There are joyful weddings that run to the wee hours, family feasts with traditional treats, moments of contemplation.
Zwick has made an obvious swipe from "The Godfather": a climactic moment in which a joyful, Chagallesque wedding in the forest is intercut with a bloody attack on the Germans recalls the baptism of Michael Corleone's child, which is intercut with the slaughter of Michael's Mob rivals.
Google's sister company, YouTube, posted a video featuring a montage of emotional coming-out statements and joyful LGBT wedding ceremonies.
But it was also a journey of discovery: of encountering Kyrgyz sheepherders living in bare-existence yurts set in the vast wilderness; of witnessing an Uzbek bride's joyful preparation for her wedding; of shopping in the historic central bazaar of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
He is preparing for a joyful celebration -- the wedding feast of his son.
The wedding was a joyful celebration, the next morning its opposite.
Our wedding was a joyful time, and during the celebration in our hometown of Portland, Ore., we publicly shared a vow that we would fight for the freedom of all loving couples to marry.
Weddings are such joyful events, but the sad truth is, they generate a ton of waste -- 400 to 600 pounds of garbage per wedding, to be exact.
My friends' weddings have been joyful and optimistic, but we've heard so many ominous statistics about the divorce rate that these days a distant rumble of anxiety can be heard at even the most determinedly perfect celebrations.
Today begins a national movement to make remembering loved ones as fun and joyful as a birthday party or wedding.
