For one I would say the cave scene in Empire Strikes Back. Something about the "what's in there"? "Only what you bring with you" really gets to me.
The end of Kong, Skull Island.
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Whenever Adam Sandler comes on the screen.
There are several. I watched "The King's Speech" for the second time this weekend and teared up at the successful completion of his declaration of war speech. The same thing happens when I hear Churchill's most famous speech. Something about that really gets me.
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Thor's arrival in Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War. Tears of happiness as the thunder god finally starts getting to show the bad guys what a proper smiting looks like.
Thor's arrival in Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War. Tears of happiness as the thunder god finally starts getting to show the bad guys what a proper smiting looks like.Yeah, it's that kind of thing that gets me to tear up when done well.
The heroic save or the moment things turn around. The restoration of hope when all seemed lost.
Yep. I had two examples, but one was from anime and one from manga. I know there's a movie that does it to me every single time, too, but I can't for the life of me remember which one...
EDIT: And in case people are interested:
Holy carp I can't watch that scene without tearing up.
In an almost-identical vein:
...yeah, I screamed out loud the first time I read it. Scared the heck out of the cats.
At the end of Star Wars: IV, when they receive their medals. That always gets to me.
And the scene on Tatooine where Luke is standing and watching the twin suns set while the music from "Princess Leia's Theme" builds and swells. Man, that gets me every time.
When SpongeBob and Patrick dry out after they finally discover Shell City in the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
Thor's arrival in Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War. Tears of happiness as the thunder god finally starts getting to show the bad guys what a proper smiting looks like.
For me, those are scenes that make me clap out loud.
Another scene like that, when Barbossa walks down the stairs at the end of Dead Man's Chest.
OH...when Nemo's dad traveled so far and so wide and finally found him.
And though this one is sadder than the rest, when Ash died in the first Pokemon movie and Pikachu couldn't revive him. I swear, there wasn't an adult in that theater who wasn't crying.
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The beacons lighting up along the mountain range in Return of the King. Because of the music, I think
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"Even if that life is dripping with hypocrisy. I'll keep striving to be a champion of justice."
(Last Stardust is such a perfect backdrop to Emiya finding his resolve.)
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"Saving Private Ryan" 170 minute tearjerker.
"Gettysburg" I ball my eyes out.
I don't generally cry unless I'm sad...
Closest I get is when we get an intense display of loyalty or meaningful self-sacrifice... but a lot of the movies that have them aren't flicks I enjoy, so even getting misty over that is absurdly rare.
Maybe if they ever give us H.M.S. Thunder Child in a War of the Worlds adaptation... and even that one's kind of sad.
Maybe the bit in the film version of The Two Towers when the elves show up to help at Helm's Deep.
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Oh yeah...The Thunder Child part gets me.
As far as the LotR trilogy goes there are several places that get to me. But the one that just makes me choke up thinking about it is when Aragorn turns to the Hobbits at the end and says, "My friends, you bow to no one" and then he takes a knee. Damn... I gotta stop.
Oh yeah.
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As far as the LotR trilogy goes there are several places that get to me. But the one that just makes me choke up thinking about it is when Aragorn turns to the Hobbits at the end and says, "My friends, you bow to no one" and then he takes a knee. Damn... I gotta stop.
See, that moves me, but not to tears, more of an intense sensation in my chest...
Kinda like in Watership Down, where Bigwig tells Woundwort, “My Chief Rabbit has told me to stay and defend this run, and until he says otherwise, I shall stay here.”
Books are way better at this for me.
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The credits of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - or more precisely, the song that goes over it: Annie Lennox's "Into the West".
Listen to the lyrics carefully. It's a dirge...one that, for some reason, reminds me of my cat, (RIP 1991-2009).
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A couple of "Alsos":
It didn't make me cry, but I would say I was definitely moved by the end of The Da Vinci Code - closest I ever came to wanting to be Catholic, ironically.
I also saw the Scarlett Johansson Ghost In The Shell movie several months ago; I didn't expect to like it from what I'd heard, but I did, and while there may not have been a "moment", there were certainly ongoing themes that struck an important chord with me, and certain lines that I was grateful to hear.
Still haven't found a movie, but holy carp Kitbull had me sobbing at the end. Done by the wife of one of GothBard's friends, then recommended on FaWtL as well, so apparently word's getting out on it.
Ooo!
Here's one! I'VE GOT ONE!
It's an animated short, but since we seem to be throwing the floodgates open...
Movie adaptations of Robert Heinlein's novels generally make me cry while cringing.
Example: The Starship Troopers shower scene was gratuitous and not based on the book, but The Puppet Masters left out similar nudity that was in the original book.
Also, Starship Troopers took so many liberties with the original that a nearly identical movie could have been made with the rights to The Forever War or any similarly themed novel.
Paul Verhoeven made the right call tossing Starship Troopers in the trash after reading chapter 1.
But for what he wanted to do -- The Forever War would have been better source material.
I'm cool with Paul's version of ST just for the tears.