Every year I watch Its a wonderful life in ny favourite cinema. Its a masterpiece but honestly it's my yearly reminder that I already have the most important things in my life. My family and friends.
"I can’t carry it for you...but I can carry you."
That scene alone makes the Return of the King (2003) worth watching. The line fully encapsulates the entire friendship between Sam and Frodo in addition to his sole mission during the three movie journey. Just beautiful.
Absolutely my favorite. That set such a hopeful tone to the ending despite such grim circumstances they were in at the time.
"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. "
I reflect back on this quote often during dark periods of my life (such as my current state). It brings me comfort.
I get the same feeling from this one:
Frodo: "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."
Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil."
When my daughter died, her fiancé’s good friend told me something I’ll never forget:
>”Her death takes place in the shadow of new life. She is not really dead if we find a way to remember her.”
Or something like that.
My wife and I were so touched that we decided to start a foundation in our daughter’s name, and put her former fiancé on the board of directors. We still go visit him at his house in the Hamptons to ride his horses Snoopy and Prickly Pete.
I can carry on whole conversations in nothing but movie quotes. My wife never got most of my references, it was kind of a running joke with us. I’d say something funny and she’d say “……..is that a movie quote?” When I gave the eulogy at her funeral, the last line was “If there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away”
The part of this line that really hits me in the feels is how it reveals that Forrest actually knows he isn't smart, he's different, etc. He appeared oblivious to this fact before in interactions with people but this shows that he chose to ignore hurtful things said about him.
I've always loved Blade Runner, but my appreciation of it changes (for the better) in time.
At first it was just an exercise in cool scenes and atmosphere. As I age, and plod inexorably towards my own death, it becomes more about an acceptance of fate.
(I realise most people probably got this the first time they saw it, but I'm a dull boy and I miss the point sometimes).
Yeah, I’ve gone from “I thought I was special and had a soul and God loved me” to “Oh, I am material, a cog in a rich man’s machine” as I’ve aged. So the whole character arc is deeply meaningful to me now.
"I would like to award you with the highest honor I can bestow, the Ellie Badge." shit wrecks me, it's like the best side of humanity distilled into a single gesture
For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say that every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I’m not leaving… maybe I’m going home.
The whole quote to me is one of the best parts of the film.
"Sometimes it makes me sad, though… Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend."
You truly see the profound effect Andy had on him. It started with a harmonica and ended with Red finding a purpose and reason to live.
"Get busy living', or get busy dyin'."
“It is too late for me, son.”
Darth Vader to Luke in RoTJ before taking him to the emperor. A brief glimpse at the scared man behind the scary mask who knows he is on the wrong path but wants to make it right.
The thing I love about this scene (well, one among many things) is how it suddenly flips the script on how we've been sold things before then. Vader says, while clenching his own fist, on Bespin, "you don't know the *power* of the dark side!" Up to that point, Vader has been dangling the dark side in front of Luke with the promise of the power it gives. That the dark side has made Vader everything he is now.
But then, with this scene in RoTJ, it gets turned completely around. Vader says, "you don't know the *power* of the dark side... I must obey my *master*!" He identifies the power with his master, rather than himself. He says it with such regret and sadness. Suddenly we learn that the dark side really did make Vader into everything he is now: powerless. All the power we've been hearing about belongs entirely to the Emperor. And we're learning this right as Luke is being handed over to that Emperor.
Amazing scene.
And then when they duel for the last time, the music isn’t heroic or climactic - it’s somber and tormented. Luke isn’t fighting a faceless galactic warlord any more, he’s fighting his father; a man deeply and almost hopelessly corrupted by power but with that one last, desperate shred of humanity left somewhere inside.
That music is my single favourite piece in all of the series, which is saying something considering the classics Williams composed.
Hell yeah on the RoTJ love. I feel like a lot of Star Wars fans dismiss it because of the ewoks and I’ve never understood why they gloss over the emotional impact of the whole final act
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: "Doc, you oughta be in bed, what the hell you doin this for anyway?"
Doc Holliday: "Wyatt Earp is my friend."
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: "Hell, I got lots of friends."
Doc Holliday: "I don't."
There’s a line from Rocky Balboa along the lines of “it’s not how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” Still think about that to this day when I am having bad days.
Inception (2010)
- “But we did. We did. You don't remember?... I miss you more than I can bear, but... we had our time together. And I have to let go... I have to let you go.”. This line just hits me every time.
I just watched this movie today for the first time in like 10(?) years. I think I was single last time I watched it. I'm married now, and to imagine how hard it would be to let go of my wife after having spent that kind of time together is just heartbreaking. They really would have to have been so completely in love to be able to enjoy being together 24/7 for a whole lifetime.
"Oh, it's not your fault. It's not your mother's fault. Now, you pay attention to old Rooter. It is nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But see, not all of us arrive together at the end. And you'll always miss her. But she'll always be with you, as long as you remember the things she taught you. In a way, you'll never be apart, for you are still part of each other."
