Ilov80s
Footballguy
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.Pretty sure it's more like a hackneyed story driven by emotional button pushing doesn't work for me.
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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