There are almost 98,000 lives that you have touched...entertaining us....showing us all people from all places feel the same....one race...the human race....thank you!!
You are touching our lives. I'm 65 years old. Men retired from many years of work. Watching your reactions to movies that I've enjoyed my whole life is a joy.
I had a really bad night last night - wanted a permanent solution to temporary conflict. My dad talked me into watching this movie with him and I did. Before I went to sleep, I thought about it and cried ❤️❤️ truly a beautiful film
Yes, Dasha, you have touched a lot of lives. With kids and grandchildren being so far away, you are a granddaughter who we get to enjoy being with everytime you post. You are loved!
A lot of the younger people who watch this go into it thinking that they’re not going to like it because it’s such an old movie and it’s actually in black-and-white but even that in the end doesn’t bother them. The movie has held up incredibly well for nearly 80 years now.
This movie will remind you, what life is really about. Loving people, being kind, being thankful, even when it's hard to see life from that perspective. God bless, Merry Christmas!
Originally this film was in black and white. At the time this movie was made, Jimmy Stewart had just returned from Europe in World War 2 after leading the 703rd Bomber Group as a pilot in command of he group. He was also suffering from PTSD as a result of all his combat missions and it really shows in his acting here. It must have been theraputic for him. He was noiminated for Best Actor Academy Award [the "Oscar"], but lost to someone else. He already had an Oscar fot 1940's Philadelphia Story... He retired from Military Service in 1968 after serving in the Vietnam War. He was a hero, a great actor, a gentleman, a devoted husband and father.
Great reaction! One of the under-appreciated little touches of this film: Even during the Worst Day of his life, George's instinct is to place HIMSELF into deeper jeopardy, to shield other people: If George would have allowed an investigation to proceed, it would have been Uncle Billy who would have taken the fall. Yet, when George goes to Potter and begs for help, George changes/distorts the event: He says " ••I've•• misplaced $8,000." Potter, unlike George, knows exactly what happened, and reacts with a surprise that I think is genuine: " ••YOU•• have misplaced $8,000?" Potter's reaction, I think, is he being surprised, in two different ways: First, Potter is surprised that George's contrary-to-fact statement (on WHO misplaced the money) will allow Potter to destroy George to a much greater extent than if George had told the whole truth (that it was Uncle Billy who misplaced the money.) (Potter is realizing that his plan to undermine the Bailey family, is now positioned to succeed much more than Potter originally planned. Potter's original conception, did not have the scandal going to George himself, or involve George going to prison. Now, it will.) Second: Potter is surprised that any human being would be THAT self-sacrificing (to mislead, to change the central actor of reckless negligence onto himself, so that someone else would be spared). It's completely the opposite of how Potter thinks and sees the world. Note that Potter jokingly advises George to pursue the money from "that riff-raff" (the townspeople of modest means, who actually do come to George's rescue, later), because Potter thinks so little of those people, and because the idea of people of modest means, banding together to help their hero, in the name of justice and compassion, is totally foreign to Potter.
You are a friend to so many of us, when we have no one else, we curl up for a movie with you and other React channels and it helps us all to not feel so alone. Thank you and Marry Christmas Dasha. I recommend "Stranger Then Fiction" with Will Farrell arguably his best roll.
Such a great reaction to one of the best movies, not just Christmas movies, of all time in my mind. Even as a bitter and heartless old man (or so I'm told) I tear up every time I watch this movie. And for someone who has struggled so much with depression and self-destructive thoughts throughout my life, the lesson of this movie has always been one of the reasons I've never given in to those urges. Jimmy Stewart, who played George Bailey, had just come home from serving as the pilot of a B-24 bomber in WWII when this movie started production. After flying so many bombing missions over Germany in the course of his service and seeing all the death and destruction of a world war, he was suffering from what we'd now call PTSD. Lionel Barrymore (the hated Mr. Potter) was the main one who got Jimmy Stewart to take this role when he really didn't want to, and the end result was playing the character that he called his favorite of the ones he played. The movie was therapeutic for him as well. Stewart said that acting out the scenes where George was enraged was cathartic for him. While filming the scene in which George prays in the bar Jimmy Stewart was so overcome because of how low he felt in his own life that he began to sob. Frank Capra later re-framed and blew up the shot because he wanted to catch that expression on Stewart's face. It really hammers home the feeling of Stewart BEING George Bailey. Jimmy Stewart was such a brilliant actor anyway, but this role might have been great therapy for him as well as a perfect role for him to play. And if nothing else we can be thankful to the awful Mr. Potter for getting Jimmy Stewart to do this movie.
Keep in mind: Mr. Potter screwed George out of $8,000.00 right before Christmas in 1945, which in 2024 would be like if your bank screwed you out of roughly $140,000.00.
try to squeeze into your mind, that 8000 doesnt actually become 140000 over time.. your bank understands this too, and theyre filled with idiots just as dumb as you.. george was only joking when he told mom and pop dollar to have babies.. toss your inflation calculator in the trash, its gibberish, and clogs up stupid minds like any other virus hipsters are infected with.. you think youre smart, but youre as dumb as a box of dollar bills
As wonderful as Mary is, George even changed her. Early on, she was self-interested in having a life with George. During the bank run, she wanted to continue on with their honeymoon, but when she witnessed his speech in the Building & Loan office, she saw his self-sacrifice and got on board by offering the $2,000.
