Mount Rushmore of Movies Blogathon

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M. Brown over at Two Dollar Cinema is hosting his first ever blogathon. Since I'm constantly laughing at everything M posts over on his site, I felt it would only be right if I chose my Mt. Rushmore of movies (and tv) as something that amuses me. 

Behold: The Mount Rushmore of Awful Cry Faces

 
(If you're on this site looking for good graphics, I suggest you get your ass over to Cinematic Corner. Ain't nobody got talent for that here at Rambling Film.)

James Van Der Beek

James Van Der Beek probably has the most popular cry face in the world. How many have you have seen this gif without actually watching Dawson's Creek?

Norman Reedus


Sometimes I wonder if The Walking Dead's main purpose on TV is for the internet to create memes out of it. Lo and behold Norman Reedus' awful cry face. This thing shows up on every Walking Dead site out there and NO ONE thinks it looks good.


Claire Danes

I could honestly put together a play by play of cry faces from Homeland alone, but since M. DID ask for this to be from movies, and I already cheated, I went with Romeo and Juliet. This cry face just screams "Oh! I'm a stupid 14 year old that doesn't know how to have an affair AND I WILL DIE FOR ALL THE LOVE!" *vomits*

Daniel Radcliffe

"He doesn't look like he's crying in that picture." You might say. EXACTLY! This was one of the worst attempts at crying/anger I have ever seen. How Cuaron actually let this in the final cut is beyond me. It was fucking awful, and I'm one of the biggest Harry Potter fans around. Daniel Radcliffe has thankfully improved, and I guess he'll always have Prisoner of Azkaban to remind him how much higher he's climbed on the cry face ladder.



Thanks for hosting, M. Brown!! I salute you by crying with joy.



Comments

  1. asrap virtuosoFebruary 26, 2014 at 8:09 AM

    Gosh, I don't remember that Harry Potter scene at all, and yeah, my initial reaction seeing the photo was "he's not crying"....

    Daniel Radcliffe isn't a bad actor but judging from that photo its as worse as that guy who screamed "oh my god....." in Troll 2!!!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 26, 2014 at 8:36 AM

      Oh, here's a clip of it so you can remember how terrible it was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqg1qEDKmI

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  2. m.brownFebruary 26, 2014 at 10:30 AM

    Okay, the fact that a monument of sad faces has left me smiling seems pretty much perfect.

    That said, I actually feel bad for Van Der Beek. It looks like he just found out Joey and Pacey have been doing on a shitty boat upriver. Or something.

    Reedus is hysterical only because I've never even seen that show, but I feel like I've seen him make that face nine million times.

    Danes? My goodness. She should just chill the fuck out, asap. I mean, you can always get another pair of tiny angel wings.

    Nothing needs to be said about Harry. It's just too good/terrible.

    BRILLIANT!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 26, 2014 at 3:55 PM

      Thank you! Danes' lip is hysterical. She really gets that thing going.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 12:10 PM

    Poor Danes...she's brilliant in that movie though!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 26, 2014 at 3:56 PM

      Oh yeah, she's a good actress. Her cry face is just ridiculous though!

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  4. s.February 26, 2014 at 2:28 PM

    Awesome choices! Danes in Homeland is like pop culture phenomena or something, as great as she is on that show it's her cry face that's truly legendary

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 26, 2014 at 3:56 PM

      It got it's own SNL parody, that has to mean something.

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  5. DouglasFebruary 26, 2014 at 3:12 PM

    That was a good one. Very clever.

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  6. Alex WithrowFebruary 26, 2014 at 4:51 PM

    Haha great post. Oohhh wow, James Van Der Beek. Just... wow. Poor bastard.

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  7. thevoid99February 26, 2014 at 6:58 PM

    The Van Der Beek one is hilarious.

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  8. Big Screen Small WordsFebruary 27, 2014 at 12:55 AM

    Van Der Beek's cry face has got to be one of the greatest Dawson's Creek moments ever.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 27, 2014 at 9:51 AM

      I had to google the actual scene to see if it was a joke the first time I saw it.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM

    I really have to step up my game on this entry... damn. Best list ever, Brittani!

    And I still cringe when I see Harry... uhm... crying, and it's been ten years.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 27, 2014 at 9:02 AM

      "HE WAS THEIR FRIEND!" God, if that made the final film I can only imagine how the other takes went.

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  10. JoshFebruary 27, 2014 at 4:42 PM

    Haha, wonderful choices! I still have no idea what I'll go with.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 28, 2014 at 11:10 AM

      This idea took FOREVER to come to me. There's so many great possibilities with this blogathon.

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  11. Angela's Anxious LifeFebruary 28, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    I love your list soooooo much! hahahah~ Such a good idea. I really love the GIF of Norman Reedus. This made me go on the internet and look at more crying GIFs!

    My Mount Rushmore

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 1, 2014 at 7:21 AM

      I did the same thing after I picked my four. I found out there is an entire Tumblr blog dedicated to crying gifs. lol

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  12. AnonymousMarch 1, 2014 at 6:55 PM

    I remember Claire Danes from My So-Called Life and while I had a crush on her for most of the show, I do quite well remember her awful cry face. Fun list!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 1, 2014 at 9:24 PM

      Thank you! It's totally her lip and chin. No one cries like Claire Danes.

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  13. British Communication AcademyAugust 10, 2017 at 6:57 PM

    Very good written article. It will be supportive to anyone who utilizes it, including me. Keep doing what you are doing – can’r wait to read more posts.
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