TEN OF THE SADDEST MOVIE SCENES EVER

Sad movie scenes. We hate them, we love them. They're the parts we dread when we sit down to watch

a movie, yet at the same time we have a morbid desire for a story to make us weep. 

Because apparently I have nothing better to talk about this week than heart-rending movie moments, today I'm sharing some of the scenes that I find the saddest- and maybe even make me cry. Grab your tissues, y'all, because let me tell you I almost teared up just writing parts of this. xD (not to be confused with the times I rewatched some of these scenes on YouTube, wherein I DID cry)

Spoiler alerts! Just in case any of you guys haven't seen the scenes I'll be talking about, here the movies I'm referencing: 

-Cinderella (2015)
-The Amazing Spider-man 2
-Return of the King
-Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
-Black Beauty (1994)
-Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast
-The Lion King
-Avengers: Infinity War
-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
-Up
-Bridge to Terabithia
-The Hunger Games
-Tangled

(Each movie is listed in bold before every spoiler, so feel free to just skip to the next one. Be warned, though: there are some spoilerish gifs.) 

CINDERELLA (2015) - The branch

This scene just breaks my heart. Ella runs to the door all excited because she thinks she's about to get a letter from her father who's away, but instead... she receives the news that he's died. 

But the part that gets me is when the man delivering the news gives her the gift she requested of her father back when he left- the first branch that brushed his shoulder on his travels. When she asked for this odd gift, she said she wanted it because it would mean that when it came back to her, he would be with it. 

Now, she silently mourns her father while trying to appear strong, while her stepsisters are only mourning the lace and parisols they didn't get, and just like that, her life starts to slowly crumble. 

Excuse me while I weep for Ella because :( The poor precious girl. (Honestly, the first good bit of this movie makes me want to cry because I just feel so bad for her.)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 - The clocktower

Peter spends this whole movie trying to protect Gwen, trying to keep her out of his superhero endeavors because he doesn't want her hurt. He already feels responsible for her father's death, and he desperately wants to keep the same from happening to Gwen. Before the fight with Harry at the end, he even webs Gwen's hand to a car to keep her from following him. But she ends up following him anyway, and... well, you know what happens next. 

It's so close. It seems like Peter's web catches her just in the nick of time, but... he's a breath too late, and he can't save her. 

This is so heartbreaking to me, because Peter tried SO hard to protect Gwen. I don't recall a moment in this movie where he does anything to put her in danger; usually in a movie I feel the death would somehow have ended up being his fault, even after all his previous efforts to protect her... but he really did do his best. In the end, it was her choice to follow him, but that doesn't keep him from feeling guilty. This scene feels so realistic (other than the whole, you know, superhero thing), which adds to the sadness of it. And Peter's reaction just... *sniffles* SO sad.

RETURN OF THE KING - "...here at the end of all things"

Don't be fooled, there are MANY more than just one moment in this movie that rip my heart out. But this one... oh man. When Frodo and Sam are on the rock in the lava after destroying the Ring, and they start talking about the Shire... oh. my. goodness. I'm literally about to die typing this because IT'S JUST SO SAAAAD. These poor precious little hobbits having just been through SO much, and now they're longing for home, but they know that they won't be returning... *insert ugly cry here* And for some reason, the part that REALLY gets me here is when Sam mentions Rosie and says, "If ever I was to marry someone, it would've been her. It would've been her!"

SAM MY POOR SAD BOY. *CRIES* I LITERALLY CAN'T STAND IT. PLEASE SEND A STRETCHER BECAUSE I AM DEAD. 

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON - "You Can't Take Me"

I think this was the first movie that ever made me cry. Not the first time I watched it, but now I always tear up during this part, when Spirit is being dragged away from his herd by the cowboys. The music, Spirit's desperation to escape... and then his friend the eagle swoops down looking so sad and concerned and... I just can't. IT'S SO SAD, GUYS. probably gonna go cry myself to sleep now HOW did they make me feel so much emotion over an animated horse??

Honestly, this whole movie makes me want to cry, but it's mostly just nostalgia. xD

BLACK BEAUTY (1994) - Ginger

This is another one that's pretty sad all the way through. Even the non-heartbreaking parts are a bittersweet kind of sad, as you see Black Beauty going from home to home and you just want to see him find a forever family and be happy. The part when Ginger leaves to go to a new home is sad enough.

But then you get to the scene when Black Beauty sees Ginger in the packed city, and she's overworked and sad and mistreated and nothing but a shell of the vibrant friend he used to know. Again, I don't know how they had any business making me feel this way over a horse, but my GOODNESS. Seeing his old friend in her condition, and remembering how she used to be... and then later seeing her body... it's just so awful.

