It's a Wonderful Life

Last night, I went to see It’s a Wonderful Life with my mother, aunt, sister and a friend of my mother’s at a movie theatre. This is one of my top three favorite movies of all time so on top of getting the opportunity to see it on a big screen in black and white ‘Zuzu’ was there signing items and taking pictures. Her real name is Karolyn Grimes and you can read more about her at Karolyn Grimes ~ Zuzu Today. She talked about the movie and Jimmy Stewart and about the subliminal messages Frank Capra put in such as when George begs God to let him live again. As soon as George says God it starts to snow and his lip starts bleeding again.

The movie theatre looks like Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and you can walk up and down the hall looking at photos of icons long gone. I’m a sucker for old movies call me a closet romantic, so it’s no surprise I find one of the scenes in this movie, the one where my picture comes from as being one of the most romantic scenes in movie history. When George and Mary are on the phone talking to Sam you can feel the emotional tension the way they look and then George drops the phone and says, “Now you listen to me. I don't want any plastics and I don't want any ground floors. And I don't want to get married *ever* to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do.” In the end, Mary makes up for all the things he wanted to pursue in life.

If you ever get the opportunity to see it in black and white on a big screen, I’d suggest you do so. It’s different and for the hundredth time made me cry but in a good way.

Merry Christmas to all of you and remember, "Each [wo/man's] life touches so many other lives. When [s/he] isn't around [s/he] leaves an awful hole, doesn't [s/he]?"