1946
George Bailey has consistently given up all of his dearest dreams to help others. However when his loan company is looking like it will go bust as some money has been lost George contemplates suicide, as his insurance would help others so an angel comes to show George what the world would be without him.
I went to the cinema to see this, as it was of those films that I seem to have managed to completely miss quite randomly. I found it interesting how attention is drawn to key characters though the textures of there clothes, such as Mary's dancing dress, over through colours. It is black and white, so I suppose that is to be expected. There were some quite bad edits, such as the scene in which Uncle Billy misplaces the money, but mostly it was fairly stylish. The story dragged at points in the growing up stage, as things seemed to get unnecessarily drawn out. There were the completely expected moral and religious overtones. I was not very impressed with the way George could treat Mary when he realized he loved her and his family when he is stressed, and just be excused. I was surprised by the slightly anti-capitalist themes, but they were welcome in contrast to the human themes.
I suppose I sound a bit underwhelmed, and that's because I am. People often say that this is a timeless classic that makes Christmas, but I found it was very of its time. Not to say did not enjoy myself, it was perfectly good fun, but it was not my favorite Christmas film.
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