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MMMMM Let's see what I remember...

Snow White...pretty much when she "died".

Sleeping Beauty...when after walking down to the throne room with Phillip, Aurora runs to her mother with arms wide open and you see a tear from her mom.

Beauty and the Beast...when Beast dies.

I almost cried when Ariel said, "I love you, daddy!"

As a young kid, alone in the theater watching each animated re-release I used to cry during the main titles of such films as Snow White, Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, etc.....I loved them so much. Did anyone else do that, or am I just a freak?

I also cried DURING the films,of course, at certain sequences and not only at the sad parts but also at parts of sheer joy and sheer beauty.

jon

I actually started tearing up at the end of pocahontas when she starts running after the ship and when they wave goobye to each other with Colors of the Wind instrumental in the background...this is a first! but I have no idea why, I've seen Poca many times and never felt so emotional.

carolinakid wrote:alone in the theater watching each animated re-release I used to cry during the main titles of such films as Snow White, Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, etc.....I loved them so much.
jon

I don't think I cried during opening titles, but I can understand your emotion over them, Jon. During the days before any of the Disney films were released on video, and the only place you could see them was in the theater, it made it all the more special, didn't it? I used to play my Disney records at home and it was always a thrilling and touching experience to see and hear those fanfares and main titles with all that amazing music and imagery. Great memories!

The fact that you cried during those moments, shows how much you love Disney and your appreciation of beautiful artistry and fantasy. No one did it quite like Disney.

Chris wrote:During the days before any of the Disney films were released on video, and the only place you could see them was in the theater, it made it all the more special, didn't it? I used to play my Disney records at home and it was always a thrilling and touching experience to see and hear those fanfares and main titles with all that amazing music and imagery. Great memories!

I totally get that there. . . and as happy as I am that I can have my own little personal library of Disney movies, there was something about the books and the records that either took me back to the theater or gave me further anticipation for the next release.

There's nothing quite like seeing them in the theater. . . and except for new releases and the occasional rerelease, I really miss that.

One of my most cherished memories of the Disney Sunday night anthology as a kid was after the final credits when they announced the latest film to be released or rereleased in the theaters. Of course this was WAY before the days of home video. Knowing that Peter Pan or 101 Dalmatians or Pinocchio, etc., was coming back to town made me literally leap around the living room in sheer ecstasy! I even used to record the trailers on my little reel to reel tape recorder and play them over and over!

Jon

The home video market was still in its infancy when I was a kid. Our neighbor got a VCR before we did and I was in awe over the idea of watching a cartoon (especially a Disney one) any time you wanted!!! Specifically, they had a video of Chip and Dale cartoons (I forget the exact title off the top of my head) and it felt like such a special occasion to be able to watch it.

We didn't get our own VCR until I was almost 10 years old. The first pre-recorded Disney VHS we owned was Lady and the Tramp, my dad's personal favorite. He and my mom had taken me to see it at its last theatrical release.

We noticed the eventual pattern of seeing a theatrical release followed by the home video release about a year later, and for a time both were equally as exciting to anticipate. Then we began to notice that a home video release typically meant the end of any further theatrical releases. So to this day, if a film like The Little Mermaid gets a theatrical reissue, I make it a point not to miss seeing it on the big screen.

Dad passed away almost five years ago now. I've got two different releases of the DVD but still have a hard time watching it, it really takes me back twenty-some years. Not only to the excitement of going to the theater and later opening the VHS as a Christmas present, but remembering his comments and reactions to the movie as we'd watch it together.

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Back when Beauty and the Beast was playing at IMAX, my boyfriend at the time and I drove over 80 miles to the nearest theater to see it.

I'm not sure what came over me, but I had a lot of mixed emotions that night and cried throughout the whole freakin' movie, lol. I guess it took me back to the height of my whole Disney fandom thing as a 15-year-old, igniting old emotions from within that felt rather wistful.

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Bambi- still gets me every time. . . you know when.

101 Dalmatians gets to me when they think they "lost one."

The beginning of Finding Nemo always makes me cry, and it's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Guess I'm a glutton for punishment?

"When Somebody Loved Me" in Toy Story 2 always gets to me as well; I'm not just watching Jessie's experiences, I'm feeling them too. Yeesh, I'm getting all teary-eyed just thinking it. . . although it was supposed to be somewhat symbolic of parents watching their kids grow up, it always hits me as watching a very dear friend drift away. . . maybe because I haven't experienced the joys of motherhood just yet, lol.

enigmawing wrote:The home video market was still in its infancy when I was a kid. Our neighbor got a VCR before we did and I was in awe over the idea of watching a cartoon (especially a Disney one) any time you wanted!!!

Yeah, it really was fun to know that you could finally own those and watch them over and over!

