“But go watch It’s a Wonderful Life. !! Suicidal man is rescued by angel and shown what life would be like had he never existed. Party!”
You obviously missed the point.
Merry Christmas
Actually, you did.
It’s a Wonderful Life bombed at the theaters when it originally opened. It only became a holiday staple after it lapsed into public domain. That changed a few years back when someone realized the music was still subject to copyright.
IAWL is a dark movie on the surface.
A Christmas Carol is also dark. Ghosts visiting people. It’s dark and creepy and the lead character is pretty mean until the very end of the film.
My point was:
Movies can be dark this time of the year, but they better not suck.
Darkness wasn’t the problem with the Will Smith movie. The fact it’s a crap film (go look at the reviews) is the issue.