Adventures in an igloo

On the topic of movie experiences, and by that I'm not talking about Mel Gibson not getting into a Reykjavík bar last weekend because he was wearing sneakers, I need to, no must, share a strange thing with you: Recently, I have begun crying, like a lot, at the movies.

I think it started this spring when I went to see a really girlie movie called P.S. I love you. If you haven't seen this one, but are looking for a healthy emotional outlet, this is the one to see. A friend of mine told me that when she blindly, due to the waterfall streaming from her eyes, tried to crawl into the bathroom at the cinema, a sobbing lady walked up to her and said: They should give away free handkerchiefs with the ticket.

So, anyway, I went to see the flick and expecting a big sobfest I prepared for a great experience and packed a few kitchen towels in my handbag before embarking upon this adventure. Needless to say, I started crying about 3 minutes into the film and pretty much didn't stop for the next 1 1/2 hours. I cried when sad things happened and I cried when funny things happened.

To cut a long story short- I've been crying at the movies ever since. This has escalated and I hang my head in shame when I admit that recently ABBA made me cry.

Yes, James Bond himself sang SOS and for some reason I got somewhat emotional. OK, there weren't any tears, but my eyes did, however, water ever so lightly. The question now is:

Did I weep on the inside due to:

a) Pierce Brosnan's "talented" singing

b) Bond and Streep are so beautiful/terrible together that it makes you want to cry

or

c) I am becoming an emotional tear jerker junkie and cry over just about anything at the movies because it feels damn good.

Whatever the reason, here's a list of 10 films that make me cry:

1) The Notebook- love never dies, it's so wonderfully cheezy

2) Beaches- best friends and cancer and ahhhhhh

3) Pretty Woman- tears of joy when they finally let her shop

4) Schindler's List- the real people in the end putting stones on Oscar's grave, so emotional

5) The Mirror has two Faces- Barbra, Jeff Bridges, love, intelligence and opera

6) Titanic- what a shocker when the ship sank and cooooome baaaaaack

7) P.S. I love you- no explanation needed

8) Edward Scissorhands- Soooo sad and tragic and sweet and nooooo I start crying just by the very thought of it

9) The Corpse Bride- Same as film no. 8

10) Scuba School- The Coreys on something...I cried because the video store was closed and I couldn't return the bloody thing and get my money back, need I say more?

I'm sure I've left all the good one's out; but hey, most films make me cry these days...which reminds me, I wonder whether that NZ horror film Black Sheep about the cannibalistic killer sheep is a sad story about unhappy creatures looking for understanding in a harsh world.....will their fate make me cry?