(listen, I was doing okay and then I remembered the part at the end of the movie when Black Beauty is reminiscing, and goes back to the golden days when he and Ginger and Merrylegs were together and happy and life was good... actual tears in my eyes. not okay.)

TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST - Gruff's goodbye

I never thought I'd put a Tinker Bell movie on a list like this... but the end of this movie, where Fawn and the fairies are getting the Neverbeast ready for his thousand-year sleep... my goodness. I do believe I just about teared up when I watched it. It was so bittersweet, seeing all the fairies tenderly tucking Gruff in, so to speak, knowing that they would never see him again. It honestly felt like saying goodbye to a pet who has died, and since I've been through that multiple times, perhaps that's why it struck my heart so deeply.

THE LION KING - The stampede

Do I even need to explain? 

I'm pretty sure this movie caused trauma in many children's movie-watching experience back the in the day. I couldn't NOT include it on this list. Funnily enough, I don't really cry during THIS scene (though I cry for like half of the rest of the movie xD)... but the rest of the parts that make me emotional are BECAUSE of this scene. When Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait to be King", it saddens me because he doesn't realize what he's saying- to be king he has to lose his father- and because he doesn't realize that he'll be losing his father much sooner than he ever thought he would. 

(This movie is just so beautiful. It literally gets better every time I watch it.)

INFINITY WAR - The dusting

Again... do I really have to explain? 

I could really bunch this scene into the first part of Endgame, because it all just tore me up. When it was revealed that five years had passed... O_O Excuse me, but you are not allowed to play with my heart like this. 

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA- THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER - Coming home

Prince Caspian almost made this list, too. (the song along makes it worthy my goodness) But for me, the ending of Dawn Treader edges out a bit in the way of sadness. Because even though we've already been through it once with Peter and Susan leaving Narnia for good... Lucy and Edmund having to say goodbye is so much worse. The goodbye scene is heartbreaking- leaving Reepicheep, and Caspian, and Aslan. But then when they're back in their room, and the water is all gone, and the painting is still... and you see the sad, sad looks on their faces... *deep breath* It's just... so sad. Seeing Peter and Susan have to leave is terrible (especially knowing what happens with Susan later), but there's just something so wrong about knowing that Lucy can't go back. 

The fact that this was the last movie just makes this worse. Even if they make more movies later, it will just never be the same. (and yes I will forever be bitter about this)

STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH - Order 66

*sniffles*

This whole MOVIE could be on this list. Watching Obi-Wan and Anakin's friendship slowly fall apart- seeing Anakin fall completely apart while Padme helplessly watches- it's just so heartbreaking. But I had to pick one specific moment to go on this list, and I think Order 66 is a big one. When Obi-Wan and Commander Cody are talking like friends, and then Obi-Wan leaves and the Empereror initiates Order 66... and then everything turns. Everything's downhill from there. The clone troopers that were allies literally seconds ago are suddenly enemies, and the Jedi are about to be vanquished. Obi-Wan barely escapes in time, and you know he'll never be the same after that. 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

These honorable mentions aren't necessarily any less sad. But for me, personally, they maybe just didn't have quite the same effect as some of the others on the list, or I haven't seen them as much as others so I haven't had my heart ripped out by them quite as many times. Enjoy. xD

UP - Ellie

No explanation necessary. Every Pixar fan in the world knows how heartbreaking this is. 

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA - Leslie

I've only seen this movie once, but I remember how truly heartbreaking this death was. The whole movie was so much different from what I expected it to be, and I certainly didn't expect it to end the way it did. 

TANGLED - "You were my new dream"

OKAY TANGLED BEING AN HONORABLE MENTION ON ANY LIST SEEMS WRONG TO ME, I KNOW. BUT I guess simply because we know that Flynn actually survives, this part doesn't hit QUITE as hard as it could have. BUT IT STILL HITS PLENTY HARD, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. The "You were my new dream"?? TEARS. UGH. 

THE HUNGER GAMES - Rue

There are so many deaths in The Hunger Games, and it seems obvious that Rue's would be on a list of sad scenes. I think what makes it so sad is the way it affects Katniss. She knows how awful the Hunger Games are; she knows how tragic it is that twelve-year-old CHILDREN are slaughtered every year for the Capitol's entertainment. But what makes this scene so heartbreaking is that it's like it really hits home for Katniss. She's right there, in the middle of it; she sees an innocent young girl murdered in cold blood right before her eyes. She realizes it could have been her sister. And here she is, out here in the wilderness, trying to protect her family, and she feels so helpless and vulnerable. *hugs my poor Katniss*

RETURN OF THE KING - The Grey Havens

BY NO MEANS. BY NOOO MEANS is this an honorable mention because it's any less sad than literally ANYTHING else on this list. When Frodo leaves the Shire (leaves SAM NOO) to go the Grey Havens... and Into the West starts playing... I... I... I... 

