Turner Classic Movies has been showing films with war themes this Veteran’s Day weekend and tonight they went with two animated features: Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant (1999) and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies (1988). Maybe it’s the stress, maybe it’s that I have a terrible habit of crying at the drop of a hat when watching movies, maybe it’s just that these two films were so well written and beautifully done, but I blubbered through both of their endings. Quietly and with great dignity, of course.
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i cried when i saw both movies too - actually, i can’t ever watch Grave of the Fireflies ever again because it just totally broke my heart. I saw it being played on TCM and had to change the station…
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