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Summary: What else can be said
Review: What words can be said about this movie that haven't already been said a 1000 times by millions of people? I think the more appropiate question would be, "Does it really matter what other people say?" This is a movie that transcends reviews and touches each person in a personally and unique way. I can remember I was 12 the first time I saw it. Both my parents had unfortunatly come down with food poisioning so it was a very quiet Christmas. I sat in my bedroom playing with my new Lego sets, and looked desperatly for something to listen to on TV while I built them. I stumbled acrossed "It's A Wonderful Life" and not long into it, my Lego sets were soon forgotten and I sat enraptured by this movie. Even at the age of 12, when you don't know a thing about the world yet, this movie spoke to me and enraptured me for some reason. Certainly you can look at a film like Citizen Kane and call it the greatest film of all time, but can anyone resist the draw and power of It's A Wonderful Life? Can anyone, even the most cynical film viewer, resist this, the most powerful of all Christmas movies? I think not, and nor should they try.
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Summary: One of the greatest films of all time
Review: This movie is a true classic and no true movie fan should be without a copy in their collection at any time. Frank Capra greatest film and Jimmy Stewart is perfect as George Bailey. If you like this film, I also recommend the Capra/Stewart teaming in "Mr Smith goes to Washington" another little man beats the impossible odds film. Happy viewing
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Summary: It's a wonderful movie!!
Review: This movie is a great classic!! You'll love watching this on Christmas with your family! The story is about a man, though it first shows him as a boy around 12, named George Bailey. He dreams of adventure, building things, and also traveling. But he is cooped up in his town called Bedford Falls because of business matters and troubles with the meanest and richest man in town called Mr.Potter. When George loses 8000 dollars, which is partly his Uncle Billy's fault, which is somewhat very important and can make him lose everything and go to jail. I didn't really understand why 8000 dollars could make him bankrupt, but anyway, it does. He panics and decides to commit suicide on Christmas Eve. An angel named Clarence who has no wings help him by showing him a world without him being born. It is a pretty bad world and George repents of his sin and of trying to commit suicide. The ending is great and you'll just love this movie forever!!
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Summary: A Masterpiece!
Review: This film - more than any other in my life - has become a perennial 'touchstone' for re-aligning my values and ambitions in my career, and rejuvenating my sense of clarity and belief in the world, as well as my place and contribution within it. Does this sound corny to you? Too bad - its the truth! This film is a magical, healing, life-affirming journey for the viewer. It's a rare collaboration of good film craft, direction and talent and something more - the 'whole' is greater than the sum of parts - the film has captured a sympatico between actors that has yielded 'something elusive and extraordinary'. Remake it to bring in younger audiences? Would you remake the Beatles work - or Marvin Gaye or Ella Fitzgerald or Edith Piaf? Would you remake Casablanca - perhaps replace Humphrey Bogart or Ingrid Bergman? Of Course Not! Nor can you replace Jimmy Stewart, who more than acts in the leading role - he brings in the essence of himself - who he was, what he valued. No one else could top his performance. The way to bring in younger audiences is to teach them the value of these classic contributions - not to remake them with contemporary actors. This film is a truly authentic outcome of talent and craftmanship. It can't be remade, superceded, duplicated or excelled. 'It's A Wonderful Life' is a masterpiece! Enjoy it often!
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Summary: Nice but..
Review: Don't worry,I'm not going to insult a classic!It's a great story and message,only I think it needs to be remade to get young people interested in it again.
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Summary: Extras??
Review: I know, I know, this movie is easily a five star movie. Hands down one of my all-time favorites. However, I want extras on a dvd. This has a few, but a few more would have nice for a motion picture of this magnitude
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Summary: The Best Classic Ever!
Review: It's A Wonderful Life is pure genius. George Bailey is a character you can't help but fall in love with. This movie shows how every person touches everybody's life in so many ways. It's a movie that makes you think and possibly re-evaluate your own life. The thing it does the best, however, is it makes the viewer feel good about themselves, and about life in general. Jimmy Stewart is the only actor who could pull off the role of George Bailey and he makes the movie. It's A Wonderful Life is a must-see, if you don't see this movie you will be missing out on something amazing.
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Summary: Frank Capra Makes You Feel Good About Yourself!
Review: This film is my all-time favorite film of all time. There is no movie I enjoy watching more over and over. James Stweart and Donna reed take you on a real emotional journey throughout the ideals of one man who belives he never made a difference to anyone. And the kick is, an angel is motived to help George Bailey because if he is successful in making George relaize his value - he gets his wings. There's romanace, teen courting, adventure, passiona dn a lot of magic. Even George's mother is the mother everyone wishes they had. There is alos a mean, villinous, evil banker - named Mr. Potter, who ruins everything. (He actually never gets his cum-upance - one of the only problems I ever had with the film.) The DVD is spectacular. The docudrama on the making of the film and Frnak Capra and his life is very interesting. There's the original trailers, behind the scenes, models and sets. Really a great DVD. (Also has some bloopers as well!) Although it is shown to death around the Christmas Holidays - you should still take one night and watch it without interuption with your entire family. Buy it!
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Summary: It's a Wonderful Life VHS tape
Review: Excellent and quick service, the box looks great. I'm very satisfied!
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Summary: A fighting life is better than death
Review: This film has been used and even overused as the model to many others. A man is framed by the local capitalist in Bedford Falls who wants to put his hands on the business this man manages to the sole benefit of his clients. His whole life was a fight against injustice, against greed, against inhuman capitalists who consider other men as mere toys on their chessboard. He is led to the envy to commit suicide. But God sends an angel to save him. The method is simple : grant his wish, temporarily, not to have been born. And we have a trip in this society the way it would be if the greedy capitalist, Mr Potter, had not had our hero as a fighting counterpart. The vision of this would-be world is drastic and absolutely dramatic. The worse sides of every man have found the proper environment to prosper and build an unethical world especially by expelling all those who had a moral sense. He then has the possibility to go back to his real life and he discovers that he can escape bankrupcy and all it means for his clients thanks to his friends, nearly the whole population of Bedford Falls who give him the little money thay can find for him to go through this difficult situation and prevent Mr Potter from putting his claws on the city. Capitalism is a fighting tool for those who want to unite against greed and to join forces and will to promote a better world. This trick of seeing what the world would be if the greedy had the upper hand was used in many other films, for one the Back to the Future trilogy. This film is also a tremendous boost for those who doubt the outcome of their fight against immoral powerful people : fight and fight again and never forget that « no man is a failure who has friends ». It is true it is hard at times to see it, but yet any rockbottom despair is not worth dying since it would give an easy victory to the immoral band of people who take advantage of capitalism to impose their will and greed over the whole world. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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