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It's a Wonderful Life (1 Viewer)

KarmaPolice said:
Just a guess, but how much of the hate is either: 1. being force fed this movie since childhood and 2. not liking old or B&W movies in general?

I have a similar reaction to A Christmas Story, and I am sure a lot has to do with it being on all the time, everybody quoting it and claiming how hilarious it is, etc, etc. . I think that movie is horrible.
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I totally burned myself out on A Christmas Story. Probably watched it four times in one day when it was on TBS/TNT 24 straight hours. It's painful because I want to watch it again, but I just can't muster it.

 
Burt... Burt- my lip's bleeding, Burt!

Just watched a bit of meet John Doe recently (another Capra film) and was happy to see a lot of the bit players from Wonderful life there too. Still a big fan of this movie.

 
Capella said:
Capella said:
On now.

I always thought he should've just took Potter's deal.
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Lol I was thinking this while watching the movie again tonight. Totally forgot I made this post and almost did it again.

Guess I'm not changing anytime soon.
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This was the first time I heard it was only a 3 year contract. Starting at $20,000/year vs current salary of $2,340/year ($45/week). Potter just wanted the S&L and would have fired George at the end of the contract, but it would have been a nice run.

 
One thing I don't like is how they stole the names for the cop & cabbie from characters on Sesame Street.

 
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Otis said:
Why aren't there more actors like Stewart in Hollywood today? What he did so perfectly is bring the dialogue to life by stuttering at points and by saying things like "huh?" and "what's that?" on occasion when he pretended not to hear someone. Turns out that human dialogue in real life isn't a perfectly smoothly delivered and executed conversation. More often than not it goes in fits and starts, clumsily, with miscommunication, people mumbling and stuttering, not always hearing each other, etc. The dialogue in this movie is so wonderful.

Now contrast this to most of the glop at theaters today. Hell even the "good" stuff. If the goal of acting is to make this seem like real life, why don't actors try and act and talk like people act and talk in real life? Really does seem like an art form that is dying.
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I agree and have always wondered why this isn't done by more (all) actors.

 
STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
Otis said:
Why aren't there more actors like Stewart in Hollywood today? What he did so perfectly is bring the dialogue to life by stuttering at points and by saying things like "huh?" and "what's that?" on occasion when he pretended not to hear someone. Turns out that human dialogue in real life isn't a perfectly smoothly delivered and executed conversation. More often than not it goes in fits and starts, clumsily, with miscommunication, people mumbling and stuttering, not always hearing each other, etc. The dialogue in this movie is so wonderful.

Now contrast this to most of the glop at theaters today. Hell even the "good" stuff. If the goal of acting is to make this seem like real life, why don't actors try and act and talk like people act and talk in real life? Really does seem like an art form that is dying.
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I agree and have always wondered why this isn't done by more (all) actors.
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Agreed. Stewart is awesome at this.
 
Otis said:
Why aren't there more actors like Stewart in Hollywood today? What he did so perfectly is bring the dialogue to life by stuttering at points and by saying things like "huh?" and "what's that?" on occasion when he pretended not to hear someone. Turns out that human dialogue in real life isn't a perfectly smoothly delivered and executed conversation. More often than not it goes in fits and starts, clumsily, with miscommunication, people mumbling and stuttering, not always hearing each other, etc. The dialogue in this movie is so wonderful.

Now contrast this to most of the glop at theaters today. Hell even the "good" stuff. If the goal of acting is to make this seem like real life, why don't actors try and act and talk like people act and talk in real life? Really does seem like an art form that is dying.
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Very :goodposting:

 
flapgreen said:
STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
Otis said:
Why aren't there more actors like Stewart in Hollywood today? What he did so perfectly is bring the dialogue to life by stuttering at points and by saying things like "huh?" and "what's that?" on occasion when he pretended not to hear someone. Turns out that human dialogue in real life isn't a perfectly smoothly delivered and executed conversation. More often than not it goes in fits and starts, clumsily, with miscommunication, people mumbling and stuttering, not always hearing each other, etc. The dialogue in this movie is so wonderful.