I was at a very difficult time in my childhood when I saw this movie, I was contemplating suicide at the time, this story change my veiw of life. It saved me. Thank you Lord Jesus for opening my eyes. Merry Christmas to all, I pray for good health and much happiness all the days of your lives!
The sad thing about Jimmy Stewart is that he blamed Donna Reed for this movie's failure to make money at the box office and refused to ever work with her again. But she was actually wonderful in this film. Shame on him.
@@HansDelbruck53 I did not believe that and looked it up. Sad. He still wasn't in his right mind after the war. He never seemed the type to hold a grudge. Again, sad.
@@HansDelbruck53 He was so wrong. Their chemistry was AWESOME in this. It really made the movie work that the leads portrayed the characters as sooo in sync that TOGETHER they got through the bank run and TOGETHER they got through the loss of 8000 dollars. George LITERALLY would not have made it without Mary. They were two halfs of a whole
They don't make movies like that anymore. Those two generations, the greatest and silent, they are all almost gone. Very special. Clean sweet movie, thats how they were. Glad you reacted to it and can appreciate it.
Jimmy Stewart (who plays George Bailey) was a real life war hero during WW2. He joined the US army air corps in 1941 and was promoted from private through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He flew many bomber combat missions over Germany based in England and after the war he was promoted to brigadier general in 1957.
I have watched literally hundreds of reactions to this movie, both in person and through videos, and i have to say....your first time reaction was exactly like my first time. Little tears here and there, leading up to the first realizations that he wasn't born. Thats when it becomes tears upon tears, and it will still year after years! And just when you're nearly dehydrated from sad-crying....he wants to live again, so the torrential downpour of happy tears kicks in until the very last frame.... It is possible that this is the finest, purest film ever made. It speaks so deeply to the very depths of the human soul.... Hundreds, Dasha....I have seen it hundreds of times. It only gets better, if only because you remember to keep well hydrated for all the tears. Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building & Loan!
It can’t be said too many times: you touch lives every day with your beautifully sympathetic and insightful reactions. Thank you. This is my second favorite film of all time, after William Wyler’s “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Wyler’s film came out the same year and dominated the Academy Awards. Ironically Wyler and Capra were partners in the independent production company that made both films. Capra and Stewart both regarded this as the best film in their careers. Its production was a miracle in itself. The author was Philip Van Doren Stern, a prominent historian and author, who couldn’t sell the short story the movie is based on. So he sent it out to friends as a homemade, illustrated Christmas card. The story captivated Capra, who bought the rights. Stewart had come back from the war as a decorated hero, having led a bomber squadron on some 20 runs over Germany, but he had PTSD and thought he would never act again. Thankfully, his good friend, Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Potter), talked him into accepting the role. Stewart was drawing on real emotions in his dramatic scenes, especially in the prayer at the bar. Capra’s unmatched ability to move a story smoothly from comedy to drama and back to joy is on fully display in this film. He was aided in this by a tremendous group of character actors who appeared in many of his movies. Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy) won an Oscar for his performance in “Stagecoach.” Beulah Bondi (Ma Bailey) was a Broadway star in the 1920s and became a great character actor as she aged. I love her remarkable transformation from a loving mother to a crusty old woman in this film. H. B. Warner (Mr. Gower) was a popular star of the 1920s and also moved into character roles as he aged. He got an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Capra’s “Lost Horizon” (1937).
I have been watching this movie for over 60 years and I still cry at the end. I have been watching reaction videos over the last two weeks. 12 or 15 of these videos later, and I still cry with you at the end. Directors in the 30s and 40s knew their stuff... And Frank Capra was one of the best.
Oh, it is so wonderful to watch another generation discovering one of the most powerful films of all time. Thank you. This was such a beautiful reaction!
Great reaction, Dasha. You have fallen in love with a movie that I and many others have also. I'm so glad that you have watched some of the older films. There are so many great films made earlier than the lastb30 years that most reactors seem to focus on. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing its alwa😢 a pleasure watching your reactions, thank you.
Just a great film in every way. Writing, directing, cinematography, acting. And remember, Jimmy Stewart filmed this shortly after returning from WWII, whrre he served as a bomber pilot. He did the movie, probably while feeling the effects of what today we'd call PTSD.
in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Gandalf says “I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.” People don't realize that something that seems very little to them can have a big effect on someone who's going through a hard time. You've affect people's lives more than you know.
"Every man on that transport died! Harry wasn't there to save them because you weren't there to save Harry!" Reminds me of the Talmud quote in Schindler's List, "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.".
The story tracks events that audiences in 1947 would have remembered. Pharmacist Gower's son died of influenza, a nod to the 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic. The bank run scene was a reference to the 1929 stock market crash that wiped out thousands of banks during the Great Depression. And of course Harry Bailey was a WW2 pilot.
Merry Christmas! Director Frank Capra more or less invented the romantic-comedy in the 1930s with a string of golden era classic films including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Meet John Doe (1941). Another "life is tough but beautiful" film from the early post-war era that might leave you crying is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), directed by Elia Kazan. Kazan, like Capra, is another legendary director, with a filmography including such classics as Boomerang! (1947), Panic in the Streets (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955), Baby Doll (1956), and America America (1963). All of these films still hold up well today.
