I almost cried when rose died, and im not one for crying at a movie. Theres just something truely heart breaking about when two old people are in love and one of them dies, epecially with an old guy crying.
I think ron howard is one of the greatest directors of all time, alot of people would think it has a stupid story line, but ron howard has managed to take this story and turn it into an amazeing movie. We need more movies like this.
Im glad somebody else thinks same as me. I scoff at people who cry at films especially romantic ones but yes that one scene with Berny and Rose is truelly tear jerking!! Its the one of only two scenes in a film that tugs at my heartstrings...the other being when Mickey dies in Rocky III.
shareThis scene depresses the hell out of me. Bad things happening to the elderly is sure to bum me out in movies.
Cocoon 2 paled in comparison to this one. The one scene that was really a bummer though was...
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Hume Cronyn's character dying. Sucks to think he left the planet for a short time only to have to sacrifice himself on Earth.
Other than that though the sequel is a bit of a dissapointment. Seemed like there was way too many plot points and it was rushed.
Man I'm watching this again now and the part where the alien dies is a bummer too. It's Brian Dennehey's reaction that makes you care that a puppet is dying.
At least they put the two sad parts together as to contain it to one area of the movie.
Alien died. Bummer. Emotional, but not teary-eyed. I had no connection to this alien.
Rose died and Bernie starts weeping. The look on his face alone almost brings me to tears. We liked Bernie, Rose and can relate to the emotions that come with losing loved ones.
Yes, it was a sad moment, which Bernie sort of deserved because if he and Rose had used the pool earlier, she wouldn't have died. The sequence before that involving the dead Antennian and Walter crying was moving too, especially James Horner's music. Ron Howard is a very good director and one thing I don't think he gets credit for enough is in his films they are all ensembles, meaning it isn't just one big star in the film-we see many different people in the film. Look at this film, Parenthood, Backdraft, and Ed TV for example.
shareNo one deserves to lose the person they love to death.
sharethat was a touching moment for me as well during this film, i wasn't expecting to tear up, but it was close to reality because one minute youre a live then the next you're not, especially when you reminisce about your past as if you're saying goodbye to the one you love.
shareI cried at it too. Bernie was a serious asshat, and Rose was spineless (I would have gone to the pool no matter what my hubby said) but they loved each other.
I cried a lot during this film. I wept like mad when the seniors stupidly kill Walter's brave friends, and when David is saying goodbye to his grandparents.
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."
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Its the brilliance of Jack Gilford that really makes this scene work, the instant realization that not only is his wife gone, but that his own stubborn behaviour killed her, but ALSO that he was right to let nature take its course, evidenced later in the film by his own refusal to go to the planet at the end. Fantastic acting.
'Ziggy Piggy'
Which is why I don't get why Don Ameche got the nomination and win for this, when his co-stars were so much better. Gilford deserved the win for this scene alone.
sharei saw this in theaters when I was 10 and I remember almost crying even way back then when Rose died. She reminded me SO much of my grandma (who managed to live through April of THIS year...I was blessed). James Horner is the KING of emotional musical cues (>cough< TITANIC >cough<)
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Im gonna punch you in the cooter, I swear to God!
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Rose wasn't dead though, I saw her swallow!
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