# For Manly Men.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767 "2003-08-08T05:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/41 "2003-08-08T19:04:06Z")
**scout1222** , sounds good to me! Although, as I’m not much of a manly man, I’ll have to find some straps for my sunglasses so they don’t fall off while running. Maybe we should pack some snacks, so, you know, we can make better time. And they’re so expensive at the gas stations, you know? I mean, a little four-pack of fig newtons for what, two bucks? Do you like fig newtons? I’m a fritos man but, boy, are they greasy! Uh. _pushes glasses back up nose_ Sorry. To further cement my wuss status, I cried at: **Meet Joe Black Braveheart Iron Giant Ol Yeller Grave of the Fireflies Deer Hunter Schindlers List** Yeah, the **Johnny Cash** video for Hurt That song in **Toy Story 2** I’ve said it in another post, and I’ll say it again. My lowest moment was when I cried at, get ready for it, **Lethal Weapon 3**. Long story. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/42 "2003-08-08T20:12:15Z")
How about **The Shootist**? Surely manly men can cry whenever John Wayne dies. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/43 "2003-08-08T20:26:59Z")
You’re so crazy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/44 "2003-08-08T20:34:17Z")
**Gladiator** : when the slaves, soldiers and senators step forward to carry Maximus. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/45 "2003-08-08T20:34:17Z")
I’ll add my name to list of those that get choked up at the end of _Field of Dreams_. And _Rudy_, too. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/46 "2003-08-08T21:05:10Z")
The manliest man I know cried like a little girl at **The Lion King**. It’s always okay for guys to cry at father-son movies. And anybody can cry at **Grave of the Fireflies**. It’s mandantory. ---
**Author:** ![Subjective\_Enema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Subjective\_Enema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subjective_Enema)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/47 "2003-08-08T21:31:08Z")
I too get all misty-eyed at **Babe** , and it took all my willpower not to start openly bawling like a little girly-man at **The Iron Giant**. Yet strangely enough, **Grave of the Fireflies** didn’t seem to move me at all. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/48 "2003-08-08T22:18:34Z")
I have to chime in and third (or fourth) this. \*\*Titanic?!?:eek: :dubious: \*\* ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/49 "2003-08-08T22:33:43Z")
I think I have a problem. um… The end of **Planes, Trains, and Automoblies** just about rips my damn heart out. ---
**Author:** ![CharlesW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CharlesW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharlesW)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/50 "2003-08-08T23:40:26Z")
I have to agree with _Field of Dreams_, and _Where the Red Fern Grows_. Kind of funny we were talking about _Where the Red Fern Grows_ earlier today at work. Also if they ever make a movie from it _Podkayne of Mars_ I just finished reading it, and was misty eyed at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/51 "2003-08-09T04:15:47Z")
I’m apparently not very manly at all, ‘cuz I get chocked up in movies all the time. The one that gets me every friggin’ time, though, is **Jerry Maguire**. Not the big finale, mind you, but the football game. I must also add, however, **TITANIC?!?** :dubious: :eek: :rolleyes: I almost stood up and cheered when Leo finally died. Perhaps I’m not such a big softie after all… ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/52 "2003-08-09T04:19:27Z")
Choked. I get choked up. D’oh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/53 "2003-08-09T04:20:10Z")
(Don’t let him fool you. He’s a huge softie. He cries at long-distance commercials - not that there’s anything wrong with that.) ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/54 "2003-08-09T06:35:12Z")
I cried at Titanic, but at the part where the musicians start to go for the boats and then come back. The “love story” was dorky. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/55 "2003-08-09T06:52:55Z")
“Crying at Titanic” is one of the criteria they use to determine if men qualify for a sex-change operation. Just thought you should know. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/56 "2003-08-09T07:42:43Z")
_The Shootist_ And, once more: Titanic?!? :eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a698b9/32.png) [@Dagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dagon)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/57 "2003-08-09T11:52:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Gladiator: when the slaves, soldiers and senators step forward to carry Maximus. Ya I’ll second the end of Gladiator. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/58 "2003-08-09T13:57:55Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned _ **Phenomenon** _ yet. Of course, that’s not really a manly-man’s movie so much as a people-who-are-gullible-enough-to-believe-that-Uri-Geller-is-for-real movie. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/59 "2003-08-09T14:00:28Z")
Oh – and, does _ **My Life** _ count as manly? ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767/60 "2003-08-09T15:11:54Z")
Add me to the list; **TITANIC?!?** :dubious: :eek: :rolleyes: And Lethal Weapon 3: That better be one hell of a good long story. I’ll chime in with; **Grave Of The Fireflies** - Have to ensure no other men within 100 yards before I watch it) **Scandal** - Poor, poor John Hurt **The Elephant Man** - As above **Gone In 60 Seconds** - What they did to that Mustang ought to be a felony **A.I.** - I can’t stand kids but that still gets me \*\*Friends, Series 7, The One With Chandler And Monica’s Wedding Part I & II and Friends, Series \*\* - :sirtonyh wander off to garage to play with powertools [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-manly-men/193767.md?page=4)