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The Elephant Man

No explanation needed, for those that have not seen it, it is a classic.

Monty :-/

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Originally Posted by montitech (Post 50856)

The Elephant Man

No explanation needed, for those that have not seen it, it is a classic.

Monty :-/

Indeed, very powerful stuff. I've only seen it once, but I do remember having a real lump in my throat at the end.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow (Post 50768)

One movie that made me sad was "The Butterfly Effect"....one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen and I'm usually a very positive person.

I was pretty saddened by that movie too, although not quite to the point of tears. Out of interest, which version did you see? I didn't really know much about the film when I'd rented the DVD, and was surprised when I later discovered that the theatrical release had contained a slightly happier conclusion (or less bleak, at any rate) than what I'd seen. I can't imagine it being quite as effective, though.

Another film I'm amazed I forgot is the Truman Show. I haven't seen it for a few years now, but I used to watch it all the time back in my late teens, and I remember always having a tear in my eye at the final outcome.

Spoiler Below

More specifically, when Truman asks Christof "Was nothing real?", and Christof replies, "You were real. That's what made you so good to watch." I don't know what it is about that exchange, but it's always touched me, deeply.

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Originally Posted by jekylljuice (Post 51023)

I saw it both in theaters and the DVD, so in fact I saw both endings and I actually prefer the original movie ending. Which if you didn't see that ending and don't intend on renting/buying the movie anytime soon, I'll explain what it is and why it is "happier":

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Ashton Kutcher gets out his dad's movie camera while hiding under the desk in the psychiatrist's office. He watches the tape back to when he first met Kaylee (I think that was the main girl's name), he then time travels back to that point and whispers to her "If you ever come near me again I'll kill you". This made her cry and walk away from him. Thus Ashton Kutcher never befriends her, never falls in love with her, and doesn't hurt/kill her. He then is shown living a normal life and burns his journals so to never go back and try again. At the very end, he's walking down the sidewalk and grown up Kaylee (Amy Smart) walks past him, she briefly turns around as if she's seen him before but shakes her head and walks off. Basically, this ending was happier because he lived and realized he could not be with her and be happy so he had to seperate from her for good.

That's basically the whole ending, and I do feel this was the better of the two. Even though it is a bit happier, like you said, you can still taste that bleak/depressing feeling.

I saw The Truman Show when I was fairly young when it was in theaters. I remember it, even now, as a movie that really touched me just because of what it was about.

The movie Metropolis was something that also got me near tears because of the end. I don't mean the 1920s Metropolis by Fritz Lang, but the anime that's somewhat based off both that version and Osamu Tezuka's manga. I found the ending fairly heartrending and, while there's still hope at the end of it, it's still this really bittersweet feeling when all is said and done.

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Originally Posted by Nathander (Post 51065)

The movie Metropolis was something that also got me near tears because of the end. I don't mean the 1920s Metropolis by Fritz Lang, but the anime that's somewhat based off both that version and Osamu Tezuka's manga. I found the ending fairly heartrending and, while there's still hope at the end of it, it's still this really bittersweet feeling when all is said and done.

I totally agree! I seriously can't imagine seeing that climax without that song in there. It made the whole thing very heartwrenching.

ohhhhhh, i always thought y'all were talking about the 1920's Metropolis.

soooo confused.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow (Post 51044)

That's basically the whole ending, and I do feel this was the better of the two. Even though it is a bit happier, like you said, you can still taste that bleak/depressing feeling.

Thanks, Mr. M. I thought that the DVD version worked pretty well myself, but if I had any complaints it would be that it was perhaps a tad too reminiscent of the ending to Donnie Darko (or at least one interpretation of it, anyway). There's another very sad movie, though oddly enough I didn't find it quite as bleak as I did the Butterfly Effect, I suppose because with Donnie Darko there was a stronger element of humour and character throughout, so it made the conclusion a little easier to swallow.

oh, dude,
the movie may ALWAYS make me cry!

Here's another one:
A.I.: Artifical Intelligence

Sweet, heart-warming ending.

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Originally Posted by Invader Bloo (Post 51474)

Here's another one:
A.I.: Artifical Intelligence

Sweet, heart-warming ending.

Yeah that's on right now. Neat movie, but I'm afraid I wasn't moved by it.