Don't ask me why a Christmas film randomly popped into my head in spring, but I had an epiphany about it. The whole plot centers on this absolute whiny bucket normie who supposedly has such an unbearably mundane life because he didn't get to travel the world or something while his younger brother becomes a war hero in the Pacific theater. What actually is this life though? The faggot lives in a literal mansion with his family that he can financially support (at least initially) while his wife stays at home—yes, he is a SEXHAVER who married his HS/college (idk) oneitis 
I always hated this movie as a kid because I found it needlessly depressing and existential, now I think I understand why on a deeper level. They are literally portraying the American dream as some kind of torture. And yes while he does fall on financial hard times, leading him to the iconic bridge scene, that's not even why the movie wants us to feel sympathy for him: his life in general is shown to be some sort of purgatory while it is in fact what most users on this site would kill for.
I always hated this movie as a kid because I found it needlessly depressing and existential, now I think I understand why on a deeper level. They are literally portraying the American dream as some kind of torture. And yes while he does fall on financial hard times, leading him to the iconic bridge scene, that's not even why the movie wants us to feel sympathy for him: his life in general is shown to be some sort of purgatory while it is in fact what most users on this site would kill for.
