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Arc Hammer posted:Would it have been any better if they had kept the original (semi autobiographical) outcome where the brother survives, I wonder. Having Seita die robs him and the audience a chance to see him grow beyond being a dumb kid who screwed up. Like what happened in real life because Seita is based on the original author's childhood Probably Mostly it's just unearned pathos Like in the arrival example I posted earlier, it starts with a real heart wrencher, but justifies it as a novel character moment In grave of the fireflies it just seems like misery porn more than anything, and to some extent I can't help but view it as a boomer saying "you youths don't know what we had to go through" hence why that stare at the end really rubs me the wrong way Like what if slice of life that depresses you for no reason/to make you feel guilty about your life just isn't a good story Literally anything would probably had been better for the narrative imho To contribute to the thread with Miyazaki That bit in Ponyo where she is running on the water/magic fish alongside the car just makes me well up for some reason Some juxtaposition between the seriousness of the situation, the hyperreal nature of Ponyo, and the childlike joy of it really gets me for reasons I can't really explain
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Applewhite posted:The part in Memories when the astronaut's daughter fell off the roof in the spacesuit costume he bought her had me bawling last night. Memories is so loving good.
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The ending to A Futile and Stupid Gesture. I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING A loving COMEDY MOVIE FOR gently caress'S SAKE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dztfqRu_k
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Jestery posted:Like what if slice of life that depresses you for no reason/to make you feel guilty about your life just isn't a good story i too thought crash was a garbage movie
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Ever since having kids any movie/scene that involves little kids in any sort of distress gets me real bad.
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I can't watch Trainspotter
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It's part of the reason I can't watch Game of Thrones either I know they did used to kill children to protect their heritage but watching a baby snagged off its mothers breast and killed in front of her is too much for me
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I had to leave the room and bawl gently caress that series
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Babies? Dont care!!! Now Enemy Mine? That poo poo fucks me up.
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Can't watch Requiem for a Dream either cuz the old lady looks like my grandma
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Treecko posted:Can't watch Requiem for a Dream either cuz the old lady looks like my grandma Suckquiem on a Peen
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Babies? Dont care!!! Now Enemy Mine? That poo poo fucks me up. Much like The Last Star Fighter...keep this as a memory only.
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Applewhite posted:The part in Memories when the astronaut's daughter fell off the roof in the spacesuit costume he bought her had me bawling last night. That's really weird because Memories owns but emotionally it's totally flat asf for me.
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Piss Creep posted:Much like The Last Star Fighter...keep this as a memory only. Sorry but I rewatched it high as hell recently while blazed out on the ganja and it still owned bones.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Sorry but I rewatched it high as hell recently while blazed out on the ganja and it still owned bones. I should re watch Last Star Fighter
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Piss Creep posted:I should re watch Last Star Fighter Last Star Fighter still owns.
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I mean, you really gotta treasure that era of corny, sincere sci-fi, because everything is either under several layers of irony nowadays, is overly grim/apocalyptic/dystopic, or is just a homage that has none of the kitschy charm of the older stuff. It's kind of like sincere High Fantasy flicks. You don't see poo poo like Boorman's Excalibur anymore, so even if it's not the best by objective standards (no one watches movies objectively anyway, not a single person on the planet) it still owns because it's a unique vibe that just isn't being replicated or effectively modernized.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juKkXEj6SZ0 It's a man in a rubber suit flailing around in agony and yet goddammit.
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Arc Hammer posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juKkXEj6SZ0 Is this the movie with baby Godzillia?
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haljordan posted:Is this the movie with baby Godzillia? It's the one from the Heisei era (1984 - 1995) movies where Jr. has grown up and actually looks like his dad. Jr. is the Godzilla roaring at the end after the original Big G melts down.
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I remembered another one. https://youtu.be/D4dT2eBWI2M "Superman" *sobs*
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Jestery posted:I agree it's heartbreaking I disagree, he absolutely has an arc from brother to parent, and finding joy in being a parent, so when he loses Setsuko he's not just a brother, he's also a parent losing what was his reason, and thus will, to live. I agree with these guys here about how it's this juxtaposition of beauty and horror to create a visceral experience, as well as a eulogy for the forgotten children of Japan who died during the war. https://youtu.be/1ELLhETCcGU
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This might not be as well known, but: Thirteen. The music that plays gets me, alongside knowing that the ending isn't necessarily happy. Until you learn that the actress/writer/producer unfucked her life by making the film and getting emancipated. Also in Eigth Grade when the dad explains to the kid how he loves her. I... did not have a stellar childhood.
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Also yes all of mine will likely be animated no I will not be taking questions
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Babies? Dont care!!! Now Enemy Mine? That poo poo fucks me up. That made me cry when I saw it on TV with my brother as a kid.
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Vernii posted:Gettysburg when General Armistead is dying and finds out his friend and counterpart in the Union Army has also been shot. This is particularly touching because Richard Jordan was dying of brain cancer at the time.
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StrangersInTheNight posted:I agree with these guys here about how it's this juxtaposition of beauty and horror to create a visceral experience, as well as a eulogy for the forgotten children of Japan who died during the war. I am more amiable to this reading, like movie as eulogy/epitaph/tombstone is a neat idea , I'm not making GBS threads on the movie's cultural standing as a decent representation of the horrors of war experienced in some capacity by the audience and the people that slip through the cracks. And I agree that it creates a visual experience for sure it is a stunning movie. But it feels like a tone poem more than a story to me is all I guess However that stare at the end really, really rubs me the wrong way Jestery fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Mar 19, 2023 |
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I watched UHF with my kid and got misty at the end when they save the TV station and everyone's so dang happy about it. I think I just need to celebrate small victories in my life a li'l bit more.
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Treecko posted:I can't watch Trainspotter did you mean Trainspotting? Never mind doesn't matter That scene in Trainspotting where they find the sids, or neglected baby always gets me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NELO1PGRjJ4
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Someone mentioned Ponyo and pretty much all Miyazaki movies make my eyes wet and my chest tight and I dont know why. Totoro especially turns me into a mess.
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When the Poms cut Mel Gibson's balls off in Braveheart.
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Outrail posted:When the Poms cut Mel Gibson's balls off in Braveheart. FREEDOM!
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:did you mean Trainspotting? Never mind doesn't matter Yes this is what I ment I'm not watching that link 
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Treecko posted:Yes this is what I ment don't blame you. It's really hard to watch
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:FREEDOM!  Also great that Wallace screaming Freedom was the last thing the king heard before he croaked. edit: not related to movies but since it's St. Patty's Day +1, I saw this a few years ago and cried. The Dropkick Murphy's show up at the house of a child with cancer he wasn't able to go outside so they played a little show for him.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3qWS-Ja1jg Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Mar 19, 2023 |
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