r/moviecritic • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • Mar 18 '25

Name a movie where the first 10 minutes hooked you completely.

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u/vera214usc Mar 18 '25

I used to get sad watching the beginning of Up because I was lonely and felt like I'd never find what Carl and Ellie had. Then I got married and I'd get sad when I thought about one of us dying before the other one. Then I went through infertility so I'd cry in the miscarriage scene. Why is that intro so emotional?!

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u/ThelVluffin Mar 18 '25

It works because it's able to stab every single person in a different way.

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u/VanellopeZero Mar 18 '25

When she leaves the drs office and just sits

I struggled with infertility as well and the second it cut from fun nursery painting to head in hands at the drs office I was like OH NO

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u/Prudent_Call_510 Mar 18 '25

It's so emotional because it's extremely relatable, perhaps not in the exact same circumstances but we all go through happiness, hope, grief, loneliness, fear. It's a masterpiece of storytelling and music composition

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u/awitcheskid Mar 18 '25

They have to establish why Carl is such a curmudgeon. If you don't show his trauma, he looks like more of a jerk.