There is a recent, interesting thread about "lovely tears" and there was a good thread about "Best Feel Bad" movies a while back, but what are some movies where you realized that the filmmakers might be going all out for that lump in your throat, but it's just not going to happen? And what do you think went wrong?
I'll start with: The Notebook. Sure, it's a love story that pulls at the heart strings, but I couldn't get past the guy basically dying at will in the end (I understand the book is different). I think if they showed a short snippet of what the guy's life was like without her, then it might have really had the impact on me that it was going for, but I just couldn't get past the unbelievability that a guy can kind of wish himself to death (broken heart or not). Now that I think about it, Up does what I would have liked to have seen in The Notebook. Losing a loved one is sad, but living without them can be profoundly sad.
I'll start with: The Notebook. Sure, it's a love story that pulls at the heart strings, but I couldn't get past the guy basically dying at will in the end (I understand the book is different). I think if they showed a short snippet of what the guy's life was like without her, then it might have really had the impact on me that it was going for, but I just couldn't get past the unbelievability that a guy can kind of wish himself to death (broken heart or not). Now that I think about it, Up does what I would have liked to have seen in The Notebook. Losing a loved one is sad, but living without them can be profoundly sad.
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