# I'm getting to be a teary-eyed old fart

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796 "2015-08-14T00:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796/1 "2015-08-14T00:09:51Z")

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In my 30s, even into my 40s, the only movie that always made me cry was _Rocky_, at the end when he loses the fight but wins the girl.

Now, every fucking romcom makes me misty. And then I think of me and the very idea of watching romcoms and I get mistier.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796/2 "2015-08-14T00:27:28Z")

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Some people _ **like** _ pain.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796/3 "2015-08-14T00:28:35Z")

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I always say: If you’re moved to tears, it means the movie-makers got it right, for once.

“The Iron Giant” is my “Rocky.”

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**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-to-be-a-teary-eyed-old-fart/727796/4 "2015-08-14T01:16:40Z")

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Aliens is my Rocky…that scene where Hicks is teaching Ripley how to handle the rifle, I get teary just thinking about it.