Time came out with this this:
1. Bambi (1942)
2. Ghost (1990)
3. The Lion King (1994)
4. E.T. (1982)
5. Titanic (1997)
6. Beaches (1998)
7. Philadelphia (1993)
8. Watership Down (1978)
9. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
10. Steel Magnolias (1989)
I really can't believe they didn't include Grave of the Fireflies which in my mind is the greatest war movie ever made. What is your opinion in this?
Disney movies? Really?
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
Time (the magazine) is stupid.
"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself. It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005
Although I definitely understand "Watership Down" having a spot on that list, "The Plague Dogs" is WAAY sadder.
I can't believe they missed "Old Yeller". Sure, it ends on an up beat, but so do the first 4 movies in their list. I wouldn't even call Bambi, Lion King, or E.T. sad movies.
Seems like they stayed away from war movies too, even though they can be some of the saddest. What about Schindler's List? All Quiet on the Western Front (the one from the 1920s)? Empire of the Sun?
And saddest of all, what about The Elephant Man?!!?
Methinks they put this list together in about ten minutes.
Die Hard ;-)
What about Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru? I didn't watch it, but just seeing one scene made me cry. And I hardly cry.
I was close to crying when ET snuffed it. But then I was only about 8 or 9 at the time.
My mates girlfriend blubbed at the end of Schindler's List. What a wuss!
I can't watch Bambi without being reminded of the episode of The Young Ones.
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Moth3r said:I can't watch Bambi without being reminded of the episode of The Young Ones.
Bahahahaha! I'd forgotten about that!
Are you sure you're not referring to the sequel, "Bambi Goes Crazy Ape Bonkers with his Drill and Sex"?
Naaah... "Schindler's List" and "Pianist" had "happy endings" after all.... rrright.... :/
On a serious note - how about "Twelve Monkeys" ?
Roberto Benigni's "Life Is Beautiful"
“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison
I never felt "Twelves Monkeys" was a said movie.
FF is right on though, "Life Is Beautiful" is by far the saddest movie I have ever seen. As it was ending I turned to my wife with watery eyes and asked her why the hell we just watched that. Pretty sure that is the only time I teared up during a movie.
Anytime a magazine comes up with a list of the "top" or the "most" or the "-ests" of all time, it is pure BS, because you can't really pin down that sort of thing. I felt "Life is Beatiful" was sad, but I have no doubt others have sad though it without any emotional response whatsoever. Even though some films have a tendancy to evoke the emotional response of saddness in the majority of people who watch it, doesn't really allow for the hyperbolic " of all time, I highly doubt the people who choose those movies have seen a terribly large amount of movies based on their choices. To do an honest "of all time" list, you'd have to have all your judges be people who have seen every sad movie ever made.
On a side note, I didn't find Titanic in the least bit sad, when Leo froze and was sinking in the water I was cracking up, then the old woman drop the thing in the water all dramtic like and my laughter just kept rolling. It was some of the lamest, over dramtic, predictable shit I had ever seen.
"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape
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