Thank you. What a wonderful teacher! I love the movie and watch it every year. It was one of my mom’s favorites too, so it is bittersweet. I have been going through a rough patch and had a few George Bailey moments myself. No thoughts of suicide, but wondering about the world if I had never been born. I love the movie for so many reasons, but one of my favorite moments is when George finds Harry’s grave and Clarence reminds him that he really did have a wonderful life. We all need that reminder at times.
Thanks so much for the comment, Stephanie! And so sorry to hear you've been going through that! It truly is one of the most important movies/messages of all time if you ask me.
I love this movie with its many life lessons. I feel like there were many movies and books back in my childhood that prepared me to grow up to both, be a good person and perceive the meaning behind things that happened to me in real life. One other perspective on this movie, that I hope every child sees, is that these are the lessons that aren’t taught enough now days in school, the home or society. And societies moral underpinnings have come loose as a consequence. We don’t have to look any further than Trump and the MAGA’s to know that this is true.
I couldn't agree more. People can memorize information until they're blue in the face, but if they're not learning life's most important lessons, our schools are falling short. I've grown more and more appreciative of these rare sorts of teachers as I've gotten older. Thanks for reading, Joanne!
I've always meant to see this film - it's certainly been analysed enough in screenwriting circles - but what you share about your personal connection to it makes it far more compelling to check out. Thank you!
Thank you. What a wonderful teacher! I love the movie and watch it every year. It was one of my mom’s favorites too, so it is bittersweet. I have been going through a rough patch and had a few George Bailey moments myself. No thoughts of suicide, but wondering about the world if I had never been born. I love the movie for so many reasons, but one of my favorite moments is when George finds Harry’s grave and Clarence reminds him that he really did have a wonderful life. We all need that reminder at times.
Thanks so much for the comment, Stephanie! And so sorry to hear you've been going through that! It truly is one of the most important movies/messages of all time if you ask me.
I love this movie with its many life lessons. I feel like there were many movies and books back in my childhood that prepared me to grow up to both, be a good person and perceive the meaning behind things that happened to me in real life. One other perspective on this movie, that I hope every child sees, is that these are the lessons that aren’t taught enough now days in school, the home or society. And societies moral underpinnings have come loose as a consequence. We don’t have to look any further than Trump and the MAGA’s to know that this is true.
I couldn't agree more. People can memorize information until they're blue in the face, but if they're not learning life's most important lessons, our schools are falling short. I've grown more and more appreciative of these rare sorts of teachers as I've gotten older. Thanks for reading, Joanne!
I've always meant to see this film - it's certainly been analysed enough in screenwriting circles - but what you share about your personal connection to it makes it far more compelling to check out. Thank you!
Very interesting. But, Capra stacked the deck. Hugely. I stopped watching it years ago. https://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-i-loathe-its-wonderful-life.html
SEPARATIONS
Spreads over our lives..
Seeps into everyone…
Swades like the wind turning leafs.
Sweeps the nest empty…
Shapes the future…
Soon we realize.
Some from divorce…
Society can decree…
Staged by age…
Stops, not by nature…
Something we try to control…
Sums up the way things rest.
Shout out grief…
Sound of tears..
Second to none.
Speechless..
Shock…
Shakes us to the core.
Stand up straight…
See the sky…
Spirits are there and
Splashed in the seas…
Spreading the news for thousands of years…
Souls all rejoice…
SAVIOUR is the answer..
SEPARATIONS from us, NEVER.
It's one of the rare exceptions for me where I can tolerate black and white. I admit it's sometimes a pretty huge obstacle for me. I wish it weren't!