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How many cried at the ending?

posted 14 years ago by brtd
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It seems everyone does. I've seen it many times and I still do. I watched this with my mom last night and she was sobbing hugely. Just the sight of all those people and Harvey's words, so powerful:

'"I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope."'

[–] pocketrocket01 14 years ago

I definetly did, especially when the footage of the real Harvey Milk is shown after the movie. Very sad indeed.

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[–] BobStage 14 years ago

Thing is, I didn't. My mom was crying at the sight of the procession, but I felt more awed. And satisfied that Milk's death meant something to those people.

I've only cried at the ends of "Missing", "Mystic River", and "Flammen & Citronen" (oh and that "Baby Mine" song in Dumbo", but anyone would cry at that one). But the end of "Milk" didn't make me weep for some reason. Maybe because I kinda knew how Milk died before watching the film.

[–] sandcrab91 14 years ago

I actually thought I would, but I didn't. I was pretty choked up though.

[–] moviegurl16 14 years ago

I definitely cried, everything he worked so hard for gone in an instant because of some idiot.

[–] lessthanfive 14 years ago

I cried harder than I've ever cried from a movie. In fact it sent me into a serious procession of deep thoughts. I always knew that being gay is a struggle (i'm gay) but being reminded of what Harvey Milk and so many others had to go through to get to the point we are today, well it just completely moved me. I've actually only watched it a couple times because of the serious impact it has on me. What an amazing film.

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[–] ibleachthesky-903-931575 13 years ago

I cried at the beginning too, when the news clip was going on. I went with my mom and she cried too, we live 40 minutes from SF and she vividly remembers when it happened.

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[–] Jose Guilherme 13 years ago

Straight guy here... cried too.

It's incredible how much suffering can be brought into this world just because people don't like what others do in their bedrooms.

[–] BlueMoon89 13 years ago

Watched it last night and was sobbing by the end.

The combination of the real footage and also the expressions on both James Franco's and Alison Pill as they were watching the march...it was so touching.

The two actors looked completely overwhelmed at the site they were seeing. That's what got to me.

And also Harevy's monologue at the end.

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[–] jmacadam 13 years ago

I didn't cry at the movie. I did all my crying for Harvey Milk in 1978 when he actually died.

[–] lkillen 13 years ago

I am quite sure, shy of being stung by a scorpion on my scrotum in the last scene, you would not have found me crying at the end of this movie.

But the question is actually fascinating. It shows the distance between the values system of homosexuals and non-homosexuals. I cannot imagine a straight person finding the ending rising to the level of tears. Not a true straight male. That, in and of itself tells how different we are and maybe we should not expect the ever truly reconsile those differeneces. This, in some ways, contradicts the assertion that homosexuals are "just like heterosexuals" except that they desire sex with other men. There seems to be other differences also.

[–] xfastfurious15 13 years ago

i got teary eyed. and then i couldn't handle it anymore and cried later :(

[–] hadmatter 13 years ago

But the question is actually fascinating. It shows the distance between the values system of homosexuals and non-homosexuals. I cannot imagine a straight person finding the ending rising to the level of tears. Not a true straight male.

That, my friend, is because you are a sociopath and lack empathy. The testimonies on this board, ON THIS VERY THREAD EVEN, and from critics worldwide completely fly in the face of the claim you make. LOTS of heterosexuals shed tears at the end of this movie, because they are emotionally capable of identifying with the struggles of fellow human beings. You are not.

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[–] Abbalish 13 years ago

I did not cry but i thought it was extremely sad.
He was killed for nothing and that ignorant homophobe who did it only got 5 years

[–] SteveResin 12 years ago

I'm a straight male and yes I wiped away a few tears at the end. It was a truly heartbreaking story, Harvey was so much more than just a politician. Without the Harvey's & the Martin Luther King Jr's of this world goodness knows what life would be like now. Such a shame there's always some insecure cretin wanting to point the gun.

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