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As much as I would like to, I'm not going to the AMC theater to see "It's a Wonderful Life" on the big screen.
The heartwarming Frank Capra classic starring Jimmy Stewart,
Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and a host of other great actors is one of my all-time favorite films. I have it on DVD and watch it every Christmas. I have never seen it on a big screen, so the temptation is great.
But here's the problem. I lose it emotionally every time I see it. I'm fine throughout the movie until it gets to the end. When the entire town turns out to save George Bailey's (Stewart) small building and loan company with a basketful of cash and a promise of a loan from a wealthy high school friend I start getting choked up. When George's brother, the World War II hero who George had saved from drowning when they were kids, raises his glass in a toast to "George Bailey, the richest man in town" I turn into a pile of mush.
Yes, I know, it's a hokey movie, not unlike most of Capra's films. It's full of mush and some overacting. But its message is timeless and important. That is, that any person, if never born, would leave a great hole. That is proven to George by an angel sent to set him straight when his on the verge of suicide.
I just don't think I'm ready to get teary-eyed in a public theater. So, I'll pull the movie out of the DVD storage place soon and either watch it by myself or with a good friend; someone who won't poke fun at me for getting that lump in my throat.
If you haven't seen it, go rent it. It's really worth the time. And if you get choked up, don't worry, whoever you're watching it with is likely doing the same.
Hope you have a great holiday. And it really can be a wonderful life.
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