Prompted by the Futurama discussion.
No way to do this without spoilers.
I vote for the scene in Sophie's Choice when she has to choose between her son and her daughter.
Opening scenes from Up.
The End of 'Slient Running'
Final charge in "Glory"
Quote from: Barrister on October 15, 2022, 01:28:11 PMOpening scenes from Up.
When Miguel sings with his mom in Coco.
When Andy donates his toys and they see him leave in Toy Story 3.
When the imaginary friend sacrifices himself in Inside Out and is forgotten.
Fucking Pixar :lol:
(that Up scene is probably an all-timer though)
The girl in the red jacket in Schindler's List.
Seymour is the correct answer.
Quote from: celedhring on October 15, 2022, 03:59:45 PMQuote from: Barrister on October 15, 2022, 01:28:11 PMOpening scenes from Up.
When Miguel sings with his mom in Coco.
When Andy donates his toys and they see him leave in Toy Story 3.
When the imaginary friend sacrifices himself in Inside Out and is forgotten.
Fucking Pixar :lol:
(that Up scene is probably an all-timer though)
Yup - Pixar knows how to be emotionally manipulative.
I feel like I was /thread with my answer though - nothing is as devastating as the scene from Up.
My mother would say "Sophie's choice" for sure. She hasn't been able to watch another movie that even tangentially deals with the Holocaust since then.
Any scenes that deal with the realization that adulthood is beginning and the endless dreams of the young are no longer possible for the characters.
Just rewatched the soap beatdown scene in Full Metal Jacket. That scene is pretty intense.
I thought that the Broken Arrow scene in We Were Soldiers... was pretty emotional, especially when they blended it into the actual photos Galloway took that day.
Related, but myself I find it very difficult to feel emotion for stuff that happens onscreen - I'm just too aware a movie is a creation, it's not "real". I get intellectual enjoyment and entertainment (which I guess are emotions too), but the kind of empathic "emotion" for what the characters are experiencing, which is probably what we're talking about here, has always been difficult.
The exception is when it's something that directly speaks to my own experience or fears (that is why the opening of Up! is so damn effective for me).
It also works with real stories, or stories set around real events (like movies depicting the Holocaust).
How does that work for you?
Quote from: celedhring on October 30, 2022, 02:41:08 AMRelated, but myself I find it very difficult to feel emotion for stuff that happens onscreen - I'm just too aware a movie is a creation, it's not "real". I get intellectual enjoyment and entertainment (which I guess are emotions too), but the kind of empathic "emotion" for what the characters are experiencing, which is probably what we're talking about here, has always been difficult.
The exception is when it's something that directly speaks to my own experience or fears (that is why the opening of Up! is so damn effective for me).
It also works with real stories, or stories set around real events (like movies depicting the Holocaust).
How does that work for you?
Definitely. Since I've had kids stuff with kids suffering hits a lot harder than it once did.
Its always traditionally been the case that people suffering on TV doesn't impact me at all, I know they're actors, I know there's nothing up, but an animal suffering seems so much more real and does hit me, even when its a cartoon. I may be softening with age however; perhaps a result of having more worthy human relationships, more experience with people rather than just animals dying, etc....?
Quote from: Zanza on October 15, 2022, 04:11:06 PMThe girl in the red jacket in Schindler's List.
This. Any scene with both children and the holocaust is brutal.
In the Pale Moonlight from DS9.
Sisko's struggling with the awful things he is a part of.