Tear jerkers on ch4?

[dukas68]

Can anyone tell me what came first on last nights 100 greatest  tear jerkers on channel 4 ?

thanks

[maddiemoo]

 

  ET took number one.

[spiff]

It was the end of E.T. where him and Elliot say goodbye.

 

x

[kick3m0n]

but that Titanic p1sh got No. 3............good grief!!  What are we coming to??????????

Sometimes these "Greatest ever..." things surprise you, but all too often I just despair.   I mean seriously, Titanic beat Wonderful Life???   Sheesh.

[willow74]

The Champ should have been number 1

[RogK]

I'm still getting over the appalling Vicar of Dibley being top sitcom.

[galltin]

When did that happen?

[RogK]

Last year, Galltin. The voting went on for week after week.

[greenday]

Dibley was second to ...Fools and Horses.

[dukas68]

Thanks for telling me folks!  et no way!

[RogK]

"Dibley was second to ...Fools and Horses."

Oh, God, that's even worse!

 

 
 

[Bearworld]

glad you asked that as I had to give up watching after the Beaches clip as by that time i was past myself and about to reach for the kitchen knife, instead i sobbed my way up to bed and cried myself to sleep, head buried in the pillow.

[Greenbhoy]

Full list here http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/microsites/T/tearjerkers/results/10-1.html .

How the hell did Gareth Southgate's penalty miss make it to number 39?? .......hold on, I cried then too....as I was LAUGHING SO MUCH!!!!!!

[Englishbird]

I'm with you willow - the champ made me cry so much. Did the kid go on to be in NYPD blue?

[littleoldme]

kick3m0n has read my mind - Titanic beating It's A Wonderful Life indeed. I mean Leonardo "pug dog" DiCaprio drowns, for goodness sake. What's so sad about that?

Any films involving thwarted love, terminal illness or cutesy kids I can be cynical and hard as nails about (notable exception, that scene in Sophie's Choice where she has to decide which of her children to save), but anything involving animals...the end of The Incredible Journey, where the pets finally find their family again, I...oh God *sniff*, I'm off again... :,-(

[galltin]

Yes Englishbird he did.

[LeMarchand]

As I've said elsewhere, it was a bit of a fix - the first most people hear of these shows is when they are broadcast, so who votes?

It was a fairly predictable list, and missed many of my favourite tear-jearking moments (admittedly some are fairly idiosyncratic/obscure) but I guess "Nip/Tuck" has yet to hit it big, as the suicide from Season 1 - the saddest thing I've ever seen on TV wasn't featured. (I burst into tears just trying to explain to Mme LeMarchand, who doesn't watch the show, what happened - just thinking about it starts the old eyes prickling even now).

[QmunkE]

I would say that ET is well deserving of its position. The point about this sort of survey is that it is representative of a majority - for example, I could never find myself crying at the end of "Gone with the Wind" , "Ghost" or "Titanic", but clearly they push some people's buttons.

ET is one of the greatest cinematic events of all time - a masterpiece of imagery and what is probably John William's greatest film score ever. The tearjerker moment is so powerful because it is an emotionally confusing climax - ET gets to go home (ahhh) but also, ET has to go home (sniff boo-hoo). The acting was so real - because of the traumatising method of directing followed by Spielberg, that everyone can feel the pain and joy of the characters.

Phew, that was a bit of a rant.