I don't usually cry during movies. But sometimes later when I'm thinking about it I let out a tear or two. Also I cried during a voyager documentary
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It's funny, I was pretty much in your shoes (who cries at imaginary people?) For most things. Then covid hit, something flipped and damn, I'm pretty sure I've had tears in more movies in the last 3 years than the 30 before that.
I'm curious how old you were when Covid hit? I noticed a similar change somewhere in my early to mid 20s.
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Less often with movies/TV/books than music for me, but I'll still tear up to a movie or show sometimes if I don't feel like I'm being beat over the head by the music pushing a feeling than engaged with the story and characters.
All the time. I mean, I got misty over Smoke's death scene in Sinners lol
Wanna have sad happy tears? Videos of nervy squervy cats. Poor sweet things trying to live their best lives but have trouble moving! Omg 😭❤️😭
Yup, i do this too - my personal highlight was crying at ... Wall-e, when he thinks that Eve died.
I'm over 40, and this started 10 or 15 years ago, when i started to go to therapy a lot more.
But i think it's great to be able to live and feel with imaginary characters, and a sign of empathy.
Very rarely, but I have a few times.
C'mon C'mon starring Joaquin Phoenix and a 12 year old kid made my ball my eyes out.
The only movie that legit made me cry was Seven Pounds with Will Smith. I only saw it once, and I tried real goddamn hard to suppress the tears, but a few leaked out. Luckily, none of the people I watched it with noticed, so my masculinity remained in-tact.
I’m asking as I’m trying to understand empathy and whether it’s normal to get so invested in fake characters,
Fuck yeah it is. It's a beautiful thing to be so moved by something that it brings you to tears (especially art). It's what makes us human: we're not just mindless beasts trying to eat and fuck, we're experiencing life to its fullest.
I cry depending on how engaging the story and characters are. Also, depends on what’s going on in my life. After the end of a relationship or loss of a loved one, I might be more sensitive and raw. Similar demographic to you.
Cried? Never. But I've sometimes felt bad for them.
I can only cry for myself.