Sebs' First time watching It's A Wonderful Life feat Ali (Reaction!)
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2023
- Beautiful movie. Sure, slow. But beautiful. Just the reminder I needed before Christmas. #itsawonderfullife #merrychristmas #sebsandalireact
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I can't imagine cutting even a single scene in this movie every scene have meaning and purpose
It hurt my ears when he said that.
So true! There is not one line of unnecessary dialogue or a scene which is even a second too long. The filmmakers knew exactly what was required to create atmosphere or a tone that would result in an emotional response from the audience.
There are numerous films from the Golden Era which are fairly short and very precise - all the ones now called Film Noir in particular- and have not one second of wasted screen time; they immediately establish everything the audience needs to know and move at incredible pacing. When films did have a longer run time, it is because the story requires it. And films might have seemed longer because audiences enjoyed spending their time at the movies. But by and large, most films in previous decades as well as today have an average run time of 90 minutes. It is more a matter of perception because the editing style was not rapid-fire as it is today; editing used to allow actors sufficient time to act, react, and convey more with body language and facial expressions, without constant cutting away back and forth (often with no actual need to do so.)
It's just the way of the world now. It can never go back. Young(ish) adults were raised on faster, quicker, instant gratification. It seems hard for them to savor character or plot development.
Things have changed.
But, I'm glad I grew up in an era that got these rich stories. ♡ (and the music of the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s - heck, I even like some of the music from the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s! Yeah, I'm glad to be older now!♡)
@@wallyboy6666Can’t agree more. While I love some of the advancements of today, I’m glad i’m old enough to have lived through the 50s and had parents who talked about the Great Depression and WWII, etc. Actually made me curious enough to read about the history of the early part of the last century.
He would probably know what was going on if she would stop telling him everything that was going on lol
Thank you! I had to turn it off after five minutes because she wouldn't shut up.
Why are you explaining every scene to him? I rhink he's smart enough to follow the plot.
Lol that's what I was saying.. I was kinda ruining the reaction a little bit. He is and adult that can clearly make out what's happening. They seem like a nice couple BUT they need to react to the movie. But don't explain every little thing.
Thank you, I as wondering the same thing. He isn't dense, all he has to do is not talk through the dialog and he'll understand what's going on. Each scene is self explanatory. Makes the reaction hard to watch. Almost didn't watch the whole thing. Talking through dialog they're missing critical information. I guess history was not taught in their schools about the Stock Market Crash of 1929 that brought on the Great Depression. Run on the banks were people wanting to get their money out of the bank before it collapsed. Moving hand on a clock measured the seconds.@@phglam
Yeah, but it looked like he simply wanted to leave or watch something, anything else. Maybe he'll appreciate how great this movie is when he's older.
I admit, I was wondering the same thing
Yeah, I admit I kinda got bored watching this reaction because it was being stopped every two seconds.
Jimmy Stewart is a true American hero. A full bird colonel at the end of the WW2, he flew 29 bombing missions over Germany in a Liberator. After the war, he stayed in the Air Force Reserve and became a Brigadier General. He took his service seriously.
This was Jimmy Stewarts first film after WW2, and acting in this movie actually helped him with his PTSD.......
I love Jummy Stowart
@Stringer13ell
It's "Jimmy"🙄
Reallyyy, people, Merry Christmas 🎉
@@CoastalNomad
It's "Jimmy" 🙄
@@CoastalNomad
It's " Jimmy"!!!!🙄
Has anyone else noticed that when George prays to live again, when he is calling to Clarence nothing happens yet, but when he finally says “Please God. I want to live again”. That’s when the snow starts to fall and he’s back. The true heartfelt prayer was answered. Has been a favorite movie for decades. I actually think I have it memorized. 🎄🔔❤
Thanks so much for pointing that out! ❤
Wow I never caught that! Thanks for pointing that out.
Yes!!! True ~~~~That gave me goosebumps ❤
@@jodyjackson5475 - pretty funny I never realized that the movie started with everyone praying for George! It was their prayers that were answered!
Yes, I noticed that. It's a powerful scene. It's sort of the scene in Ben Hur, when he is dying of thirst, and passes out and falls in the ground, and right before he loses consciousness, he said, "God, help me." Then, a shadow covers him, and it's Jesus, as they were just passing through Nazareth.
I'm sorry. You are an absolutely lovely couple but I just couldn't finish watching because I can't watch any movie with someone that explains every little thing... not even my own family. I hope you enjoyed it and it becomes both of your favorite movie! Merry Christmas.
