Favorite tear-jerker..,

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I like the Claudette Colbert version, but I have not seen it all the way through.

Lana Turner was a product of the big studios of her day and she seemed to have particular dramatic roles they cast her in.
 
The Passion of the Christ
Paul, Apostle of Christ (the very end really gets me)
Jesus of Nazareth
Nowhere Boy (when John’s mom is killed)
And maybe Gran Torino.
 
The part in the Last Jedi when Admiral Ackbar dies without getting more than a glimpse on camera or more than a sentence mentioning it.

It is so poetically beautiful and defies my expectations in every way.

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Christopher Plummer singing Eidelweiss in the Sound of Music. It was a song of love for his homeland which he sang ( as Capt. Von Trappe ) as he and his family prepared to flee from the Nazis
 
Marley and Me
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Miracle of Marcelino
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
 
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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That movie has been in my Netflix list forever now, but I’ve never gotten around to watching it. I need to remember to catch it the next time it’s available.
 
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If anyone else is a Pixar fan – and seriously, if you aren’t, WHY aren’t you?
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I’m not much of a Pixar fan apart from Toy Story though. The characters are shaped funny. I prefer realistic human body shapes in my animation.
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I took a young grandson to see The Incredibles on first release. I didn’t care for the look of Pixar cartoons, and I never watched another one after that. I’m a great fan of the old hand-drawn cartoons, from Snow White and Pinocchio all the way through to Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. It just occurred to me to wonder whether Chuck Jones used computers at all, either for Road Runner or for Tom and Jerry. Whether he did or not, I like the look of his cartoons.
 
My mother couldn’t handle “Bambi” with the mother deer dying and all.

One time I brought the original book home from my school library to read and left it in the living room. She read it and it made her so upset she said she would never buy deerskin driving gloves again.

She also got really sad when I took her to see “March of the Penguins” and it was showing how some of the baby penguins end up dying and nobody helps them. She thought a team of humans should go out there and rescue the baby penguins.
 
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EWTN used to play Marcelino every Christmas. I’m not sure if they still do since Mother Angelica left.
 
I saw one called “Marcelino pan y vino” about 20 years ago. I think it was subtitled.
 
Yes, that’s the one. There are subtitled versions out there. I just haven’t been able to find one on streaming with the English subtitles.
Actually I see Amazon has it streaming, I may have to just rent it there
 
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Two movies that always do it to me:

Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader’s death scene. That line: “Just once, let me look on you with my own eyes…” I melt.

Apollo 13. I’ve seen it thirty times, I’ve read the book, I’ve memorized every moment of that movie. I know exactly what happens. I still lose it when they come out of tap blackout. (Can’t call me out for spoiling the movie. It’s a historic event.)

Other than that, movies don’t get me. Sporting events make me weep though. I still get choked up watching Auburn beat Bama on the Kick Six.

-Fr ACEGC
 
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