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It's a Wonderful Life (1 Viewer)
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Donna is smoking hot in this movie. She is top 10 all time for me.Deepster said:oh and Donna Reed = DIH
RoarinSonoran
Footballguy
I haven't perused the listings, but is this ONLY on NBC (and I suppose, only on tonight)??? That's the gist I get from the promos, is that it's ONLY on NBC. Seems like in recent years that it's been on a dozen networks, airing just about every night between Thanksgiving and Christmas, occasionally colorized (blasphemy!). Did NBC acquire exclusive rights or something?
zamboni
Footballguy
Yes, I believe NBC acquired an exclusive on the movie, which is why it's not played ad nauseum on every local channel.IIRC, NBC usually replays it on Christmas Eve.
ODoyleRules
Footballguy
Just saw SNL's version of the lost ending of Wonderful Life last night. 
Dana Carvey did a great Jimmy Stewart.
I love this movie - yes it's a sappy ending, but this movie gets it right.
Dana Carvey did a great Jimmy Stewart.I love this movie - yes it's a sappy ending, but this movie gets it right.
skinrod876
Footballguy
I'm heading to see this as a "musical" tonight in Houston. Anybody seen it done as a musical? How was it? Are they going to just completely butcher the whole thing? This is stuff I need to know if anybody's got info.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Nick: [slamming a bottle on the bar] That's it. Out you two pixies go - through the door, or out the window."Hey look, mister - we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?"
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I didn't even have cable back then and I remember 5 of the 10 channels I had showing it at the same time.
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
Because I said s
h, and your synopsis was way off...have you ever actually seen it?
pigskinliquors
Dr. Parrothead
oso diablo
Footballguy
Voodoo Child
Footballguy
I love the SNL lost ending. One of my favorites of all time from SNL
TommyGilmore
Footballguy
Love what?A man steals eight grand, doesn't have to repay it, and the townsfolk (all white folk I might add) end up paying it back.I was you 4 years ago. Watch and love my friend.Never seen it.
What about the thief?
Typical American dreck. Let others bail you out for the crimes you commit.
Not impressed
Otis
Footballguy
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.
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.
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
No
Otis
Footballguy
mr roboto
Footballguy
Very good movie. Not best ever.It's Christmas. You are probably forgetting to add the nostalgia/glad tidings/drinking into the equation. Of course it's one of the best movies of all time on Christmas. Watch it in July and report back.
PatsFanCT
Footballguy
Another one? How many do we need?
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
I've never seen it.
the moops
Footballguy
It's an awful movie
mr roboto
Footballguy
You know it would be so overly sappy and probably too effects-laden (just imagine what some nerd with a computer would want to do with the angel...). Black and white, with old-school actors who understood subtly is the only way this movie feels right.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
I agree that there is a lot of depth to this movie. It's definitely underrated.
I give it a I forgot how do you know an angel just earned his wings?
I give it a
I forgot how do you know an angel just earned his wings?
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Mr. Know-It-All
Footballguy
We were talking about this very thing yesterday...Wizard of Oz and It's A Wonderful Life are all-time greats. I also cast a vote for Sound of Music but was rejected.
pantagrapher
Footballguy
Great movie. And it gets me every time. Not as great as Gran Torino though.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
This thread made me throw it on and this just in, Mary Bailey is a f'ing fox
Premier
Footballguy
It's an awful movie
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
Since i made a point of watching IAWL but once a year, it's grown tremendously in my esteem. I still get a helluva kick out of Bert the Cop wanting to check home for an afternoon delight after watching Violet walking down the street. And that's what makes Capra characters great - the juxtaposition of a complicated, conflicted or eccentric citizenry with their unquestioning sense of purpose when times require is a near-perfect illiustration of the America that won a world war on two fronts. And the radiance of love in Donna Reed's pure, clear face is the reason why of reasons why. Finestkind.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Gopher State
Footballguy
Grand Torino best movie ever
Short Corner
Footballguy
My sister and I always argue whether the kid actually figured out he was in a concentration camp.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
This shtick just never gets old.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
This. Admittedly I don't like any Christmas movies (except cartoon Grinch - and that's mostly for the dog) but this one is particularly horrible.It's an awful movie
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I agree. It really is lacking in hot chicks and special FX. I am picturing Nic Cage as George Bailey. Speaking of remaking classics, it would be cool to see a Grand Turino remake.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Then, I'm comin' back here to go to college and see what THEY know!
Mr. Retukes
Footballguy
Yeah, and Tea Leoni as Mary Bailey.
Sundays Rule
Footballguy
"Now this is an interesting situation!"
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Good lookin' out, but I don't think a spoiler alert is required for a 64-year old movie.60 years is the cutoff.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Flying V
Footballguy
Good lookin' out, but I don't think a spoiler alert is required for a 64-year old movie.60 years is the cutoff.
Last month I may have agreed with you, but when I recently discovered how many people have never seen the original True Grit, I figure there's no such thing as a cutoff anymore.
tdoss
Footballguy
I love this movie for so many reasons.
It seems every few years, it shows me something different. I pick up on some subtle nuance or a scene seems to touch me in a different way than before.
And I've already given fair warning to this board before...they greenlight a remake and I'm going on a spree.
It seems every few years, it shows me something different. I pick up on some subtle nuance or a scene seems to touch me in a different way than before.
And I've already given fair warning to this board before...they greenlight a remake and I'm going on a spree.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Good lookin' out, but I don't think a spoiler alert is required for a 64-year old movie.60 years is the cutoff.
There is no cutoff.
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