You Can't Take It with You

mia lee vicino4.0

been watching a lot of capra movies recently (for jean arthur specifically) and consistently find myself wishing that the whole runtime was dedicated to the lead characters' respective romances? i know the larger themes of all-american idealism and wholesome human kindness are the ultimate point of his films and a crucial factor as to why they're so revered, but then jimmy stewart will say some shit to jean like, "You're so beautiful. Like, sometimes you're so beautiful it just gags me. Maybe you're not real? Maybe you're a phantom or something? I... I keep expecting you to vanish," and i'm standing up and clapping my hands and chanting LOVE IS REAL LOVE IS REAL LOVE IS REAL!!!!!really can't remember the last contemporary love story i've seen that conjures the same buoyancy i feel watching jimmy and jean do the jitterbug in a moonlit park before running from the cops (pinnacle of romance). just kidding i can-- the Waterloo and Why Did It Have To Be Me? scenes from Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018) but OTHER THAN THAT they don't make 'em like they used to

eely4.0

i just want jimmy stewart to accept me and my quirky ass family, even if my father sometimes tries to blow up the house with fireworks and my sister’s russian dance teacher (who is always at our house for some reason) sometimes picks people up and slams them down onto the living room floor without their consent. is that too much to ask

Lara Pop4.0

Forget about its timeless moral message. This movie has Jean Arthur swinging down the banister wearing suspenders adorned with flowers, shouting merrily 'Wheeee, WITHOUT HOLDING!!!' just days after walking into a fancy restaurant with a sign accidentally left on her back reading 'NUTS' in big bright letters. Suffice to say, I was sold right away.