❤ ❤ ❤ “Everything that I love is in this movie” - Dasha And this is why I love watching your reactions! Your recognition of the struggles of others and the amount of emotion, caring that you show towards the characters in these warms my heart. This is your gift to us. Merry Christmas! ❄️❤❄️❤❄️❤
Oh... you had coloured version... the original movie was shot in black and white. BTW. the sentance "the richest man in town" didn't mean the money... but people/friends.
I have to admit this is one of my absolute favorite movies! In fact, this movie in a large way help shape my life. I Loved the philosophy of what the Bailey's family business stood for, so much that my brothers and I all became active tradesmen each in our own field of expertise. My older brother was a carpenter and our general contractor, I became an electrician, and my younger brother runs a large roofing crew that also does siding, windows, and doors. (exterior work) We could have been considered The Bailey's Building and Loan of the last 30 years here where we live. Unfortunately, Cancer took my older brother so my younger brother and I still try to keep up our family name to the best of our ability, but each in our own field.
I think Dasha would really enjoy James Stewart in "Harvey" (1950) and his character Elwood P. Dowd's credo "in this world you must be oh-so clever, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was clever. I’d recommend pleasant."
George was finally giving up his childhood dreams of being a great explorer/architect. It was difficult for him. I've watched this movie numerous times. New things stand out each time I watch.
Thanks, Dasha! It's always a pleasure to observe your sincere, goodhearted reactions to fine vintage films like this one. Hope you watch more 1930s-40s-50s movies in the new year.
This is without a doubt the best Xmas movie made. I know generations younger than mine may disagree but the story is timeless. I'm 66 years old and have seem this every year without fail. First with my mom and dad and later with my children. To this day, I still cry at the end because after all, "George Bailey is and always has been the richest man in town".. in so many ways..
Lionel Barrymore play Mr.Potter..he was of the famous Barrymore acting family and his great neice is actress Drew Barrymore [now 49]. Donna Reed [Mary Bailey] had been doing movies a while before this and continued. In 1954 she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in From Here to Eternity. In 1958 she started her own sitcom the Donna Reed Show, which lasted 8 years to 1966. Jimmy Hawkins played littl Tommy Bailey, [sitting on Jimmy Stewarts lap putting tinel on his head]. He went on to be a supporting actor in many movies and TV shows, mostly comedies.. Including the Donna Reed Show! He often played Scotty, the friend of Donna's TV teenaged boy and girl. He isstill around at age 84, probably one of very few actors form this movie still alive.
Thank you for the information. The Donna Reed Show is one of the best 1950's housewife TV show. In the show she was a housewife that cleaned the home and had kids but she also had brains and personality in the show. She was smart and caring in the show not just a cleaning housewife. Always liked Donna Reed
I watch this movie atleast once if not twice a year and I cry Everytime the ending unfolds! The day I don't my soul is clearly dead! It's truly a perfect story. Wouldn't change a thing!😊
This is my father's favorite Christmas film. When the most stressful week in the life of a pastor is the very last week of December, as he's waiting to see if the church subscribed to the budget, seeing everyone come together and give more than enough is a dream come true. There are those who are unhappy that we don't see Mr. Potter get his comeuppance and I have never had to think about it because Charles Dickens did it for us. Mr. Potter is the unredeemed Ebenezer Scrooge, therefore that vision of Christmas Yet to Come that scared Scrooge into repentance is Mr. Potter's fate - to die alone without friends or family present, to be buried in the local cemetery, and then forgotten by time. Furthermore, the film's central thesis is that the universe is governed by a just and loving God, one Mr. Potter will face on Judgement Day.
I've been all over RUclips watching reactions to this movie the past few days. It's one of my favorites and I can't get enough of seeing people experience it for the first time. I was a little bummed Dasha didn't have one, and now here it is! Released while I was watching someone else's! Don't think I've ever seen the colorized version before. I didn't realize colorized versions of B&W movies were still available.
You and me! And no matter how many times I've seen it (and it has been a lot) and how many reactions I see to it, I tear up and cry though the whole thing, mostly for the happy sweet things.
This film was colorized over the strenuous objections of the producer/director, Frank Capra, who tried every legal means to stop it. James Stewart testified to Congress to try and get it stopped. The film was designed in black and white and should be seen in black and white.
I'm sure it doesn't mean much, but three times a week I check in to see what Dasha's posted. So yeah, my dear, you've touched other other's lives. In a positive way. Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
About Jimmy Stewart, He joined The Army Air Corps at age 33 and rose from the rank of Private to full Colonel by the end of the war. He flew B-24s over Europe on bombing missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the French Croix de Guerre and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
So glad you got to finally watch this treasure of a movie. Very befitting as you are a treasure yourself, Dasha, and you deserve a wonderful life, too. Like George Bailey, you also bless others. Merry Christmas to you, Dasha, and your family.
As an example of how you have touched lives, I watched your reaction to the Chernobyl miniseries, and your reaction gave me deeper insights into one of the first world changing events within my lifetime. I watch your channel because you have such a different life experience than I do. Through you I gain a broader understanding, learning more about my own biases when your reaction is similar to mine or different. You have helped me expand my understanding of the similarities and differences that shape humanity.