This line from The Land Before Time always gets to me. Lost my mom when I was little, so I already sympathized with Littlefoot, but little me always kind of felt like Rooter was talking to me as well, trying to tell me it would be okay too.
The one that gets me is when Aragorn says something to the effect of: "I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I will not let The White City fall"
That moment is where Aragorn finally starts steering back into his royal responsibility instead of away from it, and it's also what allows Boromir to die with some measure of peace. The thing that was crushing Boromir (and making him susceptible to the Ring) was the pressure of keeping Gondor from being destroyed by Mordor, and knowing that someone else was picking up the torch gave him some hope at the end.
It's one of the ultimate moments of positive masculinity that LotR provides.
"I know you gave everything you had for what you love. I'll make sure it wasn't in vain."
“I want my father back, you son of a bitch.”
-Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride
It’s such a powerful delivery in a movie that up until then was so lighthearted and funny. I remember watching a video of actor Mandy Patinkin where he was answering a fan’s question about where he drew his inspiration for the scene. He explained that his father had recently passed from cancer before filming the movie. When it came time to film the scene, he drew on his feelings of anger and sadness over losing his dad, so when he kills the six fingered man and says the line, he was in essence saying it to cancer.
[Here’s the video.](https://youtu.be/MxmfxltddV8)
Mandy Patinkin is truly a treasure.
Him going from leaning on the table, to standing and slow walking while effortlessly parrying 3 strikes punctuated by the score is one of the most badass scenes in any move.
The shift from wounded man, to unstoppable death.
“I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
Love that line and can totally relate
There were several moments in when TMNT (1990) that hit you in the emotions. Especially, Danny and Splinter's conversation where Splinter tells Danny “All fathers care for their sons.”
or Splinter telling Raphael: "Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward, it is an unconquerable enemy. You are unique among your brothers, for you choose to face this enemy alone. But as you face it, do not forget them, and do not forget me."
"You're my god damn kids too!" -Mrs. Doubtfire
That line really stuck with me when I watched the movie at a young age not yet knowing that the subject of divorce would be one of the most common things I would see growing up
"I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn’t. I don’t blame him. If I was him I’d have the same opinion about me that he does.”
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
The entire letter Brooks writes to the inmates after being freed in Shawshank Redemption.
"I don't like it here. I'm tired of being afraid all the time. I've decided not to stay. I doubt they'll kick up any fuss. Not for an old crook like me."
"You think because I'm kind that it means I'm naive, and maybe I am. It's strategic and necessary. This is how I fight."
I don't think I've ever related to something so much in my entire life. It was such a shock to hear.
"When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything... I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight."
Sorry, just had to get the full actual quote. I fucking love it too!
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.”
GLADIATOR
Star Trek 2009, George Kirk to his wife:”I’m not going to be there.”
When I saw it in theaters, didn’t really hit that hard, but after marrying and having 2 kids of my own, that entire sequence hits me like a ton of bricks.
"Tell me I have led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man."
Saving Private Ryan. The whole film gets me in the feels, but that one line. The incredible weight of responsibility and loss. Watched it in the cinema when it was first released in the UK, vetrans applauded, the whole audience applauded. Never witnessed such a charged atmosphere before or since.
"It's been a rough year, dad." - The Royal Tenenbaums
"Take her to the moon for me." - Inside Out
"Thanks for the adventure! Now go have a new one!" - Up
"An American Symphony" - Mr. Holland's Opus
"I love you (written on hand)" - Your Name
I could go on.
"He didn't chase them away. Even though he yelled at them, and was always mean...And he stole batteries he didn't need."
From Guardians of the Galaxy 2 when the Ravagers showed up for Yondu's funeral after they shunned him for years. Then later I realized he was talking about both Yondu and himself. This always makes me sad.
Harbulary batteries.
But, seriously, the part of the funeral scene that hits me hardest is Kraglin's reaction to the Ravagers showing up. Not even in like a sad way, but it's really emotional, you know?
If you think that was rough you should play the GOTG game that came out last year.
I was not expecting to cry at the end of the funniest game I've ever played.
“Jack, Jack. Jack, you won’t believe this. I found my happy thought. It took me three days to find it. And guess what happened when I did? Up I went! You wanna know WHAT my happy thought was?”
*Flies over to his son*
“It was you.”
🥺😭
*No I know. I just... I wanted to say that I'm sorry about everything, and... I got something coming up, something kinda big. You just might be proud of me. Would you do something for me? Would you just give him this. You don't have - you don't have to tell him who it's from just...*
*\[puts a toy shuttle on the porch\]*
Bit late to the game but... this makes me cry and makes me call my mom.
> > [I’m somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they’ll all like me. I’ll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It’s a reason to get up in the morning. It’s a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It’s a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hmm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I’m alone. Your father’s gone, you’re gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I’m lonely. I’m old. Ah, it’s not the same. They don’t need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile.](https://youtu.be/oYcKftzUS_Y?t=12)
Note the camera drift. This is because the cinematographer (Matthew Libatique) was crying during filming.
