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Date: Thu. Nov. 8 2007 2:09 PM ET
Real men don't cry, right? Heck, they don't show any emotion at all. The average guy is a rock steady super-human, who, in the infamous words of Dennis Leary, is a "suburbanized slob" who likes "football and porno and books about war." Indeed.
So, following that line, men definitely don't cry during movies. Instead, it is said, at the most they get "choked" up. Getting "choked up" is infinitely more manly and far more accepted than crying.
In honour of this sentiment, we've compiled a list of the 25 most moving movie moments for men. What follows is a hallowed list of films, each with a special moment or scene during which time even the most ardent purveyor of masculinity may lose his cool, experience an emphatic shiver or maybe even have to wipe away a gentle trickle from the side of his stubly cheek.
The common thread, while not unanimous, though, seems to be something to do with brotherhood, bonding and shared experience. So, on that note, prepare to get, well, choked up.
Woman: "Are YOU crying?"
Man: "Sniff; no, no, I just got some of this, ah, zesty popcorn powder in my eye. Uh, yeah. I'll be fine."
The following is listed in no particular order, but we're warning you, have your hanky handy ...
Next: Butch & Sundance go out in a blaze of glory >
Maybe it's that moment when Wind in his Hair asks Dances with Wolves if he can see that "he is his friend" and tells him that he "will always be [his] friend" that we missed. Tell us your weepy movie moments.
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This is just wrong but if I were to send something to the politicians I would have sent the brain!
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Titanic was a big tear jerker for me.
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This list needs to add Mask - with Eric Stolz and Cher, and How about Red Dawn, and Band of Brothers and Radio and I am Sam and Midnight Express and Deliverance - classic male tearjerker ?
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No Crying in Baseball
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No matter what any man thinks, it is good to feel that way sometimes. I personally look for movies specifically that I believe will make my emotions come out.
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Brian's Song - when he stands in front of the award ceremony and sez "I love Brian Piccolo"
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1) The Green Mile "Heaven I'm in Heaven"
2) Remember the Titans
"When Bertier and Campbell are talking in the hospital after Bertier's accident"
3) Philadelphia "Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington win the case"
4)Brian's Song "Oh Man I was all choked up with this movie how can you not be"
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How can you leave out SHAWSHANK????
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I love this film, and yet I suck at playing football.
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Perhaps the saddest movie of all time.
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Another one that was missed - Gaius Maximus' death in 'Gladiator' ("He was a soldier of Rome - honour him."), where he was finally able to let himself pass and be with his family again in the Elysian Fields.
Finally, how many scenes from the LotR trilogy absolutely fit into this category - Frodo accepting the role of Ringbearer while the rest of the Council of Elrond argues over the Ring (basically, a child accepting a role far beyond him while the adults do nothing); Gandalf's 'death' on the Bridge of Khazad-dum (the only time I've ever seen my father 'choke up' at anything other than a war movie or the playing of Taps.); the arrival at dawn of Gandalf, Eomer, and his Riders ("Theoden King stands alone." "Not alone - Rohirrim, to the King!") to raise the Siege of Helm's Deep; Theoden's speech and the charge of the Rohirrim to help raise the Siege of Minas Tirith (the horns blowing at dawn, Theoden's realization that they are vastly outnumbered, and the Rohan theme playing over the charge into the teeth of the orc archers.); Sam, knowing he can't take the Ring from Frodo to help him, picking him up and carrying him up the side of Mt. Orodruin ("I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!" - going so far beyond the call to help a friend in need.); Aragorn, before the Black Gate of Mordor, surrounded by 10,000 orcs and trolls, willingly leading a completely outnumbered charge in order to buy Frodo and Sam just a little more time to destroy the Ring (two simple words - "For Frodo."); and last (but certainly not least), the farewell scene at the Grey Havens when Gandalf calls Frodo to go ("It's time, Frodo."), where Frodo, unable to fully heal from his ordeal with the Ring, is taking the ship to Valinor, the Undying Lands, and has to say farewell forever to his dearest and closest friends.
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That movie broke down 30 college guys watching it in the dorm.
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Brian's Song
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Purple" EVERYONE in the audience was crying,
including all the men.
Somehow,since everyone was crying,and everyone knew it,it was OK for everyone. It was quite a moment. Mostly the scene when Celie and Nettie reunite.
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When Private Ryan as an adult asks his wife if he lead a good life while kneeling at the Omaha Beach headstone of Tom Hanks "capt" in Saving Private Ryan.
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GO 24!!!!!!!!!!
Also, real men can feel sad, but they dont cry
Finally, when Dances with Wolves departs with the Indians is a sad part too.
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Gotta concur with Field of Dreams, tho.
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I also thought Pride of the Yankees should have made the list too.
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Last scene where Kevin(Ray Consello
Found that scene very meaningful to me as it reminded me of my dad and myself.
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2)Robt Redford hitting the homerun in "the Natural"
3)Mark Wahlberg blocking the punt and scoring in "Invincible".
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--gets me everytime!
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When John Capaletti won the Heisman and gave the trophy to his brother.
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It "moistens the eyes" every time.
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I love Brian Piccolo!
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"I love Brian Piccolo, and I want you to love him, too."
It's football with crying! How much more dudely can ya get?
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When Cloud Strife flashes back into a dream and speaks with Aeris. The memory of Final Fantasy VII comes back, and you think "My God... he's still haunted by her death after all these years."
... and it's just a bloody video game.
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I cried like a little girl.
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The Hunt for Red October: We listened to Vasily's simple hopes for life in the new world: To live in Montana, raise rabbits and perhaps own an RV and drive state to state (do they let you do that? No papers?). It was a pretty crushing moment when he was shot.
Wargames: "20 seconds to impact..." as General Beringer has been persuaded to ride out the attack, we see hundreds of Soviet missiles on the computer screens, detonating on U.S. soil. "This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on? Is anyone there?" and the painful silence until, "Yeah, we're here! ... We're still here!"
Most people probably haven't seen the HBO Original "By The Dawn's Early Light" but if you lived during the cold war, you should. The ending of that film will choke you up more than any of the others, and make you proud too.
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Also, I agree with the other person about "It's a Wonderful Life" - how can you leave that out? (As compared to things like "ET", and "Midnight Cowboy" (which any "real man" would never watch anyway!)
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How many ball players grow up afraid of losing their fathers' love every time they come up to the plate?
All of them.
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Of course, if you ask them now, they don't cry at anything, let alone "stupid" movies.
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(1) most scenes from the Rocky movie series after he get married (check out Rocky 4 when he goes from fighting with Adrian to talking to his son to flashbacks about his time with Appollo Creed)
(2) the Rob Reiner film Stand by Me
(3) the last few minutes of To Sir With Love
(4) the scenes involving James dean and Jim Backus in Rebel Without a Cause where they are trying hard to understand each other
(5) British working class men struggling with their identity in both Billy Elliott and The Full Monty
(6) The scene in the movie Parenthood involving Steve Martin and Jason Robards where they go from being "men" to vulnerable father and son and back to "men" again (actually the whole movie does this very well
(7) the scene from Shadowlands in the attic in which Anthony Hopkins and his new son share their saddness and uncertainty about the death of Joy (Debra Winger)
(8) the scene from An Officer and a Gentleman in which Richard gere's character is forced to be humble and admit he has "nowhere else to go" after being humiliated/broken by his sargent Lou Gossett
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(9) many scenes from the movie Brokeback Mountain
(10) Brian's Song and Remember the Titans
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I agree with Saving Private Ryan. The opening scene where the old man is in the cemetery. Moving stuff