I was very happy to see you reacting to my favourite movie of all-time, Dasha! This was the best Christmas present I could receive. I love your reactions, Dasha! I know you bring joy to many with these reactions! Merry Christmas, Dasha! When you re-watch this movie, I suggest the Black & White version. Have a great day! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!
The answer is YES to your question Dasha, you have touched my life and made my world better with your presence. I wish a very merry christmas to you and your family. 🎅🎄❤
Remember George Bailey is just a fictional character you are a real kind person of course you have touched peoples lives 🙏❤️🙏 we see your good heart in every reaction to movies just like this one I’m watching on Christmas Day alone you made me smile and laugh today God bless you Merry Christmas ❤️❤️❤️
You have touched my life with your sincere and honest reactions. You truly have a beautiful soul and bring light and laughter to so many of us. Thank you and Merry Christmas.🎄
One of my favorite all time movies, after watching it probably hundreds of times I’ve decided Potter isn’t the real villain, it’s Mary, she made the wish to keep George in town for her own selfish reasons and immediately George’s father has a stroke and dies, and every time there was a chance for him to leave it was thwarted by her wish. 🤣😂🤣😂
People might be upset about the "colorized" version, which happened decades later.... BUT, the scene with Violet creating a stir on the street is actually made BETTER through colorizing her dress because it shows HOW she stands out, and it isn't just her pretty face. That color just "catches the eye" no matter what, and it basically MAKES you look at her as she walks by you. Something that she KNOWS it happening and relishes in the attention.
Well, I wish you'd watched the original black and white, because it's starker and has the most beautiful cinematography, which is absolutely ruined by the colorization, but nice reaction.
Through this channel alone you touch thousands of lives, and given how wonderful your personality is I'm positive that you touch many more in normal life
Itis the best movie ever made. Such a positive message. We can be an influence for good or evil in those lives around us even when they are unaware. Great script. Great acting from everyone including the children and even the arch villain himself. James Stewart was at the top of his game in this one.
It shows that you have a total of 22,468,994 views, I have no doubt that you touched everyone of those people's lives. I have only been watching for a short time and you have certainly made an impact on me. 🤗
Some trivia: John Mitchell who played uncle Billy was the original actor to play Columbo. It was a live stage play. He had the same excessive politeness and absent mindedness that Peter falk would later make so famous. Tge pool with the dance floor is a very real place in Los Angeles and it’s still in full use today.
In my sixty one years in the human experience I know that you can’t change the minds of haters. Also you don’t have to earn the love of those who already love you.
Oh Dasha, you are a wonderful girl. This old Aussie wishes you all the best for coming year and beyond. Keep up the reactions they are well worth watching.
You should always have a box of tissues ready when you react to movies --just in case. I'm glad you were touched by this film. Some black & white movies from the 50s you should check out : "Marty" and "A Face In The Crowd."
There are almost 98,000 lives that you have touched...entertaining us....showing us all people from all places feel the same....one race...the human race....thank you!!
She will have 100,000+ in the New Year! Merry Christmas, Dasha.
You are touching our lives. I'm 65 years old. Men retired from many years of work. Watching your reactions to movies that I've enjoyed my whole life is a joy.
that`s sweet
Dasha is my favourite reactor to movies. It's her ability to empathise and put herself in the position of others that I find endearing.
I had a really bad night last night - wanted a permanent solution to temporary conflict. My dad talked me into watching this movie with him and I did. Before I went to sleep, I thought about it and cried ❤️❤️ truly a beautiful film
I've been there too. It gets better with time. You're far stronger than you know
"I don't know if I have touched any lives..." At the very least, you have given joy to thousands.
Yeah don't forget to wish her a merry Christmas on the patreon
Dasha, you've touched at least 97.6K lives!
Yes, Dasha, you have touched a lot of lives. With kids and grandchildren being so far away, you are a granddaughter who we get to enjoy being with everytime you post. You are loved!
Dasha, you have touched more lives than you know just through this channel. Me included. May God bless you. Merry Christmas.
That is true!
Yes she has, she did so much
I'm 63 years old... I've watched this movie literally hundreds of times 😊. It never gets old!!
A lot of the younger people who watch this go into it thinking that they’re not going to like it because it’s such an old movie and it’s actually in black-and-white but even that in the end doesn’t bother them. The movie has held up incredibly well for nearly 80 years now.
This movie will remind you, what life is really about. Loving people, being kind, being thankful, even when it's hard to see life from that perspective. God bless, Merry Christmas!
Originally this film was in black and white. At the time this movie was made, Jimmy Stewart had just returned from Europe in World War 2 after leading the 703rd Bomber Group as a pilot in command of he group. He was also suffering from PTSD as a result of all his combat missions and it really shows in his acting here. It must have been theraputic for him. He was noiminated for Best Actor Academy Award [the "Oscar"], but lost to someone else. He already had an Oscar fot 1940's Philadelphia Story... He retired from Military Service in 1968 after serving in the Vietnam War. He was a hero, a great actor, a gentleman, a devoted husband and father.
Great reaction!
One of the under-appreciated little touches of this film: Even during the Worst Day of his life, George's instinct is to place HIMSELF into deeper jeopardy, to shield other people: If George would have allowed an investigation to proceed, it would have been Uncle Billy who would have taken the fall. Yet, when George goes to Potter and begs for help, George changes/distorts the event: He says " ••I've•• misplaced $8,000."
