Deep Impact (1998)

The last time I watched this film I had to leave the room when the blind bloke says goodbye to his son beacause that sets me off a good'un.
 
Me, err, that would be me!

When Tea Leoni's character (forget her name for the mo) find out her Mum is dead

When she give hers seat on the chopper to the news anchor and her kid

When she stands on the beach with her Dad as the big wave hits

When the Mom gives the baby to the girl to get to high ground

when they made the decision on the shuttle to sacrifice themselves - Fish talks to his wife and says he's coming home, and when the guy that has lost his sight hears his son's voice

and of course right at the end when the prez is giving his speech in the ruins/or rebuilding of the whitehouse

Oh,yes, pretty much blub city all the way thru for me. Never used to be like that, never cried at movies - then one day I saw Beaches and its been downhill ever since !
 
No I did not cry, but hey, I'm a guy, and we laugh at all tragic events in cinema.

My favorite was in Titanic when a passenger looses grip on what is now a ship standing on its end, and as he falls he clips a railing and spins like a frizbee into the ocean. I must say I rewound that part several times.. That was Awesome!!!
 
I wish I could go back to the time the thread was posted (or even the last comment was posted).
 
I just watched this one and it didn't work for me. It was too many things jammed together and none of them done is sufficient detail. Too many separate plot lines: Was this supposed to be an escape flick? An investigative reporter tale? A story about a woman with daddy issues? An adventure with a heroic crew? People with suicidal tendencies? Being from the Washington, DC area, I am confused about Elijah Wood's final escape. His girlfriend and family start out in Richmond, Va, yet Elijah finds them in a traffic jam with a sign saying Virginia Beach, 6 miles. Everyone was driving towards the coast where a dramatic tidal wave was predicted. They would have to be on I-64. Elijah and girlfriend take a motorcycle in the direction of traffic, yet find themselves climbing a mountain to safety. The Appalachian mountains make sense, but they would have been in the opposite direction and about a four hour, unimpeded drive from Virginia Beach.

Also, I didn't buy the sub plot that Tea Leone and her estranged father reconcile by deciding to commit suicide on the beach. Not what I'd call a touching resolution.
 

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