Movie scenes that sank your heart

Kinda surprised this wasn't mentioned yet:

Charlotte's Web (the 1973 cartoon, specifically) - When Wilbur found out that Charlotte was dying.
 
"The Abyss" was mentioned in the Worst Movie Ending thread--deservedly so (the book ending is better) but there's a scene in it that still gets me:

when Ed Harris and Mary E Mast. are stuck in the small sub and he has to watch his wife, the woman he loves drown in order to attempt a rescue. Then when he's trying to revive her and everyone else is telling him to stop...

"you never backed away from anything in your life! Fight! FIGHT! FIGHT!!!!"
 
A big FU to the guy who brought up the church scene in SPR. And another one to the dude who brought up Dumbo. Damn y'all.

But the worst is the Momma Ryan going out on the porch as the officer and the chaplain are getting out and she wilts. And one of the men reach out to her. That **** effing kills me.

Wilson floating away sucks.

I just saw I Am Legend tonight. I gave my lab a huge ******* hug when I got back.
 
A little real life for you guys that are hit hard by SPR...

In the Vietnam War, officers and senior NCOs stationed on post had to keep a dress uniform pressed and ready to go. Their wives had to keep a nice dress ready to go as well. They had these on hand in case they got a phone call at any hour that they needed to go visit a new widow and tell her the news. The officer's wife would go along in case she or the children needed consoling. That aint no movie; it was real life. Imagine what they thought every time they looked in the closet.
 
And there sure are a bunch of softies.



One that I remember was a Civil War movie starring Denzel, it was named Glory. I think I was 11 or 12 then, but the final scene, when the black troops were marching into battle, they were flanked on each side by white troops. One of the soldiers that Denzel had a run in with earlier intensely glared at Denzel and said "Give em Hell troop 16 (or whatever troop).'' And of course, the other troops echoed the sentiment.

That was a tear jerker.
 
Here's another one:

In "The Killing Fields," Dith Pran has already been sent to the enslavement agrarian camp. He eventually escapes, but along his escape journey, he stumbles into the ditch that is full of skeletons and waste. He then realizes what is really happening with the Khmer Rouge and the "killing fields."

Then when Prat's (the bad Khmer Rouge guy who trusted Pran) kid gets blown up by the land mine as he and Pran try to escape again after Prat's murder. Yikes. And the end when Dith Pran and Sydney reunite and Dith says there is nothing to forgive, John Lennon's "Imagine" plays.

I am a mess. This is one of the most real and depressing movies ever. Even sadder is that the actor Dr. Haing S. Ngor who played Dith Pran eventually made it back to the US and was murdered in 1996, presumably by gang members in LA. The real Dith Pran died this year of cancer.
 
When the airplanes shot King Kong, but "twas beauty killed the beast."
Of course, that was second to Ole Yeller, and maybe Bambi's mom perishing in the fire.
 
I was thinking the same thing about the dog scene from futurama and remembered a scene from "Return to Me". I don't really like the movie, but my wife does.

The scene where he comes home from burying his wife and his dog will not leave the front door because he's waiting for her to come home. For weeks the dog will not leave and David D's character just keeps feeding him at the door and eating his dinner with him at the door. Just tears me up because I know that is what my two dogs would do if they lost their mom.
 
The end of the Dark Knight where the Joker is dangling upside down and I realized that I would never get to see Heath Ledger reprise that role.
 
a different Trainspotting moment for me, when someone had to try the heroin they were going to buy.

"We couldn't trust Spud, and sick boy was clean now so i did what had to be done"
 
As has been mentioned, the title of this thread could be taken different ways.

When I think of my heart sinking it's just me being diaspointed in something, not necessarily sad. So, the first scene that came to my mind was when Jason Bateman put the moves on Juno. The whole movie I could see it coming, but, still, when it happened my heart sank. He seemed like a good guy, and there didn't seem to be any reason for him to be unhappy in his relationship.

As for straight up sadness Dead Poet's Society kills me. The whole thing with how happy he was in the play, and how much his dad hated it, all the way to the conclusion. Sheesh, what a terrible situation.

And finally I agree with the Joker/Heath feelings...

*spoiler*

When the Joker didn't die, I was pissed that he could have come back and reprised that role in a later movie. It's weird but if he had died I would have been like, 'Ok, great performance' but since he lived I felt I only got to see half of what could have been...
 
dont judge me...

end of stell magnolias, where shelby has died and the mom goes back to get shelby's kid. the kid runs out of the house and laughs because he's excited to see his grandma--only he doesnt know that his mom is dead.

same movie...when shelby collapses and her husband comes home and the baby is sobbing and pointing--but the dad doesnt get that the baby is trying to tell him something.

more real because my dad is a diabetic, but damn. it's tough.
 
Yeah, it's been awhile.



Sopranos, epixode ??? When Tony asks Junior why he's such a dick to him and he says "Don't you love me?"
 
Different scene of Forrest Gump for me - the Medal of Honor laying on the dresser.

And I thought I was the only one who lost it in Armageddon.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Weekly Prediction Contest

* Predict HORNS-AGGIES *
Sat, Nov 30 • 6:30 PM on ABC

Recent Threads

Prediction Results Threads

2024 Schedules

Back
Top