Mysterious Skin : Did anyone cry at the end?

Did anyone cry at the end?

Cuz I did...

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I did. And when I write a Vietnamese review for this movie, I want to cry too. Poor boys.

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I sobbed my eyes out.

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I watched it again, just now
And I still have tears in my eyes

I saw it a few years ago, and I don't remember the ending being so strong

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I was not at the point of crying, but I was definitely left thinking after this movie. I can't even recall how many times chills went down my spine. I did not know too much about the movie going in, but I am completely haunted by it now.

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You know what? I've came to this thread some years after I watched the film (on 2006), and that's the part that always stayed with me (Zeke asking Neil to touch him), for some reason I've forgot some other parts of the film, but this part have always been full of sentiment to me.

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I was almost about to stop watching the movie halfway through because it just seemed ludicrous to me, but I'm so glad I watched it until the end. I didn't cry, but I definitely teared up as soon as the carolers came to the door at the end.

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it's a sad movie .. it's *beep* up .. and yeah - as soon as the carolers started to sing it just broke me..

very powerful movie.

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I cried without even sobbing, it just kind of forced itself out of my eyes

see, my girlfriend was a victim of child rape (i know none of you know me so I feel safe saying this) and at the end I just kept thinking of her in the boys' position
and sitting on the couch, a visual metaphor for a small world where you could find solace with a world of black around it

so yeah, I cried, and what real man wouldn't?

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I not only cried at the end, I wept uncontrollably. As a victim of child abuse by the hand of my own father I knew it would be hard for me to watch. I did because I love JGL, somehow I find his acting mesmorizing. He always puts everything he has in every character he plays.

When I purchased the DVD on Amazon, they sent me 2 in error. I gave a copy to my 22 year old daughter and she found it to be super disturbing. She also chucked it up to 'my mom and her weird indie movies'. I also gave her a copy of Julien Donkey-Boy which she equates Mysterious Skin to. I really don't see the connection but she claims there is.

Anyways, I thought this movie was wonderfully thought provoking film and a must see.

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I did!

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I didn't, I think I was just more in shock. I found my jaw dropping so many times throughout the film. I felt like I should have cried, but I was just amazed by it.

They're all dead. They just don't know it yet.

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ah, my reaction to Requiem for a Dream

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I cried so hard. It's the most intense reaction to a movie I've ever experienced.

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I remember the first time I watched it, I was just staring at the screen in some sort of depressed trance. It was stuck in my head. I turned on some television sitcom on and I couldn't even pay attention to it. I watched it with my mom and grandma a couple days later (I know, too soon, but they wanted to see it) and after they went to bed, very depressed, I felt like sobbing.


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I thought the ending was pretty happy...happy for Araki, anyway. The whole movie was disturbing but knowing the director, I expected it. I even expected even worse than sad- more f--ed up ending that has nothing to do with the plot. But he surprised me because this ending was unusual of his works. In this movie, he left off neutral- not good, not bad, not ugly. and delivered a lot more room for our imagination between the two boys.

One boy is getting his life back together while the other finally finds the answer he was looking for his whole life. And at the end, they're together... no... not sad. It's perfect. Well done, Araki!

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I'm listening to that Sigur Ros tune right now and it's reminding me of the film's power.

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Anyone that did not cry at the end of this movie has a black hole where their heart should be. And they have probably already fallen into it and will never escape.

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I do not cry at movies, and this film made me cry THREE TIMES before it was over.


****SPOILERS BELOW****
1) When Neil gives a back rub at the request of his AIDS-infected john---"I just need to be touched," he explains. There's just so mach happening in this scene: the palpable loneliness of the john, Neil's weary, grudging recognition of the dangers of hustling, the need for connection that hovers over both of them. Very powerful.

2) When Brian confronts his Dad and he's screaming "What happened to me?!" it felt like a decade of hurt, confusion and anger being let out at that very moment. It got to me.

3) Neil tells Brian how he got the bloody nose. There's a shot of the young Brian's face, as he's getting dressed by the coach, after the molestation happened. Neil tells him "You look like you had been erased...empty inside." Just the look on his face caused me to burst in to tears.

