Groundhog Day




Groundhog Day is about a cynical reporter somehow (it's never explained) gets caught in a never ending loop of time, going through the same day over and over again. During this time, he gets depressed, bored, angry in turns, being even more nasty to those around him, or using this unique circumstance to find out about the people he has to interact with, and try and exploit this knowledge (to seduce women, for example). In fact, sometimes it may appear he is actually in some sort of hell of his own making.

Gradually he learns to accept what his happening, and tries to help people - but sometimes even this proves impossible (he helps an old tramp, spends some time with him, but before the day's out, the old fellow dies anyway).

He gradually stops doing superficial stuff, and starts to actually do something positive with all this time on his hands, and tries to use it in a less superficial or selfish way. He learns the piano for example, and uses this new skill to entertain at a party. He takes time to help people, (stopping a kid hurting or even killing himself for example) knowing it's pointless anyway as the next day it all starts again. (There's speculation about how long this really is, it could be 10 years, it could be 100 years, it could be 10,000 years - it's just not clear). Through all this, he comes to understand himself better, and release and enjoy the nice side of himself, falling in love (not just lust) with the leading lady.


This sounds very prissy, but here is a great story, great script and perfect comedy acting all rolled up. It's one of those films that transcends grouping - not just a comedy, not just a drama, not just a romance, and it works well on every level.

There are depths to this film, and like many great films, you get out of it what you want to, and what you are willing to take.


5/5

I take half a point off for the movie ruining Bill and Harold's relationship. Did we miss out on any future classics because of it?

https://people.com/movies/groundhog-...-harold-ramis/

Bill Murray seems like the kind of guy destined to ruin most of his own relationships

there are a bunch of plot holes mostly related to the scene at the end at the big town dance where everyone is praising him for his wonderful deeds (remember to them it's the 1st day they've ever met him) such as in his piano teachers viewpoint he would have shown up to her house already being an expert piano player she wouldn't have been beaming with pride at his skill as if she had any part in it, along with many others all based on the same concept.

that being said it's completely meaningless because the movie is just so much fun and ironically, given the concept of the film, you can watch the movie a million times (I'm getting close) and it never gets any less enjoyable.

it really is a masterpiece.

on an unrelated note before I really knew who ramis was he gave the commencement speech at my older sisters graduation from UCSB and I was to the point I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard and it physically hurt.

there are a bunch of plot holes mostly related to the scene at the end at the big town dance where everyone is praising him for his wonderful deeds (remember to them it's the 1st day they've ever met him) such as in his piano teachers viewpoint he would have shown up to her house already being an expert piano player she wouldn't have been beaming with pride at his skill as if she had any part in it, along with many others all based on the same concept.

that being said it's completely meaningless because the movie is just so much fun and ironically, given the concept of the film, you can watch the movie a million times (I'm getting close) and it never gets any less enjoyable.

it really is a masterpiece.

on an unrelated note before I really knew who ramis was he gave the commencement speech at my older sisters graduation from UCSB and I was to the point I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard and it physically hurt.

there are a bunch of plot holes mostly related to the scene at the end at the big town dance where everyone is praising him for his wonderful deeds (remember to them it's the 1st day they've ever met him) such as in his piano teachers viewpoint he would have shown up to her house already being an expert piano player she wouldn't have been beaming with pride at his skill as if she had any part in it, along with many others all based on the same concept.

that being said it's completely meaningless because the movie is just so much fun and ironically, given the concept of the film, you can watch the movie a million times (I'm getting close) and it never gets any less enjoyable.

it really is a masterpiece.

on an unrelated note before I really knew who ramis was he gave the commencement speech at my older sisters graduation from UCSB and I was to the point I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard and it physically hurt...

there are a bunch of plot holes mostly related to the scene at the end at the big town dance where everyone is praising him for his wonderful deeds (remember to them it's the 1st day they've ever met him) such as in his piano teachers viewpoint he would have shown up to her house already being an expert piano player she wouldn't have been beaming with pride at his skill as if she had any part in it, along with many others all based on the same concept.

that being said it's completely meaningless because the movie is just so much fun and ironically, given the concept of the film, you can watch the movie a million times (I'm getting close) and it never gets any less enjoyable.

it really is a masterpiece.

on an unrelated note before I really knew who ramis was he gave the commencement speech at my older sisters graduation from UCSB and I was to the point I could barely breathe I was laughing so hard and it physically hurt....

You gotta share some of that.

I don't remember a single word of it (my memory is total ****) don't even remember the topic all I remember is being so bored and wishing I was anywhere else the whole time leading up to his speech, seeing some random dude get up to talk and just assume it was gonna be more boring cheesy reach for your goals bs and then laughing so hard it was physically painful.

really wish this wasnt back before everything was filmed so I could watch a video of it but alas it's in the ether gone forever.

Groundhog Day




Groundhog Day is about a cynical reporter somehow (it's never explained) gets caught in a never ending loop of time, going through the same day over and over again. During this time, he gets depressed, bored, angry in turns, being even more nasty to those around him, or using this unique circumstance to find out about the people he has to interact with, and try and exploit this knowledge (to seduce women, for example). In fact, sometimes it may appear he is actually in some sort of hell of his own making.

Gradually he learns to accept what his happening, and tries to help people - but sometimes even this proves impossible (he helps an old tramp, spends some time with him, but before the day's out, the old fellow dies anyway).

He gradually stops doing superficial stuff, and starts to actually do something positive with all this time on his hands, and tries to use it in a less superficial or selfish way. He learns the piano for example, and uses this new skill to entertain at a party. He takes time to help people, (stopping a kid hurting or even killing himself for example) knowing it's pointless anyway as the next day it all starts again. (There's speculation about how long this really is, it could be 10 years, it could be 100 years, it could be 10,000 years - it's just not clear). Through all this, he comes to understand himself better, and release and enjoy the nice side of himself, falling in love (not just lust) with the leading lady.


This sounds very prissy, but here is a great story, great script and perfect comedy acting all rolled up. It's one of those films that transcends grouping - not just a comedy, not just a drama, not just a romance, and it works well on every level.

There are depths to this film, and like many great films, you get out of it what you want to, and what you are willing to take.


5/5[