Is it normal to laugh at sad movies?

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Whenever I go to (or see on TV) a sad or romantic movie, I always end up laughing. It drives people around me insane, but it seems the more serious things get (like if someone dies...) the more I laugh about it. I want to change but I just can't. Sometimes the things are so ridiculous that I can't help it, like during really cheesy romantic scenes in, say, the notebook.
Also, I always laugh when batman first speaks in "The Dark Knight" and when Harvey Dent yells "SAY IT!!" in the hospital.
Is this normal?

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  • smiler
    15 years ago

    You seem, to me, to get embarrassed at public displays of intense emotion. Maybee you find it hard to feel, or say these things to others that you love or whatever so it would be normal to NOT have normal reactions to something you find hard to be/do/act yourself.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    In Inception, when she jumps and he yells "NO MAL JESUS CHRIST" I am in HISTERICS. I went and saw it 3 times (Excellent, Brilliant movie) and every time I just couldn't stop laughing. My friends who were all crying got really mad at me.
    (P.S. Sorry if I gave a spoiler there for those who haven't seen it...)

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  • r4v3knight
    14 years ago

    It's normal. Just don't do it around me :D

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  • riddermarknomad
    14 years ago

    i laugh when people die or cry out of agony physically or emotionally in movies...must be normal

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  • MzPatrick
    14 years ago

    Me too its because you just know this wont ever happen in real life. its funny how rediculous it is

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    just because someone says its supposed to be sad doesnt mean it has to. personal choice buddy!!

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    hahahahahaha i do it. we were watching planet earth in school one time and me and my freinds laughed every time an animal died. it was FUNNY!!!!

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  • mentallyspent
    15 years ago

    I think smiler is on to something.

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  • AnonymousCanada
    12 years ago

    HAHAHA oh how i love sad endings. seriously, unless its a character like James Bond i always want to see the main character die. i love sad endings.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I'm guilty of this, too. Some people do it because they can't handle serious situations. Others laugh, 'cause, well, they just thought it was a funny, a ridiculously "cheesy" moment, like you said. Personally I plead the second one. Regardless, it's pretty normal. Just refrain from laughing too much and ruining the movie. Other prudes might not understand your humor.

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  • chicken471bologna
    13 years ago

    I'm guessing you must be a real insensitive jerk.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    yes

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  • blacksheep147
    13 years ago

    sounds like a defense mechanism.

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  • Justsomthin
    14 years ago

    OMG! I was just gonna ask about is it normal to say BUM BUM BUM! In the scary parts of movies! I laugh at scary movies! and make jokes about them like the whole BUM BUM BUM THING! LOL!

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    • BoredGuy
      13 years ago

      thats cause you are scared.

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  • escapist
    14 years ago

    I do the exact same thing, man.

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  • DavidCarusoisGOD
    14 years ago

    I do sometimes if it's a really cheezy quote, or certain actors are in the movie...Good eg;Arnold Schwarzenegger, or Tom Cruise...Can't take the damn men seriously. As for pissing off your friends, out of respect, if you really must, walk out of the room, or altogether, don't watch a serious movie with your buddies...Watch comedies ;) They tend to be much more inviting anyways... Good luck mate.

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  • AngelOfDeath
    14 years ago

    i laugh when people get shot on films and stuff like that, its nothing to worry about its just a film. i dont get scared at horror movies or anything like that because its just a film. things that are on a television dont feel real or anything like that, its all just a made up story, and even the films made on real events dont feel real. its perfectly normal not to feel sad at a film due to the lack of reality.

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  • Dallas
    14 years ago

    HAHA I do it :)

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  • cjwright79
    15 years ago

    Very normal. You are probably just seeing through all the contrivance of the production to a bunch of actors reading their lines for money, but taking it oh-so-seriously. What's not to laugh about?

    Your companions make take this stuff more seriously though, so they have every right to be upset. Respect their feelings and you won't get badgered.

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