Now contrast this to most of the glop at theaters today. Hell even the "good" stuff. If the goal of acting is to make this seem like real life, why don't actors try and act and talk like people act and talk in real life? Really does seem like an art form that is dying.
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I agree and have always wondered why this isn't done by more (all) actors.
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Agreed. Stewart is awesome at this.
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Stewart was awesome at this because he stuttered in real life

 
Otis said:
Has to at least be in the conversation.

At a high level it's a good old feelgood Christmas classic. But beyond that, the subtleties and the stuff below the surface is what makes this one of the all-time greats.

It's a great example of how simple life seemed back then. And man, what a genuinely good guy George Bailey is, and how incredibly likeable he is -- and yet, in a departure from Christmas movie cheesedom, he's not perfect. Like his character would in the real world, he sometimes gets moody and surly and impatient. He gets jealous of his buddy Sam Wainright who moved away to big New York City and became a big shot. It really eats at him -- he wanted to get away, to see the world, to build things, to move to the big city, but he never got that chance. He is too proud sometimes. He is torn between his romantic view of the adventure that life should be in his head, and yet shows his interest in the material parts of life (like when he nearly accepts Mr. Potter's offer to come and work for him) and ultimately gets caught up in a girl, and a family, same as everyone. Jimmy Stewart is such a wonderful actor and just absolutely nails the part. He is George Bailey. Both at the surface, and in all of these nuances, he plays it perfectly.

And the dialogue is just wonderful and so clever. In some places it's downright funny. And despite how simple life seemed back then, there are some great almost racy nuances that remind you things really haven't changed all that much -- like when the guys and BSing in the street and Violet walks by, and they all stop and stare mouths agape, and then very subtly Bert the cop mumble rushes off to see his wife. Awesome!

Then you've got some more obvious imagery, like the crow in the scene every time things are about to go bad. What other stuff have I missed here?

All in all, just such a fantastic movie.
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:hifive:  

Hot dog!

 
Just noticed Mary calling her mother an idiot. In front of company. Can't imagine that kind of thing flying back then. Or today for that matter. 

 
Tried to get my boys (20 and 13) to watch tonight.  Turned it on, and youngest said "it was made in the 40's, before you were born" and walked out.  Oldest watched for 10 minutes, and turned over to Bengals vs. Houston........0 to 0 w/ 4 min left in 1st half and he says........"maybe we should go back to the movie".

 
Potter just told George he was worth more dead than alive and laughed in his face for crawling in begging for money.  Good ol' Potter then called the cops on George for money that Potter had actually found.

Haha stupid George Bailey.  I hope he jumps off a bridge. 

 
Anyone else see the show, "Adam Ruins Everything" episode on Christmas?  

He explained that the movie was panned when it came out ...and was so bad, that when the rights expired, no one picked them up - so the movie went into the public domain.  

The movie became popular in the 50s when television stations could play the hell out of it at no charge to them.  

 
I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It's deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace.

 
Never seen it before, feel like that is more of the norm than outlier amongst millennials. 

Anyways, my wife is big on Christmas. We went out the 4 of us, came home, kids to bed, smoked weed, and then staged the house like Santa stopped by... We caught the last hour of this afterwards, she's seen it a million times. She explained the plot, but it was pretty easy to piece together even without seeing the first half of it.

Loved it, great flick. Next Christmas I intend on watching the whole thing, possibly the Christmas after that too.

 
fantasycurse42 said:
Never seen it before, feel like that is more of the norm than outlier amongst millennials. 

Anyways, my wife is big on Christmas. We went out the 4 of us, came home, kids to bed, smoked weed, and then staged the house like Santa stopped by... We caught the last hour of this afterwards, she's seen it a million times. She explained the plot, but it was pretty easy to piece together even without seeing the first half of it.

Loved it, great flick. Next Christmas I intend on watching the whole thing, possibly the Christmas after that too.
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Fun fact for you: the actor that plays Nick the bartender is Sheldon Leonard, and yes, the two main characters in The Big Bang Theory are named after him.

 
I like to show my kids the scene with Gower hitting grade school George and then preaching about how good they have it now compared to my day. I then drink more, pass out and wake up for Merry Christmas Building and Loan!  Rinse, repeat. 

 
When Mary as a young girl whispers in George's bad ear that she will always love him.

Then later, as an adult, she whispers in same ear how being with George was what she wished for when she threw the rock through the window of the old house.

 
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