Every time this movie appears on TV I must watch it. Has me in floods of tears always. Thank you 🩷
Same here! After the dust settles, on Christmas night, I turn on this movie for at least 30 years now. ❤ Love Love it!!!
Haha! Agreed. Every year i get emotional😢
She practically told you the whole story before you watched it. Talk about spoilers. You should have experienced the movie on your own.😂🤣✌️❤️
Yes and also talked all over the movie. She might as well just told him everything and not even watched it. Watch other reaction videos and take notes. I know you need to stop periodically for copyright but this was just you guys talking. I clicked off.
Definitely room for some constructive criticism here ...
I'm not so sure she spoiled it by giving away the whole story, but in a way she kind of distracted from the movie with too much explanation and pausing ..
This movie requires feeling the moment, the dialogue, the buildup...
The first time you watch it there may be questions about what's going on, but it becomes clear as the movie progresses and makes it even more enjoyable to rewatch
I think they are both sweet, and I love her jammies, but definitely should have let it run a little more and explain a little less...
It's hard to really FEEL a movie when someone is interrupting the cadence, especially a movie like this one
Every line matters
That was a little painful to watch, I enjoyed y’alls chemistry and video but I feel it’s hard to enjoy a movie when someone is literally explaining every line or stopping every 15 minutes to ask, what do you think, what do you think. Less is more, I understand pointing out easy to miss key points but not every single detail
I could have written the exact same review! @@brendaleeirizarry1724
I totally agree. I just wish you both would have just kept quiet and watched the movie. I didn't think there was any need for Allie to give him a play-by-play or give him any background. I mean, that's what a movie's all about. Let him enjoy it and watch it for the first time like we all did!
Hi Sebs, im a disabled US Marine. I lost my right leg for the Corps. Your channel has rapidly become my favorite. You and Ali are great people. No you are NOT a coward just because you never served. Semper Fi
Sheesh did he have to have EVERYTHING explained to him???
YES, she was absolutely Annoying talking and giving her comments.
Leave the guy alone to watch movie.
She is ABSOLUTELY S- MOTHERING HIM!
HE Will leave at some point if you do not stop bugging him...
I've always loved Jimmy Stewart. He had a lifelong habit of overall positivity, even in real life.
He told a story once that an anonymous man came up to him to tell him how much Jimmy meant to him. The man prefaced it that "it probably doesn't mean much to you, but" then Jimmy stopped him and told him "it means everything." He was George Baily in life.
Towards the end of the film when George was despondent, Jimmy Stewart was drawing on personal experience. He was one of Hollywood actors who went to war not for publicity but for the duration of the war. He was a bomber pilot in Europe & lost many of his friends. In fact he stayed in the Air Force retiring in 1968 as a Brigadier General having flown in WWII, Korea & Vietnam.
People used to enter adulthood at much younger ages, and it was much less about the age of majority than it was the amount of responsibility an individual took on. This is true of all of us, but especially true of men. Boys are irresponsible, but men understand and carry as much responsibility as they possibly can carry, and perhaps just a bit more than they think they can carry. This is what makes the men all of us admire! Thanks for spotting this age old truism in the movie! You are Aces!
So true and so well said 😊
To my big brother George, the richest man in town............and he wasn't talking money. Best line among several in the movie!
You don't mess with perfection. Don't give Hollywood another idea on how to try and ruin a classic.
That's exactly what they'd do. Esp if it was flippin, trippin Disney.
Classics thread in lines and events throughout, so, to cut out one part will mess up other parts.
SO many whiners about remakes. Think about how many times Shakespeare's plays have been adapted to stage and screen...but you still can read the originals, unadulterated, by cracking open a book. No one is ever changing the original, perfect It's A Wonderful Life, so don't get your panties in a bunch. Just don't watch whatever remake comes out. By the way, Disney wasn't the one who prevented all of us from seeing the original, un-updated Star Wars that was originally released...blame George Lucas for that foul-up.
Fun fact: when movies are remade, they don’t burn all copies of the original. Therefore, nothing is ever ruined merely by being remade.
Well said. Who are we to change these timeless masterpieces?
The movie bombed at the box office and was considered a failure, so much so that they allowed the rights to expire, and it fell into public domain. Once in the public domain any tv station could play it for free as often as they wanted which they did causing viewers to grow up watching it. Then sometime in the 90's the studio was able to reclaim its rights.
that's not why it went into the public domain. they just forgot to renew the copyright. it was just a book keeping error. "Liberty Films" was well defunct by the 1990s. ted turner, the billionaire, bought the rights, quite illegally, and the rights to hundreds of other films. that's why its no longer in the public domain. (ted turner is the idiot who started all this colorization crap.)
