I admit that I cried like a baby throughout most of the movie. I rented it last night and it was great. I love dogs, I have a beautiful white Canaanite dog named Snow and after watching the film I gave her a big hug and kiss. If you are a dog lover like me than "Eight Below" is definitely a must see.
sharei too cry like a baby when dogs die, but i love eating chickens , goats, hens, fish for which i will be happy eating them roasted
shareWhen we went to the theaters, the moment the movie started I started crying (silently), and didn't stop until the end because I had heard that several of the dogs died. I love pretty much all animals, but I myself have two Huskies and somehow kept thinking, "What if that had been them?" Needless to say, I went through several boxes of tissues that night. Luckily I'd brought along a LOT of Kleenexes! And of course, when the dogs actually did die, I cried even harder, and when there's the part when it looks like Maya has died...
The name is Bond, James Bond.
I just finished watching it now. My cheeks are still wet :p
Dude I can't even go back and think about any scenes from the movie without flooding my face.
ive just watched in now and i was in my room lying down and my pillow is still wet with my tears :s
shareI remember watching this film on a plane and the flight attendant was so concerned about my crying she came over to ask if there was anything she could do, handed me a pile of tissues and shot me concerned looks for the next hour. I have never cried so much at a film in my life!
shareomg lol!!! that is so funny, i was on a plane too!! your story is so much like mine i wondered if you'd stolen my words right out of my mind, or if it was me or my friend who had written that :P
i was with my friend, and we are both dog owners, we study abroad, and we were coming back home after at least 6 months of being away, and not having seen our dogs (and family, but we're talking dogs here ). We BAWLED and cried like a baby!! We were all red in the face and our eyes were swollen. In her it was more evident, because her skin is very pale! so the flight attendant came in too, she asked if she was okay or if she needed anything, an aspirin or something. i think she even handed her a hankie, too!! she was so concerned, lol
i dont know how can they not guess it's because of the movie people cry :P it was like a 10h flight, so it's not like we cried in take off because we were sad to leave. we were mid flight, with the screen right in our faces :P what could she have thought it was about?? lol.
anyway, what an awesome movie!! 8/10 for me.
that was at least 3 years ago, i saw it tonight again with my bf who had never seen it before. he didnt cry, which was frustrating because, as always, i did, and he kept saying "aww you're crying!" while he dried my tears. So annoying! It's like "of course i am! this film is so sad! ". I want to see the original one.... but im afraid i might not be able to handle it :P
I cried right through this movie too, but I cry at Bambi..
Life is so bright I think I'll wear shades
I saw it last night and never, ever in my life have I cried so hard over a film/story. The real true events of this story saddens me even more :(
shareI'm with you; I never cried so much in my life watching a film. I cried like they were mine. And yes, the fact that it's not just a fiction makes it even sadder. I'm glad I watched it at night when everbody is sleeping. Those are such beautiful dogs and so smart... please people, don't ever hurt the animals...
shareIt was on the ABC Family channel and yes, i recorded it again (we'd seen it a year or so ago) so what happens? we knew the beginning, the middle, and the ending and we still teared up, (my husband the most!!!!).......Well done, and no, i'm not going to see the 'real ending' on youtube. Anyone who has ever loved/lost a dog or any pet knows the feeling of sadness that is overwhelming.........s
shareYep, i could not stop crying. This was a very moving and sad movie. Hurts even more that the true story is even sadder. What is amazing is that there was survivers at all, and the amazing rescue.
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I'm surprised so many people cried. I felt real bad for the dogs that died and were dying, especially the one that slipped over the ledge. But I wasn't going to cry over them, maybe it's because I'm a guy.
Although I remember watching this film quite a few years back where you see a sled dog get killed by a pack of wolves. It was chained to a pole so it couldn't do anything but pace back and forth and whimper. The other dogs were of course also chained up so all they could do was bark. Now that was heart shattering. It made my heart beat violently and eyes teary...
i just watched this again yesterday (was on tv) and even tho' i knew what happens i still began to cry when the helicopter takes off leaving them and didnt stop till the end, good job i didnt ever see it in the cinema, there is no way on earth i would ever watch the japanese original as that is apparently very harrowing , i kept cuddling my german shepherd ...
shareI cried throughout the whole thing. I watched this film in cinemas aged 13 - I couldn't watch it again, it would drain me emotionally, aha. I'm the same about Marley and Me.
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Seamus Finnigan has stolen my heart
Like many of you, I'm glad I didn't see this in the theater. I easily would have cried for an hour straight. I finally saw it in my cousin's house, and some parts made me so sad that her dogs (a Shiba Inu and a rescue) were nuzzling me and got depressed for a while, too.
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Can't we figure out a way to refrigerate Mallomars properly?!
I cry just thinking about the end, when he yanks the chain expecting all the dogs to be dead under the snow and it flies up in the air, then he finds them and comes back up out of the hollow with Mya in his arms. I'm sobbing.
shareI cried, which was a nice replacement for that sinking feeling I had in my heart for the first 2/3 of the film
Really didn't know what I was in for. Wonderful film!