Dante's Peak/Tear Jerker

• It was intended to be one: Ruth's repentance after sealing her own fate in the Heroic Sacrifice of hopping out of the boat and into the acid lake to push the boat the last few feet to the dissolving dock, and getting 3rd degree acid burns from the waist down, but she caused the problem that led to her sacrifice, so YMMV for real with whether it's sad or just a cranky old bat getting her comeuppance for mistreating her daughter in law.