<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>And where all the boys of Rohan are being taken out to fight I was so close to crying and I don't cry in movies often. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'm with you, Silmarien, on both counts, except I may say I <I>never</I> cry in movies. I just don't. But that got me. I really had to control myself. Because it wasn't just the story...it actually has and does happen, that boys that young are in that situation.<P>I have three younger brothers (the oldest 17) and the thought of them...Plus it seems things may go in that direction in real life. And other friends my age...what if they go?<P>I think things I see in movies really have to resonate personally to affect me. It seems that one certainly did.
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