Cry in movies?

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I don't go to movies any longer. I often get very sad, or even break into tears. Does this happen to any of you all?

I cry in pretty much every movie I see. Including Finding Nemo. I still go, I just always bring tissues

(so does my mother, who is not autistic in the slightest)

Nearly cried once at the ending of Schindler's List but nah, never have.

The first post reminds me of a series of Youtube videos where a man videotapes his wife crying over movies that don't normally make people cry, such as Star Wars.

Certain movies make me cry but not others. Edward Scissorhands always makes me cry. I used to be able to watch it without crying, but ever since I watched it one day before starting my period, now it makes me cry regardless of what time of the month it is. Corpse Bride always brings tears to my eyes too.

I've never seen a movie that's made me cry. I don't get any emotional connection with any of the characters, so I can't feel sad for them.

However, that one episode of Futurama with Seymour made me cry.

I cry very easily when watching sad movies. Sad music also makes me cry on occasion ("Farewell" by Apocalyptica always has me choking back the tears). That's why I really don't understand the myth that aspies don't feel compassion or strong emotions.

Oh, my. That's me.

It's funny. I honestly can't remember crying a day in my life until the first time I saw...Terminator 2! I know that must sound insane, but *spoiler alert*, when John has to lower the Terminator into the hot magma to destroy him, and John begins to cry, I BURST into tears! No joke. From that day forward, I have been an emotional wreck, particularly when it comes to movies. Just about anything in a movie has the potential to make me cry, and it's rarely the type of thing that would make the typical person cry.

I've cried in some movies.

I cried at the end of Toy Story 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQ1WydrfAs

It was like ten metric tons of longing and nostalgia fell right on top of me, and I was overwhelmed.

I don't cry when I'm at the cinema, but I sometimes do when I'm watching films at home in bed.

Movies make me cry sometimes...

One of the things that I make fun of hollywood movies for is that they always have to have a "downside" a point that makes the audience feel sad, or uncomfortable, or just worried that the movie wont end on a happy note. Best friends get in a fight over a lie, the woman figures out she was being manipulated the whole time regardless of the fact that the man has now fallen in love with her, or someone dies, or the big idea of the plot is shut down and appears to have failed completely. They do this as a part to build up the happy ending bigger so that you have a wider range of emotions and the uplifted feeling at the end is supposed to feel more intense...

Whats crazy about it is, while most of my examples sound like they should be exclusively for romantic comedies, they happen in action and adventure flicks as well.

I like movies, but I often get upset about that part of them... I feel emotions strong enough to not need a stereotypical and lazy method of pumping up my experience. For once, they need to make a happy movie happy all the way through! lol

this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPwdBIbx_U . I cant even watch it anymore, even though I love Studio ghibli more than anything. Other ones: Edward Scissorhand, Rent and the beginning from Pixar's Up

Toy Story 3 (the last 5 minutes) was the closest I've ever come to crying during a movie in a theater, but I was able to barely restrain it (thank God for that credits sequence to get us laughing again). Usually though, I'm normally able to detatch myself from certain emotions when watching a film. This is probably because I'm analyzing the different components of the film instead of getting too invested in the characters and story. Sure I allow myself to just enjoy a movie every now and then without reading too much into them, but I do like having the ability to switch back and forth from casual thought to analytical when it comes to movies.

Going back to TS3 though, I can understand what caused that crack in my mental armor. When a character is done really well, especially an animated one, you get invested in him/her/it. Added to the fact that these were characters I'd followed since I was 14, it was a given that older viewers were going to get misty eyed, myself being no exception.

Most of my life I didn't, but recently I seem to have been making up for lost time.

I cried at parts of Cold Mountain where the couple finally meet against all the odds after being separated. I think the reason I cried was because I related to the situation......I was separated from one I love very much, and we got back together against all the odds......

I think my feelings are much closer to the surface than they used to be, I've been going through some stuff that has pulled my emotions up and down very powerfully, recalling traumas from the ancient past that I thought were over and done with......I've become closer to my new partner than I've ever been to anybody. I've learned a lot about myself, about her, and about human nature, in a short space of time. Mostly I've stopped using my usual safe barriers and distancing tricks that used to convince me and most other people that I was aloof from sensitive feelings and not really invested emotionally in anybody or anything. So its probably not all that surprising that I keep turing into a soggy, sentimental heap.....I'm so much more easily moved than I was before.