Fortunately you can take the dvd with you. If you had to pick the top 5 best films ever, you would probably have to pick:
It’s a Wonderful Life,
You Cant Take it With You,
Meet John Doe,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
Mr. Smith is my personal fave, but they are all equally amazing. Frank Capra was a great man, who made films that touch us in ways that other films could never dream of. This film is no exception. Jimmy Stewart (my number one fave actor of all time, second is Bruce Campbell!), is just awesome as usual, but I really loved Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa. Everyone in town calls him Grandpa, and that’s because he represents all Grandfathers. He was once a business man who one day went up to work in the elevator and realized he isn’t doing what he loves to do. He goes back down the elevator and walks away from his job forever.
He becomes a man who lives free and does what he enjoys. He houses a bunch of other like-minded individuals and they live happy and free. Until a banker decides he wants their land and Grandpa refuses to sell at any price. Of course the bankers son (Jimmy) is in love with a girl who lives with Grandpa, and thus we have the standard Frank Capra feel good festival. We know the banker will break down, and we know that the couple will make up, but Capra’s films are not about being unpredictable, but are about humanity and the capacity for good that everyone has.
The banker isn’t such a bad guy, he’s just forgotten how to be good. He has forgotten that life is about living, not surviving. Jimmy says Grandpa’s family has courage. Courage to do what they want to. Most people are scared to spend money, so they save it and do nothing with it.
The message of this movie is that people need fun in their lives. Not to be scared, not to constantly worry about how things will turn out, not to spend their lives doing crap they hate and not how much money they will be able to save…after all, you cant take it with you.
J-KraKen
It’s a Wonderful Life,
You Cant Take it With You,
Meet John Doe,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
Mr. Smith is my personal fave, but they are all equally amazing. Frank Capra was a great man, who made films that touch us in ways that other films could never dream of. This film is no exception. Jimmy Stewart (my number one fave actor of all time, second is Bruce Campbell!), is just awesome as usual, but I really loved Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa. Everyone in town calls him Grandpa, and that’s because he represents all Grandfathers. He was once a business man who one day went up to work in the elevator and realized he isn’t doing what he loves to do. He goes back down the elevator and walks away from his job forever.
He becomes a man who lives free and does what he enjoys. He houses a bunch of other like-minded individuals and they live happy and free. Until a banker decides he wants their land and Grandpa refuses to sell at any price. Of course the bankers son (Jimmy) is in love with a girl who lives with Grandpa, and thus we have the standard Frank Capra feel good festival. We know the banker will break down, and we know that the couple will make up, but Capra’s films are not about being unpredictable, but are about humanity and the capacity for good that everyone has.
The banker isn’t such a bad guy, he’s just forgotten how to be good. He has forgotten that life is about living, not surviving. Jimmy says Grandpa’s family has courage. Courage to do what they want to. Most people are scared to spend money, so they save it and do nothing with it.
The message of this movie is that people need fun in their lives. Not to be scared, not to constantly worry about how things will turn out, not to spend their lives doing crap they hate and not how much money they will be able to save…after all, you cant take it with you.
J-KraKen
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