tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post5558966162981524473..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Cry babyAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-69378051308227372942015-05-14T18:39:18.823+10:002015-05-14T18:39:18.823+10:00So you're another crier, Lyn! It seems the wor...So you're another crier, Lyn! It seems the world is full of cry babies. ;-) I think it's great to get that emotionally invested in a story.<br /><br />Oh, and I'd highly recommend Dead Poets Society--excellent movie. Except you better stock up on the tissues first. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-60832572941352316902015-05-14T17:47:44.602+10:002015-05-14T17:47:44.602+10:00Other than Love Actually, I haven't seen those...Other than Love Actually, I haven't seen those films. Can't say that Love Actually makes me cry.<br />I am a person who can and does read when reading, but couldn't tell you which books right now off the top of my head.Lynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-71637345150316332872015-05-14T12:11:29.712+10:002015-05-14T12:11:29.712+10:00I know what you mean, Jen. Both of those movies an...I know what you mean, Jen. Both of those movies and my reaction to them have stayed with me for more years than I'm willing to admit.<br /><br />I find it easy to name movies and TV shows that make me cry, but books are a bit harder. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-91990072678025126842015-05-14T12:09:26.804+10:002015-05-14T12:09:26.804+10:00Love Actually is a firm favourite in my household ...Love Actually is a firm favourite in my household too, Sue. It gets a pretty regular airing.<br /><br />You know, I've resisted reading Nicholas Sparks. I know his books always end with one of the main characters dying...and I just REALLY want my romances to end happily. Yep, call me a wimp. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-11556054274665059642015-05-14T12:07:39.290+10:002015-05-14T12:07:39.290+10:00Oh, yes, Grandma Cootie, you hit on an excellent p...Oh, yes, Grandma Cootie, you hit on an excellent point! The genre doesn't matter -- emotional impact can come from the strangest places. I've never seen Shogun...but now I'm going to have to.<br /><br />Like you, I find myself crying more easily these days. My theory is that as we age our empathy becomes more finely developed, and therefore we feel other's pain so much more acutely...and their happiness too, thankfully.<br />Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-12680719262056876332015-05-14T12:04:27.396+10:002015-05-14T12:04:27.396+10:00Oh, I love Little Women with all of my madly beati...Oh, I love Little Women with all of my madly beating heart, but I have to confess that I found the scene where Beth had contracted scarlet fever and we thought she might die more harrowing than the later one when she does die. I expect, though, that's because of the way it's written (I think that second scene is deliberately toned down). But it's still hideously sad!<br /><br />I've never heard of A Monster Calls -- must go and investigate. The Fault in Our Stars is a wonderful book. Do read it! It didn't make me cry...but then we've probably established that I'm the exception rather than the rule (and, yes, it did still break my heart). ;-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-75091801272898089242015-05-14T11:59:26.041+10:002015-05-14T11:59:26.041+10:00Cath, your Gallipoli experience would've scarr...Cath, your Gallipoli experience would've scarred me for life! I'm kinda glad I'm not an easy crier (so to speak). I think it could be seriously inconvenient! But, yes, it's obvious from the comments here that you're not alone.<br /><br />I'm glad my books have tugged on your heartstrings. Notice that I didn't mention anything about crying while writing a book? Oh, yeah, I do that. ;-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-44995580416661873342015-05-14T09:22:34.732+10:002015-05-14T09:22:34.732+10:00I don't think I've recovered from seeing G...I don't think I've recovered from seeing Gallipoli or Dead Poet Society, Michelle. And, I saw them a long, long time ago. <br /><br />Cry reading books? Sure. Often, but I just can't think of any atm. Will put my thinking cap on.Jennifer St Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115014191040562984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-32868244579941192192015-05-14T06:34:07.924+10:002015-05-14T06:34:07.924+10:00Love actually is one of my favourite films, Michel...Love actually is one of my favourite films, Michelle. as for books that make me cry - Nicholas Sparks does it to me every time.Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-48602057697423744102015-05-14T00:22:36.178+10:002015-05-14T00:22:36.178+10:00Oh yes, everything makes me cry. Even when I know...Oh yes, everything makes me cry. Even when I know there will be a happy ending, if it's sad I'll cry. And genre doesn't matter. I couldn't finish Shogun for a long time because I got to the "sad part." Same with Stephen King's Drawing of the Three. Looking for Alaska, The Notebook, Outlander . . . it's worse now that I am that old lady who cries at all the TV commercials, but even as a young girl I cried at Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Grandma Cootiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709540756822695170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-33335260785290421962015-05-13T22:57:40.537+10:002015-05-13T22:57:40.537+10:00Yeah books do make me cry, I remember reading Litt...Yeah books do make me cry, I remember reading Little Women as a young girl and sobbing until my Mum came into my room to investigate. Movies get me even more.<br /><br />A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is probably the book that's made the cry the most - it's so beautiful and heartbreaking.<br /><br />I really want to read A Fault in Our Stars but I feel like it'll ruin me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358827139946367507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-2199701619477173362015-05-13T22:39:06.087+10:002015-05-13T22:39:06.087+10:00Hi Michelle,
You know I'm a huge sook because ...Hi Michelle,<br />You know I'm a huge sook because I've told you that your books have made me cry...sometimes when I'm not even expecting it, I find tears falling.<br /><br />Like you, Gallipoli was the first adult movie I went to with friends and howled. They laughed at me. So I am very selective about who I see sad movies with, and I always take sunglasses and lots of tissues and hankies!<br /><br />I'm hopeless. I cry in books, movies, advertising, news stories, you name it. It only needs to be remotely poignant and it sets me off. I really hate it but I've found nothing to stop it happening - and I've tried most everything!<br /><br />Glad so many others cry too :)<br /><br />Cath xoCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322007107036171737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-46107683996067220942015-05-13T13:30:39.798+10:002015-05-13T13:30:39.798+10:00Oh, you've described so much of Love Actually ...Oh, you've described so much of Love Actually perfectly, Sharon! It so often makes one want to laugh and cry at the same time. :-)<br /><br />Dear lord, The Water Diviner sounds Seven-Little-Australians harrowing. It's a movie I really want to see, but I'll make sure I have the kleenex handy before I do. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-60149585014493968202015-05-13T13:28:54.378+10:002015-05-13T13:28:54.378+10:00Oh, Claire, I'm starting to feel like the odd ...Oh, Claire, I'm starting to feel like the odd man out -- the hard-hearted cat, for not crying more than I do LOL. I haven't seen The Champ, but I now stand warned for if I do. <br /><br />LOVED Marley and Me (mind you, my favourite bit is when they get kicked out of dog school). ;-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-35951219325859604352015-05-13T13:26:48.343+10:002015-05-13T13:26:48.343+10:00LOL on happy and sad cries both being nice, Tammy....LOL on happy and sad cries both being nice, Tammy. It IS nice to get so caught up in other people's hopes and fears that you get to share in their emotions too. :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-80587140362009208082015-05-13T13:25:54.972+10:002015-05-13T13:25:54.972+10:00Her lastest selpub one - Anticipation?Her lastest selpub one - Anticipation?Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-34647223998715095032015-05-13T13:25:35.712+10:002015-05-13T13:25:35.712+10:00OMG! It sounds as if Me Before You made a HUGE imp...OMG! It sounds as if Me Before You made a HUGE impression on you, Louisa. I really, really want to read that one now. Is that odd? That I'm searching out fiction to make me cry? ( I expect a psychiatrist could have a field day with that) ;-)<br /><br />Ooh, yes, I songs like the one you describe can really tug on the heart strings, can't they. If his mum was in the crowd and crying...then, yep, I'd be crying too. Seeing someone cry makes me want to go out in sympathy.<br /><br />Oh, and those happy tears -- wedding proposals, reunions and what not -- those are the best tears.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-19495733732543209002015-05-13T13:02:00.610+10:002015-05-13T13:02:00.610+10:00Michelle, Love Actually has me reaching for the ti...Michelle, Love Actually has me reaching for the tissues too - nearly all the bits are gorgeous but I especially adore Colin Firth's proposal to Aurelia. makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.