I'm enjoying reading all the memories. You all are reminding me of the first time I saw that Mary Poppins was available on video. This was during a trip to WDW in 1980 when I was around 13 years old. I remember it was high on a shelf behind the counter in one of the stores on Main Street. I just stared at it and thought... You can buy it??? Oh my gosh. Of course it was too expensive for us in those days, I believe it was about $65 - $85.00. It certainly went on my wish list of something that I wanted badly though.

Sometimes when I watch Disney films with friends on a widescreen TV, I stop and think, "My gosh, can you imagine how blown away we would have been to have seen this presentation in our homes when we were young and Disney films were only in theaters?". That would have been so amazing and exicting to us. It would've been like having gone to heaven. Now things like anamorphic widescreen stereo presentations in your own home are the norm and we just take it for granted. Kind of makes me wish I could be a kid again to experience all that for the first time, but I'm a kid at heart anyway as I know most of you all are as well in the best possible sense. I hope we never lose that. Thank goodness for things like Disney in the world!

I can't recalll recently in the past if any Disney films made me cry, but watching Snow White again last night after a few months certainly made me. I think it has one of the most beautiful and emotional endings of any Disney film. Hearing the Prince singing One Song as the seasons change, before the music dulls down to the faint sounds of violins, and then the choir faintly joins in. Finally, after the awakening, the chorus begins to grow louder and more fervently in how they sing, as Snow White and the Prince ride off together. Then that magical shot of the two of them standing up and looking into the sky, as the camera slowly pans through the clouds to reveal the shining castle up ahead. I had tears in my eyes at the end, watching and remembering how beautiful of an ending that film has.

Chris wrote:I'm enjoying reading all the memories. You all are reminding me of the first time I saw that Mary Poppins was available on video. This was during a trip to WDW in 1980 when I was around 13 years old. I remember it was high on a shelf behind the counter in one of the stores on Main Street. I just stared at it and thought... You can buy it??? Oh my gosh. Of course it was too expensive for us in those days, I believe it was about $65 - $85.00. It certainly went on my wish list of something that I wanted badly though.

Oh, I totally remember the days when Disney was asking for the higher prices for the videos! My best friend ended up with copies of both Mary Poppins and Sleeping Beauty and I was infinitely jealous, lol. Luckily Disney realized they could make more by lowering the prices and thus selling more copies.

The neighbor I mentioned would occasionally rent videos, and my mom and I rode with her a few times. It was 35 miles to the nearest rental store back then, and it was about $20 just to to rent one!

Well, I never thought of myself as a very over-emotional person when it comes to watching films, but reading through this thread, and thinking of the things that make me cry ... well, it seems to be a very long list, when also including non-Disney live action as well ! Here is the Disney list ~

Snow White ~ When the Prince comes in at the end, and sings 'One Song' to Snow White, and the chorus comes in ... its so joyful and so sad all at the same time !

Dumbo ~ Just the same as everyone else on here, its the 'Baby Mine' sequence. I did'nt have a very happy childhood, and my mother used to sing that to me when I was upset, so it holds a very special place in my heart.

Bambi ~ Mumma?! Mumma ? "Your mother can't be with you anymore ..." Oh my gosh! SO SAD !

Alice In Wonderland ~ During 'Very Good Advice', I fall apart, and I'm really not sure why. Could be that the song reminds me of myself?

The Rescuers ~ 'Someone's Waiting For You'. I often think of this as a very sweet, but at times quite bleak little film.

The Little Mermaid ~ 'I love you Daddy...' I well up and spill over compleatly at that point.

Lilo And Stitch ~ When Nani tries to tell Lilo they can't be together anymore, and the night before when they are on the hammok together.

I'm not a compleate cry baby, but Disney just gets to me!

Kinda off topic but some of these memories on the high price of Disney VHS tapes when they first came out reminded me of the first release of Sleeping Beauty back in the mid '80s. The list price was like $99.99 which was IMPOSSIBLE for a kid my age. Later in the year they offered a box set containing Robin Hood, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderlad, The Sword in the Stone, Pinocchio & Sleeping Beauty...all for $99.99. I borrowed the money from my parents and paid them back in installments from my grass cutting jobs. But I was in pure HEAVEN! The next release which was Lady and the Tramp was at a much more affordable price which I think was around $50.

Jon

There aren't really any scenes I cried during, just songs. They are


If I never knew you- so sad

You'll be in my heart-

Baby Mine

and thats it.

I can't recall crying during many scenes. I mean most of the disney films I saw when I was very little. I guess I cried during the death of Mufasa, but I dont remember.

