I'm sure most of the females did but any men? I thought I was going to lose my sanity watching the end of this movie. I was laying on my chair almost in fetal position balling my eyes out... Maybe because I have a family and a child of my own, or because I'm so attached to people, life, feelings...but...my God. What if this ever happened? I mean..we've come so close many times.
Ugh. The thought just scares me to death.
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It was pretty scary I agree..
shareI did..especially when Dwight comes for Moira...plus, I hated watching rhe family taking those pills...makes me want to just crawl under the bed and hide
shareThe part that made me start balling was when the family was in their house and was talking about how sick their daughter was... I knew they were going to show them dead/dying together..
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I lose it every time Peter Holmes goes outside for the last time. He stands there basking in the sun rays and then turns and walks over to switch off the mains.
And at the end, before the credits, when the poem comes up:
"From the beach, the child, holding the hand of her father,
Those burial-clouds that lower, victorious, soon to devour all,
Watching, silently weeps."
(from On the beach, at night - Walt Whitman.)
When I saw that part I wasn't too sure why he did that... Do you know?
shareCry - no I was down before seeing this anyway . I couldn't bring myself to watch the penultimate scene either otherwise i would have cried.
Parts of this was better than the '59 film - Assante was v. good but Ward and Brown are very limited imo and it showed in most of their scenes.
excellent choice of verse for the end.
Cry?? I bawled my eyes out! I cried at the bit with the family on the cliff, Bobby on his boat fishing, Julian going through the bill board....then the end scenes I had to pause I was crying so much. When they discussed the little one and it being time that really got me. After that it was just tears all the way to the end of the credits.
Its a brilliant movie that really brings it home to you just how bad it would be.
Several scenes,
The first was probably when the second probe hit the surface in Alaska.
The other was at the end where Peter and Mary were in the bed and waiting for the drugs to take effect.
I place this movie in my top 3 must see category.
Only at the very end.
I watched this film when it first played on Aussie TV and was cool until the part when he's getting the drugs ready. From that part on the tears were free flowing.
I've got two kids and I think it was the thought of doing the same thing if it ever came to that.
Powerful stuff, I mean who wouldn't cry, huh?
I don't recall crying. However, I do think it's a very powerful and significant film. I still believe that the original version was the better of the two films but maybe it's unfair to really compare them as they were made 40 years apart. I do think that they are films that EVERYONE should see and maybe we will all think twice about what conflict could possibly do.
shareI don't recall crying. However, I do think it's a very powerful and significant film. I still believe that the original version was the better of the two films but maybe it's unfair to really compare them as they were made 40 years apart. I do think that they are films that EVERYONE should see and maybe we will all think twice about what conflict could possibly do.
I did not cry but it was a very depressing film.
I liked it more than the older one though and would give it a 6.5 out of 10.
Another very depressing film to watch is also Threads 1984.
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I think I saw this back in 2002 and can remember it being the saddest, most depressing film I've ever seen and it's the only film that has made me cry.
Bauer vs. Bourne, that is the question.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World gave me a similar reaction to how I felt at the end of this. There's been plenty of films that have me tearing up but this was full on balling.
On the Beach was still more profound though. Purely because that could happen due to the insanity of nuclear weapons so it feels more realistic than a comet strike.
Bauer vs. Bourne, that is the question.
Mary and Peter with their daughter at the end about made me lose it, I didn't cry but it did make me tear up. And Moira on the beach alone that was sad.
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