Saddest Movie Scene

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-06-15 08:42pm

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

You're not gonna mention when bambies mom died ?!

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-06-15 09:39pm

Lion King: Mufasas death.
Bambi: Bambis mother death

There are a couple others I cant think of right now.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-06-15 09:42pm

That movie that came out about the Russian sub... the widowmaker or something like that... that really nailed me.

Otherwise, another vote for Spock's death.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-06-15 09:49pm

I didn't cry or anything, but the ending of Das Boot was really, really unfair.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-06-15 09:54pm

mNobody's gonna mention BackDraft in here?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-15 09:58pm

RogueIce wrote:mNobody's gonna mention BackDraft in here?

OK i was sad when the kid lost his dad all that was left is the hat,i still have leaky eyes just thinking of that.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-06-15 10:07pm

Ok, to me this is more like an experience than like watching a movie, but--

The scene in "Schindler's List" when Oskar Schindler is about to leave, and the Schindler Jews present him with that ring, and he starts going on about how he didn't do enough. About his car, his clothes, his ring would have gotten one more person, two more people--

That scene makes me choke out sobs. It just tears my heart right through my chest. Nothing in any other movie can ever equal the level of heartache that scene causes in me.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-06-15 10:15pm

Saurencaerthai wrote: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....

Like I've said before. Its the only time I've seen an entire university lecture theatre full of people crying.

Another one - Welcome to Sarajevo the scene where the reporters are told that their coverage of a massacre (I believe it was the breadline massacre - and this movie used the genuine footage, quite chilling) wouldn't even make headlines because Prince Charles and Princess Di had broken up officially. It was so amazingly sad to see what depths humanity has reached.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-06-15 10:18pm

Good Call on Schindler's List, Zaia. Watching Liam Neeson start to break up just pulls the strings everytime for me.

I think I'll add Boromir's death from Fellowship to this list. After being clearly distinguished as the weakest willed member of the group and after trying to steal the ring from Frodo, Boromir finally reconnects with the lofty ideals he wants to believe in. He overcomes his despair, and fights a noble but futile battle in protection of the Hobbits. In the end he is able to redeem himself. There is something very touching about that heroism that he displayed at the end of his days, given the depths of despair and desperation he faced throughout the quest.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-06-15 10:46pm

Atavarius wrote: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.

How could I forget...

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-06-15 11:26pm

End of ST2.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-15 11:33pm

TV: On Sliders, when the Professor died.

Movies: The end of ST2, and the first time I saw LOTR, and when Gandalf fell off the bridge.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-06-15 11:41pm

All through Band of Brothers and Glory when Colonel Shaw is taken down, though inspiring.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-06-15 11:42pm

Boromir's death scene in the extended version of Fellowship always chokes me up.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-06-15 11:48pm

Captain Lennox wrote:... Glory when Colonel Shaw is taken down, though inspiring.

Ah yes, quite sad and inspiring at the same time. A very good movie IMO.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-06-15 11:53pm

RogueIce wrote:
Captain Lennox wrote:... Glory when Colonel Shaw is taken down, though inspiring.
Ah yes, quite sad and inspiring at the same time. A very good movie IMO.

Quite right. And the music was done just right.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-06-15 11:54pm

Captain Lennox wrote:
RogueIce wrote:
Captain Lennox wrote:... Glory when Colonel Shaw is taken down, though inspiring.
Ah yes, quite sad and inspiring at the same time. A very good movie IMO.
Quite right. And the music was done just right.

Yeppers.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-16 12:12am

Durandal wrote:Boromir's death scene in the extended version of Fellowship always chokes me up.

That one got me too when I first saw it.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-06-16 12:21am

The only movie that ever made me cry was The Neverending Story, when Atreyu's horse died.

On a semi-related note, the only book that ever made me cry was Flowers for Algernon, at the end. I read it when I was in fifth grade.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-06-16 12:26am

Robert Treder wrote:On a semi-related note, the only book that ever made me cry was Flowers for Algernon, at the end. I read it when I was in fifth grade.

You know, the only book to ever really make me cry was the first time I read Iron Fist when you-know-who died (don't want to risk spoiling it). It's true. I was teary as hell after reading that.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-06-16 01:40am

In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon when Li Mu Bai's dying words to Yu Shu Lien were:

"I've already wasted my whole life. I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you. I would rather be a ghost, drifting by your side as a condemned soul, than enter heaven without you. Because of your love, I will never be a lonely spirit."

I admit, I almost lost it....got really teary eyed. Even now when I think about that scene, I get emotional.

Stop laughing.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-06-16 02:00am

Gotta make a second mention for Sleeping in the Light.

Plenty of tear jerkers mentioned already.

So I'll make a mention from a computer game.
In Homeworld, when you return from bitter victory to find your world burning...
Adagio really pulls this one into a full bombardment on my eyeballs.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-06-16 03:50am

The Death of Optimus Prime

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-06-16 03:57am

The moment when Pvt. Ryan straightens and salutes Cpt. Miller's grave marker at the end of Saving Private Ryan. That always chokes me up.

I also get blubbery when Maximus falls at the end of Gladiator, and all of the men in attendance carry him out on their shoulders.

The tears also flow when Draco dies at the end of Dragonheart.

Also, Smitty quietly breathing his last breath in Black Hawk Down.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-06-16 04:09am

Grave of the Fireflies, basically the whole movie, is very hard to watch for me.

The Iron Giant, when the Giant is heading up toward the ballistic missile and the words "Superman" comes to his big metal lips and he hits the missile... that's very powerful.

Also Spirited Away is very powerful, though it isn't really sad, I get a little teary when I watch it anyway, especially when Chihiro and Haku are flying over the water in the spirit world and Chihiro remembers Haku's real name. There is a very profound message in that movie, and the idea that someone is controlled by their identity and remembering who you is the keep to freedom hits home very much for me.