Why I love this movie...

I cried at the end when I saw it in the theatre when it first came out, much to the confusion of the friends I was with, who were not nearly as moved as I was...

And tonight, I caught it on cable, and again welled up, more than once...which proves it's really the script that gets me, and wasn't my hormones wreaking havoc the first time around:

"Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy... there are Bavarian sugar cookies.

And fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin...

Or a kind and loving gesture.

Or a subtle encouragement.

Or a loving embrace.

Or an offer of comfort.

Not to mention hospital gurneys...

And nose plugs...

And uneaten danish...

And soft-spoken secrets.

And Fender Stratocasters.

And maybe, the occasional piece of fiction.

And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties which we assume only accessorize our days are, in fact, here for a much nobler cause.

They are here to save our lives."

Amen.

(yes, it makes more sense with the visuals, and in context, but the point is clear. in fact, i just got all teary-eyed again just reading this.)