It's a Wonderful Life
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Review by 𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 Pro

It's a Wonderful Life 1946

★★★★★

Rewatched 24 Dec 2022

“George is a good guy. Give him a break, God.”

Christmas or no, this is just the best movie. I enter a completely different zone when I’m watching George Bailey and his imprisonment within idyllic Bedford Falls. It’s a meditation, really; a mourning for the life unlived and the adventures not taken. Through a young person’s worldview, this movie is heartbreakingly tragic, and quietly, incredibly, dark. Only through age does it begin to become something beyond bittersweet.

Happiness and misery are measured differently for everyone. While life is often full of regret, disappointment, and despair, it is also the most wonderful thing you’ll ever experience. The alternative is worse.
Every day above ground is a good one, and happiness is acceptance and marrying a witch.

“You remember that story about Job, in the Bible? Well, there's part of that story that's never been written down.

After the contest for Job's soul was over and God wins, Job falls to his knees and says, ‘God, why have you done this to me? All my life I worshipped you and you destroyed my livestock, you blighted my crops, you killed my wife and my children, you gave me a hundred horrible diseases... and all because you had a bet going with the Devil? Well, okay, but all I want to know Lord, is... all your humble servant wants to know is... why me?’

Job waits... and just as he's convinced that God isn't gonna answer him, a thunderhead forms in the sky.
Lightning flashes and a voice calls down...
‘Job... I guess there's just something about you that pisses me off.’”
—Stephen King, Storm of the Century

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