Truthfully, I've never noticed it.  I suspect if I did, it was because I wasn't emotionally engaged in the scene and was critiquing the performance rather than feeling the initial wrench of emotion I feel when a crying scene is well-acted.

First time i noticed it it was in The Fellowship of the ring, when Frodo cries before the end , before the boat scene where we are shown a close up of his eyes. First time a tear streams from the left eyye and then the next scene after a pause we see the tear swich to the other cheek. it's very noticeble and i was bafled that they left it that way... I won't post this scene here , i guess the movie can be found pretty easily on most sites. A scene with Sam in in last part of the trilogy is pretty much the same..i'm talking here about the scene where he thinks Frodo died after he was stung by the spider. We are shown his face with tears streaming down and at one point, with no tears..and then again..This one is more subtle but still..

Last edited by psychic_girl (August 22, 2013 7:08 pm)

I haven't noticed that, bur the one thing I have started to notice is that often, before an actor is supposed to cry, they don't blink for ages - obviously to try and conjure irritant tears rather than emotional tears!