Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 How do women really feel about guys who cry at movies? I realize it might not be very 'manly' of me but I still cry at forrest gump and other good drama movies (hell I'm so bad you'll even see me cry at movies like Up and Wall-e). I probably COULD control the waterworks, but I'd be so focused on that I'd enjoy the movie less, what does everybody else think?
SilentVoice Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 It wouldn't actually matter to me. As long as it isn't every movie. I cry for stuff like Finding Nemo ... so I am not one to talk .Ha! I was watching The Notebook with this guy once and he started crying( I couldn't stop laughing at him) but then again I think he was just trying to come across as sensitive to me.
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 It wouldn't actually matter to me. As long as it isn't every movie. I cry for stuff like Finding Nemo ... so I am not one to talk .Ha! I was watching The Notebook with this guy once and he started crying( I couldn't stop laughing at him) but then again I think he was just trying to come across as sensitive to me. I didn't cry at notebook up until the very very end when she remembered and they died in bed together. and anybody who doesn't cry at that has no ****ing heart And no, it's not every movie, I'm certainly not about to cry watching indiana jones XD
phineas Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I got a little teary eyed at the last Startrek Next Generation movie when Data Died. Before that it was Old Yeller. Think i'm set for another 20 yrs.
BWLoca Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Ouch, I think I'm heartless...obvious attempts to draw tears only make me roll my eyes. However, Marley and Me had me bawling like a baby.
always_searching Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Haha, it depends. If a guy cries at any movie for every slight moment of sadness, or more often than I do: I wouldn't be able to stay in a relationship with him. I have only ever cried during, maybe, five movies in my entire life: The Notebook, Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, The Fog of War, Life is Beautiful, and Titanic. Hahaha, I was 12 when I saw Titanic, and, yes, I cried. Also, I am not often a sobber--if a man cries more than a few tears, I can't really take him seriously. If I wanted to date a woman, I would. Not to say that I don't like affeminate men or men with an emotional side to them, but just not more affeminate than me...
eraser Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 It wouldn't actually matter to me. As long as it isn't every movie. I cry for stuff like Finding Nemo ... so I am not one to talk .Ha! I was watching The Notebook with this guy once and he started crying( I couldn't stop laughing at him) but then again I think he was just trying to come across as sensitive to me. ALL GUYS TURN INTO BABIES WITH "THE NOTEBOOK"! I don't understand it. I think the movie's really hokey and too obvious in its attempts at inciting emotional reactions. But the novel was also written by a man. So, maybe that has something to do with it.
ReadyforLove Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 It depends, a little tear here and there is fine but if you are bawling more than me that might be a problem:laugh:
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 Maybe we'll skip the movies and just go to dinner then
SilentVoice Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I didn't cry at notebook up until the very very end when she remembered and they died in bed together. and anybody who doesn't cry at that has no ****ing heart And no, it's not every movie, I'm certainly not about to cry watching indiana jones XD Haha he was sobbing throughout the whole movie...it was pathetic ..but a little tears are good...everyone wants someone with a heart Am I a hypocrite? .. I am pretty sure I cried throughout the whole movie..Oh well I am a women who is all for double standards.. I know what world I live in ... Movie dates sucks anyway ...unless you are a old couple trying to rekindle the love...take her somewhere to talk.. not a dark theater
bayouboi Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I don't cry in movies, but I find myself getting teary eyed at things that most people probably don't get teary eyed over. For example, in Hart's War when Bruce Willis takes the fall once the mission had been accomplished, the final battle in The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise, usually movies that involve a sacrifice for the greater good. Also movies where a father and his daughter have an emotional scene, like Mel Gibson and his daughter when he was going to leave and his mute daughter spoke for him not to leave in The Patriot.
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 Haha he was sobbing throughout the whole movie...it was pathetic ..but a little tears are good...everyone wants someone with a heart Am I a hypocrite? .. I am pretty sure I cried throughout the whole movie..Oh well I am a women who is all for double standards.. I know what world I live in ... Movie dates sucks anyway ...unless you are a old couple trying to rekindle the love...take her somewhere to talk.. not a dark theater Movie dates suck? Thats good advice then, I was never aware ] EDIT: oh and I didn't think most of the notebook was sad. Alot of it was just the classic romance stuff (which doesn't make me cry much), but death makes me cry alot.
always_searching Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Movie dates sucks anyway ...unless you are a old couple trying to rekindle the love...take her somewhere to talk.. not a dark theater I second this. Unless you are going to the movie for "hankey-pankey" purposes. Haha, in which case, I opt for the movies, because making-out in a dark, crowded, public theater can occasionally be fun.
eraser Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Also movies where a father and his daughter have an emotional scene Do you have a daughter?
