[Magdalen] Little Things

[Jay Weigel]

I'm an unashamed movie cryer. Always have been. I remember going to see the
Zeffirelli "Romeo and Juliet" which I have always adored because the lead
parts were played by real teenagers, and absolutely sobbing at the tomb
scene even though I knew exactly how it was going to turn out because of
course I'd read the play my freshman year in high school.

The last time I remember crying in a movie (watching one at home doesn't
count) was, of all things, "Night at the Museum 3"...but part of that was
context. At the part where the characters are all about to turn back into
statues and Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) is saying goodbye to
Sacajawea, my eyes started leaking, and when he's a statue, back on his
horse and motionless and the Ben Stiller character looks back at him, tears
were pouring down my face because I knew we'd never see Robin in a movie
again and that was just too sad for words. S/O was as emotional as I was.
We both remain huge Robin Williams fans.

Oh, and I cried at the same scene in "Lady and the Tramp", too. Disney
movies always have one scene like that, and one guaranteed to scare the
pants off little kids (think about the forest fire in "Bambi").

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Years ago my sister-in-law and I went to see "Love Story," which was huge
> at the box office at that time. While we were waiting in the lobby for the
> next showing, we heard the theme song come on. We both started crying!
> Hadn't even seen the movie yet...
>
> On June 22, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> When I watched 'Brief Encounter', to my dismay my tears began to flow
> right at the beginning of the film because I could see where it was
> going to go.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 6/22/2016 8:25 AM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> > I have been, too, Marion!
> >
> >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've always been a weeper.  First remembered time was when Dumbo's
> mother was rocking him through the bars of her cage. Having seen me cry
> through it before, my children gave me 'Charlotte's Web' for Christmas one
> year so they could watch me cry.  My mother said I was tender-hearted.
> Good for Marcy!
> >>
> >> Marion, a pilgrim
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 6/21/2016 9:24 PM, Jim Handsfield wrote:
> >>> It's amazing what we remember for no reason at all.  Not long after we
> were married, Marcy and I were watching Lady and the Tramp on TV.  I don't
> remember if it was on video tape or HBO.  I had seen it when it first came
> out too many years ago.
> >>>
> >>> In the scene where Trusty and Scotty, followed by Lady, were running
> after the dog catcher taking Tramp to the pound, Trusty catches up and
> barks/snaps at the horse which causes it to shy, causing the cart to
> overturn.  Tramp is saved, but Trusty is hurt.  Scotty sniffs at Trusty and
> begins to howl in sorrow.
> >>>
> >>> I heard a sound by me and turned to see Marcy crying for Trusty.  That
> was the first time I saw Marcy cry over a movie scene.
> >>>
> >>> Jim Handsfield
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>> .
>
>