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Incredibly touching ending

posted 14 years ago by Baldymort
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I was seriously crying as the credits rolled. I have no idea why, it just really got to me for some reason. One of the few movies I'v ever cried in. The same happen to anyone else?

[–] ohdarlingyou 14 years ago

absolutely, I was the same way

[–] kls3314 14 years ago

Yeah I just watched this with my dad and his eyes were watering up...it made me a little uncomfortable. Anyway, this movie reminded me a lot of The Others. I do think however that it had a much more powerful message...enough to make me cry when I'm off my anti depressents.

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[–] Baldymort 14 years ago

Yeah that is my exact same reaction. That beautiful song really makes it as well.

[–] OmegaWolf747 14 years ago

That's what I don't understand. If Simon was inside the house the whole time, why didn't he just scream for help when he was first trapped in the basement? Surely, someone would have heard him.

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[–] puirt-a-beul 13 years ago

If Simon was inside the house the whole time, why didn't he just scream for help when he was first trapped in the basement? Surely, someone would have heard him.

I'm sure he did, but remember when it happened was during the garden party, and everyone was outside in the graden. They wouldn't have heard him out there.

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] earlyhigh 13 years ago

So totally agree with your answer! Its very rare I watch a movie that has moved me to tears!

[–] PoppyTransfusion 14 years ago

Yes. And I don't understand why some don't like it when she gives her husband a signal in the bedroom, or that the plaque bore all their names. I thought both proper and fitting with the film. Something positives from the deaths.

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[–] onefunnyhispanic 14 years ago

I'm a pretty masculine dude, I bawled.

[–] Hargiwald 14 years ago

Can't really claim to be too manly to cry during movies, but this ending really got me. They already had me when Laura found Simon, to be honest.

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[–] pendergast7 14 years ago

Baldymort,

I agree. I didn't cry at the end but I thought the end was just awesome. It fit. It wasn't expected. It was fresh. It felt good. I liked it. And it is the kind of ending that brings a smile and a warm feeling to people when I tell them about the movie.

Some movies get small and disappear from your memory soon after seeing it. This movie got better and more powerful. It is one of those kind of movies that grows fonder in the mind. Hardly thought I was going to say that about a horror-ish movie. But it is true.

[–] Chuck_Zombie 13 years ago

Yeah, I cried too...bad. My wife (who hadn't been watching with me) walked in right when it showed how he got locked in and asked me why I was crying. I couldn't even stop crying enough to tell her what had happened. It's possible that it hit me harder because Simon looks very similar to my son (or how I imagine he'll look when he's that age). I'm still sniffling a half an hour later.

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[–] thewood 13 years ago

zombs i dont blame you ... it was a killer ending
i saw it with a pal of mine at the theatre and we
were both uncomfortably tearing up at the close !
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[–] krisdobo 13 years ago

I never cried, but I felt my eyes welling up, both times I watched it.

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