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This part gets me everytime!

posted 17 years ago by dpoern2006
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Just saw this on TV and one of the many parts that gets me everytime is at the end before Emma passes, she looks over and smiles at Aurora...as if to say, "Goodbye...I love you..." Superb performance of those two!

[–] misseslovegood 16 years ago

I never thought of it as a "Goodbye, I love you" kind of face. It's more a feeling like, "This is it, it's happening, here I go". Aurora just happened to be awake to see it. You could tell the mix of feeling and emotion in her face, she didn't say anything but it just catches you and you can see it. It was a really emotional scene.

[–] joeperrysbabe 15 years ago

I just watched the scene on YOUtube (and yes, i am in tears) where Emma passes away and from what i got, Emma turns her head and sees her mom and i think the look she gave told her mom that she was glad she was there and then the next instant she feels herself dying and you could see an instant of fear-and then peace. That made me cry even more. She was in pain and suffering from the cancer, but when death finally came, she was frightened for just a second. It shows that no matter how prepared u think you are for the moment you pass (given that you know you're passing) sometimes you're really not. Maybe that sounds crazy to some of you, but that's what i got from it.

"Can i have your watch when you are dead?"-The Three Amigos.

[–] JeZter 15 years ago

Actually you should call this a spoiler fo those who havn't seen the film, luckily I have...

[–] lauren_m775 15 years ago

The movie came out 25 years ago. Anyone who is reading IMDB boards about it without seeing it is very strange.

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[–] rossword 15 years ago

What I love is that Emma looks at her mother. NOT Flap. That was the most beautiful moment of connection and endearment.

[–] rwburnham 14 years ago

Yeah someone should have warned me about this movie. I did not have any tissues near. :(

[–] jynger71 14 years ago

My tears start to roll when Aurora is running through the hospital yelling at the nurses..."Give my daughter the shot!!"

"So shines a good deed in a weary world."

[–] flickfreakchick 14 years ago

After seeing this moving too many times to count, just hearing the music can reduce me to tears. I actually try not to watch the end because it's just so sad, it's like I don't need to see it again and again. Too much sadness for my heart.

Our ability to accessorize is what separates us from the animals.
Clairee Belcher

[–] cjlove2523 14 years ago

^^agreed! I can never seem to watch the end

[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 8 years ago

After seeing this moving too many times to count, just hearing the music can reduce me to tears.

The music that gets me the most is the piece that plays over the closing credits. The post-funeral scene serves as somewhat of a recovery for me. I'm still sad but starting to pull myself together. But then that music starts.

[–] spamfolder-788-866266 14 years ago

The part that gets me is when she cuts her mom off and says, "...mom, I'm sick."

I don't have OCD I have CDO. Similar to OCD, but the letters are arranged alphabetically.

[–] spamfolder-788-866266 14 years ago

The part that gets me is when she cuts her mom off and says, "...mom, I'm sick."

I don't have OCD I have CDO. Similar to OCD, but the letters are arranged alphabetically.