It's NOT sentimental hogwash

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2018)

"It's a Wonderful Life" is one of the Top Ten movies of all time. It's almost a perfect movie. I can't think right now of a reason why it's not a perfect movie. There must by a flaw in there somewhere but right now I can't think of one. It truly is a movie that gets better every time I watch it. I find new things to focus on each time I see it. Sometimes it's the dialogue. Sometimes it's religiousness. Tonight I focused on Jimmy Stewart. Wow, he gives a performance of a lifetime. As I watched him tonight, I wondered about Stewart losing the Best Actor Academy Award. Who beat him out? Fredric March in "The Best Years of Our Lives". March was great but I'd give the edge to Stewart. He's in almost every scene. It doesn't matter which way I approach watching "It's a Wonderful Life". It's one of the greatest movies ever made.