One person really can make a difference...

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2003)

It really is a wonderful life
Most Christmas movies we see can be recognized around the world, especially those secular, seasonal films relating to the adventures of annual jolly gift-givers, magical beings made of snow befriending children, and peculiar deer who have the gift of a shiny nasal cavity... But this movie showed the reality of the holidays and life in general. It's a wonderful life is a genuinely good film that show's that even the most simple of people can make such large differences.
Good spirited George Bailey is the man we pay attention to, as we watch him grow up as a boy and meeting the special people in his life. As he grows older, we see an impetuous person with high standards in life and plans for the future, but a flexible and labored person in the same when such adverse events such as *SPOILER* when his father dies and leaves the bank to him, and his brother serve in the war in Europe. We see our impetuous George go through life as a banker with his uncle, when somehow all the money that the bank owned dissapears, meaning the destruction of Bailey's career, and his familiy's well being. Suddenly, we watched the young, happy man slip into anger and fear, and the only way he believes to counter it is to end his life. Here is where the immature angel, Clarence Oddbody enters, and grants Bailey's wish of never being born. We follow the two through the town of Bedford Falls in a journey to see the many lives he touched in his real life, and how his absence afflicted with what he knew. Bailey changes his perception and returns home to live out his days happily with his wife and children.
This movie shows how the real world and the holiday season conflict with each other, and how one person can make a difference in the lives of everyone around him. It truly is an inspiring film, and encourages the mind to believe that it can also do great good to the people and things that it cherishes most in life.
I believe that this film deserves a place as one of the most influential and best films of our time. If only we could take the time out of our lives to imagine what good we do unto both ourselves and others.