-please hold while emily reloads-

Yeah. This scene is plenty sad enough. I only put it on the honorable mentions for the sake of not having two scenes from the same movie on the official list. xD 

Well, guys, have I got you sufficiently depressed yet? Because I sort of feel that way, after coming up with all these scenes and then writing a post about it. xD Also, the number of times I used the word "heartbreaking" in this post is ridiculous and I'm sorry. Ehehe.

ALSO, you've probably noticed- It's Thursday! I mean, obviously. BUT I'm actually going to be posting on Thursdays from now on, instead of Saturdays. I've been posting on Saturdays for a while now, but I really prefer posting in the morning, and most of the time I end up procrastinating and getting the post up either Saturday evening or Sunday morning. I finally realized, hey, this isn't working, so I'm changing it up. xD (I started out on this blog posting on Thursdays, and honestly it feels a bit like coming home.)

You might also have noticed that my URL changed! Keep an eye for some more changes around here! Nothing huge, but I'm excited about them!

So, which of these scenes do you think was the saddest? What sad movie scenes would you add to the list? (give a spoiler warning in your comment, please xD) 

I MAKE MY RETURN // what I've been up to on hiatus!

Hiii everyone! I'm officially back from hiatus! *makes grand entrance*

So, I was gone a little longer than I said I would be. I only planned to be away for the month of April. Then the first Saturday in May came along and I realized I hadn't written my blog post. xD SO, I decided then and there to go ahead and extend my break a couple more weeks. That way I could finish out the semester with minimal stress. 

And I'm glad I did! I'm so thankful that these last few weeks of school have been (mostly) relaxed and easy... but also SUPER thankful they're over. ;) 

Since I've been gone for a little while, I thought I'd share some of what I've been up to these past couples months! (going back to March, since I didn't do a monthly recap for it) So, buckle in for longwinded randomness. xD (it's been a while, guys. I've got to catch up.)

So many great books, guys!! 

I finally read the Ravenwood Saga by Morgan Busse! I've been dying to read these for a while, especially since I received a signed set this past Christmas. And what a delightful adventure they were! Such beautiful fantasy stories with one of my favorite representations of the Light that I've ever seen. 

I finally got around to reading the third Havok anthology, Bingeworthy! These anthologies must just keep getting better, because I think I enjoy each one a little bit more! 

I read The Hunger Games! More on that later, though, because I only read the books after I watched the movies and I have Things to Say.

I'm also currently in the middle of a few books that I'm really enjoying! I'm reading Hidden Current by Sharon Hinck, an ARC of Shadow by Kara Swanson, and the Warriors Against the Storm anthology. I don't even know what I'm doing with all these books. Don't ask. xD 

Oh, speaking of books and not knowing what to do with them. I bought... an exorbitant amount of books on hiatus. Just take a peek up at the photo for this blog post and... yeah. xD That's not even all of them. #oops

I won Camp NaNoWriMo! 

And my experience was quite predictably Emily-like. Meaning, I went (sort of) strong for a little while, then dropped off partway through the month, then got to the last week (or, like, two days in this case) and panic-finished. But hey, it worked. xD

Not only did I reach my Camp goal of editing 25k, but I also finished my second draft!! Roots to Claim has now been very roughly edited, and my next step is another read-through with some major planning and figuring out what needs to change because let me tell you, there is a LOT. In fact, I started wondering during Camp if maybe this needed to be a duology. *facepalm* I'm pretty sure it wouldn't need to go further than that (though I DO love trilogies...), but I think there might just be too much I'm wanting to unpack to just be one story. This will hopefully be determined when I go through it a third time and take notes of what needs to be done. 

Something writerly I did that was very exciting but also extremely nervewracking was: I sent the first ten pages of Once Upon (Trentley and Jynnia's story!) off for my paid critique at Realm Makers! I'm looking forward to it, but also am lowkey panicking about having to sit down for thirty minutes with somebody and talk about my story. xD (That's every writer's dream AND worst nightmare, am I wrong??) Before sending them, I went back through and touched them up a bit, and HELLO. I am still VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH TRENTLEY AND JYNNIA AND I ADORE THEM AND WANT TO ADOPT THEM. I'm planning on getting back to their story over the summer, and I am so excited because I love it so much. (I had my sister read over the beginning, which she'd never read before, and she said she already wants to see Trentley and Jynnia married. So, y'know. I'm doing something right.)

