Which scene moved you most?
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bungleman — 18 years ago(September 24, 2007 05:11 PM)
I absolutely love the part when he is attending the opera. It seemed to be the moment that he was offically accepted into Victorian British society. Compared to how people reacted to him earlier in the film, it was extremely moving.
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jester_of_seven — 18 years ago(October 18, 2007 06:09 PM)
Soon as Adagio for Strings began in the end. I knew he was going to end his life, that was the most moving part, and as soon as he signed his church model and said "It'sfinished", i knew he was definitely going to.
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J_W_Mack — 18 years ago(October 20, 2007 12:23 AM)
The most moving scene for me was when Treves first sees Merrick at the beginning of the film and begins to cry his response is immediately one of compassion.
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sugar_n_spice — 18 years ago(November 05, 2007 04:42 PM)
So far (I haven't finished the movie yet, but I already know how John Merrick really died), the scene that made me cry was when he breaks down in front of Mrs. Treves and says something like, "Forgive me, but I have never been treated so kindly by such a beautiful woman."
I love only what a person has written with his own blood.
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loploppresents — 18 years ago(November 09, 2007 10:41 AM)
There are so many, but one that gets me is when Merrick is working on his model of the cathedral and spills some paint and says to himself, "I must be more careful." It's just such a quiet little voice, and it shows (for me anyway) how gentle and innocent he was. It saddens me that such a beautiful person had to suffer so much.
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kennyrov1 — 18 years ago(November 19, 2007 10:31 AM)
For me, it's the scene where John recites the 23rd Psalm to the astonishmnent of Treves and Carr-Gomm. It becomes clear that John is an intelligent and sensitive individual who has endured unimaginable suffering. The sound of John reciting the 'Lord is My Shepherd' drifting down the staircase as the pair are leaving and Treves' subsequent joyous disbelief is a very powerful moment in the film for me.
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lechuga89 — 18 years ago(December 04, 2007 07:36 PM)
Just saw this movie on TMC and I was pretty much moved throughout the whole movie. So many powerful and tragic scenes that made me very emotional. What I thought was most tragic of all was how John Merrick was such a nice a good person and how despicable he was treated by nothing but ignorant people. The most powerfully moving scenes for me had to be when John is reciting "Romeo and Juliet" with Mrs. Kendal and her last line, "you are not an elephant man, you are Romeo." or something to that extent. Another heart-breaking scene is how John cries his eyes out when Anthony Hopkin's wife is so nice to her and how she ends up choking up because of how nice a man he was and because of his tragic situation. Of course whenever he exclaims "I am not an animal! I am a HUMAN BEING!! Is another heart-breakingly powerful scene. I loved this movie.
"The movies I love in a way define me"