Movie Notes: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Synopsis
After a senator’s death, idealistic neophyte Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) is appointed as his replacement.
Movie Notes: It Happened One Night
Synopsis
Wealthy Ellie (Claudette Colbert) abandons a life of privilege, only to find herself completely unprepared for the common world. Reporter Peter (Clark Gable) takes her under his wing.
Movie Notes: It’s A Wonderful Life
This week, we watched It’s A Wonderful Life — a classic Frank Capra film starring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey. If you haven’t seen it by now, you’ve probably consciously avoided it. It’s definitely worth seeing all the way through. I still enjoy it, even after around ten viewings (always around Christmas), and there are still some parts that always make me chuckle, while others make me well up. But despite being largely a positive, uplifting movie, there are some aspects of it that are extremely dark and negative.