• Watching Sad Movies Actually Makes You Happier
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Seriously? Does this apply to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Because that movie depresses the shit out of me.
[QUOTE=TAU!;35343054]Seriously? Does this apply to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Because that movie depresses the shit out of me.[/QUOTE] That's a really powerful movie, it plays with your mind and emotions. One of the few I'd call a modern masterpiece.
I felt pretty great after Green Mile It's always strangely nice to cry sometimes, reminds you you're human
Logic
I still not going to watch Marly and Me again.
Yeah because watching a boat full of a thousand people drowning brightens up my day. But it does, according to this.
Toy Story 3 is the 2nd movie to make me cry. First is Forrest Gump.
I would rather watch a humor movie instead of a sad one, why make me sad when I might possibly be already sad when I can just have a good laugh and laugh all my problems away.
[QUOTE=tepholman;35340147][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tejkhFyjoGE[/media][/QUOTE] To be honest, Radiohead makes me happy and love songs make me depressed. I have no idea why though. I probably need clinical treatment for this kind of crap by now! No Surprises is the most blatent in it's message
I see how this works. 5cm/s anyone?
Catharsis has been a thing since greek tragedy. It's why tragedy is such an enduring genre. It's interesting to see some actual science and research behind it though.
A.I Artificial Intelligence makes me cry every time I see it. That last narration: Narrator: That was the everlasting moment he had been waiting for. And the moment had passed, for Monica was sound asleep. More than merely asleep. Should he shake her she would never rouse. So David went to sleep too. And for the first time in his life, he went to that place where dreams are born.
[img]http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/philosophy/friedrich-nietzsche.jpg[/img] alright ere lads
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