Indeed. I've always had my questions about whether or not it's a "Christmas" movie as well.

No lamp. I don't love it at Lebowski levels.

I'm not a Will Ferrell fan except in very specific circumstances, and this is one of them. There's also quite a bit of Rankin Bass homage.

Sorry, Bud. As much as I have a warm place in my heart for both of those, I'm realistic about their quality from an objective standpoint.

I can totally see where a generation who did not grow up with them would look at them and wonder what my problem is.

Don't apologize to me for your bad hipster taste!

Did you just say that there are quality problems with It's a Wonderful Life?

CB Christmas, I can grant you, is awkward and poorly animated. but IAWL is a great movie throughout.

Because you're a bad person who is mean to kids?

Not worshipping at the altar of nostalgia is hipster?

I'm so lost as to what is and isn't hipster.

Many hipsters get lost in themselves!

I like the Charlie Brown stuff. I really like the music.

Editing.

Specifically, check out the jump cut where Uncle Billy has the paper in his hand and the deposit is CLEARLY on the outside of the paper.

JUMP CUT!

Now he hands it to Potter and it's neatly wrapped up in the paper.

There's loads of stuff like that.

But maybe I shouldn't point them all out, I don't want to ruin it for you.

I love it, though; warts and all.

So, by being confused about what is an isn't hipster; I'm hipster?

I thought hipsters were the ones who know what was cool even if it isn't cool before it was cool! Isn't that right?





You're loving this, aren't you, Bud.

I am loving this! Thanks for asking!

I thought hipsters were those awkward, high waisted panties like the ones *redacted* had on the night we went skinny-dipping after the Sadie Hawkins dance.

Ah, continuity stuff. I was actually thinking of editing (for pacing and storytelling) as something it excels at.

Continuity stuff doesn't usually bug me.

I agree on the pacing and storytelling. Considering what is being told and how it's being told, it's borderline genius.

And then there are scenes where lighting, angles, and other effects are used fantastically to really convey stuff.

And then there's Little Rascals level gaffs. It's quite perplexing. (Frank Capra uses Perplex as a Free Action!)

One thing my father and my sister always point out is that the movie doesn't really make George look like that great of a guy. He's a serious jerk in several scenes.

Watch the scene with his mother in the alternate reality again. Wow, not having George turned her into a cold-stone beeyotch!