Liberty Films, owned by frank capra, only made 2 movies. this and "state of the union" a few years later.
Jimmy Stewart blamed Donna Reed
@@cjmacq-vg8um yeah thats what i said.
So... does Ali have to explain every movie to you minute by minute LOL? I felt like you could have understood what was going on on your own. No, they did not dub in voices after filming on films during this era. For me, this is an annual favorite and I love to watch people react to it for the first time.
Yup they did not dub voices afterwards. And actually in the scene Uncle walks home drunk he actually didn’t knock over any trash can, an assistant dropped a bunch film canisters while they were filming and the actor who played uncle Billy ad-libbed the scene on the spot and they kept it in
You told your husband the end of the movie before it even starts, sucks for him! ((:
Most likely forgotten before they got to the end of the movie!
Hey, you know, the movie is speaking (it's actually telling you the story) and you're walking all over it. How is that beneficial to creating a complete picture for review?
He wasn't "manhandling" her, but whatever, no, no one would have found it objectionable.
"I" don't find if objectionable. Yes, everyone used to know how to dance. How could you not know that, and think it was just in the movies? Have you never been to a wedding, a formal dinner/dance? In the forties, they knew how to waltz, two-step, tango, cha-cha and on and on. My parents used to win dance competitions. Then the jive came in and everyone knew how to do it. That's what men and women used to do: go to dances. That's how they met, courted, not getting drunk or high in a bar and then having sex.
Ali is right.best christmas movie ever.Jimmy Stewert (George Bailey) imo is the greatest actor ever
If you want to light a match off the ground or your shoe, you're looking for "Strike Anywhere" matches. The other kind are called "Safety Matches" and require a special striking surface to ignite (like the dark strip on a pack of paper matches).
Stewart flew 20 missions in WWII. The most deadly service of WWII, 51% died, 76% were killed, wounded or captured.
He lived through a horror and still working thru his PTSD making this movie.The anguish on his face was very real.
He became a brigadier general.
I know a man who was a friend of Jimmy Stuarts and he said Jimmy Stuarts said that that prayer at Martinis was Not acting. He was genuinely calling on God for real, that was jim 100% real working through the trauma he had experienced in his experiences in the WW2 flying missions. Once he was flying a mission when the bottom of his plane was shot out and men fell to their deaths screaming. He and his co pilots legs were literally dangling out the bottom of the plane but managed to land.
The best reaction video I ever saw was when one woman hardly said any words, but you could see in her eyes, tears, gasps and facial expressions. It was truly touching. You saw her reactions, you didn't get a lot of verbalization. Way too many reactors feel they have to talk, but it actually takes away.
In Garth Brooks song, The Dance, "dance" is a metaphor for life. It sums up everything this movie is about. "I could've missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance"
Love that song
Another good one of his, along the same lines is "The River".
Every time I watch this movie, I still cry at the end! I've seen it probably over 100 times too.
~ One of the oddest reaction videos I’ve seen, due to the fact that you felt the need to explain every scene to your husband. Don’t care to speculate on why that is, but it’s a pretty easy film to figure out without direction ~
It was so fk. N annoying!!!!
I only lasted 10 minutes into this reaction…
Honestly I think she loves the film so much that she really wanted him to understand and like it, but it was overkill
@@Jmiranda70 her constant distracting him and talking over the dialogue made it so that he never got fully immersed in the story or invested into the characters in the first part of the film. He missed so much witty and humorous dialogue, and key things that were said.
This was unwatchable. Her constant talking over the dialogue caused me to quit watching after 15 minutes.
The bartender who threw them out of the bar was played by Sheldon Leonard who went on to produce comedies in the golden age of television. Sheldon and Leonard in TBBT were named in his honor.
Yep. Leonard produced some of the best tv shows of the time - Andy Griffith, I Spy, Gomer Pyle, Dick Van Dyke show. A real tv legend!
Best Christmas movie ever!!