Aaand also related to writing, something huge happened in April, which was that the Realm Awards finalists were announced and I saw my name on the list. But I've already done no small amount of shrieking about that here, so if you're interested in me shrieking and haven't read it yet, go read that. xD

March 18- my birthday! I turned 23, with no shortage of sadness about aging out of my Taylor Swift year. Yes, I'm still sad about it. xD 

I posted a video on my YouTube channel!

We randomly got some snow? Like, 4 inchs?? On April 20th?? What even?? It only lasted a day and it didn't even get that cold, but let me tell you I was BAMBOOZLED. I THOUGHT THIS WAS SPRING. (y'all know I LOVE me some snow but. come on. xD)

I slipped on my stairs and landed like an anvil and I'm 98% sure I bruised my tailbone. TMI? I don't care. Y'all gotta suffer with me. xD (did you know it can take up to 4 weeks for a bruised tailbone to heal? eheheh. still feeling it not gonna lie.)

One day when I was driving home, I saw a coyote run across my driveway! Where I live, we hear coyotes howling some nights, but we haven't actually seen one since we moved in close to twenty years ago. So, yeah, I was pretty surprised when one ran out in front of my car and fled across our field. xD

There was a Starbucks opened near me!! Before this past week, I'd literally had Starbucks once in my life, in a mall, and let me tell you I was EXCITED for this. I have a goal to try everything on the menu. (which isn't going so great since I went there yesterday and they were out of cake pops. not cool, dude.) 

I finished my second semester of college! So VERY glad to be done with that, although honestly this semester wasn't too bad. Still, I'm very happy to have the whole summer off. 

I watched the 2003 Peter Pan movie for the first! It was so fun! :D Very much would like to go on an adventure to Neverland now. 

The cuties!!

And speaking of watching things for the first time...

-PLEASE HOLD FOR THIS BRIEF HUNGER GAMES INTERMISSION-

(lol don't hold your breath on that "brief" thing)

SO. Like I mentioned, I watched The Hunger Games for the first time! This was SO overdue, as I've been wanting to watch these movies FOREVER. I finally watched them all with my brother (who had already seen them), and whew. What a journey. Soon after, I read the books for the first time, too, which was good because I was sad to be done with the movies and I missed all the characters. Then I finished the books and got major book hangover. xD

*Peeta throws burnt bread to Katniss* 

Me: "He's a bad baker. He can only make pita bread."

Also, can we just pause to talk about all the uncanny similarities between THG and the Out of Time series?! Because I thought of a bunch after the first movie it kind of blew my mind. There were a few later on, too (was I reaching for them at that point? yes). This is all BESIDES just the general dystopian vibes. Allow me to share: (beware, spoilers for both trilogies ahead)

Book 1: 

- MC Girl goes to Scary Thing and has to figure out how to survive

-Girl's journey is broadcast across the country

-Potential love interest in Scary Place with her

-But other guy who is also possible love interest is back home watching her journey unfold

-Attacked by wolves

-Somebody loses a limb (book only, in THG's case)

-There's a little sidekick girl

-MC comes back at the end triumphant and super famous

Book 2:

-There's snow 

-I SAW A BOWL OF POTATOES IN CATCHING FIRE (look, I told you I was reaching)

-A group of people work together to survive in the wilderness

-HER HOMETOWN IS LITERALLY BLOWN UP. That was the real kicker. UNITY VILLAGE. DISTRICT 12. GONE.

Book 3:

-There's an underground community

-In the Mockingjay movie, THEY LITERALLY USE THE TERM "RADICALS" for the rebels

-Scary Thing that Girl faced in Book 1 is done away with

??? Anybody else seeing this??? Because I was astounded. xD

And how about another mind-blowing revelation- PEETA MELLARK SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUR MASCOT IN 2020. Why? Allow me to explain. 

-We felt like we were living in a YA dystopian

-Buying ramen noodles and toilet paper was like making a run for the Cornucopia

-And everyone learned how to bake bread??? And that's what everyone did all year??? THEREFORE. PEETA MELLARK 2020. TELL ME I'M WRONG. YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE I'M A GENIUS. 

The precious bread boy < 3

Aaand I think that's about all I've been up to lately! It's been quite a lovely break, but I missed posting and I'm glad to be back now! I'm working on my plans for this summer (mostly writing-related), and I can't wait to read ALLL the books.

I'm also planning to get back to making videos on my YouTube channel, so look for that as well! Until next week! ♥ 

HIII GUYS! What have you all been up to? Any big plans for the summer? And tell me I'm not the only one who sees the Hunger Games/Out of Time thing, because I'm still in awe. xD