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Amen!PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
Amen!PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
Yep - it's got to be watched live, no recording allowed.And here I am with plans tonight.
I guess I'll have to make a point of not watching this next year.
Watched it last week on DVR but such a classic I'll rewatch it now on live TV.AAABatteries said:PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
I would watch it but then I realize that I have to have teeth pulled and it is better than this overrated piece of fuc*ing #####snogger said:AAABatteries said:PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
An all time great Christmas Classic.I have never seen this movie.
Every year you are so angry about this. Did Jimmy Stewart #### your grandmother and not call her or gave her the herp?Not missing a ### #### thingI have never seen this movie.
I watched it for the first time two years ago. Pretty damn good, although it seems to start out a bit slow - I dozed off for the first ~30 minutes due to too much Christmas dinner, and I didn't seem to miss a whole lot.I have never seen this movie.
Every year you are so angry about this. Did Jimmy Stewart #### your grandmother and not call her or gave her the herp?Not missing a ### #### thingI have never seen this movie.
No Zuzu's petals for you.I would watch it but then I realize that I have to have teeth pulled and it is better than this overrated piece of fuc*ing #####snogger said:AAABatteries said:PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
The moop's FB picture:This explains a lot.still terrible
You're right. It figures that this film is still terribleFigures.still terrible
Jules Winnfield said:You're right. It figures that this film is still awesome and stands the test of time.dickey moe said:Figures.still terrible
At least you're honest about itI'm going to edit a post that someone else typed and hope that no one notices. I'm so tricky!Jules Winnfield said:You're right. It figures that this film is still awesome and stands the test of time.dickey moe said:Figures.still terrible
Someone in here needs a hugAt least you're honest about itI'm going to edit a post that someone else typed and hope that no one notices. I'm so tricky!Jules Winnfield said:You're right. It figures that this film is still awesome and stands the test of time.dickey moe said:Figures.still terrible
To make it worse Jimmy was probably stuttering throughout the entire sex act.Every year you are so angry about this. Did Jimmy Stewart #### your grandmother and not call her or gave her the herp?Not missing a ### #### thingI have never seen this movie.
I heard he almost died once because he couldn't get his "safe word" out.To make it worse Jimmy was probably stuttering throughout the entire sex act.Every year you are so angry about this. Did Jimmy Stewart #### your grandmother and not call her or gave her the herp?Not missing a ### #### thingI have never seen this movie.
What's important in life is not wasting 3 hours of it while watching this drivelIt is a heart-warming story that reminds us what is important in life.
Its playing in your pajamas. You sir are indeed a great American.Gonna watch it in my pajamas on Christmas Day like a patriotic American.
He was deaf in one ear. Maybe he didn't realize how much he yelled.Is it ok to say Bailey is kind of a jerk? Yells at the teacher, yells at the wife, yells at the kid, tells the Angel to shut up, over and over.
That's the best part. He's one of the best guys around, but he's not perfect. He's human. That's what makes it not cheesy, what makes it relatable. As I had posted in the OP of the merged thread:Is it ok to say Bailey is kind of a jerk? Yells at the teacher, yells at the wife, yells at the kid, tells the Angel to shut up, over and over.
You could call him a jerk, or maybe just imperfect. That's exactly what makes it so awesome.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.
YepI would watch it but then I realize that I have to have teeth pulled and it is better than this overrated piece of fuc*ing #####PSA: on NBC tonight at 8pm.
For those who don't like it - you are soulless bastards and you can kiss my ###.
No. He is a sweet guy who due to extreme circumstances acted like a jerk for one afternoon. There is a difference in being a jerk, and acting a jerk over an extremely limited time period.Capella said:Is it ok to say Bailey is kind of a jerk? Yells at the teacher, yells at the wife, yells at the kid, tells the Angel to shut up, over and over.
To be honest...teachers, women, and kids pretty much suck.Capella said:Is it ok to say Bailey is kind of a jerk? Yells at the teacher, yells at the wife, yells at the kid, tells the Angel to shut up, over and over.
I just watched it for the first time last year, and thought it was a great movie. Actually darker than what I was expecting, and with flawed characters which elevates it over most other crap that rolls out this time of year.Cjw_55106 said:Never watched this until about 5 years ago. Great show that holds up remarkably well given that its 70 years old.
It wouldn't surprise me if most of the people who hate it have never watched the whole movie.I just watched it for the first time last year, and thought it was a great movie. Actually darker than what I was expecting, and with flawed characters which elevates it over most other crap that rolls out this time of year.Cjw_55106 said:Never watched this until about 5 years ago. Great show that holds up remarkably well given that its 70 years old.
3. Trying to prove how cool and hip they are by being "different." Like all the bow tie wearing bearded dorks you see in every "hip" commercial on TV nowadays.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?
omg it's totally this3. Trying to prove how cool and hip they are by being "different." Like all the bow tie wearing bearded dorks you see in every "hip" commercial on TV nowadays.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?
Lol I was thinking this while watching the movie again tonight. Totally forgot I made this post and almost did it again.On now.
I always thought he should've just took Potter's deal.
Too manly to admit it moves them.It wouldn't surprise me if most of the people who hate it have never watched the whole movie.I just watched it for the first time last year, and thought it was a great movie. Actually darker than what I was expecting, and with flawed characters which elevates it over most other crap that rolls out this time of year.Cjw_55106 said:Never watched this until about 5 years ago. Great show that holds up remarkably well given that its 70 years old.