My favorite movie of all time and I've seen them all...trust me. So many moments that hit me every time and make me tear up, but one that I think people miss a lot is at the end where Harry toasts George as "The richest man in town". Ugh that gets me. The look in George's face that he realizes that he is experiencing exactly what his Dad dedicated his life to and towards. This was his Dad's life ambition dream. And he was the embodiment of his Dad's purpose. See that moment mirrors the beginning where George runs to his father about the poisoned pills. He told Mr Potter that his father was bigger than him. And again when Mr Potter tried to get the Building and Loan shut down after George's Dad died. He told Mr. Potter that in his opinion "his Dad died a much richer man that he (Mr. Potter) would ever be!". And here now was George realizing in that moment that he and his family were the fulfillment of his Dad's legacy. All of the town singing and coming together to empower and lift each other up and through hard times was the fulfillment of his Dad's dream and legacy. George was his Dad and what made his life so valuable with riches far beyond anything Mr Potter could ever have was all the things he did in life sacrificing of himself in order to serve others. It did all come back multiplied many, many, many times over.
When I was much younger I watched this movie more times than I can count. I've watched it more times than any other in my life. Although I always loved the movie, I argued when I was very young that George's life was still a failure because he never got to live out his dreams. Now life experience has taught me that that there can (and probably will be) a big difference between one's dreams and one's purpose. Everyone should have dreams and goals. No doubt about that. And there is value in achieving them. But life's long lasting and immeasurable value comes from the fulfillment of purpose as in that is where we connect and touch others. And when you align your dreams with your purpose, you leave your mark on this world that continues to build and thrive and multiply far beyond the years you live.
Man... I love this movie.
It's perfect the way it is, no recutting.
Yes, she did spoil it..and she needs to just let the movie unfold ... too much talking over the movie and not picking up on the personalities of the characters.. I can't stick around to see your reaction...
I lasted maybe five minutes.
This is a must for me on Christmas Eve.
Always makes me cry a couple if times. Glad you got to see it.
I tear up pretty much all the way through - tender moments get me more than sad ones.
He's almost mature enough to appreciate the movie. Maybe in another ten or twenty years he will get it.
Younger people find it difficult to relate to being banged around by life like George was. People were raised differently then. My parents were from that generation. My brothers and I were taught values, morals and faith as they were. Thank God I was was raised like that. Not the Self centered, entitled kids of the last couple of generations. It left us with a developed sense of deep feeling and caring on a level that is mocked these days. The ones who mock have No Idea what they have been robbed of. It's one thing to have mental assent, it's another to be able to Feel. Today that's a rare find.
@@texasps91 I've seen a good many reaction videos to this movie, all of them by young people. They all got it and loved it. They all were pretty much crying at the end. Age doesn't have anything to do with this. Maturity...that's another story. This was the worse reaction video I've ever seen - couldn't stay with it as it was so infuriating. Will not be back to see another.
👏 My absolute most FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE ! 🎄
James Stewart was the actor playing George Bailey, this movie was not voice overthat was the twenties when they started adding sound. James Stewart quit the movies for a while ti join the Army Air Force., where he became a fearsome bomber pilot.and had many kills. He came back a national hero and later went back to his movie career to become one of our most loved actors!!!
I’m 62 and it was only about 30 years ago I finally saw this. I always thought it was gonna be silly and it was black and white. I’m sorry I waited. It’s the most amazing story, acting, and production ever.
Seb when you were talking about watching the second half over and over but not the first. But you understood that you needed the background and the buildup etc it made me think of a song by Garth Brooks. I can't remember if you've reacted to it or not. If you haven't, YOU MUST! The emotion I saw in you just now.... The song says "I could have missed the pain... But I'd have had to miss the dance." We don't always understand or appreciate that we really do have to go through hard things. We weren't put on this Earth just to play and party. My mom went through more than most humans could bear but her saying was Jesus (supposedly) saying, "I never said it would be easy, only that it would be worth it." Maybe that's why my family watched this movie EVERY Christmas if my life. Lol And I still watch it every few years. ❤❤❤
Moving forward…y’all need to watch a movie neither of you have seen…just sayin’.✌🏼
This movie is a classic and cannot be improved.
Yes!! Everyone knew how to dance, it’s not a movie thing.😊
YES! The CHARLESTON dance was a REAL THING.
I love this movie and jumped right on when I saw that you were going to react to it. Unfortunately, it was pretty clear that Sebs wasn't interested/engaged.....gum chewing, fidgeting, etc. and Ali was wanting him to love it so much. I get this feeling with my husband sometimes too when I really, really want him to feel like I do and he doesn't. I guess you have to be in the right frame of mind.....
Sliding on a shovel ABSOLUTELY works! Used to do it as a kid all the time.
