Tearjerkers: Terms of Endearment & Brian's Song

[Spiderfan85]

I cry every time I see Brian's song. Just the acceptance speech for courage is enough to make me bawl.

[JimmyDThing]

Big blockbusters almost always suck, and to say that lame ass tearjerkers were not big blockbusters is just naive.

[bernadettemaciel]

The ancient Greeks (who invented the drama our forms of entertainment stem from) called this 'catharsis', an emotional purging or cleansing. In fact, it was one of the goals sought in their drama, the release of deep feeling, even repressed tears. It was a kind of purging that the protagonist experienced and, vicariously, the audience. They recognized this as a positive, healing effect. Too bad we don't have more of that today.

[jgranahan]

Lord of the rings when the hobbits start to bow: "My friends, you bow to noone!" (waaaaaaahhh)

[ZeldaZador]

Maybe that's why I didn't feel fully satisfied after The King's Speech. No tears. It was too British for that. :)

[edgarallanpoet]

I'm in tears!