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jimfet · #**1246** 07-01-2009, 07:45 AM

Batman, Dark Knight. This is not a kid's Batman.

jimfet · #**1247** 07-01-2009, 07:46 AM

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Forrest Gump......again.

Did you cry at the end........again?

hobie1dog · #**1248** 07-01-2009, 11:25 AM

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Did you cry at the end........again?

Now you have me stumped?

I must have been asleep for that part.

ducati_EL34 · #**1249** 07-01-2009, 11:39 AM

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Did you cry at the end........again?

what was there to cry about?

OvenMaster · #**1250** 07-01-2009, 11:42 PM

The Departed.

tinman143 · #**1251** 07-02-2009, 12:04 AM

The Hangover

jimfet · #**1252** 07-02-2009, 06:50 AM

Him talking to Jenny at her grave. I didn't mean the last couple of minutes.

Mayank · #**1253** 07-02-2009, 07:15 AM

"Taken"

Outstanding movie. Gripping, intense and very real. Liam Neeson is much more "natural" than Jason Bourne or James Bond. Famke Janssen adds a soft touch.

Highly recommended.

Combwork · #**1254** 07-02-2009, 08:01 AM

'Cloverfield'. Great monster movie.
'The Forbidden Planet.' It's a bit stilted by today's standards but to a 7 year old in the 1950's it was bloody terrifying.

ducati_EL34 · #**1255** 07-02-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jimfet

Him talking to Jenny at her grave. I didn't mean the last couple of minutes.

I guess the question remains, "what is there to cry about?" I do not cry at movies. It is a movie after all, and usually based on a fictional story.

cwall99 · #**1256** 07-02-2009, 09:05 AM

Bourne Ultimatum - I haven't seen Taken, so I can't respond to Mayam's observation, but Bourne Ultimatum has that awesome fight scene (with Desh in Tangier). And that scene on the roof of the parking structure in Manhattan. I just love how Damon/Bourne goes into an almost machine-like trance when he's in action. Blocks out everything but what it takes to survive.

Whether it's realistic or natural or not I can't say as I don't inhabit a world in CIA assassins. My life is much more mundane. Still, I love the Bourne trilogy.

cwall99 · #**1257** 07-02-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ducati_EL34

I guess the question remains, "what is there to cry about?" I do not cry at movies. It is a movie after all, and usually based on a fictional story.

Interesting observation. You seem to have a very Aristotelian (or is it Platonic or Socratic - I forget, but it's one of the Big Greek 3) viewpoint: that fiction (drama, I believe was the original) is all just a lie.

I think people all demonstrate different levels of ability or willingness or whatever you want to call it when it comes to suspending your disbelief. Who knows what gets in the way. I guess it varies based on the movie. For me, one of the things that ruined Alexander (to take one) was how much trouble I had seeing past Colin Farrell's blonde hair (as a Greek???).

Then, what ruins the Star Wars prequel trilogy is just the leaden dialog and totally contrived plot. Mr. Lucas painted himself into too many corners and just couldn't get out of them.

But there are other movies that just draw me in, for whatever reason. Run, Fat Boy, Run, is a great example. Something about the characters and the story.... and I think those two elements can overcome a lot of bad things elsewhere.

So, I guess if the fact that a work is based on a work of fiction prevents you from getting emotionally involved in the story is, to me, unfortunate.

But, as the French say, Vive la difference!!!

70salesguy · #**1258** 07-02-2009, 09:29 AM

Age may be a factor as well. I don't know the respective ages of you folks, but I find as I get older and have had so many more experiences in life, that my empathy is more easily aroused by a movie or TV show.

Sure, most of the time it is fiction, even though some of them are based on true stories, but most TV shows have some basis in truth for the story line. As we grow older, I think that most of us will feel empathy for characters in the shows or movies as a result of our own experiences.

A good example is that when I was younger, I could watch all sort of "blood and guts" in these shows and feel nothing. Now I see a character take a hard fall from a building or off a wall and for a second, I cringe. I believe that is because I know what pain from a fall feels like. I don't seem to feel the same cringe when someone is shot, probably because I have never been the recipient of a gunshot.

I believe the same "empathic cringe" goes on emotionally when we have experienced simular feelings to those in the shows or movies.

Then again, what do I know?

ducati_EL34 · #**1259** 07-02-2009, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cwall99

Interesting observation. You seem to have a very Aristotelian (or is it Platonic or Socratic - I forget, but it's one of the Big Greek 3) viewpoint: that fiction (drama, I believe was the original) is all just a lie.

I can't say I agree with the Greeks. I think a lie is a deliberate attempt to deceive someone. I do not see fictional story attempting that. Maybe I am reading too much into it?

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So, I guess if the fact that a work is based on a work of fiction prevents you from getting emotionally involved in the story is, to me, unfortunate.

How is that unfortunate? I still enjoyed the story. Why does one have to be emotionally involved to enjoy the story of a movie? To answer 70salesguy's question, I am 46 years of age, and in a good portion of that time, I have shed enough tears at family funerals to last me for a long time.

gearhead · #**1260** 07-02-2009, 01:12 PM

Dr Strangelove, again.
That's why I changed my avatar, again.