😳 Wouldn’t you break your nose (with the shovel handle) if you hit something, though? 🤷♀️💐
Sometimes, LOL! More often than not, we'd just spin out of control. Trick to not getting beaked was to choose a nice flat smooth slope. Unfortunately, we had a small creek at the end of our hill so we usually ended up just getting soaked.@@goosebump801
It should be noted that I think they were using coal shovels - since most people at the time had coal-fired furnaces, which had to be hand-shoveled. These shovels have a flatter bottom. (Don't think snow shovels would work at all.)
@@johnnehrich9601 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovel_racing, LOL! Probably a good thing I never knew about this...
My favorite Christmas movie!
How I truly wanted to watch Sebs react to this timeless classic BUT……I feel he wasn’t paying attention, found fault with minor things in the movie and was just not interested. Ali, you gave it your best shot and perhaps by the emotional ending, Sebs might have been glad he watched it. I hope so.
A fabulous film. It could just as easily be called 'It's a Wonderful Wife.'
Oh sure daloki, it us AL ABOUT the female!
Gimme a frigging brake already....
@@Steve-gx9otbrake?😅 Donna Reed was all that
Grow a set,
chief Screaming chicken 😮
@@Steve-gx9ot pay attention to what Clarence wrote in the book.
WOW. Possibly the most annoying reaction I've ever seen. I've seen tons of movie reactions and several of this movie. I've even seen plenty of reactions where one of the two reactors has already seen the film. Usually it works fine because the "non reactor" keeps their mouth shut. This reaction has zero competition as the worst ever - it's not even close.
What's more annoying than someone who's already seen a film explaining every line of a movie to someone that hasn't already seen it? Answer: When the person that has already seen the film doesn't fully understand or gives incorrect/incomplete information. Sebs wasn't given a chance to react or even a second, on his own, to understand what was happening/happened. Being spoon-feed the story as it happens is not a good way to watch a film - and worse when watching for the (non-existent) reaction. How can you react when the other person is reacting FOR you?
YOU ARE SO RIGHT! 💯
Something tells me just watching his reaction throughout, that if it wasn't for his wife he wouldn't have sit through the whole movie.
That’s likely because she didn’t allow him to get immersed into the story. Instead she explained everything instead of allowing him to get to know the characters. Like the whole thing of saying, “if you didn’t know the character of Mr. Potter yet…..” She was the person that pulled him out of it over and over.
@@Coonazz791 watch him though I mean he's chewing bubble gum like jeez this movie is slow. Trust me he wasn't really into this movie until the end.
You take a classic like "12 Angry Men" he would never sit through that movie by his self. Some people can't sit through slow movies they have to have action or the plot moving quickly.
@@utcnc7mm sorry, but my sister is just like her and when she does the same thing with movies she’s seen before, it takes me out of the movie and it’s hard to enjoy. That’s why I don’t watch movies with her anymore.
@@Coonazz791 yep known a few people like that
@@utcnc7mm but that’s what I’m saying. When you keep taking someone out of the movie, you can’t say how they would enjoy it since a person like that isn’t allowing them to.
James Stewart…one of the finest actors to grace the screen ♥️
~ My All Time Favorite Actor in most every genre except Musicals ✅
It's called virtue and being of good character anddd being responsible and respectful. Nowadays it's all about me, me me and me.
If you still feel like you need to cut off the first half and just watch the second half again you've missed what the core of that movie is and cheated the nostalgia of a classic.
It's Henry Potter. Played by Lionel Barrymore, brother of John Barrymore and also Ethel Barrymore. John was grandfather to Drew Barrymore. The three siblings were all wonderful, talented actors. Lionel developed crippling arthritis and ended up playing many of his roles in a wheelchair. About ten years before this movie, he and James Stewart were in another Capra classic, "You Can't Take It With You", where Barrymore is a completely different character from Potter.
If the guy didn't want to watch this - she should've done it her self..
This is one of my favorite Christmas classics we've watched for years. Love, love, love this classic.
