Books That End In Tears

BaldFriede wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Both Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) and the Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger) have made me cry at particular places but not because of the endings. Books that end in tears should include everything by E.M Forster i.e. all the pages should be torn out. Had to study him in secondary school. The worst author ever published. "The Catcher in the Rye" was one of my most disappointing reads; I hated the book. I had absolutely no sympathy for Holden Caulfield; that guy is such a jammerlappen.

Edited by ExittheLemming - May 05 2021 at 11:50

Guldbamsen wrote: I think I’ve seen about all I can take of those blasted touring tests thank you Also I’m actually lying...come to think of it. I vividly remember crying my eyes out when Hooch died. I was literally inconsolable for hours - not even Tom Hanks’ swifty smile and a bunch of mini-Hooches made a lick of difference. I also shed a tear when I saw the Danish documentary about upright bass beauty Hugo Rasmussen following the last leg of his life, his illness, joy for life and music. Yep that one hit me so hard. But outside of Turner & Hooch...I genuinely can’t remember crying during a flick, book or whilst listening to music. A little strange as music makes me the most emotional..but in err..other ways?

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SteveG wrote: octopus-4 wrote: I've seen it once in black and white. I think it won the oscar prize in 1968. Of course a full length movie taken from a short novel has added parts, but it's not too different from the novel. I'd say yes, it's worth. Then you are right, usually movies inspired by books are rubbish. Dune, The Last Legioon and Phantoms are some of the worst movies I've ever seen (I stopped watching the second after less than 10 minutes) There were two versions of movie based on the book. A 1961 TV version in black and white and a feature released color version in 1968. Both starred Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for his lead role in the second color version titled "Charly."

I think I’ve seen about all I can take of those blasted touring tests thank you
Also I’m actually lying...come to think of it. I vividly remember crying my eyes out when Hooch died. I was literally inconsolable for hours - not even Tom Hanks’ swifty smile and a bunch of mini-Hooches made a lick of difference.
I also shed a tear when I saw the Danish documentary about upright bass beauty Hugo Rasmussen following the last leg of his life, his illness, joy for life and music. Yep that one hit me so hard.

But outside of Turner & Hooch...I genuinely can’t remember crying during a flick, book or whilst listening to music. A little strange as music makes me the most emotional..but in err..other ways?

octopus-4 wrote: I've seen it once in black and white. I think it won the oscar prize in 1968. Of course a full length movie taken from a short novel has added parts, but it's not too different from the novel. I'd say yes, it's worth. Then you are right, usually movies inspired by books are rubbish. Dune, The Last Legioon and Phantoms are some of the worst movies I've ever seen (I stopped watching the second after less than 10 minutes)

There were two versions of movie based on the book. A 1961 TV version in black and white and a feature released color version in 1968. Both starred Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for his lead role in the second color version titled "Charly."

Edited by SteveG - April 27 2021 at 09:49

Never seen it; The only thing inspired by the book that I'm familiar with is A Curious Feeling. Is the movie worth watching?


Edited by Mirakaze - April 26 2021 at 16:28

Mirakaze wrote: Flowers For Algernon probably has the most emotionally harrowing final stretch of a novel that I've read. It was almost a challenge for me to finish it, even

Great spot

Flowers For Algernon probably has the most emotionally harrowing final stretch of a novel that I've read. It was almost a challenge for me to finish it, even