March 17: List of Cryfest Movies

My daughter Haidyn and I watched the movie Gifted tonight, and we both cried. I thought I would cry at the bad parts, but I usually cry more when things go right. Other movies that I have bawled like a baby to are:

1) Armageddon--When your stepfather passes away one month before, and there is no father alive to walk you down the aisle, while in the movie, the daughter may lose her father in outer space and face the same problem, the tears will fall. To lighten the mood, it was opening night. The theater was packed. My friends and I were in the back of the movie theater, and I was next to some man I didn't even know, and here I was sobbing, nearly uncontrollably. My friends, in college at the time, were not very comforting, but they did make me laugh.

2) City of Angels--I believe this was a rental, or maybe that was the second time I watched it. Why would I ever watch this twice? Heart wrenching. Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan love story.

3) Up Close and Personal--Michelle Pfeiffer and her career as a journalist meets up with Robert Redford for a wonderful movie. Most people I know have not seen this one.

4) Pay It Forward--Every teacher should watch this with a box of Kleenex. What a wonderful message, but in an unfortunate method.

5) Simon Birch--Another movie every teacher should watch. Simon is special in many ways.

6) Steel Magnolias--This is more of a laugh till you cry movie, but I do fast forward past the hospital scene. I just can't take it. This is one of the greatest classics of all time. My entire family can quote this movie, and the friendships within this movie is something I long for.

7) Stepmom--Oh my! This is a guarantee for me every time. The relationships with new and old is beautiful.

8) Fox and the Hound--I am tearing up just thinking about this one.

9) Tarzan--I cry at the beginning every time. I can tear up multiple times on this one. I blame Phil Collins.

10) Man in the Moon--My friend Amy had us watch this at a sleepover when I was about the age of the girls in the movie. This is about girls and guys on the farm growing up. There is a terrible accident--enter tears for the rest of the night.