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It's a Wonderful Life (1 Viewer)
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Capella
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Hell yea man merry Christmas
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Just watched a lot of this and not ashamed to say I cried at the end just like watching the movie.
Ilov80s
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It truly was a wonderful lifeOh man just noticed Wikkidpissah was the last reply
Bracie Smathers
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A few more reaction vids, fast forward to the 'breaking point' where they lose-it.
In this one, she holds it together 'fairly well' up the 34:18 mark when the 'Angel gets his wings' and then... Niagra Falls, lol
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) | MOVIE REACTION! | FIRST TIME WATCHING!
"That's too much Zu-Zu." "... It was the straw that broke the camel's back."
This is a hard-boiled New Yorker who, I believe has done 'some' movie work as an extra so she adds interesting film aspects to her reaction vids. She is stoic up until the 18:40 mark when the big basket arrives and the tears well up all the way through the rest of the film.
First Time Watching It's a Wonderful Life (1946) // Reaction & Commentary
"It's just piling up the nice."
In this one, a fledgling actress doesn't break but her reaction of amazement and recognizing how much impact a life has on others is perfect. She is a bit different in that she does research of a movie and dishes interesting trivia.
First Time Watching *IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE* | Movies with Mia
"He had such an impact on everyone around him and ...eh... I... I ah I don't even know what to say."
I like this young guy. He's a filmmaker and adds interesting filming knowledge.
Filmmaker reacts to It's a Wonderful Life (1946) for the FIRST TIME!
"This dude went from killing himself... wanting to kill himself to being happy as HELL that his mouth is bleeding."
*IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE* (1946) Movie Reaction | First time watching & Commentary
"Please don't let it end like this, I thought Christmas movies were supposed to be uplifting. I don't really dare to watch further because I don't want my heart to get broken and George to die. Please, please, please, have a happy ending."
She managed to watch to the end, lol
She was about to turn it off at that point, missing the ending reminding me of Pheobe from the TV show Friends who did turn it off at that point and had this reaction.
phoebe - sucky life
In this one, she holds it together 'fairly well' up the 34:18 mark when the 'Angel gets his wings' and then... Niagra Falls, lol
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) | MOVIE REACTION! | FIRST TIME WATCHING!
"That's too much Zu-Zu." "... It was the straw that broke the camel's back."
This is a hard-boiled New Yorker who, I believe has done 'some' movie work as an extra so she adds interesting film aspects to her reaction vids. She is stoic up until the 18:40 mark when the big basket arrives and the tears well up all the way through the rest of the film.
First Time Watching It's a Wonderful Life (1946) // Reaction & Commentary
"It's just piling up the nice."
In this one, a fledgling actress doesn't break but her reaction of amazement and recognizing how much impact a life has on others is perfect. She is a bit different in that she does research of a movie and dishes interesting trivia.
First Time Watching *IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE* | Movies with Mia
"He had such an impact on everyone around him and ...eh... I... I ah I don't even know what to say."
I like this young guy. He's a filmmaker and adds interesting filming knowledge.
Filmmaker reacts to It's a Wonderful Life (1946) for the FIRST TIME!
"This dude went from killing himself... wanting to kill himself to being happy as HELL that his mouth is bleeding."
*IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE* (1946) Movie Reaction | First time watching & Commentary
"Please don't let it end like this, I thought Christmas movies were supposed to be uplifting. I don't really dare to watch further because I don't want my heart to get broken and George to die. Please, please, please, have a happy ending."
She managed to watch to the end, lol
She was about to turn it off at that point, missing the ending reminding me of Pheobe from the TV show Friends who did turn it off at that point and had this reaction.
phoebe - sucky life
Bracie Smathers
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zamboni
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Boston => best avatar in this thread.
Leroy Hoard
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Great Christmas movie. The only one I have ahead of it is Die Hard.
fatness
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My wife and I agreed a couple years ago to sit down and watch each other's favorite Christmas movie each holiday season, and it's 2 enjoyable evenings spent together. She shuts up about the parts of my movie she doesn't like, and I shut up about the parts of her movie I don't like.
Her movie: It's A Wonderful Life
My movie: A Christmas Story
Her movie: It's A Wonderful Life
My movie: A Christmas Story
Boston
Footballguy
Two great choices…what’s not to like about either other than that scoundrel Scott Farkas.
Keerock
Footballguy
Scott?
Boston
Footballguy
or Scut
E Street Brat
Footballguy
Terrible movie.
Ilov80s
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far far far from. You may not care for it but objectively it’s an excellent movie.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Well I'll admit it's no Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Snoopy
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or Reefer Madness
fatness
Footballguy
Or "Mud Wrestlers From Outer Space vs. the Mexican Mole Women"
flapgreen
Footballguy
Love them both
Jayrod
Footballguy
Watched it last night.
