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I don't recall this being done, so I'll give it a shot.

What's the saddest movie scene you've, well, seen? It doesn't have to be from a movie that's supposed to be sad, just a scene in any movie you found particulary heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, etc...

This will probably change for me if this thread goes anywhere because I'm pretty lousy at pulling something up off the top of my head, but here goes:

The Rock - When the Navy SEALs get shot up. It's sad because it didn't have to happen that way. It was the asshole Captains really. The General didn't want it to happen, and he even was yelling "Cease fire!" the whole time. And it was hopeless for them, too. They were being fired upon from an elevated position, on both sides, so they had zero cover and zero chance to survive. That and the music playing in the background was very powerful and moving to me. And the irony of it, because General Hummel had started what he did to try and gain some kind of benefit and recognition to dead SpecOps troops, and what happens? Because of the stupidity of those two Captains, there are yet more dead operators, and their deaths will most likely not be recognized either.

So, what're your thoughts, or comments, or your own scenes?

The end of the The Bear...

So very very sad, especially for a kiddie.

And speaking of that kind of thing, are there any other "closet" Milo and Otis fans here?

weemadando wrote:And speaking of that kind of thing, are there any other "closet" Milo and Otis fans here?

*raises hand meekly*

The only thing that immeadietly springs to mind is 'Ring of Bright Water', watched it when I was about 10, was very big on otters, and it was a great film, until the otter had its head mashed in with a spade. Wasnt expecting that - I was, to put it mildly, very upset.

The Long Green Mile (sp?) and Babylon 5: Sleeping In Light.

The end of Saving Private Ryan and of course Old Yeller

The end of Star Trek 6.

Edward Scissor hands. The part where he gets set up by the dumb jock and he's forced to run off back to the creepy house.

weemadando wrote:The end of the The Bear...

So very very sad, especially for a kiddie.

And speaking of that kind of thing, are there any other "closet" Milo and Otis fans here?

I saw most of Milo & Otis it once and really enjoyed it.

I'm not sure I understand the bit about The Bear but I can't say I recall the end exactly. I just remember the cub getting fed up with that cougar and standing his ground, meanwhile "bid daddy" was right behind him.

Dalton wrote:The end of Star Trek 6.

I was always rather impressed that Shatner managed to squeeze a tear out when he gets ordered to return to space dock, made it seem more realistic.

A hole in your pocket and some twezers can do that no probs. Thank you Joey Tribianny.

Old Yeller when they shoot Yeller

Bambi when Bambi's mom gets wacked to make "Bambi Burgers" Okay, that one has sort of lost it's impact for me.

Where the Red Fern Grows. The kid's two dogs save his ass from a mountain lion. One of the dogs is killed. The other one ends up dieing because because it misses the other dog so much. Then, when they are burried side-by-side a red fern grows between their graves.

On the human front. I liked the Mel Gibson's death in Braveheart and Russel Crowe's in Gladiator although I think Braveheart was a little sadder.

Lord Pounder wrote:A hole in your pocket and some twezers can do that no probs. Thank you Joey Tribianny.

OK, I hope you're happy, you've ruined ST6 forever for me now, I wont be able to look at Shatner without shuddering... curse you...

The_Lumberjack wrote:

Lord Pounder wrote:A hole in your pocket and some twezers can do that no probs. Thank you Joey Tribianny.

OK, I hope you're happy, you've ruined ST6 forever for me now, I wont be able to look at Shatner without shuddering... curse you...

My work is done. Serriously i heard thats how some actors do it. I know i did when i was in amature dramatics.

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka): The combination of the scenes in which Seita returns to the makeshift home and finds his sister Setsuko dead from malnurishment and him placing her into the box and cremating her. I was pretty much in tears by the end of that movie....

When the guy shot in the leg finally dies and when the two Delta Force snipers get mobbed in Black Hawk Down.

JediNeophyte wrote:When the guy shot in the leg finally dies and when the two Delta Force snipers get mobbed in Black Hawk Down.

Don`t forget the first guy who get shot on their way back.

The end of city of angels ... yeah, im a nerd for being a hopless romantic... but i know exactly how it feels ... they made the end of that movie just fucked

RogueIce wrote:The Rock - When the Navy SEALs get shot up. It's sad because it didn't have to happen that way. It was the asshole Captains really. The General didn't want it to happen, and he even was yelling "Cease fire!" the whole time. And it was hopeless for them, too. They were being fired upon from an elevated position, on both sides, so they had zero cover and zero chance to survive. That and the music playing in the background was very powerful and moving to me. And the irony of it, because General Hummel had started what he did to try and gain some kind of benefit and recognition to dead SpecOps troops, and what happens? Because of the stupidity of those two Captains, there are yet more dead operators, and their deaths will most likely not be recognized either.

So, what're your thoughts, or comments, or your own scenes?

I remember watching that for the first time in the theatre and jumping and yelling "YES!!! kill those dirty squids!" (I had just graduated from Marine Corps boot camp that very day) and I got a lot of weird looks too. I was a bit too gung ho and wanted the Marines to win, even if they were the badguys. I watch it nowadays and I want Hummel to kill those nasty ARMY captains instead of the SEALS.

Death from the Sea wrote: I remember watching that for the first time in the theatre and jumping and yelling "YES!!! kill those dirty squids!" (I had just graduated from Marine Corps boot camp that very day) and I got a lot of weird looks too. I was a bit too gung ho and wanted the Marines to win, even if they were the badguys. I watch it nowadays and I want Hummel to kill those nasty ARMY captains instead of the SEALS.

I sort of understand. I watched Under Siege with a bunch of my shipmates and the part where the Operations Officer gets shot got a good laugh. Mainly because we all worked in ops on a ship and the Opso was a dick but still....

Vader's funereal Pyre.

Pretty much all of Snoopy Come Home, right up until Snoopy sees the "No Dogs Allowed" sign by the apartment complex door and runs all the way back to Charlie Brown's house.

Alright, so it's not a sad ending, but since that's the saddest movie ever, it gets mentioned here.

In forrest gump when hes standing over jenny's grave...
oh and when mufasa died in lion king

Aformentioned points in Blackhawk Down and The Rock.

End of STII. Kirk's speech, and Spock at the end being, if i am not mistaken, the first person other than Shatner to say the final frontier speech.