We often take for granted very many things in our lives... and some things we dont appreciate till we lose them, Our own existence is one of them...
Sometimes the good are tested to the core!! that is what happens in this movie, when a very very good guy, who dreams of travelling around the world, gets stuck in his home town.. and yet makes such a positive influence on the people of the town., that he himself is unaware of it....
Times change, and life takes a down turn, and he decides to give it all up..., decides to drown, but his great character somehow manages to compel him to do something else first, and things change from that point...
I had seen this movie as a child and I knew I loved it very much, along with how green was my valley, and Fried Green Tomatoes.., But I saw it again day before yesterday, just because my exam and christmas together were giving me a time when you want to enjoy both and can enjoy neither...
James Stewart acts so natural and so well, that I think all the marlon brandos and sharukh khans would not do it in the first place... the story is simple, the cast superb, the conclusion..GREAT...,
Life is worth every struggle that we do, every small blessing that we give, every fight that we encounter, it doesnt matter, who wins who loses, , we must keep up that spirit., Life is not something to be taken very casually, it is a gift, and respect it in others as we care about our own., wow what a movie!!! I can write an entire book on philosophy of life that this movie showed me.. but I think I will watch this movie again, whenever I feel a bit down...
It is one of those movies which you can see as many times as you want (like shawshank redemption :)), I love that one tooo ) and everytime it gives you that feeling of learning something knew..., just like any of your favourite magical books or music..
It is a clean movie, a family movie, with a story of an ordinary guy, trying to struggle against the monopoly of someone else, doesnt end up in getting all his grand dreams and desires, rather has most of his dreams sacrificed for his struggle!! (which is so often the case in real life).., and yet, manages to know that his life has been so wonderful, that he forgot to appreciate what he has got (family n friends) and what really mattered...
.....you are not a failure if you have friends......
another wowwie movie, ,
merry xmas...