Topic: The saddest words in any movie?
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Sat 02/27/16 02:05 AM
'You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. '

From Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront.

germanchoclate1981's photo
Sat 02/27/16 02:36 AM
Real life excerpt from Dec 7th FDR speech in Pearl Harbor 'A day that will live in infamy...'
Kitchen scene from Bobby
"Back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and, to the left." JFK
BLACKHAWK DOWN! Self explanatory.
"I could have saved more." Shindler's List
The Letter from Abraham Lincoln to the mother who lost all her sons in the war from Saving Private Ryan
Woody Harrelson's character jumping on the live grenade in The Thin Red Line

Just to name a few.

IgorFrankensteen's photo
Sat 02/27/16 05:58 AM
There's PAINFULLY sad, and there's INSPIRATIONALLY sad.

Example of the former: any time someone callously says some variation of "why should I give a crap how I make you feel?"

Example of the latter: any time when the speaker is describing a successful sacrifice for another.