What movie or scene from a movie (or show) makes your eyes misty?

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    1 month ago

    “where do you think we are?”

    The context is what makes this powerful. The buildup, the misdirection, the reveal.

    This was Scrubs at its best. McGinley should have won an Emmy right there.

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    The opening scene of Hackers (1995). Poor kid can’t use a touch tone telephone or computer until his 18th birthday.

    That’s like taking away Mozart’s piano.

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    1 month ago

    The Christmas Dinner at the end of “Seven Fishes” Season 2 of The Bear. Cuts a little too much on the dotted line for me.

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    1 month ago

    My obvious pick: “It’s a terrible day for rain.”

    My niche pick: Patch Adams. The scene where he considers || jumping off the cliff ||

    My IDGAF what you think pick: Avengers Endgame. “Hey, Pep” and “You can rest now.”

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    When Homer drives his mom to the middle of nowhere so she could meet up with some friends to escape the police and he just stays there even even after she’s long gone long enough for day to turn into night.

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      1 month ago

      One of the best films about war, of all times and genres. Incredibly powerful and, yes, quite a tearful experience.

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    30 days ago

    The Bob’s Burgers episode “The Amazing Rudy” (season 14, episode 2).

    Regular-sized Rudy goes out to eat with his divorced parents and their new significant others. It goes horribly wrong and he runs away to the Belchers’. I tear up a little bit even thinking of it because it isn’t played for laughs. I really feel for Rudy, just trying his hardest and putting way too much pressure on himself, and the way Louise steps up for her best friend is just so sweet.

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      The whole season was great (more than half of the guest actor and actress nominations came from the series), but that may have been the finest hour in television history.

      I don’t want to spoil the episode for anyone, but I’ll point out that my ultra-right parents changed their stance on a major social issue after watching it because it was just so beautiful.