Movies that made me cry.

Real men don't cry...except in movies, where it's dark and no one can see you shedding tears (except for your nosy daughter who notices, then announces it to everyone). At any rate, these are the rare flicks that have made me bring out my hankie (secretly, of course) in the theatre. "What, dear? oh, it's nothing, there's just something in my eye." (nosy daughter!)



Snoopy, Come Home!
I was younger than 10 when my parents brought me to the movies to see this one. It was also their first indication that their only son was a wuss.









Buddy: the true story of the 1st seeing eye dog.
In the latter part of this TV movie, Buddy had to go through an obstacle-course-like test so the government could pass the bill that legalizes the use of seeing-eye dogs. Buddy was old and exhausted and he finished the course crawling 'cause he was tired and.....waaaaaah!









Free Willy
By far, the most embarrassing film to admit that I cried to. Really, how could one be moved to tears by an orca?










Toy Story 3
It had been awhile since the Free Willy fiasco, but when a grown-up Andy had to give up his toys, albeit to a deserving little girl, the tear ducts were activated once more...and with daughter watching.







Despicable Me
As if to make up for the long hiatus between Free Willy and Toy Story 3, Despicable Me was released just several months later. In TS3, the whole family cried; but in this one, it was only I, the man of the family, who did. Despicable, indeed.



There are two movies that deserve special mention in that they made me want to cry but the sphincter muscles in my eyes saved the day. Here are the two 'almosts':


The Incredibles
The part where the daughter creates a force field which protected the family from the falling plane, then Elastogirl says: "That's my girl"? Looked away and thought of happy stuff to keep the eyes dry.






Shrek Forever After
As if crying for a killer whale wasn't embarrassing enough. Sorry, Shrek, close but no cigar.



I haven't seen Legend of the Guardians yet, but I seriously doubt that a bunch of owls could make me cry.

Daughter: "what about a killer whale?"

Me: "Shut up."