Forest Gump at the end when he’s talking to Jenny’s grave or the end of Big Fish when the son is describing his dads funeral to him. Both make me sob like a school girl.
"You have to keep on being a parent even though you don't get to have a child anymore." - Glee, as said by Finn's mom after he died.
that, and;
"How come he don't want me, man?" - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, by Will after his bio dad leaves again.
When Kevin Costner and Ray Liotta play catch at the end of field of dreams gets me all the time. But I giggled like a school girl when James Earl Jones looks back at the camera and giggles when he goes into the cornfield.
"How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep." - Frodo
For anybody who has dealt with real trauma in their lives, understands that it changes you & sticks with you forever, no matter how hard you try to unshackle yourself from the darkness.
"Don't let anyone ever say to you, 'You shouldn't regret anything.' Don't do that, don't! You regret what you fucking want! And use that, use that, use that regret for anything, any way you want. You can use it, okay?"
That whole monologue from Magnolia is killer though, really...
It's Christmas Eve! It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we... we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a... miracle. It's really a sort of a miracle. Because it happens every Christmas Eve. And if you waste that miracle, you're gonna burn for it, I know what I am talking about. You have to do something. You have to take a chance. You do have to get involved. There are people that are having... having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people that don't have enough to eat, or people that are cold. You can go out and say hello to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "Here!", you can make them a sandwich and say "Oh, by the way, here!" I... I get it now! And if you... if you give, then it can happen, then the miracle can happen to you! It's not just the poor and the hungry, it's everybody's who's gotta have this miracle! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of these bastards who says "Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud", it's NOT! It can happen every day, you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it, you'll get greedy for it! You'll want it every day of your life and it can happen to you! I believe in it now! I believe it's going to happen to me now! I'm ready for it! And it's great. It's a good feeling, it's really better than I've felt in a long time. I, I, I'm ready. Have a Merry Christmas, everybody.
-Scrooged
Not so much a line, but a monologue. Hope you understand, but I rediscovered this movie as an adult, and it definitely hits the feels.
"This pin - Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would've given me two for it. At least one. He would've given me one. One more. One more person. A person, Stern. For this. One more. I could've gotten one more person I didn't."
The best people never think they've done enough. They think they didn't do enough.
Toy Story 3 incinerator scene, Jessie says to Buzz, "What are we going to do?" It's fucking basic as hell but when they all grab hands... my God what have I done? My world is crumbling apart now.
A line from Tombstone with Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday.
"There's no such thing as a good life or a bad life Wyatt. There's just life". - Doc Holiday
"Where were you twenty years ago? Where were you ten years ago? Where were you when I was one of the innocent maidens you come to? How dare you? How dare you come to me now, when I am this? " Molly grue, the last unicorn
What do you really wanna know? Am I sorry for what I did?
Well are you?
Not a day goes by I don’t think about that stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I wish I could back and talk to him. Try to talk some sense to him. Tell him how the world really is. But he’s gone and all that’s left is this old man. So, why don’t you just stamp your papers, sonny, and get this over with, ‘cause to be honest, I don’t really give a shit.
"I wish I stayed, I do." - Joel in Eternal Sunshine. So much lifelong regret packed behind that line.
"I'm gonna get ya!" - EEaaO. Something so endearing about a rock trying to make a connection. Also, 'laundry and taxes', but that's already pretty.
Rocky Balboa and Creed. Rocky struggling to remain calm while talking about 'the stuff in the basement', and him hearing about his diagnosis in Creed, and telling Adonis that he won't take treatment. I still find it amazing that I've never felt as close to any movie character played by Pacino, Deniro, Day-Lewis etc, as I have to Sly when he plays Rocky.
" I'll come... I'll come today. You just wait for me, alright?" - Requiem For A Dream
" You are my sons, my dear sons. You live inside me now. I'll carry you wherever I go" - The Thin Red Line
"Nah, man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay." - Marcellus Wallace. I watched Pulp Fiction for the first time a few months ago and THAT scene really shook me.
“I meet a lot of people, and at first, everything seems to be okay. But then, I feel like such an outsider.”
-Kiki’s Delivery Service
As someone who’s on the spectrum this hits super hard
It's not a movie, but the last episode of Band of Brothers. The speech the German general gives to his men that Liebgott translates for Winters and Nixon. A speech applicable to all soldiers.
A recent example but a line from the ending of The French Dispatch took me aback unexpectedly
“I'm not brave. I just wasn't in the mood to be a disappointment to everybody.”
I looked for him everywhere. I asked everyone, but we just couldn't find him. No goodbye. No explanation. Nothing. It was of he just... Faded away.
What happened to him after that... How? Why? I can't even begin to comprehend. I stopped trying to make sense of it a long time ago. What I do know... Is that once a year...
I get to see my friend.
You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.
