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There aren't many films that can be described as masterpieces or classics as some people freely label their favourite movie. Probably the best way to judge a film's credentials is by it's lasting ability and none comes into that category better than Frank Capra's 1946 adaptation of a Philip Van Doren Stern short story, The Greatest Gift, that has captured imaginations for decades.
It's A Wonderful Life tells the story of one man's life and how everything we do affects so many other lives around us. In short, it preaches to us how precious life is but is played out in such a warm and sentimental way that it is easy to overlook the moral of the story and get lost in the heartwarming fantasy.
In one of the greatest cinematic roles ever created, James Stewart plays George Bailey, a banker in the sleepy town of Bedford Falls. His early life, in particular, the key moments that are to become relevant later in the film, is shown in flashback. His presense becomes more crucial to the townsfolk in later life as his good samaritan ways come to the fore. He marries his childhood sweetheart Mary ( Donna Reed ) and raises a family while all the time, relinquishing his lifelong ambition to travel in order to run the family savings and loan business.
Tragedy strikes when one Christmas Eve, a sum of money goes missing from the business coffers and George's life turns upside down. He decides that the World would be a better place for everyone if he had never been born and so decides to take his own life. However, waiting to intervene is the magical Henry Travers as angel in waiting Clarence, sent from the heavens to earn his wings by saving George Bailey. What follows is a brilliant piece of ingenious storytelling as Clarence takes George under his wing, so to speak, and begins to show him what in fact the World would be like had he never been born.
He takes him to unfamiliar places that George thought he knew. He shows him tombstones of his brother who died in a tragic accident all because George wasn't there to save him and tells of all the subsequent tragedies that followed. He takes him to see Mary, who dosn't even know George because he'd never been born. George slowly realises that whatever adversity life threw at him, it didn't compare to the vision of what the World would be like without his input. He begs Clarence to let him live again.
The ending is unashamedly schmaltzy. In a touching last sequence, we learn that Clarence finally got his wings and there's not a dry eye in the house to be found.
It's A Wonderful Life has to be THE greatest Christmas film of all time. It gets better with every viewing.
It's A Wonderful Life tells the story of one man's life and how everything we do affects so many other lives around us. In short, it preaches to us how precious life is but is played out in such a warm and sentimental way that it is easy to overlook the moral of the story and get lost in the heartwarming fantasy.
In one of the greatest cinematic roles ever created, James Stewart plays George Bailey, a banker in the sleepy town of Bedford Falls. His early life, in particular, the key moments that are to become relevant later in the film, is shown in flashback. His presense becomes more crucial to the townsfolk in later life as his good samaritan ways come to the fore. He marries his childhood sweetheart Mary ( Donna Reed ) and raises a family while all the time, relinquishing his lifelong ambition to travel in order to run the family savings and loan business.
Tragedy strikes when one Christmas Eve, a sum of money goes missing from the business coffers and George's life turns upside down. He decides that the World would be a better place for everyone if he had never been born and so decides to take his own life. However, waiting to intervene is the magical Henry Travers as angel in waiting Clarence, sent from the heavens to earn his wings by saving George Bailey. What follows is a brilliant piece of ingenious storytelling as Clarence takes George under his wing, so to speak, and begins to show him what in fact the World would be like had he never been born.
He takes him to unfamiliar places that George thought he knew. He shows him tombstones of his brother who died in a tragic accident all because George wasn't there to save him and tells of all the subsequent tragedies that followed. He takes him to see Mary, who dosn't even know George because he'd never been born. George slowly realises that whatever adversity life threw at him, it didn't compare to the vision of what the World would be like without his input. He begs Clarence to let him live again.
The ending is unashamedly schmaltzy. In a touching last sequence, we learn that Clarence finally got his wings and there's not a dry eye in the house to be found.
It's A Wonderful Life has to be THE greatest Christmas film of all time. It gets better with every viewing.
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Tv executive goes to decide the christmas bond movie.
hmmm.
lets consult the random bond movie picker.
*lights flash and those big spools of tape whirr*
a little piece of paper is ejected
it says: on her majestys secret service
executive: do we have to have that one
hmmm.
lets consult the random bond movie picker.
*lights flash and those big spools of tape whirr*
a little piece of paper is ejected
it says: on her majestys secret service
executive: do we have to have that one
What? They put it on video?
goldfinger?
Of course a Bond film!
No Christmas is complete without one these days.
"No television until the queens speech! Unless there's a bond film on of course"
I thought Grixy would have picked up on that, Roger will not be pleased.
:-)
No Christmas is complete without one these days.
"No television until the queens speech! Unless there's a bond film on of course"
I thought Grixy would have picked up on that, Roger will not be pleased.
:-)
Die hard 2 (ahh chicago airport how I despise you), Muppets christmas carol, The labrynth and santa claus the movie + 1 random bond movie
= traditional christmas viewing : ]
= traditional christmas viewing : ]
Grix Thraves wrote:
the Ultimate Christmas Movie is
> actually A Muppet's Christmas Carol.
I second that, Home Alone is always on around Christmas time so I suppose that deserves a mention.
the Ultimate Christmas Movie is
> actually A Muppet's Christmas Carol.
I second that, Home Alone is always on around Christmas time so I suppose that deserves a mention.
quiet you
Don't worry Myst, the nurse will be in, in a minute to sedate you.
We’re Marley and Marley averous and greed
We took advantage of the poor, just ignored the needy
We specialised in causing pain, spreading fear and doubt and if you could not pay the rent we simply threw you out!
Ah hahah
There was the year we evicted the entire orphanage. I remember the little tykes all standing there in the snow bank their little frostbitten teddy bears
DO HOHOHOHO!
Ohhhh*shivers*
We’re Marley and Marley our hearts were painted black
We should have known our evil deeds would out us both in shackles, captive bound with double iron, exhausted by the weight.
As freedom comes from killing laws, though prison come with hate.
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH hooooooo!
True, there was something we loved about mankind we loved..I think it was their money!
D'oh hahohoho
DOOMED scrooge you're doomed for all time, your future is a horror story written by your crimes
Your chains are forged by what you say and do
You've had your fun when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
We're Marley and Marley ohhhhh
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH hooooooo! *fades out*
CHANGE!
We took advantage of the poor, just ignored the needy
We specialised in causing pain, spreading fear and doubt and if you could not pay the rent we simply threw you out!
Ah hahah
There was the year we evicted the entire orphanage. I remember the little tykes all standing there in the snow bank their little frostbitten teddy bears
DO HOHOHOHO!
Ohhhh*shivers*
We’re Marley and Marley our hearts were painted black
We should have known our evil deeds would out us both in shackles, captive bound with double iron, exhausted by the weight.
As freedom comes from killing laws, though prison come with hate.
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH hooooooo!
True, there was something we loved about mankind we loved..I think it was their money!
D'oh hahohoho
DOOMED scrooge you're doomed for all time, your future is a horror story written by your crimes
Your chains are forged by what you say and do
You've had your fun when life is done, a nightmare waits for you.
We're Marley and Marley ohhhhh
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH
We're Marley and Marley OHHHHHHH hooooooo! *fades out*
CHANGE!
Does it have shotguns?
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