~ What are you talking about? The soundtrack wasn’t recorded over silent film, excepting extremes outside weather conditions, where the voices would be dubbed in away from a closeup view of the actors mouthing the words. You really think they could match the two together so seamlessly? Never heard anyone come up with that one ~
The fun part of rewatching the first part is noticing tiny details which build character, build relationships, establish the lifestyle of people from the time period before WW2. In the Bailey household, there is a framed piece on the wall of a group of butterflies and later in
George’s house, we see it again. So either it was a hobby of George’s father, or George himself and shows an interest in science, the natural world and art. When Mr. Gower’s son died, it was from the Spanish Flu pandemic after WW1, which caused more deaths than the war itself. The swimming pool underneath the gym floor was a new, state-of-the-art design tried out in high schools being built during in the building boom of the 1920’s before the Crash and Great Depression. The intense scene between Mary and George on the telephone shows the inner conflict of George who wanted to travel, have adventures and accomplish great successes but was torn between his personal desires and his dedication towards family, friends, his hometown, duty, and making a moral choice. It was a similar inner conflict to what so many people had when WW2 broke out and they enlisted but still knew there was a big chance they would die, be captured or become wounded.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and insightful remarks. There are so many monumental events and changes during the time period depicted. If you have an understanding of that history, it makes this story even richer. Thank you for pointing out such interesting examples!
Got to remember, people might go to the movies 75 years ago once or twice a month, after working 40-50 hours, there was basically no TV in the 30s and 40s, so long movies gave them a break from the kids for a bit. Todays attention span is just too short tbh, I was born in 64 and I love movies from before my time much more than modern movies. Nothing every really gets better, I mean Bach and Beethoven vs. Rock and Roll, PLEASE.
No, sound was recorded at the same time. People look for mistakes sometimes like shadows of the overhead microphones or microphones peeking out of places. In this film, there was narration done over the film for the angels at the beginning. Narration was added in certain films especially detective films. Sometimes dialogue had to be replaced and re-recorded but it was not customary. However, in Italy, it was the tradition to always record sound separately.
This is correct. In fact the scene where Uncle Billy walks away drunk after the party, you hear him off camera fall into metal trash cans. In reality, someone in production dropped a tray of film reels and the actor played it off as intentional.
I appreciate you trying to show him a classic but geez. It would be helpful if you didn’t explain everything before it happens. Really destroys the power and emotional impact of the story. He might have a bit more intelligence and depth than you give him credit for.
Exactly! She ruined this video!!
Sir, I appreciate your discussion in the car at the end. Society has messed up a lot of people's mind.... We needs to get back to the Essentials.
I'm not sure that it's so much a matter of him not catching a break, as much as it's about George Bailey's active decision to put others' interests - and in some cases, the greater good interests - ahead of his own. It was not a matter of him having bad luck; he was actively willing and deciding to make sacrifices for others. A trait generally unheralded in today's American culture, unfortunately, which explains a whole hell of a lot.
Amen brother ❤
I couldn't disagree with you more. WHEN you rewatch this, you really need to see the whole thing through again. You will see that every scene moves the story ahead. Not one minute should be cut. It's perfect just the way it is.
"Let me prepare you for this movie by telling you the plot of the movie" SMH
James Stewart was a brigadier general officer in the air force. The highest ranking actor. Many actors joined the military. Seb you can't just skip to get the good parts. You lose the lesson.. everytime you learn some thing new. Just like life...maybe your impatience is why things aren't going the way you expected...Ali luckily is your guide to patience. It's obvious she explains the movie because you don't have the patience to learn and understand. Important ingredient in life. Frustration is all you get trying to get to the good stuff.
This generation needs to see what a good woman is and what a good man is. Too many flicks emphasize sleaze as being the goal in life, and not integrity and love.
Thank you!! Couldn't have said it better myself!
Definitely a Christmas classic. The run on the bank was to reference the great depression in the US. I think it is time for Ali to suggest more old Hollywood classics.❤😊🎄
Yes! I suggest:
- Philadelphia Story
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Plus just about anything else with Jimmy Stewart or Katharine Hepburn… ❤️💐
My other must see Christmas movie is The Bishops Wife. Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven. It,s what The Preacher’s Wife is based on and in my opinion is a better movie. But I’m a sucker for the old classics.
Obviously won't be fully appreciated.
God No! Not if she’s already seen them! I just don’t think either of them can truly appreciate or relate to classic films.,it would be absolute torture!
Why? All they’ll do is talk through it like they did with this one ..
Lack of paying attention ruins the whole thing for everyone. WOW!
👍 👍
Two things
1.) The crow shown in the Building and Loans Office was actually a Raven, a trained bird that appeared in almost every Director Frank Capra film and it is also the same "crow" that landed on the Scarecrow's shoulder in the Wizard of Oz.
2.) James Stewart (George Bailey) was a real war hero as he piloted B-24 Bombers over Germany and commanded entire bomber squadrons. He remained in the Air Force Reserves after the war attaining the rank of General. You can look it up.
New watcher and new commenter, but I have watched this movie with my family for years! It’s one of the only Christmas traditions we truly have together. Glad you finally got around to watching it.
