Did SML/FA make you cry?

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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby ArcticMonkeys » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:21 am

fish wrote:So many scenes like that, aren't there?

They all brought a tear to my eye, but it may have just been a speck of dust.
And the fact that I'm a wimp. :cry: :lol:


It's quiet tender moments between two people that stick out. Very real, Moodysson and his actors deserve huge praise for making it feel so close.

Another scene that breaks the heart that many probably wouldn't say cause it leads to Elin/Agnes getting together is Elin breaking up with Johan in front of her sister and his friend. He's a bit slow but a harmless good guy who's not a big dreamer and is happy with the small town life and probably a bit of a lap dog for his mate. Seen that happen to him was a bit cruel on Elin's part and actually makes you feel for the guy.

It's that damn dust fish :)
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:26 am

ArcticMonkeys wrote:...It's that damn dust fish :)

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. :roll: :oops: :lol:

Yeah, Elin's break up with Johan was so cruel.
By phone from the next room.
Doesn't get any harsher than that.

You had to feel for the guy, but all the same, there was a lot of humour in it too. :lol:
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby ArcticMonkeys » Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:28 pm

fish wrote:
ArcticMonkeys wrote:...It's that damn dust fish :)

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. :roll: :oops: :lol:

Yeah, Elin's break up with Johan was so cruel.
By phone from the next room.
Doesn't get any harsher than that.

You had to feel for the guy, but all the same, there was a lot of humour in it too. :lol:


Sorry for the late Reply fish :D

That's why I love Fucking Amal, every character even the ones we are supposed to root for are flawed and sometimes unlikeable like most of us are in everyday life. It was darkly comic, you do laugh a little but the next scene I think is him outside crying which stops you laughing, how many of us were like that or are still like that when we get dumped like that :D . Teenagers can be cruel, but we forgive Elin soon as she gets with Agnes but that's human nature really.
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:13 am

ArcticMonkeys wrote:Sorry for the late Reply fish :D

No problems.
We're all occasional victims of that thing called "life" which goes on all around us, interrupting the time we spend here. :P :lol:

Yeah.
That's the kind of film FÅ was.
You laughed, you cried, you identified with so many of the characters that it was easy to become lost in it.
Beautiful film. :cry: :lol: Image
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Santi » Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:44 am

Hermes3G wrote:Raise your hand if SML/FA ever made you weep (bros, don't be shy). I just watched it all the way through for the third time (yeah I know, only three times in two weeks. What's wrong with me?). For the first time, tears flowed. Beginning at "Did you mean what you said before?" and lasting till the end credits. For me, the effect is getting stronger with each viewing, not weaker. I'm thinking about it more over time, not less. What on earth kind of film is this?

In my whole adult (?) life only one other film has made me cry, "To Kill a Mockingbird" when Boo Radley comes out.


FA is the first film that I don't cry. I don't understand. I've tried, is impossible. This film is very special.

I always cry a little at any romantic scene of any movie (either violent, action or horror ... )

I can not stop
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:20 am

Even ads on TV make me cry. :cry:


But then that may just be the exasperation of having my show interrupted. :T :lol:
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Santi » Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:54 pm

fish wrote:Even ads on TV make me cry. :cry:


I can not cry with ads because my father had ads on TV, LOL
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Rafa69 » Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:45 pm

I don´t remember crying , Is not a maudlin/soppy film, which seeks the easy tear (in the usual line of Hollywood) but definitely has scenes that touched me deeply. For example, everything that has elapsed since the failed birthday party to kiss the car, These 20-25 minutes are very emotional¡¡¡
Especially I adore Agnes scenes. I feel a lot of empathy for her.

Every time I have more clear that the impact it has on me FA is given by your realism and naturalness, good and bad moments, the everyday .... everything seems very credible. Very sincere.
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:28 am

Rafa69 wrote:...Is not a maudlin/soppy film...

It's not the sadness of a scene that gets to me, it's the acts of heroism.
Even when it seems doomed to fail Agnes refuses to give up on her love of Elin.

That's what brings a speck of dust to my eye. :cry: :roll: :lol:
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Ian » Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:02 am

Exactly. It was just dust, nothing more! :mrgreen:
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby DMt. » Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:29 am

Rafa69 wrote:Every time I have more clear that the impact it has on me FA is given by your realism and naturalness, good and bad moments, the everyday .... everything seems very credible. Very sincere.


Knocked the ball right out of the stadium there, Rafa. Well put. 8)
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Rafa69 » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:16 pm

DMt. wrote:Knocked the ball right out of the stadium there, Rafa. Well put. 8)


:oops: Thanxs Dave :wink:

fish wrote:It's not the sadness of a scene that gets to me, it's the acts of heroism.
Even when it seems doomed to fail Agnes refuses to give up on her love of Elin.

Nice words, fish.
I understand you.

In my case, both, sadness and happiness can get to me, also the self-improvement, no surrender...
Agnes suffers, goes through bad times and situations, his love for Elin is your lifeline, although it seems an impossible love.
Therefore her few good moments (bridge, kiss in the car, bath scene, O'Boy) are very enjoyable (well, I admit that in these scenes my eyes wet a little :cry: , only a little :) , moments of beautiful tenderness )
After what she happened, you want her to be happy, so I emphasize a lot with her...That's how I feel :wink: .
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:51 am

Rafa69 wrote:...only a little...

You're a hard, hard man Rafa. :P :lol:
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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby Rafa69 » Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:36 pm

fish wrote:
Rafa69 wrote:...only a little...

You're a hard, hard man Rafa. :P :lol:


:lol:
I have a reputation among my Heavy Metal friends :twisted: :roll:
Nah just kidding :) , my friends accept me as I am, I think :)
I really am very sensitive and soft (according to my wife, too much :lol: ).

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Re: Did SML/FA make you cry?

Postby fish » Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:44 am

Rafa69 wrote:...(according to my wife, too much :lol: )

That's an awful lot of information there Rafa. :oops: :P :lol:
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