Groundhog Day REACTION
Added 2024-03-03 22:16:43 +0000 UTCYou are not going to believe this, but I was 100% sure I posted this because I edited it last week. But my dumb ass never made the post.
Anyways, here is the lovely movie reaction for February.
Comments
I am glad you enjoyed it Ana. I voted for it because it was the perfect reaction movie for February. (Even if you forgot to post it in February. ;) ) It combined both a romantic movie and a movie about Groundhog Day.
Daniel M
2024-03-04 14:56:23 +0000 UTCLet's see... 1 - When Rita stays the night with him the first time, the day when he tells her he's A god (not THE god... I don't think) and he still wakes up on Groundhog Day? Brilliant subversion there. (Having seen the movie, it's obvious he had growing to do, but the first time? That's a pretty hard curveball.) 2 - I HATE how he tells Rita he loved her the moment he saw her. That's lame. I think it works 1,000x better if he fell in love with her as he got to know her. Obviously. 3 - When Rita said "you speak French?" he should've replied "Un poco". 4 - I love how frantic he gets the day after Rita rejected him. Fantastic escalation. 5 - If a woman I pursued said she always drank to world peace... that's an admirable goal, but take it down a notch. 6 - ... why did they have to dunk on Chris Elliot (Larry) like that at the end? Having him go for 25c or whatever... that seems unnecessarily cruel. What did he do to deserve that?
Eric
2024-03-04 10:47:06 +0000 UTCI had never heard of any sort of groundhog day festival growing up in the United States, but apparently Punxutawney Phil was nationally known even before the film came out. I was definitely aware of the folklore of groundhog day, though. This movie was not the first time loop story, Wikipedia's page on "time loop" cites a Russian novel dating back to 1915. There had been a few films that used the concept before this one, but I think Groundhog Day is probably the most iconic for it. For me this is the best execution of the concept. Thanks for your reaction, I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this movie with you!
Chi-chi
2024-03-04 06:53:53 +0000 UTC
