Yep the whole movie reduced me to a blubbering wreck…I was still sobbing as we left the cinema. Have never seen the film again and I don’t think I want to either.
The Pursuit of Happiness. Much of the film, but especially when Will Smith and his son are sleeping in the metro station toilets with all their life goods in a couple of carriers, and someone is trying to get in.
E.T. The bit where all seems lost before they all do one on their flying BMXes.
I’ve only ever watched Titanic once. Thought about that for weeks afterwards.
Oh yes, and Smokey and the Bandit II. When Sheriff Buford T. Justice has called in all of his favours, and managed to pull in smokies from all over North America, and Bandit thinks that the Snowman only has one truck. It’s magical stuff, as I’m sure we can all agree.
The final scene where Oskar is changing into the camp clothes and breaks down, how his Nazi badge ‘2 more, maybe 3’’…
I remember at the cinema, when it ended, no one moved… just silence as folks watched the credits to the end… almost as if everyone just needed a bit of time, or that leaving would be disrespectful…a cinematic masterpiece that should be part of everyone’s education
Saying about people not leaving at the end of a film, I remember that happening when I saw Philadelphia. Along with the ones mentioned above, that has to be one of the most moving films I’ve seen.
It’s very easy to understand why it never features in anyone’s list of favourite movies. Maybe there should be a category for most “profoundly moving movie”
I’ve read a lot of reviews of the movie over the years and still find it offensive that there are people who nit-pick over aspects of accuracy, performance, continuity…everything really that I take little notice of.
I know I’m a movie-makers dream…someone who sits in the cinema and is totally taken-in by the story but IMO it’s Speilberg’s crowning glory…beyond criticism.
Sergeant Elias getting gunned down from behind after being stitched up by that bastard Sergeant Barnes, as their helicopter flies away to safety, leaving poor Elias to die (in Platoon).