Friday, May 05, 2006

Its Official: I am one of those emotional females.

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First an update to the post about wonderful British period dramas: I just finished North and South and it was soooooooooooo good. Mainly because of the ending when the guy and the girl get together and kiss (or mini makeout if you will). The lead guy John Thornton (played by Richard Armitage cuter in the movie than in the picture) is extrememely similar to Mr. Darcy's character except for maybe not as refined. He is brooding and quite sinister most of the time and even gets into an argument during his proposal to the heroine. To his credit he does try to propose nicely but she stops him abruptly and he gets angry and yells at her that he loves her but doesn't believe him. When I saw that scene I was like "okay I like this movie because it reminded of that.)

But the end is what really gets ya. The thing that touched me the most was how Mr. Thornton reminded me of a boy I had a crush on in highschool. He was pretty cute but hardly ever smiled. He always seemed to be in a bad mood. What caused me to have a crush on him was when I made him smile and laugh a little one day. Oh my gosh he became ten times cuter. The fact that I had made him smile just threw me over. Not that I was the only one who would make him smile but it made me feel so good. At that moment that smile was just for me. Of course he didn't return my feelings but that doesn't matter. Still so cute. Anyway Mr. Thornton did the same thing at the end and he was ten times cuter and really did kind of look like my friend.

Okay enough of that now on to the main reason of my post. I decided that last I had officially become an emotional female. There have been hints of it coming more and more frequently of late but last night was the clincher. So when I finished the above mentioned movie and the last seen was so great, I decided to watch it again. Just that scene. The kissing scene, which usually there is only one in these types of movies and usually at the end. It was still so good so I decided to watch it a third time and that's when it happened. I don't know what came over me. I used to never do this for a movie. I started crying. Not like huge sobs or anything just tears rolling down my cheeks and I just let them go, didn't bother to wipe them away. Not because I was sad but because they were so happy and I want to be that way someday. Okay and maybe a little bit sad that it hasn't happened yet but mostly because it was the most adorable end scene of a movie. I'm getting a little teary eyed right now just thinking about it. That's when I knew. I had become a silly overemotional female.

Let me list some other examples of this coming on:
As I said before I cried at the end of this movie but this isn't the only thing that has set me to crying in the last couple of years but it happens a lot more frequently now. I cry at commercials. Yes! I know! The really sweet ones. I can't remember which ones off hand. If I watch one soon I'll let you know. Maybe cry is a strong word but I definitely get teary eyed to the point that it could almost turn to crying. I cry at songs. A couple years ago I was listening to my Disney Greatest Hits c.d. while driving on the freeway and it played "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid. I was just singing along and somewhere in there it hit a chord and I was bawling. I was just as shocked as you probably are right now. I couldn't understand it. That was the last of its kind until just this last Christmas I was driving home (my home home) listening to a mix I had compiled of Christmas songs. One of my favorite songs is "The Little Drummer Boy" I've always loved that song. This version was sung by Frank Sinatra and I was singing along with old blue eyes. Well, it got to the part in the song where the boy is playing is drum and he sings "I played my drum for him pa rum pum pum pum I played my best for him" and that was it right then and I got veklempt and as I finished the song the tears came streaming. Again I was shocked and each time after that when I listened to that song it happened at that exact same point in the song.

This occurs most often though with visual things: T.V. shows, movies, pictures. And most of the time its a happy moment in those shows, sometimes I'll cry at something sad that has happened but mostly its when something moves me. It doesn't seem to occur with books though so I'm safe there for now. I think that is mostly because the books that I've been reading really haven't moved me that much or I already know what happens in the story so I'm prepared. We'll see if that changes anytime soon.

Oh and even after the revelation came that I was an emotional female last night I watched that last scene two or three more times. I'm buying it.

10 comments:

Framed said...

The Maxwell House commercial with the boy coming home from college at Christmas and waking her up with coffee always gets me. I remember watching a movie or TV show and getting teary-eyed & then glancing at the kids. They would both be staring at me like I was an idiot. So, somehow, this posting gives me some vindication. But it doesn't take much to get to me. An I do cry when I read books.

Cardine said...

Are you talking about the PETER commercial that's on every year? That's pretty much the best commercial, along with the Stetson "Easy for you" commercial at Christmastime. It's not Christmas without having seen them.

Last time I read Bridge to Terebithia, I was reading it aloud on I-15 in Utah Valley, and I was absolutely blubbering. It was fantastic. Some people in cars must have thought I was crazy.

Welcome to the world of emotionality.

Booklogged said...

I hardly ever cry at movies, commercials, books, etc. Hardhearted all the way. BUT, this weekend when I was already depressed I watched Proof in the middle of the afternoon and I cried most of the way through. It doesn't pay to identify too strongly with the two main characters, one who is already crazy and the other who fears she's going crazy.

I do get choked up at the same part of Drummer Boy.

Framed said...

I forgot his name was Peter. What a great commercial. I can't think of the Stetson one. I didn't cry in Proof. Maybe because I saw it with my mom and was uncomfortable having her see those sex scenes. As for Drummer Boy . . . I hate that song. But do you remember how Susan and I could make Greg crying by singing Puff the Magic Dragon? That really is sad how the little boy grows up and leaves his old friend. Sniffle.

Framed said...

I just read your new poem on your other blog. That makes me emotional. Thanks.

Cassie said...

I do like that Folgers commercial. It never made me cry though.

thanks to those who put up with me telling them all about this post before they had a chance to read it. I'm sure that was quite irritating especially for the one who had to hear it twice.

julie said...

Last night I watched Guys and Dolls and totally got all emotional. The part in Havana when Sky kisses Sara after her song just about killed me! I had to watch it again after the movie was over. Sigh. It's a good thing I own it. I had forgotten how much I love that movie!

Cassie said...

Man, it has been so long since I've seen Guys and Dolls. I'll have to rent it from my local library.

I watched the end of North and South a couple more times before I finally made myself mail it back to Netflix. Didn't get teary eyed this time though but still loved it.

Cardine said...

Julie, you have Guys & Dolls? I have Guys & Dolls! Sweet.

tearese said...

I have cried at the coffee commercial. The first time I remember crying at a book was when I read Where the Red Fern Grows when I was in elementary school. I remember feeling so shocked that I was crying, that I went to look in the mirror just to see what I looked like. Poor doggies.
The most recent commercial that I almost cried, is the lady washing her baby in the sink and it says how she had fallen in love with him. It looked like my baby in the sink.