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Gee, I hope you didn't this message. Everyone doesn't have to be a martyr. Did he sacrifice or did he choose between two options? Choice and sacrifice are two different things. We don't know the long story. Did he come to regret the "sacrifice?" Did he begin to resent his neighbors?
Life isn't as clean and simple like how it looks in the movies.
When George had his breakdown after the building and loan money went “missing”, he let loose his resentment that had been brewing for years.
I agree that everyone should see this movie once. As a Christmas movie, it's not all sappy or all about the holiday per se. The "hero" isn't perfect, he's human - a good human, but still only human. The message is that even ordinary people's lives have meaning and value and sometimes you don't see what others do in yourself. And if you don't get the life you dreamed of (and who does?) the life you get is still a good one. Even the angel was bad at his job, but managed to pull it off in the end.
It’s a great movie that touches on relevant themes, when George stood up to Mr Potter and told him the townspeople deserved to live and die in decent housing. Slumlords must be forever. George wanted to escape his small town and see the world, but he ended up with his soulmate Mary and daughter Zuzu’s petals. The ending was particularly good. In fact, the entire movie is a classic and one of my all time Holiday favorites. Human nature never really changes. Good wins out in the end. Maybe not in the real world, but it does for George Bailey.
The whole issue about the banking industry and its exploitive potential as seen through hero-George's eyes makes me wonder if bankers like him exist anymore. Whatever happened to helping families get a start in life, and contributing to the community in a positive way? Now we have the complete, and extreme, opposite; we have REIT's taking over apartment complexes, even mobile home parks, cutting services to the bone and jacking up rents with no concern as to affordability for anyone. I'm coming to the conclusion, that REIT's are one of the driving forces behind homelessness in this country.
We also have banks charging near-usurious rates for credit cards, adding higher late-payment fees, etc. (this really would have run amok if it hadn't been for Elizabeth Warren introducing some limits), while providing very cushy retirements (after only 25 years of service) for their execs and upper-level staff.
I agree that everyone should see this movie once. As a Christmas movie, it's not all sappy or all about the holiday per se. The "hero" isn't perfect, he's human - a good human, but still only human. The message is that even ordinary people's lives have meaning and value and sometimes you don't see what others do in yourself. And if you don't get the life you dreamed of (and who does?) the life you get is still a good one. Even the angel was bad at his job, but managed to pull it off in the end.
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