it's a wonderful life?

i just watched it's a wonderful life with my parents
three hours of my life i will NEVER GET BACK!!!
i hate that movie

i used to think it was that old bastard potter that made me hate the movie so much, but as i was sitting there i realized it's not that at all (well, maybe it used to be, but now...)
it's bailey's family!
he put his life on hold to stay in a town that he was desperate to escape, doing a job he didn't even remotely want to do just to appease (and clean up after) his family, putting the needs of everyone else before his own
i mean, sure, he had a great family at the end, and his friends helped him out of a tough spot (one which wasn't his fault in the first place), but it was just the consolation prize
he wanted to travel, see the world and experience life

familial obligation stole his dream!

i think my (possibly irrational) detestation of this movie is cuz i over empathize, and that movie just reminds me the consequences of not being able to stand up to my family
had i managed to grow a backbone a decade ago, i wouldn't be in the suckfest i'm currently residing in

am i over simplifying a stupidly complicated situation and pointing fingers in a childish manner?
perhaps
so what
it's my blog, and i can be as unreasonable as i want


oh, btw, merry christmas, random strangers
i wish you as minimal an amount of selfish brats throwing tantrums cuz they didn't get what they wanted as is seasonally possible

(i deserve a beer)