Indieweb Movie Club - It's a wonderful life (1946)

This month’s pick for the IndieWeb Movie Club, was It’s a Wonderful Life from 1946. I have heard about this movie many times before but I have never watched it.

As the movie started and the story start to take shape I must confess I got a bit ansiosos about thinking what would happen with him that he would try to end his life.

George Bayle (the main character in the movie) is the kind of man that everyone would be happy to have around. He is always whiling to help and uses his intelligence and means for the good of his community.

George is a man full of dreams that wants to wonder the world and enjoy life but life keeps him on his hometown. We watch him getting married Mary, whom truly loves him and how the both of them participate in the community through George’s business that helps people fulfill their dream of owning a home.

George has Uncle Billy that is his partner in the business and is a bit forgetful and ended up misplacing the money they needed to keep the business afloat. He we have to mention Mr Potter, the richest man in town. He is always trying to get George’s business to fail and the money mistakenly ended up on his hands, which he sees has an opportunity to not return the money and put George and his uncle out of business. Like Mark said on his introduction to the movie Mr. Potter is the equivalent of todays tech billionaires.

Then we meet Clarence the Angel, which the voice we have heard a couple of times through the movie. He is what he calls a Second Class Angel, he is still trying to win his wings and he is hoping that helping George will grant him the wings.

And with Clarence is when the two best moments, in my opinion, happens in the movie. Until this point it is a story of misfortunes, hope and resilience. I had a good laugh when George calls Clarence, Gabriel. And when George was been stubborn and Clarence starts wonder if there isn’t an easier way to get his wings.

It’s a Wonderful Life is a movie where the story is the most important piece of the movie. The story makes us root for George, we see his journey through a difficult life but a joyful one. And when Clarence magically changes things has if George was never born, is George himself that sees that his had a life that he should be grateful for.

When things are back to normal the movie teaches us another lesson about community and friendship as we see George returning home and that his friends had chip in for him to help him out has he have done to many of them.

Another great movie that I wouldn’t have seen it if wasn’t for the Indieweb Movie Club. I look forward to read everyone’s reviews.

Thanks Mark for hosting this month’s Indieweb Movie Club, it was a great pick. For next month we will be watching Ghost In The Shell from 1995. I haven’t watched this movie yet but I have seen the trailer and I think it will be different from anything we have watch together at the movie club but I think I will enjoy it.