The greatest movie ever made, and you keep your re-cutting hands off it!! There has been one remake of it, and it was a made for television production called "It Happened One Christmas." It starred Marlo Thomas in a gender switch, because nobody could ever compare to Jimmy Stewart. It's worth a watch, just for comparison, if nothing else. It amazing to know it was based on a short story titled "The Greatest Gift" which was sent by the author, Philip Van Doren, as a Christmas "card." The director, Frank Capra made several movies with this uplifting theme, so many they nicknamed them "Capra-corn" because they were so positive or "corny." Try "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" with Jimmy Stewart; or "It Happened One Night" with Clrak Gable and Claudette Colbert ... both feel good and classics in their own rite. I enjoyed your reaction very much! Oh, and by the way, the matches were made differently ... wooden sticks and they had a special head that could be lit by running it across nearly anything. I've seen people light one using their thymb nail across it. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
What man wouldn’t be blessed to have Mary in his life!
My observation watching you guys was twofold. I am a 70 year old man, and I could see her obvious love for this movie from start to finish. He looked disinterested throughout the first half, and eventually started coming around. The comments at the end made me realize how much the message of the movie meant. I have watched this countless times, many many times with my oldest daughter. This movie means a great deal to me. Thanks guys.
He probably would have been more interested earlier on in the movie, if the wife would shut up and allow him get immersed in the story
Have to admit that I too stopped 5mins in. Once she said the angel coming down wasn't spoilers I knew I was in trouble! Its a little tough when you want someone to enjoy something but yeah experiencing something pure is better i think. Skipped to the end. Good reaction and what you got from it, the 2nd half is the pay off but the first half if you really pay attention keys you into how hard it was for George to get disappointed time after time. There is no appreciation without the first half. Merry Christmas everyone!
Jimmy Stewart was undergoing some pretty severe depression and post traumatic stress from the war. His acting in this was very real.
4:52 Funny you mentioned the sound design, it was recorded live for this film. That, combined with the director’s desire for close up shots, necessitated the invention of a new method of creating movie snow - foamite, sugar and soap. Industry standard at the time was painted cornflakes, but the crew quickly learned they were way too loud on the mics and also attracted the local deer population!
12:19 Dude he didn't "manhandle" her. There was no malice in him. And a man that wrongly handles a woman either doesn't care if he hurts one. Or he intends to hurt one. Also, no one used to need to be handled like a snowflake. Seriously. No sarcasm intended. I don't wanna be manhandled, but I also don't wanna be treated like I'll break.
I first watched this as a kid in the 60s. I have never heard anything negative about that or anything else in the movie. That's coz it's pure. Pure goodness. 👍
Ohhhh ! 👏😊 The Best Christmas Movie ! 🎄
Yo that monologue at the end of the reaction is beautiful!!
Next time make it a movie neither of you have seen.
Re-cut? Please tell me you're joking. This is perfection.
Yes Frank Capra was one of The Best directors in Hollywood during this era. We need these films now more than ever!
Stumbled upon your channel directly due to this magnificent film. So much to glean from this than what's on the surface. From relationships, to the little nuances within each backstory to the progression of each character arc...just brilliant. George's prayer in the bar & on the bridge is one of the scenes captured on film. There are tremendously heartfelt. Yeah, there's a couple of scenes that might have been shot better but that doesn't take away from the heart of the story. ---your post-commentary on duty & the link to faith got me. Only a person of character would say such...I'm subscribing. (If you see this, may I recommend "The Shop Around the Corner", a story with a Christmas setting & also with Jimmy Stewart & equally rich.)
Yes, Shop Around The Corner, a favorite of mine, much better than the the You’ve Got Mail remake 👌
I’m soooo glad to find you here tonight!!!! Love you guys!!!! 😊❤
My immediate reaction is please don't watch movies you've seen -- or else **do not explain the movie to the one who hasn't seen it while it's going on.** Reaction fun is in seeing what comes across and what doesn't and how the viewer perceives what they see. Answer the other's questions when they ask because they don't get it. The things they don't get are a lot of the point of reactions. You don't need to tell him what the Angel is going to do, the Angel will show him.
And the dancing - yes I think most young and old people could in fact dance the most popular dances and they changed over time. That was the case all the way up through about 1970 or so if my experience is real. I can still do the Twist.
Good grief Ali! Your husband seems intelligent enough to understand a movie's dialogue. I think he can follow the movie without you explaining every little thing. And talk about spoilers! If I were watching a movie with you that you had already seen I’d have to tell you to Shut The F*** Up!!
