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Just finished watching this movie...I CRIED like a baby

posted 19 years ago by le_625
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WOW!! what an emotional ending...I cried like a baby when Jin-Tae died at the end and all the way to the credit. Some flaws in the movie, but nonetheless very moving for me. I think the only other movies that I cried in was The Lion King when I was like 13, Hotel Rwanda, Simon Birch, and Ladder 49. But this one really got me good, I don't know what it's like to lose a loved one, but I must say that it was pretty close to that for me..thanks!

[–] PRHRAY 19 years ago

Well, I think the ending is too dramaticat to bring tears to me. However, I cried in the beginning when the remains of the fallen soldiers were unearthed, especially when their coffins were covered with South korean Flag. The music was very sentimental, and that these soldiers gave up their lives to stop Kim's army and thus ensuring the future prosper of South korea deeply moved me.

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[–] le_625 19 years ago

I agree! It was dramatic, but I don't know what hit me but I started crying like a baby..haha!

[–] Hyokano 19 years ago

For the same reason as PRHRAY, the film did really move me, but for the brothers... I think I looked at the film from a critical stand point too much. I just felt that there were over-formulated situations aimed just for emotional build up later on in the film (especially the obviously very happy family and the love between brothers). It was too easy to catch, otherwise it was indeed a very good film. I probably would have cried as well, if not for what I always feel compelled to look at in films.

[–] bohdave 19 years ago

The part where the older brothers body is slowly replaced by his bones (still in the same position that he died in) as the time fast forwards to the present day was a really nice touch. Great ending.

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[–] JohnKoliba 19 years ago

Too cheesy for tears.

[–] Jlonedragon 19 years ago

Yeah, it's true the movie was melodramatic...

Though, I didn't cry....I held back....and it took a lot of stregnth just to hold tears back.

"I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death!"
-Nas, NY State of Mind

[–] lol_games 19 years ago

i cried

when he stood holding rust penand shouting to brothers corpse

[–] scotishdevil82 19 years ago

i didnt cry, i held back. But i was very close to crying seeing it the second time. This is one of my favorite war movies, as well as one of my overall favorites.

[–] ctizon 19 years ago

I love the movie and it DOES make me feel a little emotional...but it is true that it is melodramatic at parts.

My final breath is gone...

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[–] ctizon 19 years ago

OLDBOY!!! That's my all-time favorite movie...Tae Guk Gi is one of them...I also like A tale of Two Sisters

My final breath is gone...

[–] teacher_tom516 18 years ago

I don't know but the part that did it for me was when the younger brother went to see the older brother's girlfriend and the anti-communist group was rounding up 'communists' and shooting them. And then the brother shows up. That scene really made it work for me, I mean, I was mad, really mad at the ideologues who were probably too chickencrap to go fight at the front but had no trouble shooting unarmed civilians who signed a scrap of paper for some meager food. And placed just after the older brother's been awarded the medal it's just bitterly ironic. In war people fight for their brothers in arms and their own lives as an immediate cause but for their families as a greater cause, even perhaps more than vague ideas like nation or creed. For their families and their family's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And ironically the South's government steps in TWICE - first when they take away the younger brother, next when they shoot communists indiscriminately.

Well I didn't cry like a baby but it was bittersweet pleasure to have a film actually make me genuinely FEEL.

Tom516

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[–] skatersam0 18 years ago

i cried a lot because before i viewed this film i learned it was based on a true story

[–] Ace_Blazer 18 years ago

yes i cried. and i hardly ever cry in movies.

[–] bonsaipuff 18 years ago

The bond btw the brothers are so heart-felt. This movie has several emotional scenes.