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It's a Wonderful Life (2 Viewers)

NCCommish said:
Pretty sure it's more like a hackneyed story driven by emotional button pushing doesn't work for me.
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With you, IAWL may be suffering from being so iconic that to future generations it seems like caricature. You are right that looking back, IAWL is hackneyed because the story has been a done a million times. Everything about it has been copied, spoofed, and riffed off of that it can cause some people to see the original not as an originator but just as another piece of a collection of trite schtick. My wife has pretty limited movie  knowledge. When she watched the Godfather, she couldn't get over Brando's performance. She said it was just so cheesy and such a predictable old mafia boss. I explained that it wasn't predictable or cheesy at the time and everything similar is an imitation of Don Corleone. She understood that, but could't get past it. She also didn't much care fore Goodfellas because she said it was just like Casino,  Blow and Donnie Brasco. 

There are legit reasons to dislike IAWL. It's not for everyone. I get it, Capra can be real cheesy, but I think IAWL has enough darkness to balance it out. 

 
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flapgreen said:
I like movies that make me feel good and represent good things in this world.  I guess I'm too soft-hearted or dumb. 
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Some people just don't like feel good movies, it doesn't make them smarter. It's just a personal preference. I usually like my entertainment a bit darker, but again, IAWL has plenty of it. 

 
flapgreen said:
You're a lot more advanced and knowledgeable than the rubes back then were.
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Yes me not liking it means everyone else is stupid that's exactly what I said. 

Some of you may need to look at your life if a critique of this movie gets you this ridiculously triggered.

 
Ilov80s said:
Some people just don't like feel good movies, it doesn't make them smarter. It's just a personal preference. I usually like my entertainment a bit darker, but again, IAWL has plenty of it. 
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I like feel.good movies. I would contend that despite some darkness Scrooge is a feel good movie. It allows that even the most stubborn and hard hearted person can change completely. They can give in to empathy and love. They can learn to care for their fellow man. That is a very positive and uplifting spiritual message.

 
NCCommish said:
Just never resonated with me. Don't know why. I like plenty of old movies and I like Jimmy Stewart. But come on it started life as a Christmas card that was vanity published. Because no one would publish the original story. It was a box office dud as well. People have been taught to like it as NBC got the rights for all but nothing and shoved it down the public's throat ever since.
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Dude, this was way popular before NBC bought the rights.  

 
shuke said:
NCCommish said:
Just never resonated with me. Don't know why. I like plenty of old movies and I like Jimmy Stewart. But come on it started life as a Christmas card that was vanity published. Because no one would publish the original story. It was a box office dud as well. People have been taught to like it as NBC got the rights for all but nothing and shoved it down the public's throat ever since.




 
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Dude, this was way popular before NBC bought the rights.  




 
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historical Nielson ratings Shuke.

 
The guy who played Mr. Potter broke his hip in 1937 and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The hip pain was so debilitating that he required daily injections of cocaine to manage the pain.

 
oso diablo said:
did it? Has, say, Arrival, tanked in theaters this year?
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Couldn't tell you.  Same with a Christmas Story if I remember correctly.  I love both these movies so for me the popularity of the movie does not come down to box office return.  

 
How was Mary able to buy an old house, decorate it, and prepare a rotisserie chicken dinner in the span of about 8 hours???

 
Just watched it with our 13 and 8 year old boys for the first time (their first time, not ours) and I was kinda surprised that they really enjoyed it. I expected them to moan a bit about the pacing (no explosions or super heroes flying around), black and white, slightly adult themes, but my youngest said he really enjoyed it and my oldest said he liked it a lot more than he expected to. 

The Mrs and I got misty in all the expected places and, even though it’s schmaltzy and manipulative, it’s still a lovely, feel good story. And, since I haven’t seen it in years, it reminded me how much I loved James Stewart's lovable, mumbling lead characters. One of a kind. 

 
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joey said:
Just watched it with our 13 and 8 year old boys for the first time (their first time, not ours) and I was kinda surprised that they really enjoyed it. I expected them to moan a bit about the pacing (no explosions or super heroes flying around), black and white, slightly adult themes, but my youngest said he really enjoyed it and my oldest said he liked it a lot more than he expected to. 

The Mrs and I got misty in all the expected places and, even though it’s schmaltzy and manipulative, it’s still a lovely, feel good story. And, since I haven’t seen it in years, it reminded me how much I loved James Stewart's lovable, mumbling lead characters. One of a kind. 
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Did you have to explain any of the old-timey parts to them? Like some of the WW2 phrases or what a record player was, etc.

 
AAABatteries said:
One of my favorite actors ever - dude was outstanding in just about everything he did.  His performance in Rear Window was fantastic.
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His list of movies is up there with anyone and it’s diverse. He did all genres and styles. Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Vertigo, Philadelphia Story, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Anatomy of a Murder, The Shop Around the Corner, etc.

 
[scooter] said:
Did you have to explain any of the old-timey parts to them? Like some of the WW2 phrases or what a record player was, etc.
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There were a couple of those moments. The oddest, most uncomfortable moment was when George, as a kid, was getting slapped around by drunk and distraught drug store owner before he realized that George had saved him from giving poisonous pills to a customer. You don’t see kids being slapped around like that in movies at all these days. 

 
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joey said:
There were a couple of those moments. The oddest, most uncomfortable moment was when George, as a kid, was getting slapped around by drunk and distraught drug store owner before he realized that George had saved him from giving poisonous pills to a customer. You don’t see kids being slapped around like that in movies at all these days. 
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It’s actually a pretty dark movie.

 
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