Definitely a saint.

Now let me make a counterpoint. George Bailey had big plans and was ready to leave town and take on the world. Mary was an anchor who only wanted George and the small town life. She says it twice in the movie, once at the drug store when she was about 10 and she whispers in George's deaf ear she would love him forever. The second time was when she threw a rock and broke the window of the house, her wish was granted that she would marry George and live in that house, knowing full well he wanted to leave town and see the world.

Ok, nah, she was a sweetheart and hot as hell. George got lucky.

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Posted on 12/25/19 at 9:36 pm to SoDakHawk

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Now let me make a counterpoint. George Bailey had big plans and was ready to leave town and take on the world. Mary was an anchor who only wanted George and the small town life. She says it twice in the movie, once at the drug store when she was about 10 and she whispers in George's deaf ear she would love him forever. The second time was when she threw a rock and broke the window of the house, her wish was granted that she would marry George and live in that house, knowing full well he wanted to leave town and see the world.

But when there's the run on the bank after their wedding she's like forget that, let's leave and he's the one who wants to go back.

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Posted by Feral

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Posted on 12/25/19 at 9:49 pm to SoDakHawk

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George Bailey had big plans and was ready to leave town and take on the world. Mary was an anchor who only wanted George and the small town life. She says it twice in the movie, once at the drug store when she was about 10 and she whispers in George's deaf ear she would love him forever. The second time was when she threw a rock and broke the window of the house, her wish was granted that she would marry George and live in that house, knowing full well he wanted to leave town and see the world.

She would have followed him anywhere. George was the one who kept getting pulled back to Bedford Falls for one reason or another out of a sense of duty.

Mary was just the bright spot that made it all worthwhile, the one who actually liked the town and knew the meaning and value of living among friends.

If there's a villain in the film aside from Potter it's Uncle Billy. He was nothing more than a nepotistic empty salary who despite co-founding the B&L couldn't be trusted to run it after Peter died and had to instead be wetnursed by his twentysomething nephew. He's the one who freaked out and closed up during the bank run, and who lost the $8,000 that led to George's breakdown.

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 12/25/19 at 10:06 pm to SoDakHawk

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Now let me make a counterpoint. George Bailey had big plans and was ready to leave town and take on the world. Mary was an anchor who only wanted George and the small town life. She says it twice in the movie, once at the drug store when she was about 10 and she whispers in George's deaf ear she would love him forever. The second time was when she threw a rock and broke the window of the house, her wish was granted that she would marry George and live in that house, knowing full well he wanted to leave town and see the world.

George never wanted to marry.

If she could've trapped him (by a baby) she probably would have.

He tells her, I'm not marrying you, I'm not marrying anybody or something like that. He wants to travel the world and never come back to Bedford Falls. He even shakes her forcefully and screams at her basically to leave him alone.

But then his hormones kick in...

Big plans, all dashed for hormones.

But it's a wonderful life because he realizes at the end, what he wanted in Youth pales into comparison with what he got.

A great wife and family and eventually the most loved man of the town.

He had his plans, Mary had her plans...she won out and then in the end he won out because she was persistent. He thought the chance of a lifetime was to leave, travel...she turns out to be the chance of a lifetime.

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