In which I reveal that I like to cry.
May 16th, 2008I watched Juno recently. Because I was curious as to what all the talk was about. And I love Jennifer Garner. We are practically BFF’s, because I was once a double agent for the CIA too.
Not really.
I just played one on TV.
And my wig was blue, not pink.
I liked Juno. K did not. Big surprise. He said it was a chick flick. Well, of course it was. Did he think a movie called Juno about a pregnant girl was going to be like another Die Hard installment?
Juno was sweet and funny and actually kind of inspiring. Oh, and I cried. And not just the polite movie theatre cry, where the tears run down your cheeks but you keep the sobs quiet so as not to embarrass yourself.
Oh no. I was at home on my couch sobbing. It was loud and my nose was dripping and it was ugly. It was the framed note written on the Jiffy Lube receipt. It got me. There was no holding back once I saw that note Juno wrote to Vanessa.
And K was all like, ”YOU’RE CRYING?!???!” like I was some crazy woman or something.
And I was like, “YOU’RE NOT?!???!” like he was some cold hearted piece of stone.
But whatever. How could I expect emotion from a man who owns the SAW trilogy? And actually watches them.
I love movies. I like to laugh and think and and watch bombs go off and see people get rescued by moving helicopters off of a burning building.
And I like to cry.
And Juno made me cry.
So I got to thinking, what other movies have me weep? Bawl? Blubber? Sob?
There are quite a few.
1. Steel Magnolias. One of my favorites. I always swore I’d name my daughter Shelby and my son Jackson. And live in the South. I love the sarcasm, the gossip and the one liners in this movie. And the sassiness. This movie is just plain sassy. And so darn sad.
2. Terms of Endearment. So Debra Winger is terminally ill in this movie. And she dies at the end. And leaves her kids and her mom. And I cry and cry whenever I see this movie. I wish my mom and I were more like Emma and Aurora. And I’ve always loved the name Aurora.
3. The Bodyguard. Because he took a bullet for her. There is nothing more romantic than that. I still have the VHS tape of this movie. I don’t have anything to play it on, but I cannot throw it away. It would be like throwing away part of 1992.
4. We Are Marshall. From the Ashes We Rose. Now that has to be top five in All Time Best Tag Lines. If there is a top five. Those poor boys. I just wanted to hug Nate Ruffin. And tell him everything would be alright. This movie was more than just a sports movie. I confess, I may have been chanting along during the student body chant of ”WE ARE. MARSHALL.” Right there in my family room. Oh yes I was.
5. Beaches. Well of course Beaches. It goes with my whole dying and leaving a child behind thing that I seem to enjoy in a tear jerk-er. And I love that this story is about friends. I don’t have a friend like CC and Hillary were to each other. That makes me kind of sad. I love the part where Hillary is about to die and they are sitting on the beach and she is wrapped in a blanket and CC just looks at her. Waterworks.
6. Stepmom. Ditto 1, 2, and 5. I mean really, I think I’ve covered it. The mom is sick. The mom dies. The end.
7. Philadelphia. I really think it was the opera music that made this movie extra emotional. I hope I don’t die with opera music playing. That is too depressing. Opera makes everything seem more serious. But this movie…brings out my ugly cry.
8. Mask. Two words. Puffy Eyes. I have this on my Tivo right now. And I can’t bear to watch it again. But I can’t delete it, because I can’t do that to poor Rocky Dennis. And what if I want to watch it again? I love Rocky Dennis and I can watch this movie over and over again. Rocky is noble and strong and fun and full of life and love. And he makes me feel ashamed for thinking about my zits and my big nose and my sagging eyelids. Rocky=perspective. Lesson learned.
9. My Life. Oh Michael Keaton you may be Batman but I will always think of you as Bob Jones. So I start crying at the beginning of this one and I don’t stop until the credits roll. Sometimes I will see this movie on and I’ll stop to watch and I have to ask myself, “Why are you doing this to yourself?” And still I watch. Knowing full well my eyes will be swollen shut the next day. This movie is so sad, it is just cruel. “Dying is a really hard way to learn about living.” Enough said.
10. Ordinary People The Jarrett Family. I have driven by “their” house and I actually feel like they really lived there. Even though I know they didn’t. But I really care about this family, so I feel like it is okay to pretend. When I was younger, I loved Conrad and hated the mom, Beth. Now I’m a mom, and I don’t hate Beth so much anymore. I don’t necessarily agree with her, but I understand. Being the mom is hard.
So that’s my top 10. There are others, of course. Brian’s Song and Platoon and The Cure and Remember the Titans. But those 10 are the ones that make me cry till it hurts.
So tell me, what movies make you cry? Which ones have I missed? I’d love to watch them.
And you know what else? This is my 200th post.
Now that is nothing to cry about.
So let’s have ourselves a little contest.
Leave me a comment with your favorite sad movie, one that is going to make me sob and need to apply the Preperation H to the bags under my eyes from all the crying, and I will choose a random winner to send my three favorites to from my sad movie list.
(Unless you don’t want 8,9 and 10.)
((Although I don’t know why you wouldn’t.))
(((But if you don’t, I guess you could tell me which you do want.)))
((((But 8,9 and 10 are really good, just so you know.))))
And then we can have swollen eyes together.
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