I'm 12 years late with the thoughts, but I'm so sorry that it happened. Well dangit, you made me cry Izus. I had no idea you’d gone through something like that. Amazing the things we learn about each other through these blogs. I can’t imagine your feelings then or now and I don’t want to try to. I’m 12 years late with the thoughts, but I’m so sorry that it happened.

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