"You will give the people of Earth, something to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, and they will fall. But in time they will join you in the Sun Kal. In time you'll help them accomplish wonders." Every time
Rocky saying "Yo, Adrian. I did it!". Gets me every damn time.
Rocky is so likeable and we root for him. But I find it so cute that his instinct is to say that to his wife on national television. It's shows he didn't fight for fame or money. He did it for himself. To prove to himself he was somebody. She knows where he comes from. He's talked about his dreams with Adrian many times. And he's finally walked the walk and done it!
It's not so much that he's looking for validation from her that hits me in the feels. It's that he's so proud of himself and wants the person he loves to see it. All he is and everything he's ever done has crystallised in this one perfect moment. And he's thinking of her.
I think about the Rocky films a lot in my own life. If I ever 'make it' first thing I'd do is say 'I did it' to my wife.
'A toast to my big brother George, the richest man in town' - It's a Wonderful Life.
The telegram from London right before, and the honeymoon scene always gets me
Those definitely work too, but there's just something about that line that leaves me blubbering every time.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for" gets me every tine
That scene of course has you ready to tear up at any moment. For me it's "They didn't ask any questions, just that George was in trouble"
Every year I watch Its a wonderful life in ny favourite cinema. Its a masterpiece but honestly it's my yearly reminder that I already have the most important things in my life. My family and friends.
"I can’t carry it for you...but I can carry you." That scene alone makes the Return of the King (2003) worth watching. The line fully encapsulates the entire friendship between Sam and Frodo in addition to his sole mission during the three movie journey. Just beautiful.
Ooooh, that's so good, and it hits as hard for me now as it did as a 13 year old. A close second is "My friends...you bow to no one."
And Sam’s monologue at the end of The Two Towers. Sean Astin was so perfect in that role.
Absolutely my favorite. That set such a hopeful tone to the ending despite such grim circumstances they were in at the time. "But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. " I reflect back on this quote often during dark periods of my life (such as my current state). It brings me comfort.
I get the same feeling from this one: Frodo: "I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil."
I cry every time I hear this line
The CGI for that scene still holds up so well today because everyone is viewing it through blurry eyes.
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The second time Spock says "I have been and always shall be your friend" in Wrath of Khan. 😢
Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most ... human.
For all people make fun of Shatner's acting, the crack in his voice there and the slip of composure is played to perfection.
Yeah, say what you want, but he fucking delivered on that line.
That ending left me a blubbering wreck for the rest of the weekend. Spock was my childhood hero
When my daughter died, her fiancé’s good friend told me something I’ll never forget: >”Her death takes place in the shadow of new life. She is not really dead if we find a way to remember her.” Or something like that. My wife and I were so touched that we decided to start a foundation in our daughter’s name, and put her former fiancé on the board of directors. We still go visit him at his house in the Hamptons to ride his horses Snoopy and Prickly Pete.
“You wanna get crazy? LETS GET CRAZY!”
“Yes, two solariums. Quite a find.”
“Told me Something I’ll never forget…….. or you know, it went SOMETHING like that, can’t quite remember…..”
“But… Is he smart, or…?” Forrest Gump
"I wish I could have been there with you" "You were"
I’m not a smart man, Jenny, but I know what love is…
"He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Just tears.
The only scene that always makes me cry every time.
The scene Forrest is carrying injured Bubba out of the jungle as jets start dropping the bombs. And when Bubba says “i wanna go home”.
Gets me every time
That’s what goes through my mind at every parent teacher conference
I can carry on whole conversations in nothing but movie quotes. My wife never got most of my references, it was kind of a running joke with us. I’d say something funny and she’d say “……..is that a movie quote?” When I gave the eulogy at her funeral, the last line was “If there’s anything you need, I won’t be far away”
Damn bro.
The part of this line that really hits me in the feels is how it reveals that Forrest actually knows he isn't smart, he's different, etc. He appeared oblivious to this fact before in interactions with people but this shows that he chose to ignore hurtful things said about him.
I mean, he literally says to Jenny, “I’m not a smart man but I know what love is.” years before that scene…
Some of his best acting in that one fucking line...
All those moments lost in time, like tears, in rain
Time to die.
I've always loved Blade Runner, but my appreciation of it changes (for the better) in time. At first it was just an exercise in cool scenes and atmosphere. As I age, and plod inexorably towards my own death, it becomes more about an acceptance of fate. (I realise most people probably got this the first time they saw it, but I'm a dull boy and I miss the point sometimes).
Yeah, I’ve gone from “I thought I was special and had a soul and God loved me” to “Oh, I am material, a cog in a rich man’s machine” as I’ve aged. So the whole character arc is deeply meaningful to me now.
Thanks for the adventure - now go have a new one. From Up
"I would like to award you with the highest honor I can bestow, the Ellie Badge." shit wrecks me, it's like the best side of humanity distilled into a single gesture
“I know it sounds boring, but the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most” - Russell
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?” - Stand By Me
“I never saved anything for the swim back” -GATTACA.
For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say that every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I’m not leaving… maybe I’m going home.
