Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile.
History despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived but if faced with courage need not be lived again.
I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.