Its the second week at Mettel Ray’s Breaking Emotions blogathon. Click on the banner above to check it out! Last week, it was Fear & Awkward. I chose to do one emotion and showcased 5 awkward scenes. If you’d like to check out that post, its right HERE! This week, our mission is to break Tears (aka sadness) and Surprise. For all the instructions and other entries, head over HERE. Join in if you have some scenes to share, it’ll be lots of fun!
Initially, I had thought about doing only one emotion because I’m a sap and I cry at everything, but then I thought about it a bit deeper and dug deep in my mind to find scenes where I cry repeatedly, like the scene shows up and the waterworks start immediately. These days, nothing really gets me as much as it used to (but thats also because I’m avoiding dramas in general). However, the ones that made me shed tears or downright bawl were only a select few.
1) Les Miserables ending scene
A lot of people would say that Fantine’s solo I Dreamed a Dream would be the most emotional. I’m not saying it isn’t. I bawled for a good part of Les Miserables. However, the part that touched me the most of was the ending scene. Jean Valjean’s part where he has to reveal himself. To me, Jean Valjean’s story is a sad one and the ending he met may be a form of release for him but at the same time, his character is one that tugs at my heartstrings and makes me cry every single time.
2) 2 Young – Parent’s heart felt words
2 Young is a 2005 Hong Kong movie that I like a lot. I reviewed it a month or two ago (you can find it HERE). As much as this movie is about a sweet young love and their struggles, its also brings in the parents and how they are coping with it. Thats what makes this drama so good. This scene is touching because one, we have an amazing actor in Eric Tsang being the father. He expresses his sadness because of his failure to be a good father and a good husband because he couldn’t stop his son from going down his own path and in turn, not being able to make better choices for his life. The scene by itself probably doesn’t mean much but to fully grasp it, you have to really watch the whole thing, which I urge you to do.
3) Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog -> Saying Goodbye
I watched Quill almost 10 years ago. Quill is a Japanese story about the life of a guide dog called Quill: the bonds he builds in his training, his career and then till the very end. I’m an animal lover so when you give me a story about the life of a dog and as a pet owner, I understand the pain of parting of them more than anything. Hell, I’m still grieving over my last dog and its been recently 2 years. This scene up there makes me burst into tears in buckets. I was rewatching a part of the movie last night on YouTube and I was getting all teary even when seeing it in snippets.
Thats it for now, I had a few choices to make but one thing this did do was remind me of a lot of movies that I haven’t seen in a long time. Another one that is kind of honorable mention was My Sister’s Keeper. That movie was not a great adaptation of the novel but there was a few parts that was really tear-jerking, at least for me. Lets wrap this one up and move on to the next emotion!
Surprise is one that I don’t really want to go too much in depth about and struggled with whether I should do it. Why? Because if it was a plot twist, I wouldn’t want to reveal it to all of you, thats in spoiler territory. So instead of videos, I’ll just brush the surface on movies that surprised me the most when I first saw it. Not to mention there is only a very little amount of movies that I haven’t predicted the twist in advance to some degree. An overactive and analytical mind will do that to you. Lets give it a shot though. Lets try and break SURPRISE!
1) The Mist – ending scene
I’ve heard lots of people praise The Mist and its “amazing” ending. Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of the movie because of the ending but it is also one that surprised me the most. I never saw that coming at all! This may be an adaptation from a Stephen King novel (it is, right?) but I haven’t read any of them. Shocking and surprising, I know, I need to get to it. Still, that ending knocked me out and I was like WTF?!?!?!?
2) Re-cycle – plot twist
Re-cycle is an Asian horror flick by the Pang brothers that I adore. I’m a huge fan of their movies especially after my favorite horror flick, The Eye. As much as this movie is going to give you a ripoff of Silent Hill at the beginning sort of vibe, the movie turns out to have this amazing twist. I really don’t want to reveal it. All I have to say is that the world’s meaning turns into something else and the scene where it all explains it really gives it a huge boost. I couldn’t find even an obscure scene of the surprise moment I’d say this scene kind of links to it a bit. The clever build-up for the big reveal really makes this one of the most surprising moments (for me) till today. Obviously, I still have a lot of catching up to do, especially in terms of classics but this one definitely qualifies.
I went into The Cabin in the Woods knowing absolutely nothing so the ending is a shocking one that kind of gives the movie a purpose. I don’t even know what I’m being all secretive, I’m sure most of you (if not all) have seen this movie. Granted, I thought it was an absurd twist in a certain way but does give it this lasting memory in my mind. My reaction to the ending, “Excuse me? Are you for reals?!?!?!?!?” Thats better than my boyfriend’s standing up and walking away calling it stupid. I have to revisit this movie since I’ve gained this immense praise for Joss Whedon but still, it was quite the creative thought. I gotta give the movie that much. It definitely surprised the hell out of me.
Its funny how my list is all horror movies. LOL! What can I say? I’d put thrillers but I can see people pounding me for giving away those big twists even more. Plus, a lot of thrillers, I really do have it figured out before the big reveal, I blame it on overuse of foreshadowing (or just bad promo work). Either way, I’ve learnt better. The ones above, I watched them without knowing anything in advance. Just to make it clear, since we’re looking at movie scenes, we’re talking about ending scenes for The Mist and
Here we go! Another week of Breaking Emotions blogathon! Remember to click on the banner or the link to check out other entries or get information to join in. 🙂
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