lsk (12/17/82)
That movie is one of my all time classics, I , too , could watch it once a day, and I'd cry each time, too!!! Larry S. Kaufman, WECo, NSC, Lisle, Il
heliotis (12/20/82)
I just saw "It's a Wonderful Life" for the first time, here on my public television station. I guess it was entertaining, a rather complete story, and I certainly felt for the protagonist. However, I also had feelings of how it was yet another attempt to rip off Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"; I got the feeling they figured that people could 'relate to' this story better than the old one. Sorry, I shouldn't say "rip off", that's too severe -- Dickens's book certainly heavily inspired the author of this story. The other negative feeling I had to the story was that the average Joe on the street, no matter how good a person he/she is, does not have that much of an impact on Society in the large -- if he's lucky, he enriches the lives of a bunch of people who are close to him. And, how do they show the difference in Bedford Hills (is that a REAL town in the Buffalo - Rochester - Elmira area?)? They show that, instead of its being the "good" town of stereotypical middle-class WASP's, it instead shows all the classic appearances of American "badness": loose women, drinking establishments, porno-movie houses, and everyone is nasssty! Come on, give me a break! However, in the end, I got a positive impression from the movie because of the message Clarence the Angel (is that his name?) left us in the book. But as for holiday tradition, I'll stick with that old English movie version of "A Christmas Carol". :-O oh-noooooooo! Jim Heliotis
lsk (12/21/82)
Regarding Jim H.'s remarks on 'It's a Wonderful Life' -- I have the typical net.landers reaction to someone who attacks one of my most favorite movies in the world. The man is obviously a Pinko, Commie.