>> ^xxovercastxx:
they could have accomplished this with far less gore


They could of, but why should they? Should everything be cutsie wootsie?

The fact that it has some realism gives it exposure such as this, which in turn gives the song exposure, which in turn makes them money.

If this was done with merely a fluffy toy style heart it wouldn't get nearly the exposure because that sort of thing has been done to death.

Yeah, good call on Wiseguys. I think the only thing they left out was Henry Hills circumcision.

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
hmm... "best book to movie adaptation"

as in, overall quality of the source text and/or adapted film?
degree to which they were faithful to the source material?
that's often just as difficult. like crunching Hamlet down to an hour and a half.

Get Shorty was an excellent adaptation. elmore leonard has a snappy paperback style that plays well onscreen. especially when it's that well-cast, shot, and edited (as was again true for Out of Sight and Jackie Brown).

i'd read 'Wiseguy' long before Goodfellas was made, and found it a remarkably good adaptation even for scorcese. it's all in there. right down to how karen hill used to hold her thumb and forefinger apart to indicate how thick a stack of hundreds she wanted to go shopping with.

A Clockwork Orange was better, I think. The Godfather movie is superior to the book. Lord of Rings by far. Let's see, Lolita, by Kubrick.

In reply to this comment by theaceofclubz:
Like the song. Love the Movie. Did I mention that the book is awesomely phenomenal? Also, Ken Kesey is just the shit in general. IMHO this is the best book to movie adaptation ever. If someone else has a better alternative, I am open to examine.

Danger Mouse - produces and performs with Gnarls Barkley and ...The Gorillaz! (Gorillaz In The Mist?) Sorry to confound, I appreciate the opportunity to clarify...again...

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Wha?

In reply to this comment by critttter:
So where's Danger Mouse?

needs *music for gnarls barkely

Not sure, but that intro might have something to do with the gnarles barkley cover with that weird russian instrument that was running rampant on the sift... too lazy to look it up right now. Being in a slump, this video really brightened things up for me. +1 for Weezer, "Say it ain't so" still being my #1 choice for karaoke nights.

Jazz channel is actually for both jazz and blues. That's why I put and "and blues", so everyone would know why.

In reply to this comment by necrontyr:
Ok, point of fact, this is NOT jazz in any way shape or form. Blues I will definitely buy into.

Holy crap! Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
*promote

Maybe YouTube was taking a dump when you were trying to watch it, Zifnab, but it's not dead for me, at least for now.


In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
*dead unfortunately

My opinion might not carry much weight among veteran Sifters™ but I personally wouldn't categorize this as snuff. My best friend who was over in Iraq (though he wasn't a marine) for a year stopped by yesterday and we had a long talk (over a smoke) about his fond & not-so-fond experiences over there, among many other things concerning life. It basically parallels much of what MarineGunrock has already said. He went on many foot patrols, set up check points in the middle of no where, and has had many close calls; among everything else that such an experience entails (which I'm sure would easily fill a book)...He has hunks of surprisingly heavy, gnarled & twisted as if it were soft taffy; razor-sharp shrapnel (as if shaved to an edge) as a memento to prove it. Scary stuff & an eye-opener for sure.

I believe videos like this should be able to exist to enrich understanding & show the reality as mentioned, maybe for those who don't have a friend, or relative, or online acquaintance who's actually experienced it or is willing to wax poetic about it. There are many documentaries out there but the news in general is horribly inadequate for showing reality. Plus you don't actually see the deceased as it's being shown from the distant, detached perspective of a surveillance camera.

why does he sound like cee-lo?

because it is cee-lo

gnarls barkley = cee-lo + dj danger mouse

Even though the design was inspired by the original Gnarls Barkley animation, the execution on this one deserves an ART invocation.

Clever.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Gnarls-Barkley-Crazy-Official for the original music video if you haven't seen it before.

amazing band. one of my early favorites of theirs. I wonder how many other people don't know who actually wrote this song with the gnarles barkley cover out there..

Wow... I totally didn't know that the Gnarls Barkley was a cover. Sometimes those covers sneak up on me...

The marimba sounds really cool.