Its A Wonderful Life….

[Smowball]

Just watched it whilst wrapping presents. My eyes are NOT leaking x

[andy-hughes]

choux - // What is there not to like about IAWL? //

Check out the post above yours, which quotes my view on the film - it's rather more a case of what is there TO like about it?

[choux]

Those are just opposing opinions. Nothing you say about the film will change my mind. Thankfully, we have different souls, a-h.

[pat2604]

I've never seen it.

[andy-hughes]

Choux - differing opinions indeed, Vive le difference, but 'soul' has nothing to do with it.

[choux]

Vive la difference, actually.

[pat2604]

Blimey, it was made before i was born!

[naomi24]

AH, The Office is a comedy - allegedly. It’s a Wonderful Life has soul.

[pastafreak]

It's on film4 Tuesday at 13:05.
Make a note of that, anyone who wants to watch or record it.

[Mozz71]

It's a Wonderful Life is a story that still holds up today. Ignoring it's fantasy and religious overtones, it's a story about a man who at the lowest point of his life finds the strength and courage to keep fighting, overcome his depression and return to his family. It's a joyous movie, with a still relevant moral.

To me, The Office is, and will always be, unwatchable. The American remake is far better.

[naomi24]

I love the concept. Without ‘you’ what would have happened to those around you? It’s a big question.

[jennyjoan]

er - I think I tried to watch "it is a wonderful life" many years ago but after some minutes - no I couldn't get on with it. I sort have realised the "backdrop" was "backdrop".

James Stewart was never my favourite actor

[tonyav]

pat2604I've never seen it.

Two of us then, Pat.

[sanmac]

I've never watched the entire movie either, but here's an interesting piece of trivia regarding it: "Before “It's A Wonderful Life,” Cornflakes painted white were used for snow. "To avoid the “crunch,” Frank Capra used three types of snow in “It's A Wonderful Life”: Ivory soap flakes, chipped ice, and something called foamite, which is similar to what is used in fire extinguishers today."

[Mamyalynne]

It'sa lovely film and captivating on so many levels, try to watch when I can even though I rarely re-watch films.

[Smowball]

It was actually made before my mum was born!

[emmie]

its my favourite film, its so much more than a Christmas film
I did watch it yesterday on Film 4, and it still makes me weep in parts,
wonderful James Stewart gets my oscar.....

[emmie]

it was made in 1947 and so isn't that old really... i love old films, they have been a passion of mine since a child. And IAWL is top of the bill as far as i am concerned.

[Smowball]

It isn’t that old actually, just my mum wasn’t born till 1949 lol.

[emmie]

i watched a documentary about the film, which explained a lot about camera angles and technique and watching more closely as the film unfolds, and i can't get out of my head the Way Jimmy Stewart acts in the scene where his brother comes home with a new bride, knowing that means he will be stuck at the savings and loans for a lot longer than he wanted. Marvellous film

[johnny.5]

hee haw
hee haw