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I am a guy but the first 10 minutes totally broke me

posted 9 years ago by crazydude1989
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My 20th birthday was a week after Up's release, and at first when me and my mom, aunt and sister went to see it, I didn't cry but they were sobbing. This was 4 months after my grandfather passed away. Then as soon as Carl went down the stairs on his electric scooter, and sat in his chair watching QVC with all the pills on the table next to him, they were laughing hysterically because it was totally my grandpa.

Of course when I got it on DVD that Christmas I was a total blubbering mess. Sue me, I'm a dude and the first 10 minutes made me cry. Excuse me for having emotions! It doesn't make me cry now but the music (Married Life & The Ellie Badge) still makes me feel a bit misty eyed.

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[–] The_Furry_Menace 9 years ago

I'm a guy too, and that part at the beginning has always gotten to me. But I was watching it with my kids today and it really hit me at the end of the montage when she's sick and he loses her. My mom is fighting some serious health problems now, and it just made me think of her and my dad - and before I knew it I was losing it.

I don't know, it's just an amazing scene. Really strikes a chord and just nails the emotion of love and loss.

[–] MarchTwentyFifth 9 years ago

Watching with my kids now. Niagara Falls :( Hope your mom is doing better.

[–] The_Furry_Menace 9 years ago

Hope your mom is doing better.

Thank you for that. There's good days and bad ones, but hopefully it will end with her winning the fight.

Isn't it funny watching something like this with your kids, and seeing how they love the movie in an entirely different way than we do? What a remarkable accomplishment by the filmmakers.

I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop. - Lincoln

[–] Jack_Torrance67 9 years ago

That's what I appreciate about a lot of Pixar films, they have surprisingly emotional and sincere moments.

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[–] norman-dostal 8 years ago

Men have emotions too- shocker!

[–] michael-judd 8 years ago

I think the first ten minutes of this film would make anyone with a heart cry! 35 year old man here, it's got me more than once. Another poster has commented that it may be worse for adults because we have a better understanding of how devastating losing your life partner would be, whereas young children aren't really able to grasp that concept.

That's something I emphatically agree with, particularly when I'm choking up and my kids are absolutely fine!

[–] mistela67 8 years ago

SPOILERS: I don't think it was so much sad as it was shocking. The wife was old, and she probably lived a full life. We've all been programmed to think of animations as being happy and fun things for children. So we when come across the ending of the montage, it catches us off guard.

Well, that's my theory.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 5 years ago

I know the feeling brother.