[Pants]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I enjoyed the movie.

Spoiler!

The Neteyam funeral and spirit scene with Jake remembering teaching the boy how to hunt fish really hit me hard.

I think that's the closest I've come to crying without actually crying. My girlfriend was one step away from full-on ugly crying so I was struggling to hold my shit in.

I think it was a combination of many factors, though. They didn't give Neteyam much in the way of characterization , but he was a good person and great son and it's made worse by the fact that he died a young teen. Seeing his body reclaimed by the Spirit Tree and Jake remembering his birth, the fishing scene and Neteyam seemingly being unaware that he's dead were all beautiful but haunting. "Why are you crying?" "I'm just happy to see you" "Well, I'm happy to see you, too".

The movie was basic as all hell but that scene was very powerful, IMO.

I cried like three times both times I watched. Could I have held back? For sure. But why do that? Let the emotions wash over you.