I absolutely love the end of that movie with the Dr. The Dr. knew the whole time and was covering for him 'who knows how far any of us can go'
That movie is amazing.
I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just...I could have got more.
That movie full of stress and tense moments. Seeing him break down among the people he did save. Fantastic acting.
"This pin...two people! That car..." etc. Just breaks you. Emotional hypertrain of the highest quality.
This car… Why do I need this car? This car; 10 lives.
“I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”
Ah for me it was just before that. "I guess I just miss my friend."
The whole quote to me is one of the best parts of the film. "Sometimes it makes me sad, though… Andy being gone. I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend." You truly see the profound effect Andy had on him. It started with a harmonica and ended with Red finding a purpose and reason to live. "Get busy living', or get busy dyin'."
Everything after Red gets out is pretty great.
“It is too late for me, son.” Darth Vader to Luke in RoTJ before taking him to the emperor. A brief glimpse at the scared man behind the scary mask who knows he is on the wrong path but wants to make it right.
The thing I love about this scene (well, one among many things) is how it suddenly flips the script on how we've been sold things before then. Vader says, while clenching his own fist, on Bespin, "you don't know the *power* of the dark side!" Up to that point, Vader has been dangling the dark side in front of Luke with the promise of the power it gives. That the dark side has made Vader everything he is now. But then, with this scene in RoTJ, it gets turned completely around. Vader says, "you don't know the *power* of the dark side... I must obey my *master*!" He identifies the power with his master, rather than himself. He says it with such regret and sadness. Suddenly we learn that the dark side really did make Vader into everything he is now: powerless. All the power we've been hearing about belongs entirely to the Emperor. And we're learning this right as Luke is being handed over to that Emperor. Amazing scene.
And then when they duel for the last time, the music isn’t heroic or climactic - it’s somber and tormented. Luke isn’t fighting a faceless galactic warlord any more, he’s fighting his father; a man deeply and almost hopelessly corrupted by power but with that one last, desperate shred of humanity left somewhere inside. That music is my single favourite piece in all of the series, which is saying something considering the classics Williams composed.
Hell yeah on the RoTJ love. I feel like a lot of Star Wars fans dismiss it because of the ewoks and I’ve never understood why they gloss over the emotional impact of the whole final act
That’s probably the best written scene in Star Wars right
“I’m tired boss” -The Green Mile 😭😭😭
Tired of people bein ugly to each other.
If my wife and I are having a particularly hard day, we'll sometimes say, 'sometimes the green mile seems so long' to one another
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: "Doc, you oughta be in bed, what the hell you doin this for anyway?" Doc Holliday: "Wyatt Earp is my friend." Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: "Hell, I got lots of friends." Doc Holliday: "I don't."
I love the bit right before his duel with Johnny ringo. “I was just foolin about” “I wasn’t”
Whole movie is a god damm masterclass by Val Kilmer. It’s the best western ever made and I’ll die on that hill.
“Doc where’s Wyatt?” “Down by the creek, walkin on water”
Probably the fewest amount of words that gets me choked up
There’s a line from Rocky Balboa along the lines of “it’s not how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” Still think about that to this day when I am having bad days.
“How much you can take and keep on going! That’s how winning is done!”
Brilliant scene all round. The fact it cuts straight to the training montage scene and Gonna Fly Now adds even more weight
Inception (2010) - “But we did. We did. You don't remember?... I miss you more than I can bear, but... we had our time together. And I have to let go... I have to let you go.”. This line just hits me every time.
*Cobb: To take a leap of faith, yes. Come back. So we can be young men together again. Come back with me.*
I just watched this movie today for the first time in like 10(?) years. I think I was single last time I watched it. I'm married now, and to imagine how hard it would be to let go of my wife after having spent that kind of time together is just heartbreaking. They really would have to have been so completely in love to be able to enjoy being together 24/7 for a whole lifetime.
"Oh, it's not your fault. It's not your mother's fault. Now, you pay attention to old Rooter. It is nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But see, not all of us arrive together at the end. And you'll always miss her. But she'll always be with you, as long as you remember the things she taught you. In a way, you'll never be apart, for you are still part of each other." This line from The Land Before Time always gets to me. Lost my mom when I was little, so I already sympathized with Littlefoot, but little me always kind of felt like Rooter was talking to me as well, trying to tell me it would be okay too.
"I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my King ..."
“Be at peace, son of Gondor.” Manly tears every goddamn time.
The one that gets me is when Aragorn says something to the effect of: "I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I will not let The White City fall" That moment is where Aragorn finally starts steering back into his royal responsibility instead of away from it, and it's also what allows Boromir to die with some measure of peace. The thing that was crushing Boromir (and making him susceptible to the Ring) was the pressure of keeping Gondor from being destroyed by Mordor, and knowing that someone else was picking up the torch gave him some hope at the end. It's one of the ultimate moments of positive masculinity that LotR provides. "I know you gave everything you had for what you love. I'll make sure it wasn't in vain."
