Shed tears at several moments, but the really soul-wrenching one was when they put that beautiful young guy into a...trash bag. Did anybody NOT cry when watching that? OMG that was sad.
At least there will be plenty implied.
Alfred Molina bringing Ruffalo's lover to the hospital. And the scene in his office right before that. Geez... tearing up while I write this.
"If it is not in the frame, it does not exist!"
Both the above-mentioned moments.
Also, when the delirious antiques dealer was asking for his dog. That wasn't even ten minutes in!
And of course, Tommy's eulogy. No one can ever say that Jim Parsons can only do one character ever again.
The definition of insanity is to marry Charlie Sheen and expect the results to be different.
"They just don't like us"
*tears*
Parsons deserves an Emmy for this role!
Deja Poo - The feeling that you've heard this crap before.- Iamalwayslost
I don't think I have ever seen Parsons in anything before this (I imagine I would remember but who knows...)
He was AMAZING! I felt he stole every scene he was in. I was very sympathetic towards nearly every character but HE was the one I was hoping to watch each time a new scene began. I was very pleased each time he was on screen. Perhaps it's because I really identify with a diplomatic and compassionate person, but, regardless, his performance was most memorable for me.
I cried the entire last hour. It was just one heart-wrenching scene after another.
People on ludes should not drive!
Me too. Well, truth be told, I cried beginning with the dying man asking for his dog. It was almost torturously sad at times (garbage bag scene). Excellent film. Not perfect, but the massive amount of good made up for the little bit of bad.
shareI have not seen this movie but I've cried seeing some photos from the movie
shareWhat made you cry the most?
The whole story of Albert's death and what Bruce and his mother had to endure was heartbreaking.
Tommy's eulogy was beautiful and Ned and Felix's wedding was as well. The last hour was the hardest to watch without crying.
The Eraser room does two things: Cleans erasers and takes our innocence.
The whole story of Albert's death and what Bruce and his mother had to endure was heartbreaking.
It was so real!
sharehow perfectly put - i couldn't agree more. Absolutely heartbreaking scene and acted wonderfully by Joe Mantello.
shareJim Parson's speech at the funeral was really heartbreaking. When he asks "why do they let us die...because they don't like us" It was the message that this film delivered brilliantly.
shareSo many...but that had to be the worst. Especially to remember how badly they really were treated. One of the most disturbing scenes in a movie I think I've ever seen...
shareAlbert's death. Dear God.
I went back to college to get my BA, and sat on the patio one day telling one of my much-younger classmates about the AIDS crisis, and the stuff about the clinics and the hospital refusals and the kind of stuff they said in Congress. I just remember her jaw dropping lower and lower.
In a way it's encouraging to know that that kind of thinking is just appalling to the younger generation.
The stuff they say in Congress hasn't gotten much better bunnywithanaxe. When Dems passed the Matthew Shepherd Act, then minority leader John Boehner argued that gay bashing was a form of freedom of speech. Then Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx went on the floor with a diatribe about how Matthew had been "asking for it" right before the final vote, as Matthew's mother watched from the balcony.
For anyone unfamiliar, Matthew Shepherd was beaten to death for being gay in Wyoming. When someone found him the next day, the only way they could tell it was human remains and not a scarecrow was the absence of blood on lines on Matthew's face that had been wiped clean by his tears.
At least there will be plenty implied.
I have not seen the movie yet, but this thread brought me to tears multiple times.
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I am against what you stand for.
Rightwing nutjobs seems to be lashing out with their worst-- in their death throes, IMO. Even very conservative folk are edging away from them.
The change doesn't happen on the congress floor-- it happens with us, in our families, in our neighborhoods. And it happens slowly, in a million tiny ways. I see a lot less tolerance for homophobia than I did when I was growing up in the AIDS years. Last year in one of my classes, a teacher mentioned that people once thought of AIDS as a gay disease, and the younger students practically had a S&itfit, because they thought that was what she thought.
And the Matt Shepard Act would have never been passed in 1982. No chance.
Agreed bunny. It never would have passed back then. Indeed, Dems didn't even embrace LGBT equality until recently. In "And the Band Played On", LGBTs ask the Dems not for anything other than to acknowledge that we exist. They did, but it was only since Nancy Pelosi took the House in 2006 that Dems have embraced LGBT equality. Howard Dean did in 2004, but nobody elected did till then.
However, this does nothing to diminish where things stand now. Everybody really needs to read the Democratic and Republican party platforms. Dems are now for LGBTs at every issue and the GOP is against us on. every. issue. The parties and choices are now clearer than ever. In a way it's quite an exciting time because it's like reliving the '60s but instead of African Americans, now it's LGBTs turn to fight for equality. Dems are for it, Republicans are against it. You can't be more clear than the party platforms, which are a mission statement of said party's goals if elected.
At least there will be plenty implied.
Yeah, we still have a long way to go-- I personally am just surprised that we (gay rights advocates) have gotten so much accomplished in my lifetime that I never thought would happen. Death of DOMA? Death of Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Holy &%$# that astounds me.
we need to keep fighting, but we also need to take heart. Things are changing slowly, but they are changing, and in irrevocable ways.
Rightwing nutjobs seems to be lashing out with their worst-- in their death throes, IMO. Even very conservative folk are edging away from them
The change doesn't happen on the congress floor-- it happens with us, in our families, in our neighborhoods. And it happens slowly, in a million tiny ways. I see a lot less tolerance for homophobia than I did when I was growing up in the AIDS years
the first several months trump was running, it seemed like a ridiculous joke. now that he's still the republican front-runner, it's quite scary.
shareI was shocked and didn't believe it, numb. I cried when Ned gave Felix a shower and when Felix suggested that Ned was a carrier.
If we can save humanity, we become the caretakers of the world