# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** movies **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8043
### Author: ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir) #### Post date: [December 8, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8043 "2023-12-08T21:02:51Z")
**Spice\_Weasel** and other fans of _It’s A Wonderful Life_ should check out these threads: > [@It's a Wonderful Life - Do you like it or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-do-you-like-it-or-not/521638): > > I first saw it when I was 15. It’s schmaltzy, sure, and I can understand why a lot of people don’t care for it. But what can I say? I’m a sucker for that stuff. I’d probably rank it in my top 5 favorite Christmas movies of all time. Anyway what do you think of it? > [@It's a Wonderful Life: Question about the Bank Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-question-about-the-bank-run/927868): > > I’m watching It’s a Wonderful Life for my yearly viewing and trying to understand what was going on with the bank run. So George is ready to go on his honeymoon and there is a run on his Building and Loan. Potter calls and says that he took control of the bank by guaranteeing it funds. The bank will close for a week. He tells George to tell the B&L shareholders that he will pay them 50 cents on the dollar per share (and thus taking control of the B&L. George tells him to pound sand. Potter… > [@What should George Bailey have done with the surplus money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-george-bailey-have-done-with-the-surplus-money/993638): > > I was at the in-laws for T-Day yesterday, and after the Lions loss I guess nobody was in the mood for more football, so somebody switched to a channel playing ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. At the heartwarming end I wondered, as I have in the past, what did they do with all that surplus donated money? Bailey clearly got tens of thousands more than the $8,000 shortfall they needed. I looked up what 8K in 1945 would be in today’s dollars and it’s almost $135K. So they may have easily hauled in today’s … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906)._