As soon as Clarence is onscreen you say, that’s the angel. I’m pretty sure Sebastian could’ve figured that out when Clarence introduced himself as Clarence Oddbody, angel-2nd class.
I’m glad you’re reacting to movies now & of course I’m going to continue to watch. But please be mindful of the over sharing if it’s something you’ve seen before.
I’m still giving a 👍🏼 because I know that’s important for content creators. To be honest, though, I almost stopped watching several times.
11:20 In those days, you could light a match by striking it against any rough surface, by friction alone. But accidents were common, so someone invented "safety matches," where some of the chemicals in the match head were put into a strip on the matchbook, so you could only strike the match on that strip.
I feel like he didn’t get a chance to react as the movie went along. She kinda talked all over him.
You think???
Karolyn Grimes, the little girl who played Zuzu, is still alive. i think she's 83. I believe she owns a shop called Zuzu's Petals. She had a very sad life in many ways, but she has a positive outlook on life.
No tears from either of you? You hard-hearted creatures!
My Dad was what they called a "soda jerk" for a pharmacy. The soda/ice cream shop was small and tucked in the back of his small town pharmacy. Dad would serve customers, as a young middle/high school kid. It was his job in between his paper route. Eventually my Dad went to college and became a Pharmacist. He spoke fondly of these times. And, this movie was his favorite.
Mary, (Donna Reed) was actually 20 during the movie. They grew fast in the first half of the 20th Century.
Just remember, No man is a failure whose has friends. It is a Christmas movie.
God bless
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Yes, they were dancing the Charleston properly. 1946 is not long after the Charleston was the fad. The Charleston was danced into the ‘30s becoming incorporated into the Lindy Hop and Jitterbug… continuing into the 1940s with this film being made in ‘46. So people still knew how to dance the Charleston and, if they didn’t, they learned for the movie. 🤷🏻♂️
The Charleston scene in the movie is 1928. This movie does not take place in the mid-40s, with the exception of the end portion of the film. From the time the money is lost onward.
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Read - and do try to understand - my comment again. And if you STILL fail to understand… try again, then again and again.
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I said: “…INTO the ‘30s”, and then “continuing into the ‘40s”. He was asking about the ACTORS… about whether or not they could actually dance the Charleston! The ACTORS were MAKING the film in 1945/46.
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If it helps you understand a little more, read the last sentence of my comment 🤷🏻♂️
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Humblest apologies. I shouldn’t have launched into a raving tirade at you.
The film came out shortly after WW2 and Jimmy Stewart was actually suffering from what today would be called PTSD. He was much older than the ages he portrayed through much of the early part of the film, but he was such a revered actor that it was accepted.
Awwwwww ❤
Sound was recorded separately. That is why they used the clapper. It was used to synchronize picture and sound.
I own a DVD of this. It's absolutely my favorite. The actors r great and the story is great.
When you drop a rock into the water, you have no idea what shores the waves touched. This is the message of the movie for me. You don't know what you say or do affects people you may never even meet.
Been married 29 years, I don't think my husband will ever be able to sit through this movie.
There was no MPAA rating system until 1968 (PG, R, etc.) - before that an industry-wide set of restrictions called the Hayes Code, which began around 1935, dictated what types of scenes were appropriate and inappropriate in movies. That's why earlier movies from the 1930's-50's tended to be more idealistic rather than realistic, until more adult themes started creeping in during the 50's and 60's, and the industry realized they needed some kind of rating system. Incidentally, movies prior to 1935 (silent films, and the first few years of talkies) are often referred to as "pre-code" - and while it wasn't necessarily widespread, you might be surprised by the kind of risque themes and material they would show way back then - nudity, drugs, violence, etc. - which is why the Hayes Code was developed in the first place.
Just one of several incorrect comments by the person that ruined this reaction. Spoiler alert: Sebs wife spoils this reaction continually throughout this reaction.
The Hays was incredibly restricted. Couldn't show much blood when someone got shot. Even married couples could not be shown sleeping in the same bed (notice how George doesn't really get into bed). Big fight to have the 1939 movie, Gone With The Wind end with "frankly my dear, I don't give a DAMN!" despite it being so important in the best-seller novel of the same name. Psycho c. 1960 was the first movie to actually show a toilet being flushed, and a lot of fuss was made about the inclusion of the word "transvestite."
This is one of the greatest films of all time. No question. I probably watched about 10 reactions to this in the last week.