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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:12am

I just saw "Requiem for a Dream" for the very first time this evening.

I am now a total mess.

I know the movie is four years old, so I wont gush about it as I'm likely one of the last people on here to see it. While all of the actors do a superb job, Ellen Burstyn absolutely moved me to sob. My roommate came in and thought I had lost my mind or something. I will now go back and see everything she has ever done, ever. And I'm going to call my mama!!

What other truly moving performances have y'all seen lately?

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:20am

I have actually never seen it. Gasp, I know. I think the last movie to actually make me cry was BIG FISH at the end. Lord, I was a mess.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:22am

I cannot recommend it higher as a study in great acting. You should DEFINITELY get a hold of it soon!

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:22am

Will Do!!!

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:25am

This one, I know is a little suspect, but, I also cried about 10 times in "Mr. Holland's Opus". Saw it in the theater, and had to wait for everyone else to leave because I was such a mess.

"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:33am

I love Mr Hollands Opus....You haveto go see Finding Neverland....its really wonderful

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:34am

The last movie I cried in was "Return of the King." The last hour or so is sad and beautiful, but the part that always devastates me is the very end, when (SPOILER!!) Frodo gets on the boat for the Grey Havens. Especially the part when he takes one last look back and his cheeks are rosy again...*sob*

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:34am

Going this weekend to see that.

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:37am

The other movie that just WRECKED me was "Field of Dreams" Dont ask me why, but I was such a mess I coldnt leave the theatre for 10 minutes!

"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 1:41am

Requiem for a Dream is my absolute FAVORITE movie. I couldn't sleep after I saw it, I was SO destroyed.

Other movies that REALLY moved me:

The Hours
Angels in America
The Color Purple
The Dreamers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Cabaret

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 2:56am

The last movie I cried in was "Return of the King." The last hour or so is sad and beautiful

Yes, I cried during those moments too. The last third of Return of the King has such a sustained and delicate melancholy, it was so beautiful. Seeing Sam carry Frodo up the mountain was one of the most heartbreaking moments I've ever seen.

Requiem For A Dream devestated me; I was haunted for days. For me, that last sequence with the camera panning back as it sealed each character's fate was bone-chilling.

The saddest movie I've ever seen is Dancer in the Dark. It will truly stop and tear out your heart. Bjork was absolutely phenomenal; I don't think words can do justice to the sheer powerhouse performance she delivered, how fully she embodied the main character and captured pathos and the gritty realism of it all.

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Updated On: 11/18/04 at 02:56 AM

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 12:57pm

Moving performances (only a partial list, mind you)

Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca
Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind & Streetcar...
Bette Davis, All About Eve & Now, Voyager
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Holly Hunter, The Piano
Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Julianne Moore, Boogie Nights
Susan Sarandon, Moonlight Mile
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (I'm not joking, either)
Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond
Charlize Theron, Monster
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction
Nicole Kidman, The Others
Russell Crowe, L.A. Confidential
Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold
Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
Richard Dreyfuss, Mr. Holland's Opus
Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom
Russell Crowe, The Insider
James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Liam Neeson, Schindler's List
Spencer Tracey, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Haley Joel Osment, A.I.
Patrick Wilson, "Angels in America"
Gwyneth Paltrow, Sylvia

Updated On: 11/18/04 at 12:57 PM

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 2:08pm

To that list I would add:
Geoffrey Rush in Shine
Sean Patrick Flannery in Powder
Robert Sean Leonard and Ethan Hawke in Dead Poets Society
Tom Hanks in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump
Jessica Lange in Rob Roy

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 2:37pm

Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets.
Andy Serkis, The Two Towers.
F. Murray Abrams, Amadaeus.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 3:23pm

I saw Requiem for a Dream in the theatres and it really messed me and my friend up. We saw it in Union Square and we had to go to Toys'r Us to recoop.

I thought the acting was wonderful in the movie, but I highly doubt that I would ever watch the movie again. I have loved Jennifer Connoly since Labyrinth and Seven Minutes in Heaven (anyone?) but I thought she should have been nominated for this movie. I'm happy she won the year after for "A Perfect Mind", but I think she was better in Requiem.

Ellen Burstyn was amazing, the whole movie was quite painful to watch.

Anyone ever see "Grace of my Heart", that one really get to me as well.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 3:30pm

I completely forgot to add Helen Hunt to my list.

As for Jennifer Connelly...

As much as I didn't like "A Beautiful Mind", I did love her in it. Either her or Marisa Tomei should have won the Oscar.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 3:31pm

Pauly Shore in Bio-Dome.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 3:42pm

Russell Crowe in L.A. Confidential, before he became RUSSELL CROWE.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 3:48pm

..."Frodo gets on the boat for the Grey Havens. Especially the part when he takes one last look back and his cheeks are rosy again."

Not to be confused with when "Fredo get's on the boat at the Corleone lake and takes one last look back at Michael, before he says his good luck Hail Mary for fishin'"

Now that truly induced a movement,,,especially for Fredo!

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 4:10pm

In response to the original post, I still don't understand how Julia Roberts won over Ellen Burstyn. Oh, well. The Academy Awards suck anyway. Just look at my list of performances. Most of them didn't win.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 5:09pm

call me a sap, but Jeremy Sumpters performance as Peter Pan was THE best child acting I can ever remember seeing. He's really an amazing boy and is definetely going to be a big box-office draw when he grows up!

Another movie that leaves me a wreck is A Little Princess. I ADORE the book and the movie was just as good.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 5:18pm

Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 5:33pm

Oh, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. By the time it got to the part with the circus elephants, I was breaking down. Whodathunkit?

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 6:41pm

Good Lord, I bawled at BIG FISH! For some stupid reason, ARMAGEDDON gets me everytime I get roped into watching it. And I will totally honest and admit to crying at THE RETURN OF THE KING. What can I say? Im a crier! The first time I saw RENT, I was a wreck during the reprise of 'I'll cover you.'

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

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Posted: 11/18/04 at 10:46pm

I cried during, and ONLY, the following films:

The Hours - The cumulatiive power of this film was overwhelming.
Riding in Cars with Boys - I don't care what anyone else says, this was a good movie.
Far From Heaven - Best film of 2002. Beautiful.
Requiem for a Dream - Ellen Burstyn and that red dress... I still tear up when I think about it.
Big Fish - The ending had me.
A.I. - Such a powerful and disgustingly misunderstood movie.
The Return of the King - I cried for the final half hour of the film.
and
The Notebook - Never, in my life, have I cried so much. Ever.

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