Don’t like It’s A Wonderful Life

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Watched it for the first time many years ago and a few Christmases since. I’ll concede the sentiment is lovely but OMG, the acting and the script are jarring

If you can get past the piano scene where he yells at his daughter without crying, you're dead inside

I put off watching It's a Wonderful Life for years because I have contrary tendencies and sometimes irrationally take against things which I feel I should watch or read. I was the same with Casablanca.

When I finally got round to watching both films, I absolutely loved them and wished I hadn't put off watching them for so long.

The remake was okay, but the original one from the late forties was better. I cry every time during the part with the Dutch orphan girl.

It's a film about a man trapped in the life of a woman. Sacrificing all his dreams for others. That's why it's interesting and still relevant, IMO.

If it was a woman, no one would think twice. (like "Family man", with Nicolas Cage, where the wife is just the perfect selfless supporting person and seems to be happy with that...)

YANBU

I thought I'd love it. Story sounded good, I can make allowances for old films and hammy acting...

Nope. Never been able to get past the patronising cheese of the first five minutes. It's terrible.

Yes! “George lassos the moon”. Grrrrr. The name of the kid, Zhou Zhou (or something). Lots I can’t stand

How awful of me to express my opinion.
I will check with you in future before saying anything in case it’s “ridiculous”. 🙄

I've never seen it , but I agree that Mary Poppins is overlong and a bit boring , but the suffragette segments did make me research that period of time when I was 10 ( library) , so something came good from a strange film
( plus the books are far better too!)
'It's a wonderful life ' was my late fils favorite film , but it didn't appeal to me.

You could always just think a bit harder about it yourself.

Wow. You’re so clever!

It's a great film.
And I don't understand how anyone can say that the acting is terrible.
James Stewart , Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed and Harry Travers are all amazing actors.

It's perfectly OK for you to express your opinion on a movie.

It's perfectly OK for me to express my opinion on your opinion

I find it tedious.

It's the bit with the grieving pharmacist slapping George round the head that makes me go 😭

YABU. Mr Gower at the start sets me off early doors and I just love the whole thing. Need to pencil in my pre-Christmas watch actually.

@CourgettesCarrots Same. For me it focuses on the past for too long before the film gets going. Love Clarence the angel but I find the whole thing too sugar-coated and wrapped in a bow around George’s kids. I think that’s one of the problems for me

Him shouting at the daughter is the best bit 🤣 The kids are tedious

I've had 2 husbands who adored/adore IAWL (not actually the types you'd think would sit sniffing through it) I've never let on that I find it a bit meh

Clarence is OK.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

thanks for that analysis, it makes sense (and me like it a bit more!)

It’s dull, slow, in black and white which I dont like, and Jimmy Stewart is terrible anyway. So YANBU, lol. Each of us to their own. Gimme some Muppets or Elf or John McClane anytime!

Im glad im not the only one who hates it op! Its rubbish!

Muppets, Elf; both glorious. 🎄❤️

If DH goes on about it and how it’s a morality tale etc (yes, I’m aware) I can feel my temper rising because it’s such a bore! Donna Reed can’t act.

I went to see it to cheer myself up once and found it really doomy. Don’t know if it was me or the film, but never felt inclined to watch it again. “White Christmas”, or the brilliant “Comfort & Joy”, that’s more like it!

I'm in camp Love It.

It's is sad in parts but the ending is beautiful. I love the crap acting. DH and I like to pepper our conversation with the odd "see, see"

I love it, I have to say.

I wish he didn’t shout at the poor teacher and that nasty man got his comeuppance though!