What are some Great Sentimental movies?

[Idioteque...]

I'm just in the mood for some. I'll list a few.

1. Benjamin Button
2. The Green Mile
3. Forrest Gump

Not many are coming to mind as of now but you guys probably will list some greats. =D

[hoogoosedmoose41]

1. Field Of Dreams
2. Frequency
3. Awakenings.
4. Regarding Henry
5. Castaway
6. Big

[ManUtd]

I can think of the following for now:

1. Schindler's List
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Kramer vs. Kramer

[Mahatma]

Have to agree with Big.Think also 'Hoosiers' is a great movie which falls into this category

[Atreyu]

Here are some that come to mind:
1) It's a Wonderful Life
2) The Wizard Of Oz
3) Gone With The Wind
4) Marty
5) A Christmas Carol-Alastair Sim(yeah blu)
6) The Sound Of Music

[seanyd]

Field of Dreams for me , that ending gets me every time. Also i was surprised by Click, i was not expecting it to be that sentimental.

[jhiggy23]

Definitely agree about Big and Hoosiers.

[jhiggy23]

Can't agree on Benj Button though--I felt zero emotional attachment to that movie.

[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Can't agree on Benj Button though--I felt zero emotional attachment to that movie.

How?

[ZedsDead]

Saving Private Ryan
Good Will Hunting
25th Hour

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

How?

SPOILERS


First of all, I don't mean to say that no one can consider it sentimental or emotionally involving--I respect your opinion.

Like Ebert, I felt the story itself made it very difficult to become emotionally involved with the characters. For the vast majority of Pitt and Blanchett's characters lives, they were on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of age. That made it very difficult for me to care about their love story at all. I found the concluding scene of them walking together with her being old and him being young to be absolutely ridiculous and laughable. I also felt that Blanchett's character was distinctly unlikeable and I was completely indifferent to Pitt's character. Thus, I felt no emotion in watching the film either then being in awe of the technical qualities and wishing it would end.

And yes, I understand I am in the minority on this site in regards to the film, but such is the subjective nature of film.

[SquidPuppet]

Being There
Spanglish
My Dog Skip

[Idioteque...]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

SPOILERS


First of all, I don't mean to say that no one can consider it sentimental or emotionally involving--I respect your opinion.

Like Ebert, I felt the story itself made it very difficult to become emotionally involved with the characters. For the vast majority of Pitt and Blanchett's characters lives, they were on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of age. That made it very difficult for me to care about their love story at all. I found the concluding scene of them walking together with her being old and him being young to be absolutely ridiculous and laughable. I also felt that Blanchett's character was distinctly unlikeable and I was completely indifferent to Pitt's character. Thus, I felt no emotion in watching the film either then being in awe of the technical qualities and wishing it would end.

And yes, I understand I am in the minority on this site in regards to the film, but such is the subjective nature of film.

[Show spoiler]Interesting argument but you have to understand and hopefully there are no feminists on this site but Daisy exemplified young naive women and as she grew older she became mature. Yes it's odd that they're different ages, but it started off as a strong friendship between two people and was about true love. No matter how they looked or their backgrounds, they still felt feelings which I thought was very nice. Both people had gone through changes in their life and at the end when they've finally matured as human beings they find that deep connection but the end becomes a tragedy as they grow older (or younger) and lose each other but they managed to stick with each other for a long time and will always love each other. In a way it's tragedy but at the end, you're led to believe Ben and Daisy are finally together forever. It's a film about no matter who you are, there's no reason why you should be considered different from others and true love. Maybe if you hate that true love crap, then there's no reason why I can convince you to not hate the movie haha.

Personally I felt that they should have ended it a little better and tied the beginning in more, other than, loved it and thought cinematography was gorgeous. It was snubbed for that overrated flick.

[tigtat77]

"Somewhere in Time". The score is beautiful and really adds to the movie. It's a great love story.

[DMC86X]

LOL @ the thread title.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Idioteque...

[Show spoiler]Interesting argument but you have to understand and hopefully there are no feminists on this site but Daisy exemplified young naive women and as she grew older she became mature. Yes it's odd that they're different ages, but it started off as a strong friendship between two people and was about true love. No matter how they looked or their backgrounds, they still felt feelings which I thought was very nice. Both people had gone through changes in their life and at the end when they've finally matured as human beings they find that deep connection but the end becomes a tragedy as they grow older (or younger) and lose each other but they managed to stick with each other for a long time and will always love each other. In a way it's tragedy but at the end, you're led to believe Ben and Daisy are finally together forever. It's a film about no matter who you are, there's no reason why you should be considered different from others and true love. Maybe if you hate that true love crap, then there's no reason why I can convince you to not hate the movie haha.

Personally I felt that they should have ended it a little better and tied the beginning in more, other than, loved it and thought cinematography was gorgeous. It was snubbed for that overrated flick.

That is a really well-written and thoughtful response and I definitely respect it. I actually am a fan of true love, as shown on film, but I just did not feel it here. Nice response.

Btw, what overrated flick are you referring to?

[JLant19]

Surprised no one has said The Pursuit of Happiness yet

Top Gun- when Goose Dies. All i could say when i say this was "wow. this sucks"
Meet Joe Black

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by JLant19

Surprised no one has said The Pursuit of Happiness yet

Top Gun- when Goose Dies. All i could say when i say this was "wow. this sucks"
Meet Joe Black

Can't even watch that movie.Maybe I can't get past Brad Pitts awful performance,and see if the story has some merits......'Legends of the fall' is also one of those movies which I can't see past Anthony Hopkins performance.But digressing...

[Blu Titan]

Casablanca and Immortal Beloved.

[JLant19]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Can't even watch that movie.Maybe I can't get past Brad Pitts awful performance,and see if the story has some merits......'Legends of the fall' is also one of those movies which I can't see past Anthony Hopkins performance.But digressing...

a lot of people say that about brads performance but i had no problem with it. don't get me wrong its nothing oscar worthy but IMO its no bad.