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To any guys on this board: did you cry?

posted 15 years ago by crazydude1989
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I'm just asking. I think the music during the montage and then the end could make even the most macho man cry. I'm a guy who's turning 21 very shortly and I lost it when I watched it. It was because of Ellie dying (and having a miscarriage) and how she didn't get to fufill her dream. Everything before that was happy and great. Also the fact they knew each other since childhood. I have this great friend who's a girl and we both met when we were 11 back in 2000. She's just a friend though. When I first met her I had a crush on her, lolz. I didn't tell her about it until 2 years ago. haha. She was really flattered though and I understand she wants to be friends. The montage sort of makes me think of our friendship.

Also I admit it I love balloons. I have since I was 3. I have Aspergers and balloons are my main obsession but there are some non Aspie people who have things for balloons too.

So did any "tough" guys try to hold back tears during the montage?

Pixar really knows how to tug on the heartstrings. Remember Toy Story 2 "When she loved me?" Didn't make me cry but it really is a sad song.

Don't Genius Live in a Lamp?-Patrick Star

BAZINGA!--Sheldon Cooper

[–] samixsaysxhi 12 years ago

This is a cute thread, lol.

I'm a female, but I definitely cried the first time I watched this movie. Particularly during the beginning montage. I love the music in this film.

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[–] aexl 12 years ago

Did not. But I darn well could have at the montage. Saddest movie ever hands down!

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[–] jjr_boyd-1 12 years ago

29 year old male and I saw it for the second time tonight and cried at it like I did the first time I saw it. the montage really gets me as does the part with the book near the end.
As for the no hints Ellie was pregnant, then why were they decorating a nursery room directly before the doctors office cut?

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[–] terryperring104 12 years ago

I'm 51 and you bet I cried. It doesnt take much! But this movie was crafted so carefully and precisely, most people would tear up I'm sure. If they dont, they are either masking it, or are just plain cold!

[–] sehdavies 12 years ago

Not quite - but those damn guys at Pixar did their best on my emotions

Bless them

[–] kendonald 12 years ago

OK, so I was at a low ebb after being ill for the best part of a week with a cold, but when I saw Up for the first time last night Ellie's death at the start of the film and the handing over of the grape soda medal at the end had this 45 year old bloke finding that there was something in his eye.

[–] Kard_Shooter 12 years ago

I'm 24 and i cried on many occasions. I even felt sad when Muntz died because, despite the atrocious things he had done, he was an elderly man who had a dream and would do anything to acheive it even if it meant putting others in peril.

But i think the reveal near the end where the clouds move and you see Carl's house sitting atop the cliff is perhaps the most defining emotional moment in the film. I just....lost it at that point.

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[–] HarryRidgway 12 years ago

Yes. I balled my eyes out. It was such a beautiful story.

That 10 minutes of the love story between Ellie and Carl was one of the most beautiful scenes I've seen.

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[–] Darth-Davie82 12 years ago

I'm a 30 year old man and I cried, it just made me so sad because my wife and i have suffered a miscarriage and thankfully we have a son now but my wife is ill and will not see 35 so I was glad that they got to spend most of their lives together. I always cry at movies that have the same sort of story or emotion.