Potter, unlike George, knows exactly what happened, and reacts with a surprise that I think is genuine: " ••YOU•• have misplaced $8,000?" Potter's reaction, I think, is he being surprised, in two different ways:
First, Potter is surprised that George's contrary-to-fact statement (on WHO misplaced the money) will allow Potter to destroy George to a much greater extent than if George had told the whole truth (that it was Uncle Billy who misplaced the money.) (Potter is realizing that his plan to undermine the Bailey family, is now positioned to succeed much more than Potter originally planned. Potter's original conception, did not have the scandal going to George himself, or involve George going to prison. Now, it will.)
Second: Potter is surprised that any human being would be THAT self-sacrificing (to mislead, to change the central actor of reckless negligence onto himself, so that someone else would be spared). It's completely the opposite of how Potter thinks and sees the world. Note that Potter jokingly advises George to pursue the money from "that riff-raff" (the townspeople of modest means, who actually do come to George's rescue, later), because Potter thinks so little of those people, and because the idea of people of modest means, banding together to help their hero, in the name of justice and compassion, is totally foreign to Potter.
You are a friend to so many of us, when we have no one else, we curl up for a movie with you and other React channels and it helps us all to not feel so alone. Thank you and Marry Christmas Dasha. I recommend "Stranger Then Fiction" with Will Farrell arguably his best roll.
Such a great reaction to one of the best movies, not just Christmas movies, of all time in my mind. Even as a bitter and heartless old man (or so I'm told) I tear up every time I watch this movie.
And for someone who has struggled so much with depression and self-destructive thoughts throughout my life, the lesson of this movie has always been one of the reasons I've never given in to those urges.
Jimmy Stewart, who played George Bailey, had just come home from serving as the pilot of a B-24 bomber in WWII when this movie started production. After flying so many bombing missions over Germany in the course of his service and seeing all the death and destruction of a world war, he was suffering from what we'd now call PTSD. Lionel Barrymore (the hated Mr. Potter) was the main one who got Jimmy Stewart to take this role when he really didn't want to, and the end result was playing the character that he called his favorite of the ones he played. The movie was therapeutic for him as well. Stewart said that acting out the scenes where George was enraged was cathartic for him. While filming the scene in which George prays in the bar Jimmy Stewart was so overcome because of how low he felt in his own life that he began to sob. Frank Capra later re-framed and blew up the shot because he wanted to catch that expression on Stewart's face. It really hammers home the feeling of Stewart BEING George Bailey. Jimmy Stewart was such a brilliant actor anyway, but this role might have been great therapy for him as well as a perfect role for him to play.
And if nothing else we can be thankful to the awful Mr. Potter for getting Jimmy Stewart to do this movie.
All politicians should be made to watch this film 20 times !!
Keep in mind: Mr. Potter screwed George out of $8,000.00 right before Christmas in 1945, which in 2024 would be like if your bank screwed you out of roughly $140,000.00.
So the $25k Sam gave him would be like if your boy gave ya almost half a million today
try to squeeze into your mind, that 8000 doesnt actually become 140000 over time.. your bank understands this too, and theyre filled with idiots just as dumb as you.. george was only joking when he told mom and pop dollar to have babies.. toss your inflation calculator in the trash, its gibberish, and clogs up stupid minds like any other virus hipsters are infected with.. you think youre smart, but youre as dumb as a box of dollar bills
@TheRockkickass : $25,000 in 1945 would be about $438,000 in 2024.
TheRockkickass: $25,000 in 1945 would be about $438,000 in 2024.
@ Sam came in clutch.
This might be the greatest movie America has every produced. It's overwhelming the amount of human spirit contained in it
As wonderful as Mary is, George even changed her. Early on, she was self-interested in having a life with George. During the bank run, she wanted to continue on with their honeymoon, but when she witnessed his speech in the Building & Loan office, she saw his self-sacrifice and got on board by offering the $2,000.
My mom loved the movie. She would cry every time the bell rang. I lost her to cancer in 2011. I heard a bell ring. She got her wings.
Just the other day, I was thinking "Dasha needs to watch 'It's a Wonderful Life'," and here you are.
Except she chose to watch the wrong version.
I was at a very difficult time in my childhood when I saw this movie, I was contemplating suicide at the time, this story change my veiw of life. It saved me. Thank you Lord Jesus for opening my eyes.
Merry Christmas to all, I pray for good health and much happiness all the days of your lives!
Jimmy Stewart is an American treasure.
The sad thing about Jimmy Stewart is that he blamed Donna Reed for this movie's failure to make money at the box office and refused to ever work with her again. But she was actually wonderful in this film. Shame on him.
@@HansDelbruck53 I did not believe that and looked it up. Sad. He still wasn't in his right mind after the war. He never seemed the type to hold a grudge. Again, sad.
@@HansDelbruck53 Donna Reed was a stunner in this movie.
@@HansDelbruck53 He was so wrong. Their chemistry was AWESOME in this. It really made the movie work that the leads portrayed the characters as sooo in sync that TOGETHER they got through the bank run and TOGETHER they got through the loss of 8000 dollars. George LITERALLY would not have made it without Mary. They were two halfs of a whole
Dasha it’s okay get emotional because it’s shows that you’re the most beautiful woman both inside and out. God bless you and Merry Christmas. ❤❤❤
They don't make movies like that anymore. Those two generations, the greatest and silent, they are all almost gone. Very special. Clean sweet movie, thats how they were. Glad you reacted to it and can appreciate it.
