There is a scene from the making of We Were Soldiers where Barbara Geoghegan (the real life wife played by Kerri Russell) was listening in on headphones on the filming of scenes with Russell, and she started breaking down (35 years after the fact). That has always gotten me.maverick2076 said:
The telegram scene in We Were Soldiers.
I haven't seen it. What was impactful? Was it inspirational for you in some way?Chipotlemonger said:
This documentary talk reminded me of Man on Wire. Saw that for the first time during a very tough period in my life. It was very moving and impactful. Have a framed poster in the garage from it actually.
Daughter is about to turn 11, and Lonesome Dove is in my top 3 all-time for tv/movies.Stive said:
I've watched Lonesome Dove with each of my oldest girls separately when they hit 11 years old. Watching each of them watching Gus laying in bed talking to Call, and later the flashback scene at the end has been emotionally jarring for me.
The first time I watched The Pacific, during the final episode when Sledge is at home in his bed having a night terror, and his dad is out in the hall, leaning on the door in his own personal hell knowing there's nothing he can do to take the mental anguish away from his son.... Later when those same two go hunting and Eugene freaks out after walking a short distance through a field holding a gun. His fathers fears from episode 1 had all come true: his sons soul had been destroyed. I've rewatched the series since and it's just as heart wrenching but that first time watching it was brutal.
ETA one more:
My grandfather died in 2010. He lived less than half a mile down the road from me when I was growing up, had fought in WW2, had 10 kids, and was a bigger than life individual in the area where I was raised. The night after he died I was just sitting quiet listening to music and Alan Jackson's Remember When came over the speakers. My wife found me in an emotional wreck 5 minutes later.
Interestingly enough (at least to me) I was "good" in the days following and pretty much ever since. After several other emotional losses in the past 10 years, I've played that song myself within a day or two of the person passing (before the funeral). It tends to take me down a memory lane about their life, tears me up for a few minutes, and then my mind and heart are good. Outside of those moments I don't like listening to that song.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
End of ROTK.
Samwise: "Rosie Cotton dancing. If ever I was to marry someone, it would've been her."
The absolute heartbreak in his voice kills me every time.
I'm guessing I don't need spoiler blocks for this one.Malachi Constant said:
The first 5 minutes of UP!
Just reading that gets to me, and I have never seen the movie.Bonfired said:
As a kid, I remember watching a Christmas show called Nestor the long eared donkey...don't think it was shown too often. There was a scene where Nestor and his mom got caught in a blizzard and they had to stop. Mom covered him up and died protecting him, and he had to keep on going...still kind of hits me where I live, being a child of a single mom.
Thanks for this. I watched it tonight and I know what you mean as I am in the same position upon viewing.Ulrich said:
When I watched Locke (with Tom Hardy) I was at a very low point in my personal and professional life. It was probably a good movie, but it forced me to realize that I was destroying myself from a sense of duty, and getting nothing from the experience. I quit my job soon after.