SilentVoice Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Haha! I am not one to give advice...not at all But I personally don't think movie dates are for people over 18... maybe if you are already dating but if we are on a first date I want to talk not watch a screen.. So I refuse movie dates at all cost Unless it is something we both have great interest in and really wanted to see But like I said I am not one to give advice but I have a bunch of girl friends that love movie dates.. just not my cup of tea
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 Haha! I am not one to give advice...not at all But I personally don't think movie dates are for people over 18... maybe if you are already dating but if we are on a first date I want to talk not watch a screen.. So I refuse movie dates at all cost Unless it is something we both have great interest in and really wanted to see But like I said I am not one to give advice but I have a bunch of girl friends that love movie dates.. just not my cup of tea Well it makes good sense to me and helps me avoid my leaky eye problem anyway XD movie dates you have been officially kicked to the curb
zebracolors Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I don't see anything wrong with it. If a guy sheds a little tears during a movie its fine by me. I will say if you think it's even slightly possible that a scene might make you tear up, then might be a good idea not to see that kind of movie on a date with someone you just met. After all, feeling like you want to cry is something that most people tend to hide from people they don't know well, until they know and trust the other person very much. It's like when you are in a relationship, it can take a while for someone to feel at ease enough do something as intimate as crying in front of their partner. I really don't remember many movies that jerked real tears from me. When I was just a kid, the original "Benji" movie made me. And actually recently I saw "Up" as well and yeah it really pulled on the tear strings.
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 And actually recently I saw "Up" as well and yeah it really pulled on the tear strings. Since somebody else said it first Up has made me cry more than any other movie in existence. *hold for laughter* The theme of trying hard to reach your goals with somebody who deeply loves you by your side only to slowly grow old and find yourself unable to accomplish those goals. Hits a real special chord with me and my own personal life. I did the 'soundlessly leaking tears' thing through the whole damn movie. Thats a very special case though. Generally death makes me cry, and when death and aging interferes with something like long term life goals, it really hits me hard you may all continue to laugh at me now, I can take it I'm a manly man! really!
bayouboi Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Do you have a daughter? No I don't, is that a psychological red flag? The year my ex-wife and I were going to try and have a kid together was the same year she decided to have it with someone else ;x
reservoirdog1 Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 I've gotten pretty misty in three movies as an adult. 1. Schindler's List, at the end. 2. Deep Impact, when the parents hand their baby to their teenage daughter and her boyfriend, and tell them to head to higher ground on their motorbike before the tsunami hits. 3. Crash, when the Persian fellow shoots at the locksmith holding his little girl, and we discover that the kid's unhurt.
sweetjasmine Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 Since somebody else said it first Up has made me cry more than any other movie in existence. *hold for laughter* Bah, I wouldn't laugh at you for that. I saw Up with my SO, and it made me cry. A lot. I don't view crying as manly or not manly. It's a physical reaction that some people get and others don't. I don't think less of people who cry easily or people who can't even cry at funerals. Everyone deals with and releases sorrow and grief in different ways.
eraser Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 No I don't, is that a psychological red flag? No, not really. Though, I have noticed that men are more likely to react to scenes like these, involving daughters that are small children. The year my ex-wife and I were going to try and have a kid together was the same year she decided to have it with someone else ;x Yikes.
FryFish Posted April 15, 2010 Posted April 15, 2010 The only movie I remember crying in was spiderman 2... At the end of the scene where he saves the train.
Author Rorschach Posted April 15, 2010 Author Posted April 15, 2010 The only movie I remember crying in was spiderman 2... At the end of the scene where he saves the train. It's interesting to me what causes people to cry, as I remember that part and I didn't even shed a tear. I wonder what it is that causes certain things to hit peoples heart strings?
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