This Movie makes me cry
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msval — 19 years ago(March 19, 2007 11:09 PM)
I was 30 when I first saw this film. My boyfriend and I watched it in my apt. on cable and you would have thought we were in a movie theatre, because we clapped at the end of this film. It delivered a powerful message to hunters. Masterful!!! Wonderful!!!
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pacman941 — 18 years ago(June 23, 2007 12:18 AM)
Ah it is nice to see that I am not the only one who cried when I watch this movie. Yeah I remember the first time I saw this when I was 4 and balling my eyes out. I watched it tonight (6-22)since then and I still I cried. I am 20 now and a guy!
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bonjovibmw — 18 years ago(June 27, 2007 03:49 PM)
I'm 27 and this was the first movie I cried atI still get tears in my eyes when I see it now But the part that gets me the most, is when the hunters finally are nice to the cubgives him milk and stuffso touching!
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Spectre80 — 18 years ago(July 23, 2007 11:19 PM)
I see that I am not the only one who feels the same way about this movie. I only ever saw the movie once, when I was about 6 years old, and I remember the whole time that I felt incredibly sorry for the little bear cub. There are two parts that I especially remember, the first being were when the mother bear was killed in the rock slide and the cub is squealling and crying out as he tries to pull away the rocks (such as I remember it). The second was where the cougar starts clawing at the cub at the end and all he can do is bawl at it. I remember I was about to cry just before the camera panned around and the massive male bear was there, roaring. Of all the movies I've seen (and they are many), I have never been so glad/relieved at the end of a film. One could finally release their breath.
Like another poster, I refuse to watch the movie again, as the emotional torrent it released in me as a 6 year old boy has stuck with me to my current age of 21. Too heavy to be entertainment for me.
The Bear not just a film, it is an experience that one remembers for years.
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waterboy995 — 18 years ago(December 13, 2007 10:54 PM)
what about the part when the one hunter's life is spared by the bear and he still has the automatic intention of getting the kill as a second chance, but as he is about to shoot him in the back, defenceless and accepting, something clicks in him and he can't do it. then when his father comes and he purposefully shoos him off until his only option left is to physically pull the gun away form his father. though there were no words spoken in that gesture, there was such a clear understanding conveyed in that scene between the father and son: "what we are doing here is wrong." gets me every time. of all the movies ive loved, respected, enjoyed and appreciated this one hits me the the hardest by far. it's the most personal film i have for myself.
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Towerroad-1 — 18 years ago(December 29, 2007 08:28 AM)
Sigh I've seen this movie so many years agoI was only 2-3 years old,and the only thing i remember almost clearly was the scene (if it was in this movie) in which the cub had creepy nightmares about frogs with sharp teeth or something along these lines
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decadenttenshi — 18 years ago(March 24, 2008 02:11 PM)
I've been watching this movie since I was four years old and 19 years later I still cry like a baby when Momma Bear starts foraging for honey and the rock slide kills her and the cub lays down with her.
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poetessbynight — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 05:43 PM)
Boy oh boy, you are not alone. This movie came out when I was three and I can still remember watching it on video at home and bawling my eyes out. I remember shortly after the mother's death scene, the paper boy came to our door to collect and my mother had to explain that I was in hysterics because of a movie I was watching. Ha! I'd love to see this movie again.
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Anakonda78 — 17 years ago(May 20, 2008 04:59 AM)
I went to see it when I was around 10 or so and it also really got to me. The innocense of animals -especially the cub facing the harsh world and the indifferent men was what I related to. It must have been a delicate age to me losing my own innocense but not really wanting to. Similar as with Waterboy995 the movie culminating in hunter sparing the bears life was powerful to me and gave hope: even if it is harsh world you can in the end still trust people to "do the right thing".
I think the movie is well constructed on the emotional level and in a way that is "good for crying" (no pun intended, I also cry every time). After all, there is not much of dialogue or even story so lot of effort went there and cinematography. The emotional balance is good in a way that it does not go over the top and be overly intentional. So you do not feel that you are being tricked into it -and that makes it even more succeptible. And it does help that you first watch it as a child so you are more open and the theme is set for you. Overall I believe the movie was made for children. After all most children have a tendency to relate to animals, especially to young animals. If I would watch it now at age of 30 I am sure the movie would not touch me so much, but now it does every time I watch it. Also the music gives you cues and you are almost conditioned to reach the state you do cry (the violins in minor). Anyway, this is how I think about it.