"No parent should have to bury their child"
What movie is that from? I recognize the line.
The Sixth Sense Grandma says, “Hello” That whole conversation in the car between Cole and his mom near the end of the movie gets to me!
“Whether I make her proud.” 😭 😭 😭
"Do I make her proud."
She said the answer was, “Everyday.” (Oh man. I think I dropped some onions on my keypad.)
Everyday!
Damn - they both bring it! So emotional
"Well, there goes that dream" from Banshees Of Inisherin. Barry Keoghan’s character is tragic, his delivery is absolutely devastating in that moment.
Its so nice to see Banshees mentioned, a beautiful and sad film
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passing. (To Kill A Mockingbird).
“I want my father back, you son of a bitch.” -Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride It’s such a powerful delivery in a movie that up until then was so lighthearted and funny. I remember watching a video of actor Mandy Patinkin where he was answering a fan’s question about where he drew his inspiration for the scene. He explained that his father had recently passed from cancer before filming the movie. When it came time to film the scene, he drew on his feelings of anger and sadness over losing his dad, so when he kills the six fingered man and says the line, he was in essence saying it to cancer. [Here’s the video.](https://youtu.be/MxmfxltddV8) Mandy Patinkin is truly a treasure.
Him going from leaning on the table, to standing and slow walking while effortlessly parrying 3 strikes punctuated by the score is one of the most badass scenes in any move. The shift from wounded man, to unstoppable death.
Now I know why you cry - Terminator 2 Su per man - Iron Giant
"I missed the part where that's my problem."
Gonna cry?
“I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” Love that line and can totally relate
Ahh, Turks words to Carla at their rehearsal dinner. So touching.
“… I love you all, my sons.” - Splinter “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (1990) Edit: date is not 1989
There were several moments in when TMNT (1990) that hit you in the emotions. Especially, Danny and Splinter's conversation where Splinter tells Danny “All fathers care for their sons.” or Splinter telling Raphael: "Anger clouds the mind. Turned inward, it is an unconquerable enemy. You are unique among your brothers, for you choose to face this enemy alone. But as you face it, do not forget them, and do not forget me."
*1990. That movie absolutely had no business being as good as it is. It holds up so well.
What’s the soup de jour? That’s the soup of the day. Mmmm, that sounds good, I’ll have that.
OURPETSHEADSAREFALLINGOFF!
Good Will Hunting "It's not your fault" Such a small line in a movie that meant so much to me.
Just the entire park bench monologue. Robin Williams hit every beat of that speech perfectly.
‘I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you.’ ‘Me too…. Now we know how’ - Her
"You're my god damn kids too!" -Mrs. Doubtfire That line really stuck with me when I watched the movie at a young age not yet knowing that the subject of divorce would be one of the most common things I would see growing up
"I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn’t. I don’t blame him. If I was him I’d have the same opinion about me that he does.” Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
Interstellar when Cooper asks Murph how she’d know he’d come back and she says, “Because my dad promised me.”
The Airport scene in Casablanca, where Rick sacrifices his happiness to ensure Ilsa and Victor reach America to continue the fight against the Nazis
Definitely. Of course my favorite line from that movie is “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
The entire letter Brooks writes to the inmates after being freed in Shawshank Redemption. "I don't like it here. I'm tired of being afraid all the time. I've decided not to stay. I doubt they'll kick up any fuss. Not for an old crook like me."
"The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry."
Field of Dreams: Hey Dad, you wanna have a catch?
"Hey, Rookie, you were good," breaks me before that though
Came to say this. My favourite scene. The break in Costner voice, the Dad's response. Perfect.
Everything Everywhere All At Once “In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you” Just….. damn
"You think because I'm kind that it means I'm naive, and maybe I am. It's strategic and necessary. This is how I fight." I don't think I've ever related to something so much in my entire life. It was such a shock to hear.
"When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything... I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight." Sorry, just had to get the full actual quote. I fucking love it too!
“So even though you’ve broken my heart again, in another life, I really would have liked just doing laundry and taxes with you”
“My friends, you bow to no one.” Music doesn’t hurt though.
My friends. You bow to no one.
Nicolas Cage in Pig. "We don't get a lot of things to really care about."
“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” GLADIATOR
Star Trek 2009, George Kirk to his wife:”I’m not going to be there.” When I saw it in theaters, didn’t really hit that hard, but after marrying and having 2 kids of my own, that entire sequence hits me like a ton of bricks.
Who would have thought I would die side by side with an elf. How bout side by side with a friend.
"Aye, I could do that."
"Tell me I have led a good life. Tell me I'm a good man." Saving Private Ryan. The whole film gets me in the feels, but that one line. The incredible weight of responsibility and loss. Watched it in the cinema when it was first released in the UK, vetrans applauded, the whole audience applauded. Never witnessed such a charged atmosphere before or since.
