Sunday, November 4, 2007

If you watch these movies with me, bring Wellington boots. They'll keep your feet dry. In order of bawlitude:

Old Yeller

The crying boy, the rifle, the beloved dog -- I can write no more.

House of Sand and Fog

Cultural hatred, Ben Kingsley's watery eyes and a truly American tragedy.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Peter O'Toole loses the love of his life -- and my dignity-- to Hitler's doodlebugs.

Truly Madly Deeply

Juliet Stevenson's crying tsunami over the departed Alan Rickman engulfs us all.

Terms of Endearment

Shirl and Debra Winger in the hospital room. Nurse, we'll take those Kleenexes.

Osama

God is nowhere in sight when the Taliban catches a 12-year-old girl posing as a boy so she can support her family.

Glory

A black Civil War regiment fights for a freedom it can never enjoy. Grace under pressure was never so heartbreaking.

The Green Mile

Sappy? Sentimental? What ever. Michael Clarke Duncan's last walk gets me every time.

The Lives of Others

One man's dissolution over East German socialism is humanity's powerfully affecting gain.

Ghost

Who knew we'd get this choked up over Patrick Swayze?