I loved E.T. too and I have teary eyes at the end every time.
I love the way certain lines of dialogue echo thru the movie with different meanings each time:
"I'll be right here."
"Be good."
"He came to me." and others.

Well - my first awesome movie moment ever goes back to 1953.  It was the farewell scene at the end of 'Shane' which I saw as a boy.  I'm sure this was the point where I really woke up to movies and fell in love with them.  I could talk about this movie all day, it was so beautifully written and crafted.  I won't, though.  

I felt the same way when they shot the gorilla in 'King Kong', when I was a kid.   

Oh wait, that wasn't a boymovie.  Sorry for the off-topic post.  I'll do better next time.   

Love,
Sir J

Cal - That's strange; I thought the fight scene was the best I ever saw in a film.  Most exciting, I mean, not the most realistic. Most American westerns are mythic and I think Director George Stevens deliberately paid homage to just about all the mythic details, including the guy getting hit over the head with a chair and getting up again, instead of being out for a week, or dead.  He did, however, show fist fighters with bloody faces and guys getting hit in the face and staying on their feet.

I wouldn't call Jack Palance's character a stereotype - more like an archetype.  Again, all the details you didn't like I think were deliberate.  He was the essential bad guy, Shane the essential good guy. The whole movie is, to me, more like an allegory than a realistic story.  Even the location of the shoot, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is just a bit too idyllic to be realistic.  I've been there and it is one of the most gorgeous stretches of isolated territory in the US.  I kind of doubt if any real western homesteaders were treated to such scenery.

I still love the movie, but I've seen it so many times I'm almost sick of it - if that makes sense.  ???

Joseph,

I often think of you as being something of a 'student' of film. Get ye a copy of Shane and watch it. Despite my criticism I think Shane is still an excellent movie. I understand YA's desire to regard the film as an archetype and that's fine by me. If one is to study the composition of the classic western genre it stands up as an ideal model. The Wild Bunch is of course another fine example of the genre, but my favourite western has always been 'The Searchers', with perhaps 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly'  and 'My Darling Clementine' as runners up.

Quote:

proberbly because you have the re-released version of E.T.

Speliberg did some enhancements to the movie

check out the DVD extras

First movie I remember make me cry was "Second Best" when dad die and boy helped man who adopt him feel better.

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

The movie that made me cry the most was the musical 'Oaklahoma' which I saw at the cinema when I was a kid.  There were three cinemas in my town and I went to the wrong cinema so I saw the wrong movie. I still hate that movie..  it BORED me to tears.

I had tears of another kind when I saw The Wizard of Oz...  it freaked me out so much I cried at night scared that the witch was coming to get me on her broomstick.

But if it's sadness that's the issue..  then Old Yeller had me blubbering the most.

As for 'boy' movie...  'The Cure', 'Au Revoir les Enfants' and My Girl are three that come to mind as being tear inducing.