It's a wonderful life

This film should be named 'It's a Wonderful Life... in the end, so keep watching'. Most of this film is depressing but if you know anyone that is a depressant and is borderline suicidal then show them this film because even though you will have to watch it with them to make sure that they get to the end, in the end it will make them feel better and think twice about killing themselves. I stress the 'in the end' because the film is quite depressing throughout until the very end and could make you more suicidal than you were already so make sure that you stay with the person watching the film.

Let's focus on one of the greatest films and the Christmas tradition of Dinozzo in NCIS. This film is a classic, a category that does not exist on netflix and is in a league of its own. I have never watched a film that can make you so depressed and yet so happy. There are so many films that are very depressing and several films that make you really happy (normally called Romantic Comedies) but very few that can do both to you in the way that this film does.

James Stewart takes the lead, he was a big thing around the time that this film was made but we are not sure why. This week I am spending each night watching a film with my Sister and her Husband and we get to make lots of comments about the actors and various others things. Our comment for this film was 'Why is James Stewart allowed to be in films?' A just question. Once you have seen him in something else you will realise that he can't act, his slurring is normal, he always appears drunk except when he is angry. The other common mistake is that he is paired against really attractive women and that doesn't work for him. I can see the attraction but there were better looking guys out there. Another question that we were asking was 'Why is George Bailley considered to be a great character?' At the end of the film we started to see why but there wasn't enough to make us consider him to be put in the 'Atticus Finch' pile of greatest characters ever.

I did enjoy this film though. It had a bit of everything in it and it is a classic but I wouldn't make it my tradition of watching it at Christmas. One for the collection and one for the hall of flame because of its ability to draw out emotions but only for that reason.

See you all tomorrow!