The book is indeed amazingly good. I'm a bit concerned about this trailer, because it kind of makes the film out to be a somewhat generic sappy romance, but I'm hoping they're just emphasizing that stuff to make the trailer play to a wider audience.

Drug of Choice - High on Life, Sappy but true.

I've been around drugs all my life; I've seen what it does!
After watching family members give in to drugs early I made my decission early to just walk away from them.
I've seen more Bud in my youth that most of you will see in a lifetime and saw the troubles that it can get you. (not to mention, Speed, Shrooms, Coke, Alcohol, inhalents, PAM cooking spray, gasoline, Bleach and more...)

He's smart...he walks up to couples and has the woman listen. Now the women, either sensing a charity case or liking that sappy music and his boyish charm want to buy a ticket...so the guy shells out for two tickets and go on their half-merry/half-pissed little way.

I'd like to see him walk up to a group of guys and try to sell some tickets...

Hey I enjoyed that ukelele video.

Anyways, here is my first submission. It happened right the day after I joined magnolia. I joined video sift just a few days ago. I think I see a pattern. Not as bad as when I first bought a house though. True story. long magnolia video, makes me feel all sappy

Poems called "Bruce's march to bannockburn" if anyone wants to look up the lyrics.

Pity about the song being so soft & Mournful & sappy... this about fighting to the death for freedom.

It's a last stand battle, It's Rallying troops who are out-manned and out-armed and are most likely going to die. but... they, highland clansmen will fight to the death against their Oppressors!

Who would be a traitorous knave? Who's so base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee!

Freedom's sword will strongly draw! Free man stand, or Free man fall

Let us DO.... or DIE!

>> ^Payback:
Amazing what you'll do for entertainment when you're trapped for the rest of your life in a 600 sq ft cage. Can't upvote in good conscience considering the "habitat". Sorry.


Save the sappy sentimental environmentalism for pet stores and puppy mills. Gorillas in captivity are given more range than they need in the wild. Do some research and you'll find that once a male gorilla locates a group of females (who only migrate in rare cases), that's that, they're all pretty well settled. You see the little doors in the background? Those are to let him out into his range. Btw, zookeepers NEED to give gorillas this range, or else they would die. Also, this is a silverback who never would have developed into such without the requisite female harem and range I have described above.

Honestly, moral outrage should come from a place of higher knowledge, not ignorance.

Isn't he though

In reply to this comment by vinovin:
Cal, this is a wonderful song, I am quite familiar with it. Sam Beam is a brilliant song writer.

In reply to this comment by calvados:
If you go to the man's site, there's a jukebox with several songs that will loop for you: http://www.ironandwine.com/

One of them is called "16 Maybe Less" and, vin, I'm going to threadjack for a minute here. There's no good video of that song but like I say you can go listen to it and I'ma post its lyrics right here. It made drunken Calvados sappy one night.

http://lyricwiki.org/Iron_%26_Wine:16,_Maybe_Less

Beyond the ridge to the left, you asked me what I want
Between the trees and cicadas singing round the pond
"I've spent an hour with you, should I want anything else?"

One grinning wink like the neon on a liquor store
We were 16, maybe less, maybe a little more
I walked home smiling, I finally had a story to tell

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
My brother told me he saw you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

I met my wife at a party when I drank too much
My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough
Call it predictable, yesterday my dream was of you

Beyond the ridge to the west, the sun had left the sky
Between the trees and the pond, you put your hand in mine
Said, "Time has bridled us both, but I remember you too"

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
I dreamt I travelled and found you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

Cal, this is a wonderful song, I am quite familiar with it. Sam Beam is a brilliant song writer.

In reply to this comment by calvados:
If you go to the man's site, there's a jukebox with several songs that will loop for you: http://www.ironandwine.com/

One of them is called "16 Maybe Less" and, vin, I'm going to threadjack for a minute here. There's no good video of that song but like I say you can go listen to it and I'ma post its lyrics right here. It made drunken Calvados sappy one night.

http://lyricwiki.org/Iron_%26_Wine:16,_Maybe_Less

Beyond the ridge to the left, you asked me what I want
Between the trees and cicadas singing round the pond
"I've spent an hour with you, should I want anything else?"

One grinning wink like the neon on a liquor store
We were 16, maybe less, maybe a little more
I walked home smiling, I finally had a story to tell

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
My brother told me he saw you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

I met my wife at a party when I drank too much
My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough
Call it predictable, yesterday my dream was of you

Beyond the ridge to the west, the sun had left the sky
Between the trees and the pond, you put your hand in mine
Said, "Time has bridled us both, but I remember you too"

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
I dreamt I travelled and found you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

If you go to the man's site, there's a jukebox with several songs that will loop for you: http://www.ironandwine.com/

One of them is called "16 Maybe Less" and, vin, I'm going to threadjack for a minute here. There's no good video of that song but like I say you can go listen to it and I'ma post its lyrics right here. It made drunken Calvados sappy one night.

http://lyricwiki.org/Iron_%26_Wine:16,_Maybe_Less

Beyond the ridge to the left, you asked me what I want
Between the trees and cicadas singing round the pond
"I've spent an hour with you, should I want anything else?"

