Review of the colorized version

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2018)

Review Date 2/19/2018
PLEASE BEWARE OF SOME REVIEWERS THAT ONLY HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. I HAVE OVER 400 REVIEWS OF "CHRISTMAS RELATED FILMS & SPECIALS" WHEN ITS A POSITIVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I REVIEW MOVIES & SPECIALS AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN! I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GEMS IN MY QUEST TO SEE AS MANY " C H R I S T M A S " MOVIES AS I CAN.
Now Someone keeps reporting my reviews. I guess they are jealous because I do tell the truth. I want to point out that I never make snide remarks about actors weight or real life sexual orientation. If there acting is terrible or limited "I talk about that". If a story is bad "I will mention that" So why am I being "picked on"? IMDB? When one of my reviews gets deleted IMDB will not even tell me what someone found offensive. Well on to this review.
"It's a Wonderful Life" was first seen in 1946. In the 1970's the copyright of the film was thought to have lapsed. So for "Around 20 Years" the film was seen almost everyday on any given television channel during December. It was this exposure that made America fall in love with the film. While thought to be in public domain the film was "Colorized" for the first time around 1985. In the 1990's the films copyright was somehow reinstated and re-colorized. Paramount now holds the copyright and they had Legacy films do a new colorized version of the film. The latest can bee seen in the current Paramount Home Video Dvd or Blu-Ray editions.
Now I am not for colorizing films. Even if they are done well I still prefer seeing the film in its intended version.
Now "It's a Wonderful Life" loses something in color. Since it has a "fantasy vibe" to it at times the color just ruins the emotions.
I think the colorization should have had an "oversatution" in the part where George Bailey has an alternate reality of "Bedford Falls". What we get is not a shift in tone that the Black and White film seems to capture all so easily.
Now this film is a true classic and should be seen by all every holiday season. You don't have to celebrate Christmas in order to enjoy the film.
In this film George Bailey is a man who always dreamed of leaving Bedford Falls but for some reason he never can. One night out of years of fighting MR Potter George finds himself at the end of his rope and is about to jump off a bridge. An angel saves him and tries to convince how he does have "A Wonderful Life".
Jimmy Stewart and the entire cast give Star Studded Performances. Keep in mind this film is still being copied in some form or another in 2-3 Hallmark films every year. IF your going to steel ... steel from the best.
See the Original Black and White Version
B/W 10 Stars
Color 4 Stars