"Groundhog Day" grossed $700 million worldwide. Not released in China. The cost is estimated at $4 million. Genre: Fantasy, Romance. Director: Harold Remis. Producer country: United States. It was released in 1993.
This is a classic fantasy movie that wins by script. The idea of the story is interesting: a TV station weather announcer wakes up every day facing the same day, facing the same people and things, like an infinite cycle of the day. Since the release of the film, this idea has been imitated by many films, such as "Horror Cruise" (2009), "Source Code" (2011), "Moving Maze" (2013), "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014), "Killing City" (2016), "Arrival" (2016), "Ghost in the Shell" (2017), "Endless Ending" (2017), "Happy Death Day" (2019) and so on.
I didn't check the Internet about the film's cost. But judging by the fact that the filming cost of the same type of film "Happy Death Day" (2019) is only $4.8 million, the shooting cost of "Groundhog Day" should be within $4 million. At the box office, it cost 17 times more and is clearly a very successful film.
The film's greatest success lies in the concept of creativity, infinite looping. This kind of creativity makes the audience feel new and interesting. But the key is that on the basis of the infinite loop, the arrangement of the script and the setting of the ending are also extremely exciting, and it is the key to the story.
Judging from the connotation expressed in the film, it gives the audience a lot of philosophical enlightenment. For example, when the male protagonist finds that this day is an infinite cycle, the initial idea is to be opportunistic. Because he has been able to foresee everything and understand everyone through many cycles, he can easily take a bag of money from the cash truck; he can see what the girl he loves thinks, loves and hates; he can commit suicide at will and not be afraid of death, because the next day he can start again; he can let loose as he pleases, and have fun in time, because whatever he does, it has only one day's effect-the next day to start again.
But, slowly, he found that such days were actually boring. Because anything that can bring you happiness, once it does this every day, it becomes boring. Schopenhauer said: Life is a lump of desires, and if it cannot be satisfied, it is painful; once it is satisfied, it is boring. So, life is all about oscillating between boredom and pain.
So he begins to pursue something meaningful—love—with the goal of a beautiful and kind colleague Rita (Andy McDowell). Since the male protagonist can cycle indefinitely, he is familiar with all her loves, dislikes, habits, likes, etc., so he can quickly make Rita like him and progress rapidly. But the problem was, he had to get Rita in a day. However, Rita can't accept a day with a man from liking to fishing and water, so no matter how many times the cycle is, the last thing the male protagonist gets is a slap in the face.
The male protagonist seems to be enlightened: there is no coincidence in life that can be stolen. So he began to learn piano, ice sculpture, he began to help everyone, from the patient in need of first aid, to the child who fell from the tree, and the beggar who begged him every day, he became the most loved and respected person in the town.
Finally, one day, Rita discovered his charm and offered to extend her love arm to him. The point is, on the morning when the two of them wake up hugging each other, time no longer loops. A super perfect ending.
Bizarre creativity, moving and twisting plot, resonant philosophy of life, beautiful love story, and a happy ending constitute a classic film work.
There are also a few classic lines in the movie: "How you live a day, how you live your life". "The day called tomorrow will always come, but you have to live today first." Quite a philosophy of life.
Life or love, meaningful is actually the process, not the result, so we must live every day carefully and seize the moment. In addition, life can not rely on opportunism, good things, need to use sincerity, true feelings to fight, so that the things obtained, the most valuable, the most meaningful.
Another valuable point of this film is that the length of the film is only 1 and a half hours, which is half an hour shorter than the normal film length. The director did not deliberately mix water and lengthen the film for the usual rules, in order to tell the story well, which is very worthy of praise.
From the perspective of the film, there are basically no urine spots and no flaws. Aside from the fact that the picture quality, the scene, and the music can be more refined, there is nothing more that can be improved. If you insist on picking some faults, the appearance and temperament of the male protagonist are slightly worse, and the performance skills are slightly rough. It is said that at first the director wanted Tom Hanks to play the male lead, but he later rejected this idea. If the film were to play the male lead of Tom Hanks, it would not only increase by at least $30 million at the box office, but it would also become a truly perfect, flawless classic. What a shame.
However, the casting of the heroine is quite successful, belonging to the kind of beautiful, kind, loved by everyone, anyone who sees it will like it, and her temperament and personality are also very suitable for the role of the heroine of the film.
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