Jimmy Stewart (who plays George Bailey) was a real life war hero during WW2. He joined the US army air corps in 1941 and was promoted from private through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He flew many bomber combat missions over Germany based in England and after the war he was promoted to brigadier general in 1957.
I have watched literally hundreds of reactions to this movie, both in person and through videos, and i have to say....your first time reaction was exactly like my first time. Little tears here and there, leading up to the first realizations that he wasn't born. Thats when it becomes tears upon tears, and it will still year after years! And just when you're nearly dehydrated from sad-crying....he wants to live again, so the torrential downpour of happy tears kicks in until the very last frame....
It is possible that this is the finest, purest film ever made. It speaks so deeply to the very depths of the human soul....
Hundreds, Dasha....I have seen it hundreds of times. It only gets better, if only because you remember to keep well hydrated for all the tears.
Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building & Loan!
It can’t be said too many times: you touch lives every day with your beautifully sympathetic and insightful reactions. Thank you.
This is my second favorite film of all time, after William Wyler’s “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Wyler’s film came out the same year and dominated the Academy Awards. Ironically Wyler and Capra were partners in the independent production company that made both films.
Capra and Stewart both regarded this as the best film in their careers. Its production was a miracle in itself. The author was Philip Van Doren Stern, a prominent historian and author, who couldn’t sell the short story the movie is based on. So he sent it out to friends as a homemade, illustrated Christmas card. The story captivated Capra, who bought the rights. Stewart had come back from the war as a decorated hero, having led a bomber squadron on some 20 runs over Germany, but he had PTSD and thought he would never act again. Thankfully, his good friend, Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Potter), talked him into accepting the role. Stewart was drawing on real emotions in his dramatic scenes, especially in the prayer at the bar.
Capra’s unmatched ability to move a story smoothly from comedy to drama and back to joy is on fully display in this film. He was aided in this by a tremendous group of character actors who appeared in many of his movies. Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy) won an Oscar for his performance in “Stagecoach.” Beulah Bondi (Ma Bailey) was a Broadway star in the 1920s and became a great character actor as she aged. I love her remarkable transformation from a loving mother to a crusty old woman in this film. H. B. Warner (Mr. Gower) was a popular star of the 1920s and also moved into character roles as he aged. He got an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Capra’s “Lost Horizon” (1937).
Merry Christmas Dasha! You bring a lot of joy to all your viewers!
I have been watching this movie for over 60 years and I still cry at the end.
I have been watching reaction videos over the last two weeks. 12 or 15 of these videos later, and I still cry with you at the end. Directors in the 30s and 40s knew their stuff... And Frank Capra was one of the best.
The reboot I wanted that will never ever get made: It’s a Wonderful Life, with Bruce Willis as George Bailey and Alan Rickman as Potter.
NAH. Tom Hanks would get the George Bailey role. Elon Musk would be perfect as Potter.
Oh, it is so wonderful to watch another generation discovering one of the most powerful films of all time.
Thank you. This was such a beautiful reaction!
Great reaction, Dasha. You have fallen in love with a movie that I and many others have also.
I'm so glad that you have watched some of the older films. There are so many great films made earlier than the lastb30 years that most reactors seem to focus on. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing its alwa😢 a pleasure watching your reactions, thank you.
Merry Christmas Dasha and everyone watching.
Just a great film in every way. Writing, directing, cinematography, acting. And remember, Jimmy Stewart filmed this shortly after returning from WWII, whrre he served as a bomber pilot.
He did the movie, probably while feeling the effects of what today we'd call PTSD.
in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Gandalf says “I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.” People don't realize that something that seems very little to them can have a big effect on someone who's going through a hard time. You've affect people's lives more than you know.
She hasnr seen the hobbit, she's only reacted to lord of the rings lol
"Every man on that transport died! Harry wasn't there to save them because you weren't there to save Harry!"
Reminds me of the Talmud quote in Schindler's List, "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.".
what if you saved hitlers life?
The story tracks events that audiences in 1947 would have remembered. Pharmacist Gower's son died of influenza, a nod to the 1918 worldwide influenza pandemic. The bank run scene was a reference to the 1929 stock market crash that wiped out thousands of banks during the Great Depression. And of course Harry Bailey was a WW2 pilot.
Merry Christmas! Director Frank Capra more or less invented the romantic-comedy in the 1930s with a string of golden era classic films including It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It with You (1938), Meet John Doe (1941). Another "life is tough but beautiful" film from the early post-war era that might leave you crying is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), directed by Elia Kazan. Kazan, like Capra, is another legendary director, with a filmography including such classics as Boomerang! (1947), Panic in the Streets (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955), Baby Doll (1956), and America America (1963). All of these films still hold up well today.
❤ ❤ ❤ “Everything that I love is in this movie” - Dasha
And this is why I love watching your reactions! Your recognition of the struggles of others and the amount of emotion, caring that you show towards the characters in these warms my heart. This is your gift to us. Merry Christmas! ❄️❤❄️❤❄️❤
Oh... you had coloured version... the original movie was shot in black and white.
BTW. the sentance "the richest man in town" didn't mean the money... but people/friends.