As a middle aged man & father it hits home harder now than it ever did when I was young. After literally having the "worth more dead than alive" discussion with myself years ago, this movie helps me remember there is a hell of a lot more to life than just making money and providing materially for your family.
As a middle aged man & father it hits home harder now than it ever did when I was young. After literally having the "worth more dead than alive" discussion with myself years ago, this movie helps me remember there is a hell of a lot more to life than just making money and providing materially for your family.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Such a great one
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Is it dusty in here? Allergies maybe?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
To my big brother George, the richest man in town!
every time
Merry Christmas every one.
"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."
E Street Brat
Footballguy
Okay, I watched it again and it's not nearly as bad I remember it being.
I stand corrected..... Hee-Haw!!!!
massraider
Footballguy
If you find yourself thinking it's awful, head over to Hallmark Channel for a minute.
flapgreen
Footballguy
I like this guy
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
I would imagine that nearly everyone who connected with this movie has 'attempted' to do the analytics of whether or not the world would be better off with or without them.
Without getting too personal, one of the easiest things to identify is if you have saved a life and the cascading effect of their life on the world.
I saved two different people; the first was a girl from Australia in a dramatic skiing accident.
Saving that girl had an effect of making me look for other opportunities to save people and it happened two years later.
The next person I saved was an old man with dementia who wandered away from a caretaking ward of a hospital and slipped on some ice, cracking open his skull.
I saw him lying on the ground, he was blue and the blood from his head had frozen to the ground. Luckily it was in the parking lot of that hospital, so they were able to save him.
Two people, but the kicker is that both lives saved had two unsatisfying outcomes.
The girl's Visa had expired so she had to leave the country. The thing that has bothered me is that I never knew what happened to her.
The old man was worse, he wound up dying within a week as he crept out of the same hospital ward and froze to death. Right after I saved him, I felt proud. So, it hurt me when I found out what happened to him.
I've thought about that girl because on some level I feel responsible for what she did with the rest of her life.
Have others done the George Bailey test wondering how much of an impact that your life has made?
Without getting too personal, one of the easiest things to identify is if you have saved a life and the cascading effect of their life on the world.
I saved two different people; the first was a girl from Australia in a dramatic skiing accident.
Saving that girl had an effect of making me look for other opportunities to save people and it happened two years later.
The next person I saved was an old man with dementia who wandered away from a caretaking ward of a hospital and slipped on some ice, cracking open his skull.
I saw him lying on the ground, he was blue and the blood from his head had frozen to the ground. Luckily it was in the parking lot of that hospital, so they were able to save him.
Two people, but the kicker is that both lives saved had two unsatisfying outcomes.
The girl's Visa had expired so she had to leave the country. The thing that has bothered me is that I never knew what happened to her.
The old man was worse, he wound up dying within a week as he crept out of the same hospital ward and froze to death. Right after I saved him, I felt proud. So, it hurt me when I found out what happened to him.
I've thought about that girl because on some level I feel responsible for what she did with the rest of her life.
Have others done the George Bailey test wondering how much of an impact that your life has made?
DallasDMac
Footballguy
There's only one person responsible for what that girl did with the rest of her life, and it isn't you.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
I am not sure if you believe I think she went onto accomplish something incredible and I was attempting to take credit for her achievements.
I did not understand how injured she was at the time. She lost her spleen one of her busted ribs pierced and puntured her lung, she was passing in and out of consciousness. I only knew she must have broken multiple ribs and she was going into shock. It was more dramatic than I can explain.
I know it was possible that she had lingering effects and suffered. We all suffer to some extent but over the years when I think of her, I hope she got over her injuries and in keeping with this thread, had a wonderful life.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
Something struck me about this film today that I watch every year for I don't know how many years.
The way Clarence stops George from committing suicide is by giving him someone to help.
I feel there is a deep message in that.
The way Clarence stops George from committing suicide is by giving him someone to help.
I feel there is a deep message in that.
rockaction
Footballguy
People that are former addicts or have once been down and out are often encouraged to aid other addicts or other people who are down and out, provided they are in a state or position to do so. It helps people get emotionally back on their feet. It not only satisfies a basic human good, it tethers one to the reality that there but for the grace of God goes one's self.
Yes, there is a deep message in that. It's a deep message about human nature, really.
And I've never even seen the movie.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
For some reason I was thinking of THIS incident. It happened 40 years ago, and it was 'right before' I saved that girl's life in the skiing accident noted above.
