Monday, October 12, 2009

It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)

Who hasn't seen this movie? And who hasn't seen it about a million times? (Okay...so I exaggerate, slightly.) Admittedly though, I had never watched the movie all the way through without commercial interruptions.

This picture has fallen out of copyright protection, so that's why it's on almost every single TV station around Christmas time. Mystery solved (at least for me.) And this is why when you see it on, you roll your eyes and go...not again. When I saw that this was on the list, and when it came in the mail I wasn't particularly enthusiastic to see it.

This is a really good movie. It's funny. It's romantic. It has a good message. And yes, it made me cry. (The final scene with Jimmy Stewart and his family standing in front of the christmas tree...and his daughter says the line 'Daddy, teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings' Gets me every time!!).

This movie draws you in and gets you to care about the characters and what happens to them. By the end you are rooting for George Bailey and you want it to work out for him. That's the sign of a good film.

One word to describe 'It's a Wonderful Life': Wonderful (again....couldn't help it)

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