This movie has one of the best messages of all movies. Our lives do count to others even when we don't think so.
I have to admit this is one of my absolute favorite movies! In fact, this movie in a large way help shape my life. I Loved the philosophy of what the Bailey's family business stood for, so much that my brothers and I all became active tradesmen each in our own field of expertise. My older brother was a carpenter and our general contractor, I became an electrician, and my younger brother runs a large roofing crew that also does siding, windows, and doors. (exterior work) We could have been considered The Bailey's Building and Loan of the last 30 years here where we live. Unfortunately, Cancer took my older brother so my younger brother and I still try to keep up our family name to the best of our ability, but each in our own field.
My all-time favorite movie. A life lesson in every scene.
One of my top 10 movies all time and my favorite Jimmy Stewart performance 😊
I think Dasha would really enjoy James Stewart in "Harvey" (1950) and his character Elwood P. Dowd's credo "in this world you must be oh-so clever, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was clever. I’d recommend pleasant."
Here's a little known fact. The two main characters in 'Big Bang Theory' are named after the actor who played Nick in this movie, Sheldon Leonard.
George was finally giving up his childhood dreams of being a great explorer/architect. It was difficult for him. I've watched this movie numerous times. New things stand out each time I watch.
Thanks, Dasha! It's always a pleasure to observe your sincere, goodhearted reactions to fine vintage films like this one. Hope you watch more 1930s-40s-50s movies in the new year.
This is without a doubt the best Xmas movie made. I know generations younger than mine may disagree but the story is timeless. I'm 66 years old and have seem this every year without fail. First with my mom and dad and later with my children. To this day, I still cry at the end because after all, "George Bailey is and always has been the richest man in town".. in so many ways..
Please, please watch the original Black & white version at some point. The colorised one is not now it should be seen.
Lionel Barrymore play Mr.Potter..he was of the famous Barrymore acting family and his great neice is actress Drew Barrymore [now 49]. Donna Reed [Mary Bailey] had been doing movies a while before this and continued. In 1954 she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in From Here to Eternity. In 1958 she started her own sitcom the Donna Reed Show, which lasted 8 years to 1966. Jimmy Hawkins played littl Tommy Bailey, [sitting on Jimmy Stewarts lap putting tinel on his head]. He went on to be a supporting actor in many movies and TV shows, mostly comedies.. Including the Donna Reed Show! He often played Scotty, the friend of Donna's TV teenaged boy and girl. He isstill around at age 84, probably one of very few actors form this movie still alive.
Thank you for the information. The Donna Reed Show is one of the best 1950's housewife TV show. In the show she was a housewife that cleaned the home and had kids but she also had brains and personality in the show. She was smart and caring in the show not just a cleaning housewife. Always liked Donna Reed
I watch this movie atleast once if not twice a year and I cry Everytime the ending unfolds! The day I don't my soul is clearly dead! It's truly a perfect story. Wouldn't change a thing!😊
You’ve touched my life for several years!
This is my father's favorite Christmas film. When the most stressful week in the life of a pastor is the very last week of December, as he's waiting to see if the church subscribed to the budget, seeing everyone come together and give more than enough is a dream come true.
There are those who are unhappy that we don't see Mr. Potter get his comeuppance and I have never had to think about it because Charles Dickens did it for us. Mr. Potter is the unredeemed Ebenezer Scrooge, therefore that vision of Christmas Yet to Come that scared Scrooge into repentance is Mr. Potter's fate - to die alone without friends or family present, to be buried in the local cemetery, and then forgotten by time. Furthermore, the film's central thesis is that the universe is governed by a just and loving God, one Mr. Potter will face on Judgement Day.
I loved your reaction! No one gets through this movie with out crying. Its a classic they don't make movies like this nowadays.
I've been all over RUclips watching reactions to this movie the past few days. It's one of my favorites and I can't get enough of seeing people experience it for the first time. I was a little bummed Dasha didn't have one, and now here it is! Released while I was watching someone else's!
Don't think I've ever seen the colorized version before. I didn't realize colorized versions of B&W movies were still available.
@CaptainNeatoman2007 Same here, I was watching Chi, Hela, and Katie from Movie Munchies react to it when I got the notification for it.🤣
You and me! And no matter how many times I've seen it (and it has been a lot) and how many reactions I see to it, I tear up and cry though the whole thing, mostly for the happy sweet things.
@@johnnehrich9601 Chi, Hela, Katie, and their friends Tien and Lan from Asian Angels are definitely "Sweet Things"!😉🤣
This film was colorized over the strenuous objections of the producer/director, Frank Capra, who tried every legal means to stop it. James Stewart testified to Congress to try and get it stopped. The film was designed in black and white and should be seen in black and white.
I'm sure it doesn't mean much, but three times a week I check in to see what Dasha's posted. So yeah, my dear, you've touched other other's lives. In a positive way. Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Wonderful, Dasha! It's a keeper, isn't it? Thanks for sharing this one, and Merry Christmas! 🌲⛄ 🎁 🎀 😊
About Jimmy Stewart, He joined The Army Air Corps at age 33 and rose from the rank of Private to full Colonel by the end of the war. He flew B-24s over Europe on bombing missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the French Croix de Guerre and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
So glad you got to finally watch this treasure of a movie. Very befitting as you are a treasure yourself, Dasha, and you deserve a wonderful life, too. Like George Bailey, you also bless others.