<br /><br />We watched The Water Diviner the other night - such a beautiful movie and a must-watch-with-tissues! Lots of bits had me tearing up - I found the scene when the father gallops out to be with his sons in the dust storm really poignant... and then there was the scene where he read to the boys' empty beds... ARGH! I can feel the waterworks getting ready to turn on just thinking about it!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-39594571790029290192015-05-13T13:00:03.145+10:002015-05-13T13:00:03.145+10:00I cry at the drop of a hat, so I'm no measure ...I cry at the drop of a hat, so I'm no measure of whether a book or movie is cry-worthy, but a movie that made my husband cry as much as me is The Champ with Jon Voight and a young Ricky Shroder.<br /><br />Oh, Marley and Me. Can't even write about that scene, but you'll know which one if you've seen it.Claire Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530298085910918421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-6689501962867157592015-05-13T12:53:19.350+10:002015-05-13T12:53:19.350+10:00I cry at everything and I am reading JoJo Moye'...I cry at everything and I am reading JoJo Moye's book this month. Thanks for letting me know Louise to have a tissue box handy. Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins makes me cry. I cry more when I am happy, but sad cries are nice too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-12903126338607193762015-05-13T12:47:20.330+10:002015-05-13T12:47:20.330+10:00I cry at anything and everything! I was crying the...I cry at anything and everything! I was crying the other night at a song on X-Factor (the singer was singing it for his mum who had had a terrible few years losing her husband, father and brother...Coldplay's 'I Will Fix You' I was bawling)... <br /><br />JoJo Moye's Me Before You had me sobbing, chest heaving, ugly snot tears so badly that I had to get out of bed (I was reading late at night) and find somewhere I could cry loudly without waking up the house. God, that was sad. I also sobbed at Bridges of Madison County (book and film) and My Sister's Keeper (ditto).<br /><br />I cry a lot of happy tears too- usually at wedding proposals or cute things on youtube that make me know how special the human race is and how kind some people can be.Louisa Georgehttp://www.louisageorge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-20130209114268528592015-05-13T12:29:37.366+10:002015-05-13T12:29:37.366+10:00OMG! Charlotte's Web!!! Loved that book. :-) A...OMG! Charlotte's Web!!! Loved that book. :-) And, yes, I can see that if Seven Little Australians made me simply cry tears, how ugly it could get for someone who finds themselves crying at the drop of a hat in stories. And which Sarah M? Will bump it up the list. ;-)<br /><br />It's funny, but as I get older I find myself crying just as much at the happy bits in films as in the sad bits. There's just something about a hard-fought for happy ending.<br /><br />Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-68800759851281218642015-05-13T12:25:31.849+10:002015-05-13T12:25:31.849+10:00Helen, I have never read Love Story (or watched th...Helen, I have never read Love Story (or watched the film). I knew the film would make me cry, but interesting that the book was so tear-stained by all you impressionable young things. ;-) You make me want to read it.<br /><br />Oh, and I'm hearing you on when Dumbledore dies! I loved the books so much that I've not seen the movies, but I must do that some time -- but I'll keep the tissues handy.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-64328791507694605002015-05-13T09:25:36.537+10:002015-05-13T09:25:36.537+10:00I'm a total cry baby - books, movies, TV, song...I'm a total cry baby - books, movies, TV, songs..... you name it, if its sad or poignant or even happy/sad I'm guaranteed to blubber :-)<br /> I cried this morning at the 90 year old nurse still going strong I saw on FB!<br />Seven Little Australians - snot crying. Also Charlotte's Web - ugly snot crying!<br />I cried in the last Sarah Mayberry I read too.....<br />I keep Kleenex in business. I should really buy shares!<br />Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-27859741716988808292015-05-13T09:10:08.459+10:002015-05-13T09:10:08.459+10:00Hi Michelle
Oh there are many books and movies th...Hi Michelle<br /><br />Oh there are many books and movies that have had me crying over the years one of the ones I remember most is Love Story by Eric Segal I read that way back when I was in high school and that book had so many tear stains on it because of course there were quite a few of us that read it :) and yes I agree with The Harry Potter on and I also went to pieces in the one when Dumbledoor dies so sad and I am sure there are many more but of course I can't think of them now<br /><br />Have Fun<br />Helen<br /><br />And yes I am a very bad speller LOL Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.com