Post Movies that made You Cry

I've never cried while watching a movie, though internally I've felt some strong emotions towards some scenes in some films.
The closest I've come to it was that one film where Christopher Walken plays a Vietnam vet who has unresolved inner turmoil regarding the war so he finds himself somewhere stuck in Vietnam (after they had finished their time as soldiers), so one of his buddies he knew from before they were drafted (played by Robert De Niro) tracks him down in Vietnam, near this alleyway shit-hole next to a building inside.
From there he watches as he play Russian roulette with a bunch of these other fellows.

The punchline is that he tests his luck, the bullet goes off, and he's dead where he sits.
But the intensity of the situation, the tone, the way in which it was filmed, the dialogue, everything about it just really resonated with me. Really fuckin' depressing.
 
FartmingerFuckwadCheesest said:
I've never cried while watching a movie, though internally I've felt some strong emotions towards some scenes in some films.
The closest I've come to it was that one film where Christopher Walken plays a Vietnam vet who has unresolved inner turmoil regarding the war so he finds himself somewhere stuck in Vietnam (after they had finished their time as soldiers), so one of his buddies he knew from before they were drafted (played by Robert De Niro) tracks him down in Vietnam, near this alleyway shit-hole next to a building inside.
From there he watches as he play Russian roulette with a bunch of these other fellows.

The punchline is that he tests his luck, the bullet goes off, and he's dead where he sits.
But the intensity of the situation, the tone, the way in which it was filmed, the dialogue, everything about it just really resonated with me. Really fuckin' depressing.
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Ahh, The Deer Hunter.
They did that scene perfectly, it had the potential to be so corny but they nailed as far as I'm concerned. I think it's the simplicity, the used simple uncinematic editing and no melodramatic music.
I actually posted this in the shlogs "post your favorite movie scenes" thread.
 
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They did that scene perfectly, it had the potential to be so corny but they nailed as far as I'm concerned. I think it's the simplicity, the used simple uncinematic editing and no melodramatic music.
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Another thing is that the whole film is very grounded outside of maybe a few over the top moments, like them revealing what happened to John Savage's character and his wife afterward and while their reactions were justified, it was just a bit too much.
But it's one of those films where it feels like you're a fly on the wall, like When Harry Met Sally or something, not the greatest example, but eh.
It just feels very natural, the characters feel very natural, even the color palette of the film isn't high contrast or overexposed.
Vietnam is the thing that drives the film, but it's otherwise about very regular people and their lives.

And they got terrific actors too, who were perfect for their roles, including the late John Cazale.
 
FartmingerFuckwadCheesest said:
Another thing is that the whole film is very grounded outside of maybe a few over the top moments, like them revealing what happened to John Savage's character and his wife afterward and while their reactions were justified, it was just a bit too much.
But it's one of those films where it feels like you're a fly on the wall, like When Harry Met Sally or something, not the greatest example, but eh.
It just feels very natural, the characters feel very natural, even the color palette of the film isn't high contrast or overexposed.
Vietnam is the thing that drives the film, but it's otherwise about very regular people and their lives.

And they got terrific actors too, who were perfect for their roles, including the late John Cazale.
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Despite not being a functional character towards the end I think Christopher Walken's character is the best, albeit he's my favorite actor.
 
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Despite not being a functional character towards the end I think Christopher Walken's character is the best, albeit he's my favorite actor.
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He's one of those actors who can transform any C tier scene he's in into an A++ scene and make the whole movie just a bit more bearable.
This scene from Pulp Fiction with Walken is really funny to me.
 
FartmingerFuckwadCheesest said:
He's one of those actors who can transform any C tier scene he's in into an A++ scene and make the whole movie just a bit more bearable.
This scene from Pulp Fiction with Walken is really funny to me.
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I had no idea he was in pulp fiction (because I utterly loathe Tarantino) but yeah he pretty much carries the movies he was in post-deer hunter, I don't think the Dead Zone could have worked with anyone else. Not throwing shade on Cronenberg but it's just a Walken style movie.
 
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