Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley.

Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water

Maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight, you're on my mind so
You never know

Broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, you know how much I need it.
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away,
When he feels like he should be having his fun
Much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
He has no-one...

So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return?
Oh, will I ever learn?
Oh, Lover, you should've come over
Cause it's not too late.

Lonely is the room the bed is made
The open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one
Who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep
That won't ever come
It's never over,
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over,
all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her...
It's never over,
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter...
It's never over,
She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever...

But maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
From going wrong
Oh... lover you should've come over...

Yes, and I feel too young to hold on
I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind
To see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love, well I'll wait for you
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late.

Great song. Classic song.

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Cinema/film is a funny thing. We don't notice, but half the time the audience is looking at a blank screen. 24 pictures a second only gives the illusion of movement. And why on earth would people spend good money to sit in a dark room, with people they will never talk to, and feel emotions that they would give anything to NOT feel in real life?

Ah, the magic of the cinema.

For that reason, I am giving you all a few reasons why I think Titanic is a good film. In fact, I think it's a magnificent piece of cinematic history and deserves all the success it gets. That's not to say it's over-rated...people try to make it something it isn't. But I truly believe it is a great snapshot of cinema.

Firstly, even though not part of the film: James Cameron. Let's face it people, he's a good director. He's not Terrance Malick, no. He's not Jean Luc Godard, no. But he's a fine director. Aliens = very good action thriller. Some say even better than Ridley Scott's Alien...I'll leave that up to you. But Mr Cameron. He has a great knowledge of cinema, and his respect for the people aboard Titanic and their stories is just great. His...passion for this project is evident in the emotion.

Secondly, historical accuracy. The historical accuracy in this film is simply phenomenal. Characters based off of real people, many frames are reproductions of photographs or paintings, dialogue according to testimony is accurate, scenes are re-created. For example, there WAS a party in the third class room the night before the sinking, etc. Things like that.

Thirdly, even though the film is epic, the story is quite controlled in its emotions. Mr Cameron uses symbolism quite well. You can notice paintings in the background in a lot of Kate Winslet's scenes...paintings representing her inner spirit. A ballet dancer, etc, put against the foreground of Ruth tying the corset around Rose's waist. Freedom against oppression.

And because I'm tired, only one more. The epic proportions of the sining is captured in the production design, etc. It would be SO easy to screw this film up. But they didn't.

Now, all that said and done, it's not a perfect film. The script has problems. "Oh Jack...Jack...Jack...Jack....". Yes Rose, we know his name. And at times, the music is quite manipulative in guiding the audience's emotions. And for goodness sake Jim, long shots are acceptable now and then.

But still. Great film. A lot of people don't give it the respect it deserves. Yeah, it won Oscars, blah blah blah, but all that set aside, quite simply, it is a great piece of cinema. I'm thinking of selling my two disc version and buying the four disc.

And I like James Cameron's comment on the commentary - "I've always found this a little bit suspect, this concept of people talking about their movies, in theory, the movie should speak for itself". Well said. Despite that, I enjoy audio commentaries. DVDs are a godsend to cinephiles.

And with that, good night.