And Videos were $99 apiece!? I betcha it'd make people think twice about blu-ray prices.
I wasn't born when all the video craze happened, so my major foray in HE was in the form of DVD. When I first got my PS2 and started getting some movies, I was in awe at the extra features, and the how-to stuff. AND I was only 10, so the ability to actually be interested in these extras was(and still is) quite a remarkable feat for most kids. I'm gonna try and become an animator for a living, now!

Well I guess I might have a stronger heart than most because I have never cried or teared from any of the sequences listed above. I guess maybe it's a guy thing, but until recently one of the Disney movies caught me off guard.

Everyone has an emotional attachment to at least ONE Disney film a lot, mine happens to be Aladdin. I was born in 86 so I grew up in the middle of the second golden age, and that movie was my favorite.

When Aladdin finally release the Genie instead of being selfish about his last wish telling Jasime that he just has to be himself, and then when he releases the genie the genie is all happy to be free, looks at Aladdin and gets chocked up again...and says "No matter what anyone says you'll always be a prince to me" ...ahhh it got me a little

Surprisingly, tonight was the first time I cried at a film EVER. It wasn't Bambi, Dumbo, The Lion King, or anything else you'd probably expect.

I watched "Song of the South" tonight on YouTube (yes, it's on freakin YouTube). This was like the billionth time I'd watched (we own a bootleg), but I don't know. Something must have gotten me (like hormones (I'm 14)). It's such a touching film though, and *spoiler* I pretty much bawled when Uncle Remus came back. *end spoiler* Ugh, I'm a trainwreck right now. Haha.

ajmrowland wrote:I wasn't born when all the video craze happened, so my major foray in HE was in the form of DVD. When I first got my PS2 and started getting some movies, I was in awe at the extra features, and the how-to stuff. AND I was only 10, so the ability to actually be interested in these extras was(and still is) quite a remarkable feat for most kids. I'm gonna try and become an animator for a living, now!

Back when I was a kid and before home video *really* caught on, my family would catch Disney specials on TV and they'd often have behind the scenes stuff going on. I'd really eat it up, especially since it was one of the rare times you could catch clips of your favorite Disney movies outside of a theater. When we got our first VCR I taped every special I became aware of and watched them over and over (many of these I'd love to see get released on DVD or Blu-ray or whatever) as I loved the clips and seeing how they were put together.

And I could never understand why none of my friends were interested in that stuff, they only wanted to watch the actual movies, lol. Then again I guess I was the only one among my friends that wanted to grow up to be an animator. I think we all find our calling early in life and it's reflected in what interests us as we grow up.

Needless to say when I got older it was very disappointing to know I was missing out on the improved quality of LD's as well as the bonus features they often possessed . . . and about went nuts when the same basic concept hit DVD and I could actually afford to dive into the format.

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Oh, I thought it was worth mentioning that I teared up twice during Bolt; when Mittens explains her past (I couldn't help but think about how I almost had to abandon my own cat, knowing that he'd never be able to understand and had been declawed, to boot) and when Bolt thinks he's been replaced. I really didn't expect to get upset, but then again I was prepared to hate Bolt but actually adored it. Making these kinds of connections is a very strange, satisfying feeling and is what makes Disney films so enjoyable for me.

I'm anxious to pick up Lilo and Stitch later this month. I've been holding out for the two disc set ever since I realized I lost my original copy when I moved. The part where Stitch says he's lost always gets to me . . . and I'm wondering if they're gonna include the deleted scene where Pudge the fish dies as one of the bonus features? As harsh as it is, I wish that could have somehow been included in the film.

I thought I had posted in here already, but looking back I couldn't find anything, so I guess not.

Anyway, I've never been a guy to shrink away from admitting anything, though I have trouble getting dates so maybe I should, ha. But, as for me personally, I have to say that I just love movies in general so much and am such the sensitive guy that I tear up very easily in almost any touching moment in any movie. Being a Disney fanatic, those films naturally get me bigtime. One particular viewing comes to mind really strongly though on the subject of crying, and that's the first time I saw (in theaters of course) Beauty and the Beast. I was just in awe of its beauty and magic from the very first moment it began all the way to the end! Something that added to this was just that people at the time were naturally talking about whether it would be as good as The Little Mermaid or not, and I was thrilled that it confirmed to me that Disney was back! (not that I, personally, hadn't loved the pre-Little Mermaid stuff too)

slave2moonlight wrote:I thought I had posted in here already, but looking back I couldn't find anything, so I guess not.

Same here.

I think I've only teared up during Fox and the Hound and Dumbo. I want to say I teared up during The Little Mermaid, but I can't remember.

I just watched my O&C 20th Anniversary DVD (first time I've seen the movie since it was in the theater) and I was actually tearing up seeing Oliver not get picked from the litter of kittens that were for sale.