There's a pink singing crocodile in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Erm, I mean...
Marley and Me, Where the Red Fern Grows, and similar trigger emotion, but it takes real spiritual impact (more than the simple plot device of something/someone appearing and making you happy and/or feel loved and later disappearing) to make me really bawl.
These types of sad stories seem threatening, as it makes me think of losing a loved one. (<This emoticon should be this thread's icon.)
There's a pink singing crocodile in All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Erm, I mean...
Marley and Me, Where the Red Fern Grows, and similar trigger emotion, but it takes real spiritual impact (more than the simple plot device of something/someone appearing and making you happy and/or feel loved and later disappearing) to make me really bawl.
These types of sad stories seem threatening, as it makes me think of losing a loved one. (<This emoticon should be this thread's icon.)
So far, I haven't run into a game that has actually made me bawled but throughout the years, a handful of movies managed to pull the strings every time for me: "Lion King", "Dumbo", "Click", "The Little Match Girl" (the one that Disney made for a Fantasia project that was eventually shelved) and "Princess and the Frog". Aside from those, I get teary eyed A LOT in both realms: "Avatar", "Star Trek" (the recent one), "ET", almost any Disney film, "Fallout 3", "Final Fantasy VII" (free cookie to anyone who can guess which scene XD) and tons more that I cannot think of at the moment...
There was also a very sweet AMV I found of "Darkwing Duck" that was a tribute to the title character and his adopted daughter. I forgot the name of the song but it was somber, slow, and fit beautifully with the scenes. It was the first thing on Youtube to short circuit an emotional wire in me and thus I cried my eyes out.
On the other side of the spectrum, I can't even play the first chapter of Siren: Blood Curse without screaming like a girl. I can't finish the third chapter without crying.
I wouldn't say that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is what shuts off emotional response to fiction. If that were the case, fiction would solely be the domain of toddlers, the mentally handicapped, and morons (easy set-up for a criticism of modern Hollywood, but I'll take the high road).
It's more a matter of some people finding it harder to be "immersed". I'm that way with horror films: I love them to death, but they don't elicit any fear in me. But a well-done tearjerker will get me every time.
I wouldn't say that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is what shuts off emotional response to fiction. If that were the case, fiction would solely be the domain of toddlers, the mentally handicapped, and morons (easy set-up for a criticism of modern Hollywood, but I'll take the high road).
It's more a matter of some people finding it harder to be "immersed". I'm that way with horror films: I love them to death, but they don't elicit any fear in me. But a well-done tearjerker will get me every time.
The Music plays a major part in it for me. Without them, the atmosphere disapears. Although sometimes, Silence is even worse...
I wouldn't say that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is what shuts off emotional response to fiction. If that were the case, fiction would solely be the domain of toddlers, the mentally handicapped, and morons (easy set-up for a criticism of modern Hollywood, but I'll take the high road).
It's more a matter of some people finding it harder to be "immersed". I'm that way with horror films: I love them to death, but they don't elicit any fear in me. But a well-done tearjerker will get me every time.
An established emotion connection with the characters usually does it for me. The film/game can have the most cliche, most mundane storyline but if I can connect with the characters, I'll start tearing up if they die.
Other factors such as music (as Friar said) play a big role in this, as well as a subject matter that I can relate to. Sometimes just one of those alone can cause me to tear up.
I wouldn't say that knowing the difference between fantasy and reality is what shuts off emotional response to fiction. If that were the case, fiction would solely be the domain of toddlers, the mentally handicapped, and morons (easy set-up for a criticism of modern Hollywood, but I'll take the high road).
It's more a matter of some people finding it harder to be "immersed". I'm that way with horror films: I love them to death, but they don't elicit any fear in me. But a well-done tearjerker will get me every time.
This may be a bit of a hyperbole. I don't think that its simply knowing the difference between fantasy and reality shutting off emotion. Nor would I say that its a case of failure to connect with the character. (Unless the writing is bad).
Honestly, I connect well with a lot of characters, I enjoy a lot of well-written pieces of media of a variety of formats as things of beauty or a deep statement on human connection, etc. I think I, and a lot of other people, step into a film or a game or whatever and enjoy the immersion and still keep a part of yourself separate, grounded in reality both cognitively and emotionally.
And also, whose to say crying is really a good indicator of depth of emotion? Some people cry very easily over trivial things and some people almost never and only when its long overdue. I'm not sure you can measure how something effects you in tears.
The Doctor saying "I don't want to go..." at The End Of Time
Made me cry right there in my seat.
Alot of people i know did. I have to say, i'm incredibly annoyed that i didn't given that i'm also an avid whovian. It was very touching, i'll have to say. I blame my mother being in the room...
Alot of people i know did. I have to say, i'm incredibly annoyed that i didn't given that i'm also an avid whovian. It was very touching, i'll have to say. I blame my mother being in the room...
What's so bad about crying in front of your own mother? There are times when all we could do is cry for our mothers. And eat. And poop.
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Erm, I mean...
Marley and Me, Where the Red Fern Grows, and similar trigger emotion, but it takes real spiritual impact (more than the simple plot device of something/someone appearing and making you happy and/or feel loved and later disappearing) to make me really bawl.
These types of sad stories seem threatening, as it makes me think of losing a loved one.
Seems it wasn't pink...
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Pepper spray?
So far, I haven't run into a game that has actually made me bawled but throughout the years, a handful of movies managed to pull the strings every time for me: "Lion King", "Dumbo", "Click", "The Little Match Girl" (the one that Disney made for a Fantasia project that was eventually shelved) and "Princess and the Frog". Aside from those, I get teary eyed A LOT in both realms: "Avatar", "Star Trek" (the recent one), "ET", almost any Disney film, "Fallout 3", "Final Fantasy VII" (free cookie to anyone who can guess which scene XD) and tons more that I cannot think of at the moment...
There was also a very sweet AMV I found of "Darkwing Duck" that was a tribute to the title character and his adopted daughter. I forgot the name of the song but it was somber, slow, and fit beautifully with the scenes. It was the first thing on Youtube to short circuit an emotional wire in me and thus I cried my eyes out.
No, I just separate media and real life very well and tend not to cry.
Tell me about it. I also get extremely bored in "scary" movies.
It's more a matter of some people finding it harder to be "immersed". I'm that way with horror films: I love them to death, but they don't elicit any fear in me. But a well-done tearjerker will get me every time.
The Music plays a major part in it for me. Without them, the atmosphere disapears. Although sometimes, Silence is even worse...
An established emotion connection with the characters usually does it for me. The film/game can have the most cliche, most mundane storyline but if I can connect with the characters, I'll start tearing up if they die.
Other factors such as music (as Friar said) play a big role in this, as well as a subject matter that I can relate to. Sometimes just one of those alone can cause me to tear up.
This may be a bit of a hyperbole. I don't think that its simply knowing the difference between fantasy and reality shutting off emotion. Nor would I say that its a case of failure to connect with the character. (Unless the writing is bad).
Honestly, I connect well with a lot of characters, I enjoy a lot of well-written pieces of media of a variety of formats as things of beauty or a deep statement on human connection, etc. I think I, and a lot of other people, step into a film or a game or whatever and enjoy the immersion and still keep a part of yourself separate, grounded in reality both cognitively and emotionally.
And also, whose to say crying is really a good indicator of depth of emotion? Some people cry very easily over trivial things and some people almost never and only when its long overdue. I'm not sure you can measure how something effects you in tears.
What's so bad about crying in front of your own mother? There are times when all we could do is cry for our mothers. And eat. And poop.