One grinning wink like the neon on a liquor store
We were 16, maybe less, maybe a little more
I walked home smiling, I finally had a story to tell

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
My brother told me he saw you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

I met my wife at a party when I drank too much
My son is married and tells me we don't talk enough
Call it predictable, yesterday my dream was of you

Beyond the ridge to the west, the sun had left the sky
Between the trees and the pond, you put your hand in mine
Said, "Time has bridled us both, but I remember you too"

And though an autumn time lullaby
Sang our new-born love to sleep
I dreamt I travelled and found you there
In the woods one Christmas Eve
Waiting

I refused to watch Enterprise because of the incredibly terribly ridiculously sappy intro song.

Hey, if you promise to vote Obama, you can call me anything you like.

Force of habit on the Phil Gramm swipe. I think that story is absolute gold for showing anyone who's paying attention just what kind of economic advisers McCain has surrounded himself with. But that's negative-campaigning kind've stuff, not an issues-based conversation.

I don't think all Democrats have been perfect, and I disagreed with Clinton on several of his deregulation moves. Usually I bitch about telecomm deregulation (it needed it, but he went too far), but the bill I accuse Phil Gramm of writing, Bill Clinton signed into law. Same with the Enron loophole; Phil Gramm wrote it, Bill Clinton signed it.

I hadn't heard that Clinton had eroded the standards on lending, but I doubt that was the main/only factor in the mortgage failures we're seeing now. I do think without the deregulation of Phil Gramm, companies wouldn't have been able to massively overextend themselves like this, and turn the U.S. mortgage problem into a global financial crisis.

As for where were the Democrats in 2004? Not the White House, in the minority of both chambers of Congress, and with little support in the Supreme Court.

As for Congress now, I think their 9% approval is well-earned. If I were polled on my approval of Congress, I'd say I disapprove -- ask me why and I'd say "because my party is caving". Ask the average Republican, and it's because they haven't been able to utterly silence Democrats. Ask the average Independent, and they'll say "because all they do is bicker, and nothing gets done".

I know I'm sappy about Obama, but he's very much trying to get politics back to the point where people like you and I have more opportunities to see balanced proposals passed, without everything turning into a mortal battle for supremacy between the two parties/ideologies.

Democrats, especially under Obama, are not absolutists -- we're just arguing from the position that some government meddling is necessary, and that there should be some equalizing pressure on the market (e.g. public education, progresive taxes, universal healthcare) keeping things from getting too lopsided.

In reply to this comment by deedub81:
Forget all these loser politicians! You and I should start our own country! CommonSenseville.
I'll be the King, you can be the Queen.


You're quick to point the finger at Phil Gramm. He's not without fault, but neither are many of the Democrats (including Papa Clinton).

http://ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=306370789279709

Take that with a grain of salt. I'm simply pointing out that this hasn't been a one-sided mistake. I agree with the "bit of fine tuning" that you talk about, but Clinton practically took away the ability of Fannie and Freddie to turn down "bad loans." It's not like he twisted their arm, but still.

I used to work as a loan officer in CA. Did so for 4 years starting in 2000 (right after the Clinton years). Even I saw it coming. I could fit almost anybody with a job a mortgage program that would get approved (and purchased on the secondary market). The other LO's and the Branch Managers would talk about how awesome Bill Clinton was for forcing the secondary market to buy riskier loans. We were all reaping the benefits (little did we know...). I'm no economist, but like I said, I started to realize that it wasn't headed in the right direction back in 2004.

Where were the democrats then?

http://politics.videosift.com/talk/The-OLD-Bush-Plan-for-Fannie-Mae-and-Freddie-Mac-Oversight

There is a reason that Congress has a 9% approval rating and it's not only the Republican's fault. The Dems have had the majority since the last election, remember?


I do want to let you know that I think you're mostly right about what the next step should be.

I kept waiting for the lady to pull out a blaster and put one through his head. Either that, or when the control system for the artificial sun turned off, I expected a supernova.

At the very least, the whole thing could have been a metaphor for conception.

What a crappy, sappy ending. Technically excellent, but man what a weak denouement.

>> ^poolcleaner:
I like this guy.


You should probably write him a sappy email telling him how much his videos moved you and how you're in the middle of a self-renaissance.

Wow, like a sappy love story movie condensed down to less than 4 minutes.

ADHD approved!

Forget Batman, let's give him an award for Knights Tale. You people are way to sappy about an actor.