Merry Christmas to you, Dasha, and your family.
As an example of how you have touched lives, I watched your reaction to the Chernobyl miniseries, and your reaction gave me deeper insights into one of the first world changing events within my lifetime. I watch your channel because you have such a different life experience than I do. Through you I gain a broader understanding, learning more about my own biases when your reaction is similar to mine or different. You have helped me expand my understanding of the similarities and differences that shape humanity.
I was very happy to see you reacting to my favourite movie of all-time, Dasha! This was the best Christmas present I could receive. I love your reactions, Dasha! I know you bring joy to many with these reactions! Merry Christmas, Dasha! When you re-watch this movie, I suggest the Black & White version. Have a great day! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone!
The answer is YES to your question Dasha, you have touched my life and made my world better with your presence. I wish a very merry christmas to you and your family. 🎅🎄❤
The bad guy (Mr. Potter) was played by legendary actor Lionel Barrymore, who is Drew Barrymore's great uncle.
Remember George Bailey is just a fictional character you are a real kind person of course you have touched peoples lives 🙏❤️🙏 we see your good heart in every reaction to movies just like this one I’m watching on Christmas Day alone you made me smile and laugh today God bless you Merry Christmas ❤️❤️❤️
You have touched my life with your sincere and honest reactions. You truly have a beautiful soul and bring light and laughter to so many of us. Thank you and Merry Christmas.🎄
One of my favorite all time movies, after watching it probably hundreds of times I’ve decided Potter isn’t the real villain, it’s Mary, she made the wish to keep George in town for her own selfish reasons and immediately George’s father has a stroke and dies, and every time there was a chance for him to leave it was thwarted by her wish. 🤣😂🤣😂
People might be upset about the "colorized" version, which happened decades later.... BUT, the scene with Violet creating a stir on the street is actually made BETTER through colorizing her dress because it shows HOW she stands out, and it isn't just her pretty face. That color just "catches the eye" no matter what, and it basically MAKES you look at her as she walks by you. Something that she KNOWS it happening and relishes in the attention.
Well, I wish you'd watched the original black and white, because it's starker and has the most beautiful cinematography, which is absolutely ruined by the colorization, but nice reaction.
I agree it's much more beautiful in black n white
Through this channel alone you touch thousands of lives, and given how wonderful your personality is I'm positive that you touch many more in normal life
Great reaction ! As you said , this film has so much warmth. You are such a lovely person. Merry Christmas 🎄
Itis the best movie ever made. Such a positive message. We can be an influence for good or evil in those lives around us even when they are unaware. Great script. Great acting from everyone including the children and even the arch villain himself. James Stewart was at the top of his game in this one.
0:19:45 "Is that what love feels like?"
"Love" is a verb, it's something you do. So love somebody and find out.
That'll be one lucky guy btw :)
I’ve watched this movie a million times, I’ve never cried. Until I seen you cry!!
Nice reaction Dasha. You should have a million Subs!
It shows that you have a total of 22,468,994 views, I have no doubt that you touched everyone of those people's lives. I have only been watching for a short time and you have certainly made an impact on me. 🤗
The actor who played Mr. Gower was apparently drunk for real during the take and was slapping the boy for real, that’s why you see his ear bleeding.
21:55 I am not a lawyer, but yes, it is stealing. Potter knows perfectly well whose money it is, and he has a legal duty to return it.
Perhaps the best Christmas movie ever.
This is my second favorite Christmas movie ever made.
Merry Christmas Dasha🎄 🥲
Love your reaction to its a Wonderful Life, especially how your nose is so RED 😂😅😊
The best Christmas film ever!!
Mr. Potter was actress Drew Barrymore's great uncle.
Frank Capra was a genius.
You definitely have impacted countless lives. ❤
Some trivia: John Mitchell who played uncle Billy was the original actor to play Columbo. It was a live stage play. He had the same excessive politeness and absent mindedness that Peter falk would later make so famous.
Tge pool with the dance floor is a very real place in Los Angeles and it’s still in full use today.
Just a correction: His name is Thomas Mitchell.
Check out SNL alternative ending to
It's a Wonderful Life..
very funny
Dasha, you have touched all of our lives through your reactions. Merry Christmas!
In my sixty one years in the human experience I know that you can’t change the minds of haters. Also you don’t have to earn the love of those who already love you.
Dasha, you are already affecting people's lives for the better. Keep up the good work! 🎄🎄🎄
Oh Dasha, you are a wonderful girl. This old Aussie wishes you all the best for coming year and beyond. Keep up the reactions they are well worth watching.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
You have to watch Home Alone 2
You should always have a box of tissues ready when you react to movies --just in case.
I'm glad you were touched by this film.
Some black & white movies from the 50s you should check out : "Marty" and "A Face In The Crowd."
James Stewart had just served in WW2 and maybe that helped to give such a no hope remaining looking parts to this film on George's face etc..
Terrific reaction video. Thanks for sharing it with us, Dasha.
31:16 - You have. We are here because of your infectious sense of humor and sincere personality.
Great reaction, almost 80 years old movie and still attracting new audience
Merry Christmas everyone
Wow. I don't know what it is exactly, but Dasha looks extra gorgeous here!
I like when she swung her hair at 4:20 😊