Right, I'm going to start off by admitting that when I was a young kid, I was pretty sensitive and would cry at a lot of things. However, when I was 12, in my second year of high school, my uncle died from liver problems. I was quite close to him, so of course at the cremation I cried a lot. However, later that same year, my grandfather, who I was also close to, died as well, just before Christmas. His cremation was in the week of Christmas Day, and despite everything I didn't cry at all then. I simply could not shed a single tear. I was sad, of course, and really missed him, but I just couldn't cry. And I've been to several funerals and such since then, and again, have found it impossible to cry no matter how sad I've felt.
Though I'm unsure (though I suspect it to be true), it may well be that my uncle's funeral hardened me and made me much less emotionally open or vulnerable. Ever since then, I've been very hard-hearted, and am simply indifferent to so many things that would have affected me emotionally years ago. I haven't cried that I remember since my uncle's funeral, save when laughing too much or when in physical pain, or in the examples I'm about to mention. Aside from those, I haven't cried at all in almost nine years.
Tonight, I saw 127 Hours. I actually intended to see Never Let Me Go (opening night) but arrived too late, so waited in the arcade in the bowling place next door for an hour-and-a-half, but that's beside the point. Either way, through the film, I found myself massively engaged in the film, really forming a connection with the main character, and Danny Boyle's brilliant directing and clever tricks really affected me emotionally. I actually started crying, in joy, in at least three different points of the film. There has only been one other film that I remember that caused me to cry, and that was only one instance of tears - the first time I saw Seven Pounds at the cinema.
No other entertainment medium save for film has ever made me feel so emotional, and no other film save those two - 127 Hours and Seven Pounds - have made me feel that way either. I am exceptionally hard-hearted, it genuinely takes a lot to move me in any way, let alone even close to tears. So these films must be doing something right, eh? So really, my main question and topic of this thread is emotion in general.
How do you feel, emotionally? What does it take to move you? What films, books, songs, whatever, have made you feel moved in any way? And am I the only person to be like this, to have lost my emotional openness, or have any of you had a similar situation or ever felt so closed off to everyone, emotionally and mentally?
Though I'm unsure (though I suspect it to be true), it may well be that my uncle's funeral hardened me and made me much less emotionally open or vulnerable. Ever since then, I've been very hard-hearted, and am simply indifferent to so many things that would have affected me emotionally years ago. I haven't cried that I remember since my uncle's funeral, save when laughing too much or when in physical pain, or in the examples I'm about to mention. Aside from those, I haven't cried at all in almost nine years.
Tonight, I saw 127 Hours. I actually intended to see Never Let Me Go (opening night) but arrived too late, so waited in the arcade in the bowling place next door for an hour-and-a-half, but that's beside the point. Either way, through the film, I found myself massively engaged in the film, really forming a connection with the main character, and Danny Boyle's brilliant directing and clever tricks really affected me emotionally. I actually started crying, in joy, in at least three different points of the film. There has only been one other film that I remember that caused me to cry, and that was only one instance of tears - the first time I saw Seven Pounds at the cinema.
No other entertainment medium save for film has ever made me feel so emotional, and no other film save those two - 127 Hours and Seven Pounds - have made me feel that way either. I am exceptionally hard-hearted, it genuinely takes a lot to move me in any way, let alone even close to tears. So these films must be doing something right, eh? So really, my main question and topic of this thread is emotion in general.
How do you feel, emotionally? What does it take to move you? What films, books, songs, whatever, have made you feel moved in any way? And am I the only person to be like this, to have lost my emotional openness, or have any of you had a similar situation or ever felt so closed off to everyone, emotionally and mentally?