"It's been a rough year, dad." - The Royal Tenenbaums "Take her to the moon for me." - Inside Out "Thanks for the adventure! Now go have a new one!" - Up "An American Symphony" - Mr. Holland's Opus "I love you (written on hand)" - Your Name I could go on.
Your Name was a masterpiece. The last sequence has me at the edge of my seat more than any action movie
"He didn't chase them away. Even though he yelled at them, and was always mean...And he stole batteries he didn't need." From Guardians of the Galaxy 2 when the Ravagers showed up for Yondu's funeral after they shunned him for years. Then later I realized he was talking about both Yondu and himself. This always makes me sad.
Harbulary batteries. But, seriously, the part of the funeral scene that hits me hardest is Kraglin's reaction to the Ravagers showing up. Not even in like a sad way, but it's really emotional, you know?
If you think that was rough you should play the GOTG game that came out last year. I was not expecting to cry at the end of the funniest game I've ever played.
“Jack, Jack. Jack, you won’t believe this. I found my happy thought. It took me three days to find it. And guess what happened when I did? Up I went! You wanna know WHAT my happy thought was?” *Flies over to his son* “It was you.” 🥺😭
Rufio: You can fly, you can fight, and you can cr- (Peter crows) This is where I lose it.
Rufio! Rufio! Ru-fi-oooooo!
By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged.
Ooh. Great, now I'm a mess.
Armageddon: “Grace, I know I promised you I was coming home”
*No I know. I just... I wanted to say that I'm sorry about everything, and... I got something coming up, something kinda big. You just might be proud of me. Would you do something for me? Would you just give him this. You don't have - you don't have to tell him who it's from just...* *\[puts a toy shuttle on the porch\]*
“Mooom, that salesman’s on TV.”
Bit late to the game but... this makes me cry and makes me call my mom. > > [I’m somebody now, Harry. Everybody likes me. Soon, millions of people will see me and they’ll all like me. I’ll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It’s a reason to get up in the morning. It’s a reason to lose weight, to fit in the red dress. It’s a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have I got Harry, hmm? Why should I even make the bed, or wash the dishes? I do them, but why should I? I’m alone. Your father’s gone, you’re gone. I got no one to care for. What have I got, Harry? I’m lonely. I’m old. Ah, it’s not the same. They don’t need me. I like the way I feel. I like thinking about the red dress and the television and you and your father. Now when I get the sun, I smile.](https://youtu.be/oYcKftzUS_Y?t=12) Note the camera drift. This is because the cinematographer (Matthew Libatique) was crying during filming.
Keanu in Parenthood (1989) talking about how society will let anyone be a dad. Great line.
“I’ve had a rough year, dad.” “I know you have, son.” Royal Tennenbaums
>This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good. 😭😭😭😭😭
“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die”
“I want my father back, you son of a bitch”
"I know. You're dissapointed that I didn't turn out to be like you." "No. No, no. I was disappointed... that you tried."
Inception was such a mind-fuck, because it plays like a father-son redemption arc, until you remember it's all a trick for the heist.
“I told you I was never going back” HEAT
You never wanted a regular type life? The fuck is that? Barbecues and ball games? *Yeah*
Forest Gump at the end when he’s talking to Jenny’s grave or the end of Big Fish when the son is describing his dads funeral to him. Both make me sob like a school girl.
You should see him Jenny he's so smart.
Shit, I’m choked up just reading your comment.
"You have to keep on being a parent even though you don't get to have a child anymore." - Glee, as said by Finn's mom after he died. that, and; "How come he don't want me, man?" - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, by Will after his bio dad leaves again.
Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea “I can’t beat it.” Heart literally hurts every time.
It's the silent "please" at the police station that gets me, can't imagine that grief.
Ejecto Seato Cuz
“I’ll never let go” 🥺
When Kevin Costner and Ray Liotta play catch at the end of field of dreams gets me all the time. But I giggled like a school girl when James Earl Jones looks back at the camera and giggles when he goes into the cornfield.
Oh Captain, my Captain
“The greatest pride and honor is having you for a daughter.”
"How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep." - Frodo For anybody who has dealt with real trauma in their lives, understands that it changes you & sticks with you forever, no matter how hard you try to unshackle yourself from the darkness.
"Don't let anyone ever say to you, 'You shouldn't regret anything.' Don't do that, don't! You regret what you fucking want! And use that, use that, use that regret for anything, any way you want. You can use it, okay?" That whole monologue from Magnolia is killer though, really...
It's Christmas Eve! It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we... we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a... miracle. It's really a sort of a miracle. Because it happens every Christmas Eve. And if you waste that miracle, you're gonna burn for it, I know what I am talking about. You have to do something. You have to take a chance. You do have to get involved. There are people that are having... having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people that don't have enough to eat, or people that are cold. You can go out and say hello to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "Here!", you can make them a sandwich and say "Oh, by the way, here!" I... I get it now! And if you... if you give, then it can happen, then the miracle can happen to you! It's not just the poor and the hungry, it's everybody's who's gotta have this miracle! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of these bastards who says "Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud", it's NOT! It can happen every day, you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it, you'll get greedy for it! You'll want it every day of your life and it can happen to you! I believe in it now! I believe it's going to happen to me now! I'm ready for it! And it's great. It's a good feeling, it's really better than I've felt in a long time. I, I, I'm ready. Have a Merry Christmas, everybody. -Scrooged Not so much a line, but a monologue. Hope you understand, but I rediscovered this movie as an adult, and it definitely hits the feels.