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I usually don't cry easily, but your first scene got to me.

And the ending didn't make me cry... I became physically cold and needed a blanket.

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I absolutely loved Mysterious Skin. After watching the ending, i felt as if I was punched right in the soul. The acting by Corbet and JGL was so incredible, and the way the story was carried out just made my jaw drop. If only there was another masterpiece like this to be released, another film that really moves me so much.

Plus, Neil's powerful narrative speech at the end really got to me. Absolutely unforgettable.

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"Rise up like two angels in the night and magically... disappear."

Gives me chills like nothing else

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I didn't cry, but I felt seriously disturbed. I couldn't think of anything else but that movie for a period of time after the ending.

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Everytime I watch it, I cry at the end... it is so powerful...

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That ending is one of the most moving and powerful that I have seen in a film.

How can you NOT cry?

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I actually COULDN'T cry at the end.

Im not sure why I think it was probably that I was in shock . . .

Either way I was just waaaayyy beyond tears





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Yes...heaps...I was so shocked with the events that unfolded as the movie went on. I felt so sorry for both boys..for very different reasons. I sat and cried for ages after this movie...mainly because I knew the events in the movie are based on real situations that still occur in today's society and I hated the idea that I can't change that. So yeah, to answer your question, I cried.

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I didn't cry but I definitely teared up. It made me really emotional.

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No, I didn't cry. I was just relieved that it was over. I'm not saying that it was a bad movie, I'm just saying that it was hard to watch and in my mind, I felt that the characters could now start the healing process. Hopefully.

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Healing? You never heal from this, you might find a way to function with it shoved in the back of your mind, but you are never, ever healed from emotional wounds. Just ask anyone whose seen war, your bullet wound will heal, but not the shock of watching your best bud get his head blown off.

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I believe you can heal from emotional trauma. Will you ever be the same? Most likely not. Will you ever be completely fixed? Of course not. But you can get better - which is part of the healing process.

And yes I have some emotional scars that I've had to deal with for a long time. They are still there but life can get better. You just have to ask for help. There is still beauty in the world.


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Yes. I bawl my eyes out everytime I see it. And the *beep* Sigur Ros song doesn't help AT ALL



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I usually don't cry from watching movies, but I did feel teary-eyed when I first saw this with my sister. It made us both upset since stuff like this still goes on today. I feel really bad for children who goes through such a terrible thing.

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Yes I did cry. I still am crying. There used to be a teacher who was a sexual predator in my school back when I was a kid.

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Almost... were you also angry for wasting your time or what?

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I sure did, Araki was great cathing the quite desperation of those two souls...

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The first time I watched it I couldn't cry, I think I was too...for lack of a better word, shocked to react. The second time I watched it (which was like 3 days later) I sobbed like a baby. I came out of my room my eyes all red and puffy and my roommate's like "Who died?"

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The first time I watched it I couldn't cry, I think I was too...for lack of a better word, shocked to react.
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Ioneme » Thu Nov 15 2012 23:20:50

This was definitely my experience; I was beyond normal emotional expression after seeing it. Like you said, shocked doesn't seem to quite cover it but it's the best description I can think of

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My friend kind of spoiled the end part by telling me little parts of the film he remembered. Still a great film though, not one you forget easily.

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yes... the ending was one of the best drama film end scene i've ever seen and the lines

"And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and trying to telepathically communicate... how sorry I was about what had happened. And I thought of all the grief and sadness... and *beep* up suffering in the world... and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart that we could just... leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically... disappear."

so brilliant and true, and sad for every single victim of sexual abuse because thats how you feel...

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I agree. Sad ending. But excellent movie. TOo bad it was not seen by a bigger audience. I was reminded of L.I.E. A movie about a veteran who lived with his mother and was a pedofile...

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I can never cry unfortunately, but I did get choked up 3 of the 4 times I watched it. It hit me most when I was with my brother because we dealt with some heavy stuff as kids that I wish had never happened. The monologue hit me hard and made me think about it.

I also got choked up whenever Neil would feel like the coach was the only one who ever loved him.
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