I was a 19-year-old kid who had just moved out to the mountains of Colorado to work at a ski resort. My roommate was from DC where this plane crash had happened, everyone was glued to the TV watching this unfold.
The correlation with George jumping into the water to save Clarence in icy water is obvious to the guy who dramatically leapt into the icy waters of the Potamic to save this woman's life.
It was the most dramatic thing I have ever seen on TV.
The hero acted on his own and left the scene and was not identified at that time but later the hero was named, Lenny Skutnik.
Remarkable!
I'm sure others remember this horrific event and unbelievable rescue by Skutnik.
Since this happened right before I saved that girl, his heroism 'may' have inspired me to help save her.
Even though the video is entitled 1981 it happened on January 13, 1982.
LINK to video >>> 1981 potomic river plane crash rescue live tv
Who else remembers this?
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I was a 19-year-old kid who had just moved out to the mountains of Colorado to work at a ski resort. My roommate was from DC where this plane crash had happened, everyone was glued to the TV watching this unfold.
The correlation with George jumping into the water to save Clarence in icy water is obvious to the guy who dramatically leapt into the icy waters of the Potamic to save this woman's life.
It was the most dramatic thing I have ever seen on TV.
The hero acted on his own and left the scene and was not identified at that time but later the hero was named, Lenny Skutnik.
Remarkable!
I'm sure others remember this horrific event and unbelievable rescue by Skutnik.
Since this happened right before I saved that girl, his heroism 'may' have inspired me to help save her.
Even though the video is entitled 1981 it happened on January 13, 1982.
LINK to video >>> 1981 potomic river plane crash rescue live tv
Who else remembers this?
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I remember it well. The plane crashed where the 14th St Bridge crosses the Potomac (between DC & VA). A friend was a paramedic diver and was in that water, too. There were a lot of brave people out there that day in absolutely horrible weather.
There were many awful decisions made that allowed that event to take place.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
OMG, I wasn't aware of all of the tragic mistakes that built up before the crash.
Why did this Boeing 737 CRASH into a bridge, just after takeoff?! | Air Florida flight 90
massraider
Footballguy
Just watched it today.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
37 years ago!!!! OMG.
Eephus
Footballguy
The first year of the Ulysses S. Grant administration was 77 years before the release of It's a Wonderful Life.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
The pool scene where the floor opens at the gym is amazing to watch as the scene opens and the camera is set back from the people to take in the size of this.
I think Alfalfa from the Little Rascals is the one who turns the key to open the floor underneath everybody
I love when everyone jumps in after George and his Wife fall in.
I want a pool that opens up underneath like that
I think Alfalfa from the Little Rascals is the one who turns the key to open the floor underneath everybody
I love when everyone jumps in after George and his Wife fall in.
I want a pool that opens up underneath like that
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Took you long enough.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The Pool in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is Real
Do you remember in "It's a Wonderful Life" when Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed fell into a pool hidden underneath a retractable gym floor? Here's the scene to refresh your memory.
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
The Pool in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is Real
Do you remember in "It's a Wonderful Life" when Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed fell into a pool hidden underneath a retractable gym floor? Here's the scene to refresh your memory.
I was going to post this.
Crazy how dope they used to build things. I did work on a similar school/pool set up at this ancient high school in DC. I don’t removed the name but I was floored when I saw it. Unfortunately it was in disrepair.
I sure love me some nostalgia.
Wildcat
Footballguy
It's our Christmas Eve tradition to watch this movie. It always brings me to tears in a few spots, starting at the time when George yells at his kids (shortly after the money is lost). I've been there - been stressed about a situation and had zero patience with everyone, especially my kids. The guilt you have as a father in those situations is strong, but it makes me feel better knowing that even George Bailey himself can snap at times. Such a great movie. Can't wait to watch it.
Jayrod
Footballguy
Chadstroma
Footballguy
Every Christmas season. This and White Christmas. And then A Christmas Story marathon on Christmas Eve as my wife and I wrap presents because that is how we roll. I usually end up seeing Sound of Music too because that is my wife watching it.
Haha... for probably the 40th time
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
What's the matter, Othello? Jealous?
Probably Taft. My parents grew up in DC and went there, my dad lived just a couple blocks over.The Pool in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is Real
Do you remember in "It's a Wonderful Life" when Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed fell into a pool hidden underneath a retractable gym floor? Here's the scene to refresh your memory.
I was going to post this.
Crazy how dope they used to build things. I did work on a similar school/pool set up at this ancient high school in DC. I don’t removed the name but I was floored when I saw it. Unfortunately it was in disrepair.
I sure love me some nostalgia.
Jayrod
Footballguy
And 77 years before that was the height of the French Revolution and the removal of Louis XVI as king.
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