In 2007 the closing scene of Steven Spielberg’s A.I., filmed in bad quality from a computer screen, was uploaded on YouTube, this video…

By April 2012 the video had almost 200.000 views and many hundreds of likes and comments. Impressive figures, but what really makes the video interesting and very intriguing to me is that most viewer comments relate to a tearshedding experience when watching this scene. To highlight this ‘sobbing effect’ I decided to do something crazy. I went through the comments, picked the sniffy ones out and then put all the stuff together, separating evry remark only by this ‘|’ mark. In this way the response might work as a ‘special effect’ and also maybe as a sort of tribute to the A.I.-scene that pokes in the gut of soo many people. At least half of the incoming response on the clip is ‘crying’-related. No matter how one looks at this scene – as a tearjerker, a masterfully crafted sensitive masterpiece or something in between – anyone can grasp that this kind of watery response in huge numbers on a video is unusual. You’ll find the response below. I’ve abbreviated many of the comments, but of course I didn’t correct their spelling errors.
OK, here we go…
“I cried buckets of tears while a pang gripped my throat|I cried so hard while watching this video|I am a really big guy, bit this makes me cry like a five year old boy!|watched this again to see if it is as sad as i remembered…. and it is *in tears*|It’s so sad…but it’s also so beautiful. It touches something deep inside of you. Tanks Mr. spielberg for these tears|I stopped at 2:33 because I knew waterworks were coming|I tried to use this movie as an example in an essay. I cried like a baby instead|Nothing like having your heart ripped out your chest!back then i cried like a fucking bitch and right now, i’m crying like a whore!| Continue reading →