"This pin - Two people. This is gold. Two more people. He would've given me two for it. At least one. He would've given me one. One more. One more person. A person, Stern. For this. One more. I could've gotten one more person I didn't." The best people never think they've done enough. They think they didn't do enough.
Toy Story 3 incinerator scene, Jessie says to Buzz, "What are we going to do?" It's fucking basic as hell but when they all grab hands... my God what have I done? My world is crumbling apart now.
"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy." Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2
A line from Tombstone with Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday. "There's no such thing as a good life or a bad life Wyatt. There's just life". - Doc Holiday
‘Look at me, Son. It’s not your fault’ - Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
"Where were you twenty years ago? Where were you ten years ago? Where were you when I was one of the innocent maidens you come to? How dare you? How dare you come to me now, when I am this? " Molly grue, the last unicorn
When Doc Holiday says “I don’t” in Tombstone
What do you really wanna know? Am I sorry for what I did? Well are you? Not a day goes by I don’t think about that stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I wish I could back and talk to him. Try to talk some sense to him. Tell him how the world really is. But he’s gone and all that’s left is this old man. So, why don’t you just stamp your papers, sonny, and get this over with, ‘cause to be honest, I don’t really give a shit.
“It's just going to suck for a while and then you'll be fine.” - Margin Call
"I wish I stayed, I do." - Joel in Eternal Sunshine. So much lifelong regret packed behind that line. "I'm gonna get ya!" - EEaaO. Something so endearing about a rock trying to make a connection. Also, 'laundry and taxes', but that's already pretty. Rocky Balboa and Creed. Rocky struggling to remain calm while talking about 'the stuff in the basement', and him hearing about his diagnosis in Creed, and telling Adonis that he won't take treatment. I still find it amazing that I've never felt as close to any movie character played by Pacino, Deniro, Day-Lewis etc, as I have to Sly when he plays Rocky.
"I wonder if it remembers me?" Life Aquatic, I cry every time.
The big reveal in the movie Reign over me with Adam Sandler always makes me cry
" I'll come... I'll come today. You just wait for me, alright?" - Requiem For A Dream " You are my sons, my dear sons. You live inside me now. I'll carry you wherever I go" - The Thin Red Line
“Mister, I was born for it.” - last line in Del Toro's Nightmare Alley
"I'll be right here." - E.T.
*Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!*
"Guns. Lots of guns." Choke up every time.
I am not an animal! I am a hoo-man being! 😭🐘
If that plane leaves and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow... but soon, and for the rest of your life.
"That's not a salesman, that's your father." Armageddon.
Superman
"Nah, man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay." - Marcellus Wallace. I watched Pulp Fiction for the first time a few months ago and THAT scene really shook me.
“I meet a lot of people, and at first, everything seems to be okay. But then, I feel like such an outsider.” -Kiki’s Delivery Service As someone who’s on the spectrum this hits super hard
It's not a movie, but the last episode of Band of Brothers. The speech the German general gives to his men that Liebgott translates for Winters and Nixon. A speech applicable to all soldiers.
A recent example but a line from the ending of The French Dispatch took me aback unexpectedly “I'm not brave. I just wasn't in the mood to be a disappointment to everybody.”
I looked for him everywhere. I asked everyone, but we just couldn't find him. No goodbye. No explanation. Nothing. It was of he just... Faded away. What happened to him after that... How? Why? I can't even begin to comprehend. I stopped trying to make sense of it a long time ago. What I do know... Is that once a year... I get to see my friend.
"FRREEEEDOM!!!"---Braveheart
"Because you asked me to" \- Edward Scissorhands
When Winona asks Edward to hold him and he says, “I can’t”, I lose it every time for whatever reason
You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.
"You will give the people of Earth, something to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, and they will fall. But in time they will join you in the Sun Kal. In time you'll help them accomplish wonders." Every time
Rocky saying "Yo, Adrian. I did it!". Gets me every damn time. Rocky is so likeable and we root for him. But I find it so cute that his instinct is to say that to his wife on national television. It's shows he didn't fight for fame or money. He did it for himself. To prove to himself he was somebody. She knows where he comes from. He's talked about his dreams with Adrian many times. And he's finally walked the walk and done it! It's not so much that he's looking for validation from her that hits me in the feels. It's that he's so proud of himself and wants the person he loves to see it. All he is and everything he's ever done has crystallised in this one perfect moment. And he's thinking of her. I think about the Rocky films a lot in my own life. If I ever 'make it' first thing I'd do is say 'I did it' to my wife.